Live Convention – Share Your Convention Photo and Win $100 Cash Coupon

Hello cosplay devotees, are you planning to go to an anime/cosplay convention this summer? If you are, here’s a chance that you may get a $100 Cash Coupon for sending us your photo(s) on the convention.

Our new edition of contest is called “Live Convention”. To be a qualified contestant, you just need to print this contest placard, take a photo with it at the convention, and send it to us together with your infomation. But please make sure to read through the RULES below before you take action!

The contest entries will be held on our blog. Those who have the most facebook likes and Google pluses will win the contest. The prizes are $100 Cash Coupon, $60 Cash Coupon, Any Wig in Our Wig Store, $20 Cash Coupon, etc.

More details can be found in the Rules section below!

Rules:

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1. Time for the Contest: the contest starts on June 8 and will end on August 31 (New York Time).

2. Winners and Prizes

Winners: Those who have the most “Scores” will win the contest. The number of winners depends on the number of the contestants. If there are no more than 10 contestants, there will be only one winner. One additional winner will be added if 10 more contestants join in, i.e.

  1. 1-10 contestants—1 winner
  2. 11-20 contestants–2 winners
  3. 21-30 contestants–3 winners
  4. and so on.

Prizes:

  1. First Prize: $100 Cash Coupon
  2. Second Prize: $60 Cash Coupon
  3. Third Prize: Any Wig in Our Wig Store
  4. Fouth Prize: $20 Cash Coupon
  5. Winners after fouth will all get $20 Cash Coupons.

Note: Cash Coupon can use as equivalent cash when purchasing in our store.

In addition, each contestant will get a $5 cash coupon, which can be used for a $5 discount when purchasing in our costume store.

3. Submissions: submissions are valid among June 8 – August 31. Submissions can only be make by email to miccostume[@]gmail.com. Please send us your anime/cosplay convention photo(s) (see the rules about the photo at the ‘About the photo’ section below), together with your infomation including:

  1. Name/Gender/Nationality
  2. Personal or social sites:
  3. A little introduction about yourself and the convention, like which character were you, when and where was it, what interesting things happened, etc.
  4. More. Actually, you can write anything you want, as long as it’s related to the convention. You can even send us a link of video about the convention. We’ll put whatever you offered into your contest entry.

4. About the photo(s):

  1. At least one photo is required. This photo must feature both you holding our contest placard and the lively convention scene. Make sure we can see your face. ^_^
  2. More photos are appreciated. The contest placard is not required in every photo.
  3. The photo(s) should be at least 500px wide.

5. The voting process:

we’ll make a blog post for every participant at our blog. This blog post will be the contest entry where people can vote for you, via Facebook like and Google Plus. Below are the voting rules:

  1. Each Facebook like or Google Plus will be counted as one score.
  2. In addition, the organizer Miccostumes.com acts as another judge. We will govern some votes and vote for the top 10 contestants. I.e., the best entry (in our opinion) will get additional 20 scores, the second will get 19, third 18, and so on.

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If any problem, send us an email at Miccostume[@]gmail.com, or comment in the post!

Dear Customers, Post a Review of Miccostumes and Win Reward Points

Dear customers,

We will give away 200 reward points, which can be used as cash for your future orders, once you post your reviews on the following website:

We want to draw your attention that some reviews about us at the above sites are fake. Some “customers” post negative reviews at the sites. But they do not purchase costumes from us. We cannot find either their name or their email in our system. Their email addresses are invalid. In addition, the phone number they offer does not exist either. We advise you not to believe the reviews easily.
We try to see the real reviews from our own customers, no matter the reviews are positive or negative.
After you post your review, please tell us the link of the review and also the email address you used when you placed the order at our site by sending us an email to miccostumes[@]gmail.com. We’ll add the reward points for you after we receive the email.

Weekly Fanart Feature #24 – Vocaloid, Hetalia, Final Fantasy and Card Captors

The fanart feature is back!

This week we have works from Sweden, India and Italy!

