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VICKY-VIC
COSPLAYER FROM QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA!
We interviewed Vicky-Vic, a Cosplayer from QLD Australia. Vicky-Vic started out Cosplaying at Animania Brisbane 2010, and hasn’t looked back since then. She makes her own costumes and will be attending her first interstate con this year in Sydney! Find out more here..
mine and a wig from Cosmetics Plus and Animania Brisbane 2010 I went; I have since then attended 3 more cons and I will be attending my first interstate con; Sydney Supanova 2014.
Thanks Vicky-Vic for joining us for an interview with Gametraders Live Magazine can you tell us a bit about you and how you got into cosplay?
Tough one, I love all my characters that I have created. I would have to say that my Captain America USO dancing girl is my favourite though. I have re-made that costume 3 times now and the 3rd time has been the charm. She seems to be the one from the 3 people liked the most.
So I am Vicky-Vic, which is a nickname from my Papa when I was growing up. I am now 21 and I work as a Registered Nurse for QLD Health. I have lived all throughout QLD growing up; so I have seen heaps of things that I liked. But the one thing that stuck to me was Cosplay. My first experience with it was as a kid when the Banana in Pyjamas came to Longreach, saw them backstage as the person as well. I just loved the fact that people could dress up as a character. I started really wanting to cosplay when I had just completed Final Fantasy X with gameplay reaching over 200hrs and kicking some major ass; I thought to myself, the next step is to be the character. So I went to Ebay got a costume, wore some old boots of
What are your favourite cosplay characters that you have created?
Do you make all your own costumes or buy them or perhaps a mix of both? My first cosplay was a brought one; I hadn’t discovered mums old sewing machine before that. But since then I have practically made most of the costumes I have worn except for boots and accessories. I am delving into leather work, accessories and boots next; cosplay has been a learning curve and I am learning everyday about what I can do and do better. There is always great communities to help when I don’t know. Does making a costume take long? How do you begin the project?
I work 72hrs a fortnight (10 days a fortnight; 8hrs a shift…) it takes me awhile to put a costume together. But once they start, they don’t stop. I look into what character I want to be, there is no point in cosplaying something you don’t like. I want to be a character, so to be a character I want to enjoy being the character and it shows. Once I have the character I look into the components and how I will put it together; pattern design, materials and things I may need help with. Ok so now you’ve got the idea, and you’ve planned it out - what are the steps involved in getting it done from start to finish? I really just start with hope as I am pretty new to sewing, I have some experience so that helps and mum is a pro (even 8hrs away). I start with my patterns and cutting the materials to the right sizing. I am between sizes; so sometimes I have to modify the pattern for a correct fit. Then it is sewing it all together; once I have all my bases done I sew the bases together into the main costume. So with my USO girl; for example, there is 48 pleats in total sewn together for the skirt; then there is a petty coat underneath. The top is 2 separate pieces, I have a halter neck top and a bolero jacket. The belt and cumber band, collar. Each is different in process and was a great learning ex-