"Sombra was, to put it simply, trouble and a half."

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"I was given the great opportunity to dance at Anime Milwaukee and their theme was Overwatch! I was super excited to choose Sombra as her colour palette is my favorite but little did I know how difficult she would be to create!  I tried so hard to brainstorm her outfit into a true gogo outfit and had more than one idea planned, but as each one started to come into shape, it looked further and further away from Sombra's look. I finally had to throw in the towel and just make a "dance-able" version of her."

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"It started with the leggings...I tried SO HARD to find a way to make her leggings/leg design into an actual cosplay feature but fell flat at many attempts so I finally ordered the printed leggings (which I'm happy I did because I wear them casually all the time XD). Just days after ordering the leggings I found I could order an entire bodysuit with the leggings and cried for atleast 2 hours...but I pushed on and continued to make the bodysuit myself, in which I found the two types of fabrics I used should have switched in their places on the pattern and now gave me a massive wedgie *cue crying again*. 2 days before the convention I was able to remake the bodysuit with the two fabrics switched so it no longer was unbearable to wear it. And that's just the bodysuit..."

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"The jacket was easy enough to make following the pattern and is one of my favorite pieces I've made! I wear it outside of cosplay many times :D But the collar was a whole other story. I had to maneuver a way to create this collar and attach it to the jacket. For the first time ever, I worked with craft-foam and a heat-gun and tried to shape it to make Sombra's collar which is pretty tall, while also shaped low enough to show off the LEDs around my neck. I finally was able to get it shaped and attached with velcro but it left CRAZY marks on my neck the night of dancing." 

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"The entire time at the convention I was worried people wouldn't know who I was, but luckily the crowd had no problem recognizing me (I think it was the wig). I still think the cosplay is wildly unfinished but it's left to another day for me to finish."

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