I'm going to attend and cosplay at FanExpo Philadelphia this year. I was just wondering if anyone else was going to attend or if anyone's been there before.>ARE YOU GOIN>WHAT ARE YOU DOIN>WHAT ARE YOU COSPLAYIN>HOPES FOR CON
>>10910276I'm down to meet. >CosplayingI'm going as Denji from CSM
>>10908093is anyone going as carrie kelley on the Saturday of this event? i have an idea for a photo + drawing mashup of sorts
>>10908093I'm going as Shanks from One Piece. How is this con? I'm relatively new to cons. I've been to CCE and anime Boston. I can't tell if this con is really anime focused or more western stuff, but I live in Philly so it seems silly not to go
>>10910572This is the first con I'm going to. I'll be sure to look for a Shanks.
>>10910572Fan Expo doesn't focus on anime related stuff. That's not to say there isn't anything of interest to anime fans, but it's way more focused on superhero comic type stuff. It's a "multi-genre" convention, which is different from anime based conventions like the ones you named.
I'm a near-complete beginner to con culture and the "scene" due to zero exposure to it until recently and I have too many questions swimming around in my head that I need to ask. I've only been to a couple of small ones in my mostly-desolate area and I want to step up to traveling to bigger ones but I'm overwhelmed. Please bear with me.>Do a majority of congoers cosplay? I know it's common, but is it seen as a faux pas to not cosplay?>Likewise, is it seen as a faux pas to wear the same cosplay more than once in a multi-day event, or to not wear it some days?>I've read a lot on this board about "after hours" events and parties that aren't scheduled by the con staff. Do you have to get invited to things like that, or how do people find out about them?>Do cons that don't have a stated sub-demographic (ones that use terms like "fandom" or "pop culture" instead of specifically "fantasy" or "otaku" or something) tend to accept all demographics? Would you be looked at weird for going to something more "western" like SDCC in an anime cosplay, or would you expect to see a lot of them? >Why do some huge cons like Colossal and Dragon seem to place such significance on getting a hotel room onsite as opposed to just being nearby? Surely not just traffic, right?>What's a "gull"? >How do you not get sick every time you go to one? >How do you keep track of scheduling for multiple cons across multiple years? Do you get notified about them? When is "con season"?>If you're partying, how do you deal with inevitable hangovers or crashes?And some more personal questions>If you cosplay, what's normally your budget? Both in terms of time and money. >How do you make friends at a con if you're not going with a group?>How many cons do you go to yearly or on a recurring basis? There are a fuckton I want to see but I'm not sure if my expectations are unreasonable.Thank you for your time.
>>10907375Trust me and don't go. Cons were never good and stopped being interesting in 2005.
>>10910609This. SO MUCH THIS. It's SO over, bros. It has NEVER been more over than this. It will be MORE over than this with every passing second *though*
>>10910621It gets like that with anything. Any band, any movie series, any "scene". Never gets as good as it was.To quote Robert Frost"Nothing gold ever stays"
Where can I buy a custom wig? Specifically a Yotsuba wig.
Where can I find people cosplaying Madoka?
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>>10910553oh wow you’re hot
so where do i start? i feel like learning to do my makeup is a must, that's why i didn't bought any costumes or wigs yet, but i kinda want to see myself on dresses since i've been hitting the gym for a year now
>>10910618Unironically just buy a costume, wig, and make up supplies. Don't worry if it's good enough, you should focus on just starting period. The more you actually do it, the more you'll understand how it works, what you'll want changed, and improve. Don't worry about starting perfect, just start.
>>10910630sounds reasonable, guess i'll start with the good old maid/gothic dress and go from there
Recently I got a crush on slav women, they're fucking goddessesName: ksana stankevich
>>10905701>>10908502They deserve the money more than I do. So beautiful...
>>10834363She's smushing them together because men like how that looks
>>10910611Personally I like it better when the bra fits.
Foid here,I'm starting to think cosplaying is only worth it if you're attractive
>>10908458I actually think rather low of it, but I'm not dumb enough to ignore reality.Even outside of that, pretty much any reasonable trait you could list as something you look for in a man I'd have.I'm not perfect, but I'd be as good as anyone could expect to get.
