I've only seen one thread on this in the past, but it's getting into the peak time of year soon so why not see if there's any interest.>favorite designs/tailmakers (fin fun, mertailor, fin folk)>fabric tails vs silicone>the actual exercise component of swimming with a monofinI know there are mers on here and I'm trying to actually take the plunge and get a tail this year.
Fin Fun has a custom tail-creator on their site now, but as you'd expect it's kinda janky and feels more kid-oriented. My first tail was a Fin Fun Atlantis, and it's fine but my second tail is probably gonna be a Mertailor.
>>10933902She looks good but just having a skirt you walk in for a cosplay isn't being a mermaid in the same sense as having a tail.>>10934760This works. Homemade tails like this as opposed to actual bought tails makes me think this is either old or they're just crafty.
Anyone here going to this?
Lolita coords with short sleeves, and no tights, the simpler the better
>>10933819Slow motion bouquet by btssb. I personally think it's ugly.
>>10930481lovely
Didn’t cgl used to cry about how short sleeves and showing skin was ita
>>10934937no
>>10934942Short sleeves and UTK have been a part of lolita for forever
funkin? anyone?
Apologies if a bit too off-topic, but I figured you all would have some good ideas.The fabric holding in the plates of my steel-toes wears through easily, and when it wears through enough, the plates just fall down and aren't held in place, so they're effectively unusable. The cloth is in between where the top of the toes and the plates, so there's constant rubbing when walking, etc.Is there any kind of fabric, foam, insert, etc that I could place/affix/somehow attach inside the shoe, to act as a buffer between my feet and the fabric holding in the plates?Kind of like pic related. Mine just have the plate/toe cap, and one layer of fabric holding it in place ("protection strip in the image). I'd like to slip in something to go underneath the protection strip to protect it from wearing through.Any ideas?
Making a thread in advance. A convention somewhat larger than Acen, what’s bound to happen? Who knows. Post your pics, stories, and whatever else when we all flood into Rosemont and see the fattest Star Wars cosplays you can imagine and whatever other horrors beyond comprehension!
>>10934315That VA section was kind of abyssmal.They fucking crowded ALL of them on the back wall and the crowds were fucking terrible in that section.Combine people waiting in line with the crowds as well and it was horrid.That shit should have just been in a different hall honestly
>>10933659>Wendigooner"Y ese compa ya está muerto...Nomas no le han avisado."
>>10934444>Quadruple 4s GET>Wendy's© 4 4 4>Quad Quads>The Death Number x4>Narco Corrido lyrics in Spanish>"And that homie is already dead...they just haven't let him know yet.">essentially a death pledge/message>/cgl/ proceeds to be completely silent with no new comments on any thread for over an hour and 45 minutes immediately after this post>everyone is scared shitless I presume>>10934445 is in the aptly-named "Con room horror stories" thread>it's about one of the fags that's always shitting up this board>regular traffic on the board resumesbbbrrrros...is the Gulluminati real? If I were a Wendigooner, I'd get the fuck away as far as possible from any and all midwest conventions. They're probably going to be the next one to an hero at a con, but it won't actually be an an heroing if you know what I mean.
>>10934444Fucking GET>>10934451It’s over for us bros
>>10934444That nigga is alive unfortunately >>10934451Not wendigooner, another person
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.
>>10907375>What's a "gull"?Dunno. People who post here I guess?>How do you not get sick every time you go to one?Get lucky, to be honest, but you can hedge your bets by consistently getting vaccinated, and wearing a cosplay which has a mask. For what it's worth, I'm immune compromised and i usually don't get sick. >How do you keep track of scheduling for multiple cons across multiple years? Do you get notified about them? When is "con season"?Honestly, people just bring it up to me and I say "OH FUCK I FORGOT I HAVE TO REMEMBER FOR NEXT YEAR!!", and then I repeat that cycle every year. THe best thing you can do is have friends who ALSO go to cons, but failing that, keep up with local events and set up stuff in your phone calendar.>If you're partying, how do you deal with inevitable hangovers or crashes?Same way you do for any other party. Lots of water, lots of food, don't push yourself too far, and accept that sometimes a hangover is worth it. Barring that though, here's my go-to hangover cure. It's not perfect, but it's easy to remember:BANANAS: this is mostly for potassium, but has other stuffeggs: these are REALLY REALLY helpful, and I cant remember why. It's not the protein. fruit juice: this is mostly because fructose is a readily accessible form of sugar, which helps your body recover.And some more personal questions>If you cosplay, what's normally your budget? Both in terms of time and money.i'm broke, so not a lot. I try to reuse what I already own, if I can, and thrift for the rest if I can. As a rule of thumb for YOU though (which is what youre really asking), I recommend about 1/10 of whatever your savings for a month are, excluding other con expenses. your total shouldn't exceed 3/10. That said, if youre the kind of person where this is the ONLY thing you do for fun in a year, make sure its worth it, but don't go overboard. I'd really need to speak personally to give you better info than that. If youre new, I wouldn't recommend > $200.
