a fandom journey

I must be the luckiest person ever when it comes to finding cosplay coats. Earlier this year when I was looking for a brown coat to cosplay as Mal Reynolds, on the day of the cosplay event I just walked into a charity shop on the off chance they'd have something, and right there in front of me was the perfect coat on a hanger - right colour, style, size and everything.

Today, I decided to look for a red military style coat to cosplay as Captain John Hart, which I won't actually be needing for a few months but I wanted to start looking early. I kind of forgot though, so I went to town, did everything else I had on my list, and then forgot I wanted to do some shopping for cosplay until 4:50 when all the shops would soon be shutting. I just walked into the nearest charity shop for a quick five minute look, not expecting to find anything, and right there on a hanger in front of me was a red coat in the right colour, style, size and everything! (Not perfect mind, it'll need some modifications but if you know what the coat looks like you can take that as a given.) Still, it was an ideal base to start from. Maybe I just attract really good cosplay coats! XD

Me as Captain Mal Reynolds. Picture quality’s crappy, but the camera on my phone is awful in artificial light. It’s for a sci-fi themed bar crawl at my uni which isn’t until March, but I’m getting prepared early. I need time to paint up the gun, because I can’t afford an official replica so I’m going to try modifying this toy Wild West-style revolver which I got for a fiver.