The final team competing in the Australia preliminaries is Melanie and Amber of GoWuGo. Melanie is from Brisbane and Amber is from Melbourne. They will be performing Uranus and Duke B. Rambert of Battle Arena Toshinden.
Here is a shot of both of them doing another cosplay.
You'll have to believe me on this one but the person above is Melanie holding the body form she made for her Uranus outfit. She has made numerous costumes and says that her entry into cosplay was not so much an inspiration as it was an evolution. Her love of history and learning how to sew were her beginnings towards active costume creation and cosplay.
Above is Amber modeling her own armour. She remembers watching anime as a youngster, when she was 13 or 14 and had started researching anime on the internet she often found images of people dressed up as anime characters. This was her first introductions to cosplay and she has been active for about 7 years now.
Good luck GoWuGo!
