The ECG, the European Cosplay Gathering, can be considered the European Cosplay Chmapionship (along with the EuroCosplay from the MCM Expo in London) where more than 10 European nations compete about the glory of the victory in a group and a single category.
The preliminaries for Germany are held at the Book Fair in Leipzig at the beginning of our German convention season.

Last year around May Sui and Cherry, my dearest friends from Munich, asked me if I'd like to join them in their team just that the three of us can finally cosplay something together.
I agreed happily and after some struggle  we could also find a cosplay plan that suited everyone of us perfectly.
We chose Small Lady ( ), Helios ( ) and Queen Nehelenia (moi) in an epic and dramatic performance with love, hatred, action, abuse and even maybe a tiny kiss.

I can say I never spent more money on a cosplay
And I also never spent more money on stage props.
And I never used more wigs on a cosplay than on this. After the 5th wig (I used a total of 7 wigs in one) I named her Ursula, because she reminded me so much of the little Mermaid's seawitch

Thanks to the help of Sekundenzeiger I got finished with the cosplay in time without too much nerve-breakdowns. My best buddies Ryo and :devLunaLuffer: helped us to prepare our stage props before the performance.

I was really nervous. As some of you know I'm not very musical, I even am a little tone-deaf. That my action on the timing of the music was dependant for our performance didn't really help much I was a wreck shortly before our skit.
And I turn around on stage, say my first sentence and notice CRAP! MY MICROPHONE IS OFF!!!
Thankfully I could speak loud enough that at least until the third row everybody understood me.
Well, shit happens

And our performance was a total success! We had worked on it since winter and the audiance showed all the emotions we wanted! It was shocked, awestruck and moved whenever we had planned it

But the real shocker for myself came not until some time later... I'd really hoped for the third place, but then the Jury announced there will be only one first place and a runner-up group to replace them in case something happens.
And oh gosh, I was already so relaxed because I knew it couldn't happen. My favourite group had put such a great scit from Howls Moving Castle on stage and I was very certain tehy'll be announced the winners...
but then...

WE WON!
WE WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY AT THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

Now we're searching wide and low for good ideas for the finals! We're pretty sure we don't stand a chance against all those magnificent Cosplayers from Europe, but we plan to make it grand and big and to represent our country worthy!!!