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Over the Christmas and New Year holidays, and I went to New Zealand!! It's such a beautiful country! We went for almost a month and already want to go back. *O*
Of course, with The Hobbit which came out just as we were there, we had to dress for the occasion! We went to Hobbiton, the movie set of The Shire in both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, cosplayed as Merry and Pippin. A lot of people asked if we were headed home when they saw us dressed as hobbits heading to Hobbiton. XD
This was probably the fastest shoot we have ever done. Since we were actually taking the photos as we were on a tour, we only had a few seconds to set up each of our shots, but our guide was very enthusiastic, accommodating, and very amused. XD We were also really lucky that it wasn't raining or extra cloudy that day. And yup, cosplays made by us~
And we want to share some of our behind the scenes photos of our adventures at Hobbiton, Rivendell and Isengard!
Hobbiton
Arrived at Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand!
Love the beautiful rolling hills in New Zealand. It looks like hobbits could pop out of the hills at any time
Oh and yes, we have the hairy feet of the hobbits and walked around barefoot.
There were lots of super cute houses. I would totally live in one
The Shire really looks just like in the movies *o*
[Do you like my floating basket? 8D]
It was actually quite a hot day though. Sunburninguuuuuuuu
At Bag End - where Bilbo and Frodo live!
More Bag End! [Sam does a really good job gardening. XD]
View from the top!
Trekking through the hobbit hillssssss
And seeing more cute hobbit houses
At the end, we headed for the Green Dragon Inn, which was recently renovated to be a real working pub!
On the way!
So of course we stopped for a drink. Mmmmmm ginger beer <3
And relaxed by the fiyah in the hot summer heat ;;;;;
Playing around a little longer~
They even have Hobbiton buses
Last look at Hobbiton before we left. It's so beautiful! ;o;
The Hobbiton film set is on a sheep farm so there were lots of fluffy visitors :3
Lord of the Rings Tour
On our journey across the country, we also did the Lord of the Rings tour in Wellington, NZ and visited the filming locations of Rivendell, Isengard and a few others - while waltzing around as hobbits, of course.
At Rivendell, there were some decorative posts and maps marking the location. Rivendell wasn't as gorgeous as the location in the movie, but the filming site was very pretty in its own right
Supposedly, this post marks the relative heights of the characters. Although if this were accurate, Gandalf would be a lot shorter than I expected. o.o;
Big big trees at Isengard!
We also happened to find wild mushrooms at Isengard! A hobbit's favorite!
We also saw a giant poster of Bilbo on the side of a building in Wellington. XD
We had a wonderful time in New Zealand, and definitely will have to make another trip sometime!
Of course, with The Hobbit which came out just as we were there, we had to dress for the occasion! We went to Hobbiton, the movie set of The Shire in both Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, cosplayed as Merry and Pippin. A lot of people asked if we were headed home when they saw us dressed as hobbits heading to Hobbiton. XD
This was probably the fastest shoot we have ever done. Since we were actually taking the photos as we were on a tour, we only had a few seconds to set up each of our shots, but our guide was very enthusiastic, accommodating, and very amused. XD We were also really lucky that it wasn't raining or extra cloudy that day. And yup, cosplays made by us~
And we want to share some of our behind the scenes photos of our adventures at Hobbiton, Rivendell and Isengard!
Hobbiton
Arrived at Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand!
Love the beautiful rolling hills in New Zealand. It looks like hobbits could pop out of the hills at any time
Oh and yes, we have the hairy feet of the hobbits and walked around barefoot.
There were lots of super cute houses. I would totally live in one
The Shire really looks just like in the movies *o*
[Do you like my floating basket? 8D]
It was actually quite a hot day though. Sunburninguuuuuuuu
At Bag End - where Bilbo and Frodo live!
More Bag End! [Sam does a really good job gardening. XD]
View from the top!
Trekking through the hobbit hillssssss
And seeing more cute hobbit houses
At the end, we headed for the Green Dragon Inn, which was recently renovated to be a real working pub!
On the way!
So of course we stopped for a drink. Mmmmmm ginger beer <3
And relaxed by the fiyah in the hot summer heat ;;;;;
Playing around a little longer~
They even have Hobbiton buses
Last look at Hobbiton before we left. It's so beautiful! ;o;
The Hobbiton film set is on a sheep farm so there were lots of fluffy visitors :3
Lord of the Rings Tour
On our journey across the country, we also did the Lord of the Rings tour in Wellington, NZ and visited the filming locations of Rivendell, Isengard and a few others - while waltzing around as hobbits, of course.
At Rivendell, there were some decorative posts and maps marking the location. Rivendell wasn't as gorgeous as the location in the movie, but the filming site was very pretty in its own right
Supposedly, this post marks the relative heights of the characters. Although if this were accurate, Gandalf would be a lot shorter than I expected. o.o;
Big big trees at Isengard!
We also happened to find wild mushrooms at Isengard! A hobbit's favorite!
We also saw a giant poster of Bilbo on the side of a building in Wellington. XD
We had a wonderful time in New Zealand, and definitely will have to make another trip sometime!
As for the next convention, we will be at Gallifrey One, the largest Doctor Who convention in North America, from February 15-17th in LA!
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New York Comic Con / San Japan 2012
~venntus (https://www.deviantart.com/venntus) and I cosplayed Loki with at New York Comic Con last weekend! Male and female versions XD
On the pretty Marvel stage~
With :iconserenadestrong: as Knives Chau from Scott Pilgrim - We found this awesome Thor statue by Madame Tussauds. We thought it was a cosplayer at first until someone bumped into it and the statue wiggled XD
Demoed the Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth X-Box game! The producer was so excited and invited us to demo the game. It was a lot of fun kicking and punching in cosplay, and if we had played the single person mode we would have fought Loki. XD Although I had to take off my fur cloak/cape for round 2 bec
San Diego Comic Con 2012
Ahahaha late con report of lateness. 8D
~venntus (https://www.deviantart.com/venntus), :iconanimeleo: and I went to San Diego Comic Con this year! It was our first time going and it was a blast! Didn't cosplay this year as we just wanted to see all the sights, but jalfjdsjfdsjfa;dfjs it was so so much fun!
Spent a lot of time waiting in line [as SDCC is line con], but surprisingly managed to get into everything we wanted to see. :D Took a few pictures and wanted to share - most of the panels and some Exhibition Hall shots.
Thursday
Entering the con!
Centerpiece of the Marvel booth and probably the most visually stunning booth at the con. Complete with the Iron Man suit
Anime Boston 2012 Report + SDCC Next
Anime Boston was fantastic this year! And for the first time, ~venntus (https://www.deviantart.com/venntus) and I spent most of the weekend doing 3 photoshoots, sleeping(!) and hanging out with friends. On Friday, we did a group DOGS cosplay with :iconserenadestrong: and :iconmidsummerkiss: and did a shoot with :iconcandlelights-chaos:. We even managed to squeeze in a second cosplay from Blazer Drive on Saturday. Hooray for actually being able to do stuff. 8D
Our Cosplay Propmaking panel with W Cosplay (:iconcrimsonnataku: & :iconcrimsonakuma:) also went very well. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Next up is San Diego Comic Con - July 12th-15th! Here's for trying (hop
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Lizzie: amaa..... oh you were so lucky!!!!! I can't wait for the next hobbit premire, I'm hoping to get to go to the premire, and to the www.theonering.net party the night before..... Again, I hope to but I doubt it! You guys look so amazing in your costumes!!