Whelp, I’m 0 for 3 so far, but I got some great stories to tell.
Contestant #1 sent me five pics. They were professionally shot and gorgeous to look at. She was cosplaying as a succubus. To maximize the realism, she was topless. She also looked quite a lot like a lady from my church. So that took a minute to get past. That said, she asked me to wait until her “Boo” came back from the Middle East. Two weeks later, he returned, and we talked. He was a genuinely nice guy. We agreed his wife was beautiful. We agreed the photographer had done an excellent job. However, as a recently promoted officer in our nation’s military, he didn’t want hundreds of enlisted service members fapping to pictures of his wife. She had not thought about that, and we agreed that I would delete the pics. Although I noted I hoped she’d keep them to show her grandkids how cool she was back in the day.
Contestant #2 sent me three pics of her as a Llamia. If you haven’t read The Brittle Riders, that’s a mutant centaur with armadillo armor on its flanks. I selected one I wanted to use and sent it to her to get permission. Her husband saw that email and reached out to me. Also a nice guy, clearly concerned about the scandal his wife’s nipples would cause in the Hamptons. They decided their niece would print out one pic and add the Brittle Riders’ logo so he could frame it and hang it in their bedroom.
Contestant #3 sent me several cell phone pics of her cosplaying a succubus. They were crude but fun. I picked two and sent them to her to get formal permission. Her wife saw them and accused me of being the cause of everything from childhood obesity to pre-Super Bowl Kendrick Lamar. She claimed I’d used my “electric penis” to seduce her wife. Short story shorter, I deleted the pics.
While the characters are scantily clad in the beginning of the books, and there are good reasons for that, it does not mean you need to be nude to cosplay them. They sell bras and bikini tops and other nipple-concealing items at Walmart and Target as well as at many local clothing stores. It would be nice if the ladies mentioned above would reshoot their attempts, but I don’t have my hopes up.
In simple terms, if your friends and family would be shocked, cover-up. I am not a marriage counselor and don’t want to be.
To you few brave souls who asked for more info on how to cosplay characters from The Brittle Riders and/or Goptri of the Mists, I am here to help. To learn how to create bat wings so you can be a super cool succubus, just CLICK HERE for a great tutorial. If you want to go all in, get some sheer plastic slippers and attach a talon to each heel. If your heart’s desire is to be a mutant centaur, like the Llamia in the book, just CICK HERE for a fun tutorial on how to make that happen. You will need to be a little crafty to pull it together. Also, remember to add armadillo armor to the flanks to complete the ensemble. If you wish to be a wolfen or a badgebeth, use THIS COSTUME as your base, and you should be fine. Should you truly wish to throw caution into the flames, then dressing like a Pearl (a/k/a squid woman) from Goptri of the Mists is for you. Just CLICK HERE to get a cute Disney costume you can alter until you are the stuff of legends.
Here are the basic rules for anyone wishing to participate.
(1) Yes, you can be under 18 and send me pics of you cosplaying. Just cover up your pretty bits so Mr. Bill doesn’t go to jail.
(2) If you’re over 18, you don’t have to wear pasties if you don’t want to. We have custom digital ones we can use as needed. However, I may ask for proof of age, so be prepared.
(3) If you’re already hairy, R’yune and Sland are both excellent and easy choices for you. I have others that I don’t have drawings of so ask if you’re interested.
(4) Except for the Pearls from Goptri of the Mists, who are clones of an Indian female serial killer coupled with the body of a Cephalopod, it is impossible to “race swap” any character. All my chimeras are built on a wide variety of human DNA. As long as you’re human, you’re halfway there.
(5) You can send all the pics you want. I will not use any without your permission. Just submitting them doesn’t grant me any rights. Years of experience have taught me that what seemed like a good idea at the time might not work so well in retrospect.
If you scroll down, you’ll see the lovely, and talented, Phystee Nicole Brown cosplaying as a succubus. She was the body model for Oshun in Legends Parallel comic book series and has been a McSciFi supporter for a long time. If you need a model in the Memphis area, she and her crew are top notch.
Just send whatever you’ve got to info@mcscifibooks.com so they don’t get lost in my personal email.
I think that’s enough excitement for one day. I thank you all for following along and look forward to chatting again.