First up is Maya Nagano Holm and they are from Sweden. Maya’s tools used for the works are ink, pen nibs, screen tones and occasionally comic markers.The first image is a fan art of the Vocaloid song Matryoshka, featuring the Nico Nico Douga singers Zebra and Hashiyan. The second image is of Russia from Hetalia: World Series (or Hetalia: Axis Powers). Visit Maya’s Devianart page here for more works.
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Next up is Jackroono from India with a a work of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII done in pencil and photoshop. Visit their page here!
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Lastly we have Giulia Valentini from Italy with works from Card Captor Sakura. Both were made using Paint Tool SAI. Like her works? Visit her deviantart page here

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To have the chance for your works to be featured here please email us at miccostumesfanart [@] gmail.com with the following:
Your Name
Country.
Website [if desired]
Medium of work i.e. Pencil, Paint, Photoshop etc.
A maximum of 2 works attached in the email
The name of the anime/manga/video game it is from

Videogame Cosplay: Jillian Husted as Larxene from Kingdom Hearts (Pt 1)

I am here to provide you with a look into the life of Florida’s cosplayers and their costumes. This time I would like to feature one of the cosplayers associated with Orange Anime.  Orange Anime is an online forum that bands togheter all of Florida’s videogame and anime fans and arranges local events in Miami and the surrounding areas.  One of Orange Anime’s own staff member. Jillian Husted, also known as “Ixka1kai” on the forums will be the subject of this interview. She will be sharing here experiences as she talks about her cosplay of Larxene from Kingdom Hearts.

1. As a female cosplayer, why did you take an interest in this character and how close does the character resemble your personality?
I would say that Larxene is pretty much the exact opposite of me (except for maybe the b****y part). I wanted a character where I can be what I am not and attempt to have some more confidence. What initially drew me to Larxene in particular was the fact that she wanted to overthrow the ultimate evil to get a greater position of power.

2. What initially drew you to play the game she is from?
Larxene came from Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (or Re:Chain of Memories) which was apart of, in my opinion, the greatest game series ever. Not a lot of people have played/completed that particular game and Larxene was the greatest challenge I had in the game; it made me want to be her.

3. Did the character’s outfit influence your choice in cosplaying her?
The outfit was given. I mean there is basically 15 cosplays in one Organization XIII coat. I guess my main gripe is that it’s one coat (and gets very hot at cons) so I can’t change it up unless I go by fanart. When it comes to doing other outfits I plan to do a slumber party Larxene for Metro Con if it’s accepted

4. Why do you feel this character is special to the game she is from?
I believe that the character is special from the Kingdom Hearts series because she and Marluxia basically set-up the character line up in the second game of the series and creates a rift in an Organization meant to take down the good guys. It sorta makes her the ultimate evil I guess.

5. Is she your favorite videogame character? If not who is?
I would say she was my third favorite character in the games. I favorites are Riku & Sora. I cosplay Sora, but Larxene is special because she was my first cosplay ever.
6. What drove you to put in the work to make this character’s outfit and how did you go about making it?
I bought my outfit because I’m just getting into cosplay, but I would really like to learn how to sew in order to make the outfits as accurate as possible. I have made improvements in the chain and did get some advice and help on the wig from a fellow cosplayer.

Stay tuned for part 2 of this interview later this week!

Winners of My First Cosplay Announced!

We have 17 participants in this contest.

Facebook: (You may not be able to see the entries because of the privacy policy of FB’s.)
#1 Tana Reklaw
#2 Jackie Hager
#3 Hannah Ichigo Bittle
#4 Hiragana
#5 Arlenn Barba
#6 Ataito Total Votes: 500+, Winner!
#7 Katy

Deviantart:
#1 Achetarin
#2 Jasmine
#3 Kittypetro
#4 Alice
#5 Mixiao
#6 Azurimi 115 Favourites + 73 Comments=188 Votes Winner!
#7 T0ra-Chan
#8 Blake337
#9 FrillsieLacey

Tumblr:
#1 Anna

Winners Announced!
The Contest ended on 31st May. And now we have two winners on Deviantart.com and Facebook.com. The Deviantart.com winner is Azurimi with 115 Favourites + 73 Comments=188 Votes! The Facebook.com winner is Ataito with 500+ votes in total.