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Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Ranzear posted:

Yeah that was the part I wanted to throw in but forgot: Do at least have fun.

My ranting came mostly from that mention that cosplay is expensive because of tailoring, which is silly unless you've never sewn in your life and/or don't own a single machine. What might get expensive is materials that look, lay, and feel right, and cheap polyester that you can't even iron just makes everything harder.

Currently trying to find a pattern or basic idea for how to do that weird cavalry uniform/nehru collar for my Nephrite, which I've been promising to do for years now.

That's fair. I appreciate the insight from someone with vastly more experience in it than me.

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Ranzear
Jul 25, 2013

Vermain posted:

That's fair. I appreciate the insight from someone with vastly more experience in it than me.

Probably not vastly. I only did a little cosplay sewing on the side and have mostly made dresses. Attempted a corset exactly once. Getting things to fit right is just a matter of not rushing (plan to finish a week before an event, not the night before), not shorting your allowances (buy enough material, this is another "trying to go cheap makes things harder" thing), and pinning a fit before sewing (you're gonna get poked, deal with it).

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

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Monaghan
Dec 29, 2006

Even using expensive materials can make things difficult, it just depends on the nature of the fabric and what you are making.

Hardest cosplay I ever did was Dante from DMC 3 because sewing that jacket outta vinyl was hard as gently caress. Plus the material cost like 25 bucks a meter.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Yeah, expensive materials can sometimes be hard to work with. It's pretty important to research the materials and methods you'll use before you do things.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Sorry for the absence, here's lots of pics.


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People seem to be on a big Fate kick 'cuz of the anime.



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Last but not least, a favorite of mine from I think today:

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I'll try to get more dudes, but for some reason most of the dudes I follow don't cosplay anime stuff.

A Doomed Purloiner
Jan 4, 2006

I don't like that puu.sh image host you're using. It takes forever for the images to load for me.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
I'm sorry, I'll look into imgur, but since I have puu.sh set up already it's not super high on my priority list.

Also they load just fine for me on a different device on a different network, so...

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

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I should go through her backlog. She's a really cool person, and also a great cosplayer.


Man I wish I could remember everyone I upload things from. Maybe it'll come to me :shrug:


x haha, re-found the source. It took me a long time to track down who that was to ask about that wig.


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Did I post that one already? I'm not checking.

Let's finish it off with some Love Lives (I think)

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Rodenthar Drothman fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Jan 12, 2017

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild
Took me forever to find these old pics from Tekko 2016 (Imgur's user interface and searching sucks!). Enjoy!

















The best part about the Cubone was that they had an mp3 of the Lavender Town Theme on Loop playing around them at all times.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
That sounds awesome.

Costumes with some kind of inaction bit are my favorite to see at cons.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

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And best one that I finally found a source for,

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Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Don't see much Champloo cosplay, but hey!

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You know, I've never directly consumed any Fate media, but god drat the costume design is cute :3:



Also lol

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:rip: Dick, you died for the burgs.



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Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Slow thread is slow.


Fast ninjas are fast.




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This guy is extremely cool. His tutorials are hilarious, his builds are fast, and god drat he looks good doin' it.

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011



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Meme Emulator
Oct 4, 2000

That Nami is making me succumb to despair

Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012


StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

Cross-posting cosplay from the Maid Dragon thread because it's quite well done!

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Happy Valentine's Day, goons.




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I just went with what facebook shows me, because I guess the algorithm thinks I really don't wanna see dude cosplayers for some reason.

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Also WOW

(It's Yaya Han, in case you don't know much about cosplay. Too lazy to link.)

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild
The Valentine's Asuka is pretty cool. ♡~♡

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Indeed. A real tsundere :allears:

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
it was weird when I went to a fabric store to buy the stuff for my nico costume and discovered that like half of the cheap fabrics suitable for a rarely-worn costume rather than actual clothing were Yaya Han-branded.

OK, "half" is overstating it, but pretty much all the stretch vinyl, and a few other things besides.

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013

go on...

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

Yes_Cantaloupe posted:

it was weird when I went to a fabric store to buy the stuff for my nico costume and discovered that like half of the cheap fabrics suitable for a rarely-worn costume rather than actual clothing were Yaya Han-branded.

OK, "half" is overstating it, but pretty much all the stretch vinyl, and a few other things besides.

Did you buy any? If so, how are they? I haven't needed any yet.

Plutonis
Mar 25, 2011

Rodenthar Drothman posted:

Also WOW

(It's Yaya Han, in case you don't know much about cosplay. Too lazy to link.)

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005

Rodenthar Drothman posted:

Did you buy any? If so, how are they? I haven't needed any yet.

I ended up getting some of the stretch vinyl to make boot covers. Very thin stuff, but it worked easily and looked good. I might worry about its durability if I were planning on wearing the costume more than a handful of times.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012


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Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

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Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.



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Tinestram
Jan 13, 2006

Excalibur? More like "Needle"

Grimey Drawer

far too many attached limbs, 2/10

StrixNebulosa
Feb 14, 2012

You cheated not only the game, but yourself.
But most of all, you cheated BABA

More cosplay cross-posted from the Maid Dragon thread 'cause it's cute

https://twitter.com/Hazukari/status/832783084231725056

https://twitter.com/snorelaxqueen/status/832737327017373696

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

That wig is freaking great.


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I cannot get enough of Megan Coffey's Holo.



And one last Valentine's Asuka.

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Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Don't have time to put together a bigger post, but I saw this and


:stwoon:

Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.

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I'm really sad she moved most of her stuff to Patreon last year, I really liked seeing her progress stuff, and all the random shoots she'd do. Good on her for successfully monetizing it I guess?


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Kinda near and dear to my heart,

Sourced from a private FE cosplay group.
Complete with a blurry pic of what looks like a cool group.





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Next post: Apparently this NeiR thing is catching on?

Meme Emulator
Oct 4, 2000

Neir Automata is the best thing to happen to cosplay in a while. Thats such a good outfit.

Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


Rodenthar Drothman posted:


Kinda near and dear to my heart,

Sourced from a private FE cosplay group.
Complete with a blurry pic of what looks like a cool group.



Oh hey, I actually know that Matthew! She does a ton of cosplay, lots of Fire Emblem, all of them by hand



Might as well shamelessly post my Fire Emblem cosplay as well:



Rodenthar Drothman
May 14, 2013

I think I will continue
watching this twilight world
as long as time flows.
Oh ho ho ho, it figures 2 of the like, 5 English-speaking Hector cosplayers would be goons.

Does this make us best friends?

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Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


Rodenthar Drothman posted:

Oh ho ho ho, it figures 2 of the like, 5 English-speaking Hector cosplayers would be goons.

Does this make us best friends?

Brothers in Arms Perhaps?

I figure Hector would be a semi-rare cosplay, he's a full suit of armor and fairly obscure.

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