Toulouse Game Show: “It’s an opportunity to be someone else”, confides a cosplayer
The Toulouse Game Show, which will be held on November 27 and 28, will host the French cosplay cup. Satymoo traveled from the Rhône-Alpes to participate.
Thousands of euros and over 1,000 hours of work. Satymoo will present its silversmith’s work this weekend, during the 14th edition of the Toulouse Game Show. She was selected for the second time at the French cosplay cup (a hobby that consists of playing the role of a fictional character by imitating his costume, editor’s note), after winning the first prize in her region, the Rhône -Alps. The 17 entrants will be judged on their costume and performance, approximately one minute.
The 37-year-old cosplayer will don for the first time the dress of the mirror queen, a fictional character from the film “The Brothers Grimm”, released in 2005. “This is my biggest project. I stopped counting the hours and the money I spent on it, ”she says.
She embarked on this daunting project two years ago. For an identical reproduction, Satymoo brought the original fabric from England.
A passion since 2015
Passionate about video games since her childhood, she has multiplied visits to conventions. In 2015, Satymoo meets a cosplayer who will mark her forever. On returning home, the young woman decides to embark on cosplay. “I’ve always loved sewing,” she smiles. But cosplay is another way of working. We become addicted. It is a pride to present your work ”.
In 6 years, Satymoo made several costumes including “a few” for his children. It’s a way for the mother of a family to get away from it all. For a few hours, we play the role of another person. We are one with the costume, ”says Satymoo. This Sunday, dressed in her medieval dress and wearing her crown, she hopes to sit on the throne.