I’m now well rested and ready to work on improving COSMODE Online! I learned something very important over the weekend: don’t go to any beaches near Tokyo. I went a beach 2 hours from Tokyo; I thought that was far enough to find a decent beach to body board. Guess not. The waves were nice and big, and I had a great time - but the sand was black (it wasn’t a black sand beach) and the water felt slimy on my skin.

OK, back on topic. I got the sample issues of COSMODE Online #003 ready for you guys so enjoy! You guys (more…)

What a loooooooong 2 weeks! (Or even month!) My eyes hurt; my stomach aches; and I need a shave…

Working 12-hour days for that long isn’t healthy, at all! Translation, editing, digitizing… But, ya know, it’s all worth it when I see the finished product, hear feedback, and, of course, have the beer that’s been waiting for me. It feels good to make something. It’s probably the same feeling you feel after finishing a costume.

Now for the description of COSMODE Online #003:

70 fully-loaded pages of Cosplay!
Feature Photos: Hellsing, Final Fantasy and more!
COSMODE How-tos: The Complete Guide to Making Wings, Easy Costume-making w/o Patterns
Cosplay Snapshots: Snaps of Cosplayers from the Various Events Around Japan
COSMODE Life: Weird skills from Cosplaying? Shocking Cosplay Stories!

Click here to view it now!

For those of you who haven’t subscribed yet, you can do so from your control panel. I’ll have a free mini copy of the magazine out maybe next week.

Hello everyone!

I’ve just installed Wordpress: hope everyone likes the new design!

The old posts have been moved here, but I think I’ll delete it in the future - there wasn’t much anyway.

Philip