Timeflip The Second: Silent Hill Cosplay

There seems to be a trouble with time, yet again, and instead of the following part in the Time Capsule Series, the sands of time have dropped on a Silent Hill. Though there weren’t many cosplays (contrary to rumored belief, Silent Hill is NOT that popular among the manga/anime crowd, who usually puts its cosplaying skills to work), the ones we were witness to made the whole thing worth our while. Speaking strictly for myself, this party was one of the best in terms of themed photography. Le Ciel, Katya and Sarcana must be commended on orchestrating a Silent Hill show, during which, dressed with the tunes of Akira Yamaoka and aided by strobe and laser, they reenacted popular motifs of the Silent Hill nurses, as well as one of the most widely known scenes: that of Pyramid Head massacring the nurses and dragging them away. The show had elements from Silent Hill 2, 3 and Origins. Special congratulations go to Countess Bathory and Evil Lolita (the latter a WiP member, last I knew – can’t know for sure now), who were behind the timing and choreography.

You will notice that the photos, especially the Silent Hill ones, are a bundle of Photoshop joy: this is due, in part, to the fact that I wanted to experiment with a few of them, but more largely to my wanting to keep with the Silent Hill feel and color palette. I hope you like them. If, by some freak chance, they are too dark for you to see anything, I would appreciate a note, that I may possibly ameliorate them. Welcome then, to Alchemilla Hospital. We hope you enjoy your stay.

A break from photographing the cage with… LARVA!

…do that to people!

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First time I’ve seen “One-Winged-Angel”…

…all-around.

…that made quite an impression…

Additions, might I add…

…to our cool geek family.

…(well, new to me, since I don’t come over as often as I used to)…

…as well as new additions…

…(hope you’re having fun in England baby-girl)…

…(isn’t that peacock hair weirdly cute?)…

…to familiar faces (Louiza and Rita)…

The rest of this post is dedicated (Chiroto and Milk-chan)…

…Estorial wearing Hello Kitty! Nooooooooo!

You thought all that blood and gore was horrible? Wait ’til you see…

…even Silent Hill Nurses gotta work!

As for our lovely monsters, well…

*cough* Out of character I say!

With that done, it’s time to get out of character…

…and a “terrified” (oh, shut up – you know you like it) KrizD!

…plus Peter…

Nurse Evil Lolita and her merry men: Pyramid Head…

The DVD cover for the new Silent Hill movie? What do YOU think?

Nurse group photos in a variety of positions and color variations.

(The 3rd Prize was awarded to one of the three, but I cannot remember which one. Help anyone?).

Bubble Head Nurse Sarcana (Silent Hill 2).

Nurse Katya (Silent Hill: Origins).

…and alternate version.

Nurse Evil Lolita (Silent Hill 3)…

(I think Yu-kun is supposed to be Heather Mason).

…the show had to begin!

However, the time for self-indulgence was short as…

…and basked awhile in the appreciative looks of those attending the event.

Then, [room302] made his appearance as Pyramid Head (possibly Silent Hill 2 – 1st Prize)…

Kudos Asaph-chan! You really had me there!

…and I felt like a complete doofus.

“…Wonder who it is” and then of course, she came over to say ‘hi’…

…moving around bound in chains. The amazing thing is, when I first saw her, I thought to myself: “Hey, this kid has done a really good L…”

Asaph-chan and her friend, Ghost Notes (arigatou Eri-chan!), as Light and L (Death Note)…

Try to smile boys, will you? There!

The Anime.gr Squad: Vetus, ???, Mercyful and Pantom Duck.

A typical Kyoshiro moment in front of the lens.

Bunnydragon and her latest meal– errr… Never mind!

…and Crescent.

…Red Pyramid…

Dahlia with Kaba-san…

…as well as the screenshots I have found over the net: greenish and desaturated (although I omted the greenish part).

…and this is in keeping with her cold, calculating nature (of which I have read)…

You will notice that, barring one, all the photos of Dahlia are rather desaturated…

…complete with a Flauros (made by Kabamaroudis-kun).

In short order, I saw Tomodachi as Dahlia Gillespie (Silent Hill 1 – 2nd Prize)…

…as well as the elusive Katya.

…the latest version of Freaking Candy Freak (girl at work)…

An amazingly pleasant surprise was Usagi-chan, who I had not seen in months…

…and this is me, messing around in Photoshop (which version do you like best?).

Among the pictures I have taken of Raven, this is a tough contestant for the top, along with “Sweet Death”…

Need you ask whose hair that is…? Kyoshiro!

Why, Raven of course (here with Oremo).

Right at the entrance, hm, who’s THIS little ghost?

I believe that the most memorable punchlines of the party were:

(1) Addressed to me: “Dude, I saw an L with boobs!”

(2) Me: Now, who the fuck is that chick dancing in the cage? (Stupid question: there were two of them).

New Guy: Uh, that would be my girlfriend.

Me: Ah, OK (I show him picture in camera): this one?

New Guy: Er, nope.

Me: How about this one?

New guy: Oh, yeah, that’s the one. Do you have EVERYONE’s picture in there?!

To which, I believe, no answer is required. It was a very fun night, much contrary to my anticipation (I can’t really stand Akira Yamaoka for very long) and of surprising artistic value. I hope you enjoyed the photos, I hope some of you will comment here to help me fill any blanks and questions you have seen and finally, I have a confession to make: I do not know the first thing about Silent Hill, apart from pictures and some artwork, so if you see anything that doesn’t gel, first blame the internet and second, tell me what it is so I can fix it.

Perturbed dreams,

Speedgrapher