Here is a map of the park showing the location of the parking lot and North Ramada.

Please discuss this event here on the forum!

At the end of July, SunaCosu's staff ran the cosplay contest at Animeland Tucon. The quality of the costumes and performances surprised us all and overall event was very successful! Here's a group photo of several of the winners and the staff. Thank you so much to all that partcipated! We are glad to return next year.

SunaCosu is also putting on the dances for SabotenCon on Friday and Saturday night! Friday night's theme will be "Streets of Japan" and Saturday night's theme will be "Halloweentown." For a full announcement, click here!

We are excited to announce some new themed workshops! July & August will feature Middle Eastern Costumes. November is the perfect time to come and experiment with thermoplastics (Fosshape and Wonderflex). Check the links in the side calendar for more info.

Remember that even if you are not working on the themed project, you are still welcome to bring in any costume project and work on it among the company of others, and even ask for advice. You can show up or leave at any time during the open workshop.

Mikoto Chan has written a review on FiestaCon from this past 4th of July weekend.

Don't forget about SunaCosu Bowling this month! If you plan on attending, please RSVP via the forum or e-mailing sunacosu@gmail.com.

The animefest events were a blast! Anime Pictonary and Iron Cosplay were very entertaining! Photos are here. Please send your own to the group pool and tag them 'megaanimefest' Red Comet also wrote a review of the event.

Also see ViciousWarGoose's photos from AniZona, especially if you are interested in the fashion events, like the J-fashion Show and Lolita Tea Party. Mikoto Chan also wrote a review of the event.

Workshop and Costumers' BBQ next weekend!

Please take note that the April 25 workshop will be shortened, running from 10:30 to 2:00 PM, so that the board of directors can have a meeting. Please arrange your rides accordingly.

An RSVP is required for attendance at the Costumers' BBQ. More info on the flyer.

The Steampunk photoshoot was a great success! Everyone had fantastic outfits and the train park made for a fitting background. Photos from four photographers are now up on FlickR here! They took some really great shots.

Also see our March 14 meeting minutes.

SunaCosu has also joined the MySpace bandwagon! Add us to your friends!

SunaCosu has a spiffy new animated banner thanks to Frank! Please use this banner to link to us on other sites or forums you are a part of that may be relevant to Arizona costumers, especially the local convention forums.

-NyuNyu

SunaCosu Events at Phoenix Comicon are as follows:

Steampunk Dance / Friday @ 8:30 PM / Superstition North
Lolita 101 / Friday @ 8:30 PM / Palo Verde II
Iron Cosplay / Saturday @ 4:30 PM / Gazebo
Lolita Croquet Tournament / Friday @ 3:30 PM / Lawn

Only a week left! See you there!

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*UPDATE* Note that the photoshoot date has been postponed to March 7.

The Food Drive Picnic is this Saturday! Here are the events to look forward to:
-Iron Skit run by SunaCosu & Cosplay Zone Productions
-Anime Singled Out run by AfterCon
-Open Console Gaming

Don't forget to bring a dish to share for the potluck and at least two (but more is better!) canned food items to donate! :)

Photos from the recent Atomic Comics animefest are up! All these photos are from the Iron Cosplay event that we ran as a group. The theme was "anime villains." Team Rocket blasted off with style, and the tentacle monster charmed us all, but our reigning champions, the Companion Cubes, were again victorious with Bowser on their side! Congratulations! Thanks to everyone who came out and made this event fun.
Photos are here!

Have a safe, fun, and well costumed Halloween! Afterall, it's the one day of the year we can go about anywhere in costume without question.

Please join us at Steele Indian School Park on Nov. 15 for a Food Drive/Picnic just in time to help hungry families for Thanksgiving! This is a collaborative project between these Arizona groups: AZHP, AfterCon, Cosplay Zone Productions, and SunaCosu! For more details, see this thread.

-Admission is a minimum of 2 cans
-Food will be donated to St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance
-Potluck picnic - bring something to share!
-Social events to be announced soon

The new look of SunaCosu launches! We hope to bring you a site that is easier to navigate, and has more information. Much work has gone into creating the new site, so we hope you enjoy it. Also, check out the new themes installed on the forum! If you don't like the default view, you have several options to choose from.

Thanks to everyone who came out! It was pretty hot, but we had a good turnout and some great pictures of this event. Not to mention food and fun!
Photos are here!

This was a very successful event! Most of us are just beginning our steampunk costume projects, but all of us came away with something, whether it was progress, or ideas and inspiration!
Photos are here!

New Event! Costume Photoshoot and Picnic at Kiwanis Park!

When: Saturday, September 27 Beginning at 9:00 am
Where: Kiwanis Park in Tempe, Ramada 7

-There is no particular theme
- bring any costume you have that you would like photos in a green, outdoors setting
- and/or bring your camera! It's very hilly so I'd recommend a costume with practical shoes that you can walk in.
-It's a potluck picnic so please bring something to share if you will be eating.
-The park should be dried up and it should be cooler by late September. =)
-A map will be posted soon so no one will get lost and everyone can find the correct ramada.

Discuss here!

Congratulations to this year's masquerade winners at Phoenix ConGames! Thank you once more to Stillman's Blades for donating the amazing prizes, which the winners received on top of cash and free event passes from the convention. SunaCosu and Cosplay Zone were proud to present this event. We had lot of fun doing it- as you can see from the photo gallery here in the SunaCosu FlickR Group.

And finally, thank you to everyone who came and participated and we hope to see you at ConGames next year!

June 28 - Open Workshop
Wyldbratling has offered her home for an open costume workshop. Bring any of your costume projects at any stage to work on and get help with. In addition, come prepared for a steampunk costume discussion.

July 26 - Fabric Shopping Trip
Join us as we make a group outing to the Phoenix SAS & Home Depot shopping for cosplay materials. This is your chance to use others as a resource in choosing the best supplies for your upcoming costumes.

August 2 - SunaCosu 2nd Official Meeting
Presentations this time around include wig styling and cosplay photography.

Thank you to everyone that showed up!
18 in attendance

Featured Presentations:

-Mask Making by Jai
-Pattern Alteration by Wyldbratling
(Sorry, our wig presenter couldn’t make it)

Forum Discussion
Photo Gallery (FlickR)

A few highlights...

-watching Jai sculpt parts of his mask on the spot
-playing with paperclay!
-round table discussion on different mask methods
-advice from James about working with fiberglass & resin
-seeing how to alter pattern on 3 different body types
-words of wisdom from Marian about patterns
-”Brandon is the perfect woman!”

The SunaCosu TeamSpeak Q&A is now available for download! Right-click and Save as. Thanks to everyone who logged on to support the club!

http://www.arizonahp.org/AZHPTeamSpeak/AZHPTeamSpeak-02.mp3

That big announcement I mentioned? SunaCosu is teaming up with Cosplay Zone to sponsor the Masquerade and Lolita Tea Party at Phoenix ConGames! More details TBA.