>>10907375>How do you make friends at a con if you're not going with a group?Same place you do anywhere else. Cons are WAY easier to make friends at than normieville. You know how in video games there's often an easy mode, or baby brother mode? Cons are like that. Everyone else is also likely a weirdo like you are, so they dont judge and most like talking and hanging out. Don't push too much, and don't be afraid to ask if youre unsure. Try something easy/basic like "omg i love your cosplay!", start a conversation. If they're receptive, ask if they wanna hang out at the con. >>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.I only go to one, maybe two, but I live in shitsville, and would go to way more if I could. I'd say if you wanna go to more, see what your budget allows per month, look at ticket prices, and go from there.
>>10932750also, its usually easier to find MORE people if youre already in a group, since people gravitate towards other people, and because theyre likelier to find other people SOMEONE in the group knows.
UK and Ireland anons, where's a good place to buy fabric for robes?>>10907382>>10907507The older 4cc games used to have /cgl/ chants which amounted to the crowd chanting "Seagull, seagull".
What's the "standard" for a cosplay? At what point can you comfortably call something cosplay?Am I being disingenuous if I say I'm cosplaying and it's little more than street clothes and some basic accessories?
Is it normal for people to ask for pictures and immediately leave after?Or is this another Switzerland specialty where everybody hates socializing?OR is it because I'm male?How do you even make friends at a con?I went to a convention as Chainsaw Man last October and while over 20 people asked me for a pic, nobody actually stuck around or even made an attempt at small talk. I was hoping to meet people. There's another convention coming up next month and I'm not sure if I wanna go get photographed and go back home all alone with no new contacts or friends again.
>>10908990>I went to a convention as Chainsaw Manno offence but maybe try doing a cosplay with more soul? cosplaying whatever popular normieslop anime will, like the surface level interest most of it's fans have, get you only surface level interactions
Try offering to buy alcohol to break the ice. It might help with the social experience.
>>10908990Go to the community photoshoots. People around there are all into the same anime/video game/whatever so it's easier to make conversation. It's harder when you have a more normie adjacent cosplay on, though.
>>10934291or, more likely, shills are lying on 4chan. [reddit space]I know, it's unthinkable. But sometimes, occasionally, against all reason...people lie on this very board. Can you believe that?
>>10934577Too many people say that in person too, for them to *all* be lying>It's ironicIt's really not. (And yes, I know some of them absolutely are, to get off on spreading misery)
Aside from a plain black one on Amazon this was all I could find for a plain circular. $75 for a generic unthemed bag is fucking wild.What sucks the most is that I'd prefer a red one. But I aint dropping $75 thats fucking insane.sick of this shit im seething.
whats your opinion on taobao brands for j-fashion, like infanta, diamond honey, and YLF for lolita and kittybxllet for jirai kei (only examples i have desu)i think infanta and diamond honey are pretty but idk if thatd be ita of me. im not even really a lolita person im into other j-fashion styles. but i like guro lolita, military lolita, nurse lolita a lot and infanta has that goddamn bunny hospital jsk that i need so badalso if anyone has guro lolita jsks or brands that make that style that you can recommend id appreciate cause all the small brands are inactive
>>10934401This isn't lolita
>>10934403Well this dress also isn’t Lolita so…
>>10934405Yes, that's what I just said
>>10934298>probably too used to the quality of big jp brands that it just felt like shit to youYou might be right desuIt also took me a second to figure out my biggest issue with Infanta, but I think it's the fabric. Somehow, even unshirred AP feels like it has more stretch, if that's even possible. The fabric that Infanta uses has the consistency of cardboard.
>>10934400nayrt>I’m gonna play devil’s advocateIt sounds like you actually believe what you're arguing for though.The way most people think about costumes in the context of this conversation is that a costume is something you wear in an attempt to dress or even look like a fictional character, to look like a celebrity, a sexy version of a uniform (nurse, police, etc), a character from myth (a witch, goblin, wizard, etc) or even objects (a hamburger costume). If you want to use a wider definition of costume then anything aside from mainstream casual wear is a costume.Things that are not criteria for something being a costume; it looking eccentric/outlandish/OTT (gothic fashion isn't a costume, and an actual cosplay can be mainstream looking clothes if that's what the character wears). - wearing your own culture's traditional dress (a yukata is not a costume, they're not dressing up as something or someone else.) -wearing something only for events (a wedding dress isn't a costume, neither is a formal dress for a party). You can get costumes of lolita and gothic fashion for halloween. It's the intent that makes these costumes, but other things they have is that they're very low quality and are obviously designed by people who don't have a lot of knowledge about the subject.Lolita can be a costume if it's an anime collab and the design is close enough to the original character design to be deemed cosplay. That still leaves the large majority of lolita styles. Some themed lolita outfits look costumey to a lot of lolitas, that still doesn't make them actual costumes. Think of sailor lolita, nurse lolita, easter themed coord with bunny ears, military lolita, etc. Costumey and costume are not the same thing. Possible reasons why some lolitas think some chinese brand releases look costumey; very low quality as if it's trying to emulate lolita -teetering on the edges of what can be considered lolita because there's too much of something else in the mix.
