Great costume party at Grant's place in Athlone

On Friday, 6 June 2008 I was invited to a triple birthday party in Athlone at Grant's place which was a costume party. The party was a huge amount of fun and got quite full later on. Most people made an effort with their costume. The DJ, lighting and smoke effects were great. Everyone complemented me about my costume and were in particular interested in my mask and breast padding. The costume that I wore was a Supergirl costume with a mask from Greyland Film and a wig. Somebody even asked me if I had a bodysuit to make myself look like a female. Another person commented, that what gave it away that I was a male were the eyes (due to the mask), the hands and the shoes. There were several good costumes and a lady dressed as an angel won the first prize, I won the second prize. Many people were touching my face to feel the mask and to check how I actually put it on. Many wanted to see who is under the mask.

Comments about the three new Greyland masks

Yesterday I got three new masks from Greyland, they were Elvis, Lady Marylin and the witch with the long nose.

The masks seem to be a bit thinner than the older ones that I do have. What annoys me with the Elvis mask is that the mouth hardly opens, but otherwise it fits quite well. It really looks great with my Elvis costume.

The witch mask has a skew mouth which is a bit annoying and the eyesight is a bit limited. The nose has big holes at least for breathing. The Lady Marylin mask is like the Kim mask (or similar) but with a different look and quite thin as mentioned.

Unfortunately my camera batteries failed me after setting up the camera on a tripod and before taking a photo.

A client of mine tried the witch mask on and mentioned that the mask looks too freaky and she would just scare herself.

Elvis, Marylin and Witch masks from Greyland Film

The long awaited masks from Greyland Film have arrived today. I cannot wait to try them on with existing costumes that I have got. A friend of mine was keen to wear the Marylin Monroe dress with the mask that arrived today. I want to try my Elvis costume with a matching mask. The witch mask is for a witch costume that I have got. It will make the wearer look really ugly. These foam latex masks allow the skin to breathe, so they can be worn for hours. I would love to see multiple people with these on.

Masks and Zentai suits

For my Elvis Presley and Marylin Monroe costumes, I am waiting for masks that should be arriving soon, hopefully during the coming week.

As soon as finance allows it, I want to organise some Zentai suits and maybe see if there is a local demand for those. I do have serious doubts, because everyone is so status orientated.

Free Comic Book Day 2008 report

The annual Free Comic Book Day event happening at the Readers Den comic book shop in Claremont was well visited like the previous year. The prize draws were held in the climbing wall area. There were a lot less people for the second prize draw than for the first one, but that was to be expected.

At least four people made an effort to dress up for the event and got spot prizes. At least two people that dresses up last year did so again this year.

More costumed characters showed up for the event, including two volunteers that were not expected. As event staff and family of event staff, there were Spider-Man (child and adult), Captain America, Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Iron Man. A lot of photos were taken with these characters which ended up being a lot of fun. As usual I was one of these since I was sponsoring costumes for the event.