Cosplay Planning (Reposted from my personal journal)

I'm thinking about going for a walk tommarrow to the costume shop and pricing things. The big ticket items are gonna be Mandarr's Yoko wig/boots along with the shoes/wigs for my costumes.
So, between this July and next, I'd like to make:
*Yoko for Mandarr (Hopefully we can split the $$ involved in it. I am NOT sewing pleather shorts, and the super long wig + size 12 gogo boots are all special order anyway. I really want to make her giant gun.
*Nia for me. I think I want to do young Nia with her jewelery and head-flower. But with shorter hair. I might just buy another long wig. Mandarr worked for her Wig-of-unmentionable-origins.
* RO Alchemist for me. The biggest part is the knee-high tan lace up boots. I already have the fabric and pattern for a dress. I also want to make a cart to tote around.
* Commander Simon. This is for Sakuracon, and is relatively easy. For Sakuracon I'll most likely be Simon, commander Simon, and (hopefully we stay all day sunday) and my alchemist or Nia. I might mix it up, I'm not totally sure if theres a lot of Ragnarok people up here. I also plan to use a different method of binding next year.. or at least change OUT of it for the rave.
*Also, since my culminating project is on sewing and learning techniques.. I might pick something out of either a Clamp Artbook, or one of the Gurren ones that are coming out. There's a Nia one out, and theres a two page spread of thee different Nia's in fancy dresses.. And that's what I really want to do, to show off for my presentation. (Its pretty much gonna be a powerpoint of basic sewing explanation, and then pictures of the other outfits and so on. Along with a sewing mannequin displaying the fanciest outfit. :3

Um... That's about it for now. Also thinking about remaking Simons drill in clearish resin and having it glow with a LED :D