Anyone heading to Capeshit Con 2024? Are you cosplaying? You better not be getting Funkos, fucker.
>>10931008I had an okay but suboptimal experience because our supervisor forbade us to take more than 1 day worth of PTO due to a large system transition.I had no Saturday badges but did most of the cosplayers only come out during that day? I barely see any cosplay at the exhibit hall and lobbySo yeah im not gonna cosplay here anymore since its pointless
>>10931027Yeah, that seems to be the case. I bunked at a hostel and my roomies were all there for the con. One guy left on Saturday, the other on Sunday. Me and the other guy were the only ones leaving on Monday. I also notice Thursday and Friday have cosplayers. Hell, my morning Thursday flight had someone from Hazbin. The two friends I knew who went both left Sunday. You could do volunteer for a Saturday pass. They allow costumes.
i know the board's pretty slow, but still gotta "lol" at how little attention this thread got
>>10934093It didn’t get attention because most cosplayers aren’t itching to go to sdcc. It’s hot, crazy overcrowded and the chances of getting a cosplay with delicate parts wrecked is high. Sdcc is more for people who are looking for merch or want to see celebrities. Honestly just google pics of the con and see how many people there are actually cosplaying
>>10934310sdcc is a bad place to see celebs unless youre camping hall h
It's almost time, are you're going?
>>10932299>chisaiah yes that degenerate that got banned of the palais underground area because she was shooting OF stuff there butt plug in her ass and all and returned anyway to shoot some more
>>10933175The "lad who's always up for a fun time and doesn't take himself too seriously" archetype
>>10933994Not trying to defend her, because I don't know the whole story, but apparently this was made up by a rival group of hers yeah gang beef among esluts, who would've thought
>>10934070I don't know how much is true and what isn't but there is litteral picture proof of the multiple said shoots
>>10934076saw the set leaks float around last year the porn pics are all shot indoors but bought it for the vid when i heard the rumours and it was a waste of time, all shot indoors
I'm making a Spider-Man mask. No real reason, I'm probably just autistic or something. I'm 3d printing a shell to wear under the mask and keep the shape, and the eye lenses attach from outside of the mask via magnets. I'm looking on advice for the mask portion itself.My original idea was to cut up some red athletic shirts and sew them into a mask. I don't have a sewing machine and was planning to ask my wife's mom if I could use hers but my wife said it broke a while back so I guess I don't have access to a sewing machine and I don't really want to buy one just for my 'tism mask.How much would I regret something like pic related for the actual mask part? Since I'll be using a shell I won't have to worry about it shaping to my nose/mouth or anything, and the eye holes will be covered by the lenses. Is there anything else I'm forgetting or should consider? I'm probably just going to wear it around the house like when I'm reading comics or gaming but I'd still like it to look nice in case I decide to wear it for Halloween or something.For the black webbing pattern I'm gonna use 3d fabric paint.
>>10933685I got one of these for a costume of my own that I never finished: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09K3Q1XHZI don't know if it works as well in red, but in black you can see through it like heavily tinted sunglasses. You could put your Spider-Man lenses on that and cut holes where you need them in the mask.I never got around to it, but for my mask (not spider-man) was going to get or make a mannequin head from a mold of my own head, fill-in most of the concavities and put the spandex mask over it to get the shape I want, then spray some aerosol glue on the face to get it to stiffen to the point it retains that shape without turning rock-hard, and the back/neck should still be elastic enough to slip on/off. I saw that some custom Spider-Man masks had lenses that are fine back meshes with the outside given a thin coat of white paint. But of course, I wanted to do that directly on the spandex hood, but both of those run into the problem of gumming-up the gaps in the fabric with glue and paint, so the plan was to give the dummy head fine holes, so that I could blow air in through the neck hole and out the face, but eventually I'd just be putting so much more effort into the dummy head than the mask that it didn't feel like it was worth the effort.
i am cosplaying as a vending machine. positive replies only.
>>10932943blue vending machine*
why do you look like that
What are you even suppose to be?
1/10now this guy... THIS guy is a REAL vending machine
>no Anime Magic threadLet's fix that.https://www.animemagic.org/What are you cosplaying, if you are? Any guests you're looking forward to meeting?
Dear mods: OP here, please delete this post. I did a ctrl+f "anime magic" search and found nothing. Then I skimmed the catalog and saw the >>10932878 thread. I feel like an idiot, and I'm sorry.
>>10934215The other OP was in the wrong for not including that text anywhere in the post, its okay anon.