>>10904559>I'm in a dry spell now
>>10908459>Just don't be fat or greasyI don't even mind if someone's greasy, but I've tried dating a fat girl before and I think she could tell how not interested I was in her.
>>10836914based beatrix merry me
>>10837684The vernacular is uninspired derivation from the original male term femoidMen are familiar with it because you never stop bitching at us but also because foid is the obvious counter-derivation from moid.
What does it say about a con when it pays for advertising on a Bavarian knitting forum?
>>10909848lord imagine being sandwiched in there
>>10909914Yeah but there's a lot of scammers in Vegas. I never know which are legit.
>>10910036I wouldn't last 5 seconds.
>>10906840did senpaisquad shit in your cereal?
>>10906590Damn. I'm not going to go.>>10906775Having listened to you deranged faggots screeching about "moralfags" and how secretly everyone is a pedophile like you since 2007, it will never stop being satisfying watching you turn into the exact out-of-touch hysterical soccer moms you always mocked the hardest now that your shitty "culture" is the default, everyone still hates you, and younger and smarter people are swarming into 4chan and becoming the counterculture. Take your poppers and calm down, retard.
Will there be any good pre-made fallout jumpsuits released now that the show is a success? I got this micco one and it’s good but a really high quality one would be better.
Fallout is dead. It will now be infected with normalfags that only play the Bethesda games. Do whatever you can to distance yourself from it.
>>10910153Fallouts pre-Bethesda were pointless to cosplay because resolution of outfits was incredibly low you braindead /v/ professional noplayerWhere it died was with Fallout 4
Post cosplays you're working on, plan to work on, or want feeback on, and motivate each other. Let's get back to our roots and away from the softcore porn, or at the very least survive alongside it.
>>10910359is this 3D printed? will you be able to see out of it/do you have any plans for leds? looks well made.
>>10910485Thank you! Yep it's 3d printed. I've moved to 3d printing for almost all my props and costumes. Works with my career too. Can't see shit currently, gonna finish it and make some heat formed, tinted lenses to replace the frontt. Yes adding LEDs as well. This will be my first led cosplay. Very excited for that.
Kahaku / male Guardian from To Your Eternity. About half the stuff I need arrived yesterday. I made a great fabric choice for n00bs like me, fake cashmere looks the same on both sides of the fabric & doesn't fray when cut.>Forgot I have no iron or ruler. Measuring everything by finger widths like a caveman. Hoping something metal heated up in the oven makes a good pseudo iron.>Shirt - Realized I can just fold the shirt cuff to achieve his 手甲 / arm guard.>Cut fringes off scarves, cut main gold border for chest piece out, figured out how to pin red scarf to achieve canon angle.>Wig, pants, shoes, shirt ordered. Shoes are black 地下足袋 from Japan, I got waterproof leather touchup paint to paint them white and help them survive Seattle weather.Plan is to dye the remainders of the gold fabric black to use for the socks that look kinda like 剣先脛巾 / pointed gaiters, if that doesn't work then I'll use his less recognizable outfit of white leg wraps out of old bedsheets I got free from a hotel. I'll make a prototype 障子板 / neck guard out of styrofoam, which I then cover with diy worbla. Armor plates will hopefully be made of thin leftover wood pieces.He has various versions of his outfit including one with most of the parts missing so if I fuck everything up, as long as I just get his cape right I'll still be canon.
>>10910555anon why would you not just buy a cheapo iron from kohl's or amazon or something
>>10910597I had one then gave it away recently as I never used it. Live in the middle of nowhere, no sewing goods shops around, shipping takes a while. I recently got severe brain damage affecting my logic capabilities and impulse control and honestly didn't realize I could probably borrow one... Thanks anon.
>>10910222I know this is the "cosplay meta" but some photos get so shopped and filtered they might aswell be CGI..Like, it pisses me off. There's a cosplayer I follow who's super handsome in-person and does really good makeup but you could NEVER tell from the photos because he always filters/smooths/liquifies the hell out of his pics
>>10910272It really sucks that nowadays even if you're naturally good looking(specifically in the context of cosplayers), many people will just assume you have great makeup/photoshop skills instead.
