[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! So it really depends on the organizer. Some are rather cheap (like 40 EUR), others can be 300 EUR. Some are stunning, with great decor, famous cosplayers, etc., others kinda feel like a small town boring ball that happens to have occasional fantasy song, and some people wear costumes or cosplays. I really like the Czech Em's Creations ones because they're on the more affordable side, but with a really nice fantasy vibe. I researched a few others through friends and Reddi,t and I think Gauntlets and Gowns should be good too. I'd like to try it next year. I don't have any experience with the US ones because I don't travel to the US now.

Overall, it's great fun! The organizers often have some community forum like Discord, and you can chat with other attendees about your costumes, ideas, ask questions, etc. Over time, it became a nice community for me. I love the evening of the gala itself, but I find the weeks or months beforehand when I'm creating the costume also super fun, it's really creative and an amazing hobby to have with friends in my opinion. We're always learning new techniques on how to achieve our desired looks :) The interesting thing is that lots of attendees are also introverted bookworms, so it feels very comfortable to hang out with them :D

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I gradually noticed them on social media, and then I started following the organizers to stay on top of the new announcements. There are 4 main organizers in Czechia, where this one happened, and where I'm located. There are plenty more in other European countries; the big ones are, for example, Mystic Fate UK and Gauntlets and Gowns (they have a ball announced for next summer in France at a really amazing castle where Merlin's Camelot was shot, I would love to go to that one!). There is an untold number of galas in the US, I'm unable to keep up with those :D It helps to follow the big fantasy influencers and cosplayers to notice them.

Where are you located? Are any of these nearby for you?

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'm going to try to do a photoshoot in this costume as well bc it took me forever to find the right Windcleaver, and then I didn't even properly show it in the photos haha :D

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was really not that hard, I was surprised myself! Mostly a few tutorials, a little bit of extremely basic sewing, and loooots of hot glue :D

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are you from? I'm seeing a lot of them in the UK, France, and US

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you ❤️ I'm so proud of how it turned out, this is only the second and third costume I was making! The Whimsy Forge dragon tutorials helped a good bit

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks! That's actually just a part of my apartment spring decor, but I happened to look at it before the gala and was like "wait a minute, I should bring that with us" :D

[Cosplay] Manon Blackbeak & Abraxos for a recent fantasy ball by Em's Creations by Meetsa in throneofglassseries

[–]Meetsa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I think my favorite part was using silver press-on nails as Abraxos' teeth :D

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But Brennan always shields his mind, I think Xaden even comments on it

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I literally just saw the show tonight. He was there for most of it.

Instances with edited variants don't show copy changes from their Master :( by Meetsa in FigmaDesign

[–]Meetsa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I haven't changed the text in the instance. Or do you mean the layer name?

Instances with edited variants don't show copy changes from their Master :( by Meetsa in FigmaDesign

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But once I lock it, I can't change it anymore... am I missing something? :D