Sailor Galaxia
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
Completed - April/May 2000
Ahhh, Galaxia. This is a very special costume for me because of the memories made in it and the things I learned from creating it.
The series Sailormoon was the first anime I came to love. When first I saw Sailorstars, I just assumed something like Galaxia would be impossible, but I wanted a grand goal and a challenge after Nehelenia.
Galaxia was made from a lot of things and a lot of trial and error until I got everything just the way I wanted it. It was a very expensive costume because of some of the materials I chose and the re-doing of some parts. Because of that, Joshua and I scraped together money just to make it to Anime North that year!
I'm very glad we did, too. Anime Noth was very magical that year, even though I broke my golden starseed, doh!
Later that summer, I performed with Sailor Jamboree at Comic-Con International in this costume.
When I was younger, some of my older, more mature geeky friends talked about how great it would be to even go to Comic-Con, let alone even THINK about doing a masquerade. The costumes were all supposed to be amazing beyond anything we Indiana kids had ever seen. Someday I just wanted to go and I felt a little heartbroken I still lived in Indiana when Naoko Takeuchi made her appearance there. Sailormoon had touched my heart and I wanted to thank her for that.
I was just starting out making anime costumes at the time, but I knew SOMEDAY, I wanted to be good enough for Comi-Con. I set that as an ultimate goal in my heart.
A couple years later, I found myself on that stage, performing in that masquerade with a large group of friends. Then, the unexpected happened, we won. It was quite the wonderful feeling and one I would never forget.
Aside from a personal commitment I made about Fanime that coming year, I decided I wouldn't compete anymore for, at the very least, a long, long while. I don't really know why, it just felt like the thing to do.
There is a short list of fellow costumers I would consider going back up on that big stage in San Diego with. Maybe someday..... maybe not. Who knows?
So, yes, Galaxia means a lot to me because she taught me about achieveng goals. For that reason alone, this is one of my favorites.
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