Gratuitous use of religious iconography
Akumakon in Febuary, who's going?
>>10910369What panels did you go to? I ran the horror panel.
>>10910460Just chilled in the bar for the most, or chilled with people I hadn't seen in a while.The atmosphere was definitely better than it was last year. Nearly didn't go back after last year. Already swort it was my last one but things looked brighter....
>>10910478What happened last year?
>>10910492Nothing at all. There was just a massive black cloud over the weekend and nothing was fun. Pic unrelated
>>10910517the whores are behaving overall, not whoredom overload on display, the car bombs workedlight up the fillies and pass the stout
Marin (and variations) and Yor were the obvious FOTM cosplays for last con season. What are your predictions for this year? My predictions:>Yor spillover from last year>a fuckton of Kobeni and Makima>Mitsuri from Demon Slayer (her arc comes out in spring)>Vash Stampede for guys
>>10910213nekopara does have an all ages version. this is a bit different, more like when people used to unironically cosplay black bible.>>10910214that's not kek lel kek my guy.
>>10910221>that's not kek lel kek my guyI’m guessing what they meant by that is that they don’t see risqué cosplays at cons anymore (which hasn’t been my experience personally, but that’s pretty dependent upon what cons you’re going to)
>>10910150The nipples pastries are definitely too extreme to wear at a con. Maybe some cosplayers will use fake boobs or just wear a bra/bikini top with stars. But even then I wonder how many are willing to cosplay her since her design isn't that appealing.
>>10830427Over a year after this anon's prediction and I'm seeing a shitton of Vash cosplays Most of them are chicks too
>>10910264I've seen Sugar cosplayers before, confident people would wear the pasties. But those pants are a non-starter, they'd be so uncomfortable.
Got any stories or plans for acen?
>>10910541Ask in the smoking section for the Hyatt. Alternatively, around the fountains in the Stevenson
>>10910585?
>>10910558Are people hanging around the fountain at night?
>>10910641Yeah there’s people hanging around the fountain pretty much round the clock during the con. Usually the con coincides with some local high school’s prom too, so one of the nights you’ll see an interesting mix around the fountain of cosplayers/weebs and teens dressed up for prom
wish this thing were 21+
iirc it happened to take place around the 2010's with either the new 52 and/or the suicide squad movie but i'm not sure on how everyone decided to start dressing up as her(for that matter, did any major (cos)player dress up as her prior to 2011?)
Its a flexible cosplay character.You can slut it up with the bodysuit/suicide squad margot version or do a gothic clown with a corset dress like other versions
Arkham games
>>10910389honestly i doubt the bodysuit is considered "slutty" as it werehonestly it's more covered-up/kid-safe
>>10910417Forgive me for staring.
>>10910426Bruv that’s JNig, she wants people to stare. That’s what her whole career is based on
Cosplay noob here. I'm looking to make a mask like this. The character is relatively obscure, so I can't just buy one, but I've never done something like this before. From what I've seen paper mache is the go-to, but the horns are what throw me. I'm not sure where I'd even get started with something like that.Basically, any tips? Is paper mache the way to go? Would this be too difficulty for a beginner, should I give up and go with something else? thanks.
Basically what >>10910459 said. But I want to add that sculpting a face like that on foam without previous experience is really hard. The horns are actually the easiest part.
If you want a smooth and symmetric finish, either make a foam pattern or a 3d print. Paper mache or other hand sculpting/molding mediums will likely end up sad and lumpy looking.
>>10910459>>10910462>>10910464Sounds like it'll be too tough for my first time, especially since the con is in a month and I was planning on making 5 for my whole friend group. Thanks for the advice anons, I'll go with something easier and try this again next con.
>>10910475No problem anon, good luck with your future plansMight I recommend Amaurotine masks and robes instead? Those are very easy to find on Etsy.
>>10910475>my first time>the con is in a month>I was planning on making 5 for my whole friend groupThanks for the kek anon. The Dunning-Kruger effect is alive and well
