[10H cosplay] Shiroha under the clock tower, NieR:Automata sortie record

For today's 10H shoot, the core focus was on restoring that cold, hard, and broken feeling of the YoRHa forces. The wig was trimmed starting three days in advance; the white short hair needs to fit the skull contour, and at the same time, the layers of the bangs in front shouldn't be too heavy, otherwise it will look lacking in texture under strong light. To match the character's iconic red pupils, I tried several contact lenses with different diameters, and finally chose one with extremely high color rendering but natural edge transition, so that even in a cool-toned shooting environment, the eyes can maintain a sharp feeling.
In terms of clothing, this white combat uniform has many subtle design tricks in its pattern. The high-neck design combined with the off-the-shoulder cut forms a relatively strong visual contrast. The cutouts on the waist and abdomen are a restoration of the original design. However, clothing with this kind of structure really tests your movements; as long as the degree of body bending is wrong, the fabric will bunch up. So when wearing it on-site, I used quite a few safety pins inside for fixation to ensure that the clothes could always stay fitted when making large combat movements. To match the overall black-and-white color scheme, I chose black stockings/tights for the legs, which can visually echo the black gloves and also make the overall colors more restrained, guiding the visual center upward.
For the shooting location, we chose a studio with a vintage clock background. The main light source was a cool blue spotlight, plus dark red curtains hanging from above, making the overall atmosphere very oppressive. To highlight the white clothing and silver-white long hair, the photographer added a warm light on the side as a rim light so that the subject could pop out from the dark background. However, this alternating cool and warm lighting has very high requirements for the cleanliness of the makeup. If the base makeup is even slightly uneven, it will look messy in the lens, so setting and retouching makeup took quite a bit of time.
Holding the long sword and making the action of raising both arms high this time was actually quite physically demanding. The sword itself has weight, and coupled with the need to keep the lines of the wrists and arms smooth, I adjusted the angle of my arms no less than twenty times on site. Because the clothes are exposed at the shoulders, slightly larger movements would pull the sleeve fabric, causing the overall lines to deform. To capture that exact instant when the blade coincided with the clock background, we took continuous shots until my arm muscles began to ache, finally freezing this relatively satisfactory composition.
In her settings, the character 10H has her own tragic color. That line, "We are all cursed, yet we still want to live," kept swirling in my mind during the preparation stage. To convey this sense of struggle even in static photos, I didn't put too much of a smile or sadness into my expression, but tried my best to present a state of being slightly exhausted after just experiencing battle on the battlefield, yet still tightly gripping the weapon. The gaze must be firm, but not hollow.
When removing makeup after the shoot, hairspray and styling spray made my hair very hard, and the wig also required a long time to comb through. While packing up the equipment, I was thinking that every time I cosplay a character with such a combat setting, it is not only a test of physical strength, but also an experience of the character's inner world. From prop preparation to action design, every link needs to be treated rigorously so that the character on paper can stand firmly in three-dimensional reality. After packing up the sword and clothes, the shooting work for this set of photos can be considered temporarily concluded.