MCM London May ’19 Wrap-up

This month is always a tragically slow month when it comes to the blog because my life becomes consumed with thoughts of this convention. MCM London in May was my first con and four years on it still holds a special place in my black heart, although I’ll admit it is losing a bit of it’s charm. The con is now so hot, busy, and expensive it just doesn’t seem worth it anymore, and if it wasn’t for the people I certainly wouldn’t be attending again.

Fortunately this year wasn’t as hot as the last, but I still managed to be one big ball of sweat for the whole weekend. We’re talking two showers a day, and refilling my one squished plastic bottle up more times than I can count. I tried to pick cosplays that would work with the inevitably hot weather, but as per usual I couldn’t resist throwing a completely inappropriate cosplay in there…

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Building Big Wings…

My Hawks from BNHA cosplay build

So I did say I’d bring you some more quality cosplay content, and so here we are with my next big build. I’ve been wanting to cosplay some one from Boku no Hero Academia for the longest time, and Hawks was the first character that I desperately wanted to make after seeing his design.

I had a lot of help from my parents with this one as I was moving at the time, and my time had drastically decreased to next to nothing. We basically built these things in the week before Birmingham MCM, and it was absolute madness!

There are so many things to think about when you’re building a big cosplay prop, and especially when it’s protruding from your back. Initially I really wanted to have the open and closes using electric 6-inch actuators, but I did not have the time, money, nor the skill to make that happen in time for Birmingham…but maybe next time.