>>10913389
Wearing unisex stuff or even slightly girl leaning stuff (pleated shorts and tights).

I had a tiny bit of work done so a slight change of clothing and a bit of makeup makes a huge difference

>>10913406
i'm too much of a bonehead to be a maneless lion

>>10913476
Im sorry anon I dont get what youre saying. Are you bald without a wig or something?

>>10913520
In nature a viable mating strategy for a lion is to lose his mane and blend in with the lionesses, threatening unsuspecting males who approach.
I am simply not of that character, body? frankly maybe i could pull it off without padding, but that's not who (me) is.

>>10913655
eh, padding doesnt really matter much if thats what you want. I cant think of any situation where that would suddenly change how someone would percieve you

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>>10912964
no, unfortunately my friend who did this cosplay with me in the past has moved away recently. so I was a lone-soldier this time. If i had to choose, i always thought of myself as cosplaying yuu because i am tall and european. not short and japanese/asian like chi. Also my helmet is more similar to yuu's (see photo, I only have this one blurry photo showing my full cosplay, I'm there to enjoy the con rather than take photos so i don't bother taking any usually, but then regret it)
I'd love to get an arisaka rifle for this cosplay. (dis-armed of course) although people have difficulty getting such things through security even though they are allowed by their rules.
>>10912753
this anon didn't come and say hello :( i can only assume you were too intimidated by my alpha-chad aura, have no fear, i am a benevolent commander.

>>10913128
FUCK

I saw you at the end of the day and it didn't click ;_; I should have kept a picture to hand to remind myself of what to look out for

I'm sorry anon!

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>>10913137
kek
look out for me next time, i am going to keep doing this cosplay untill i get to speak to someone who recognises it properly. a few guys have recognised it at past conventions but for whatever reason i couldn't speak to them properly at the time.
It's kinda weird seeing thier clothes irl (chi& yuu's) becuase ... it's literally just milsurp. just a normal oldschool soldier. i think only really the symbol and pack are identifiably different, and even they look like a medic's cross and an old british army pack from WW1 (my friend who works in army surplus even mistook it for one!)
When and where did you see me? sat or sun?

>>10913146
Ah, my bad on the late reply anon

I saw you towards the end of Sunday as things started to quiet down in the vendor hall - I saw the cross on your helmet/uniform and for some reason my brain decided it was a fallout thing instead of the actual honest-to-god symbol that GLT uses...

As an aside, did you think the vendor hall was a bit meh for such a big con? Artists alley was TINY compared to AL manchester last month

I'll be at Animecon in Birmingham this june and some other ones too. If you're going to those I promise I'll look out properly!

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>>10913653
vendor hall was pretty good imho, about average, some good things caught my eye though and i ended up spending a lot, so maybe it was above average.
feel like it was better pre-covid, as all things were, but it was above 5/10 this year.
>Artists alley was TINY compared to AL manchester last month
may well have been, it was in the other building, yeah? I tend not to spend much time there, fewer things which interest me there.
in my experience anime-specific conventions have a big artists alley in general.

I cosplay one of the only Garterbelt's you will ever see.
It's great, always have big bop off, even better with groups.

>>10908787
you're blind, retarded, and into man feet

>>10908923
Lose weight.

>>10913524
With lolita fashion being an expensive hobby, it makes sense that the 20 tier is unpopular because even a pair of brand socks cost 35 without shipping, so it's stressful trying to think of a gift that feels worthwhile enough. Maybe a higher jump between tiers would work better (Card - 50 - 100) for good-faith participants, but that could attract grinches like you said. It's a tough decision.

As for no feedback, there could be a disclaimer on the sign-up form that if there's not a suitable match who is ok with it then you may be bumped to the lower tier. That leaves some room for organizer discretion if a participant does have a history of participation but also some questionable behavior then the organizers can tell that individual there was no suitable match and observe their behavior in the lower tier another year.

>>10913524
I've only participated int he SS once, several years ago, but would like to again and I think Card - $50 - $100 makes the most sense.

>>10913576
the $20 tier wasn't so bad since non lolitas joined. one of my matches was just a cosplayer so i filled the bag with snacks and smaller merch items. but i could definitely see it being a problem if it was only lolitas. my match was a lolita, but she really spoiled me, and while i love that i wouldn't want anyone to feel obligated to spend more than the requirement.

maybe we could limit the $20 tier to non lolita participants? then again, a lot of the card tier gifts look far more than $20 worth of items.

>>10913621
i'd agree to this. a few years ago i did a $20 tier and matched with a lolita and she sent me some craft fair wooden normie hair clips that i threw out. i'm not a brand whore either. those generic taobao ribbon clips would have been better. the issue is the board is dying so participation in general is lower. i kind of think we should open up literally all tiers to basically anyone, have them do a quiz/survey and just make sure the number of new participants has enough grinch relief. these events always have a chance of people grinching, but the spirit of them is giving, not receiving so i think with the state of the board it's silly to have extra requirements still.

>>10913640
we didn't have any grinches this year, which feels like a positive sign.

>>10908471
>There are also simple changes you can do to your face that makes a big difference towards looking more like another race. One is "Asian eyes" (monolids) versus "Western eyes" ("epicanthal folds"). Anyone can have either one of these, all you need to do is fold your eyelids a different way and then hold them in place with eyelash glue.

Nah, this doesn't fly in the cosplay circles

Another cool thing would to see how other people have fixed or redone their old shitty cosplays

>>10910062
Free drugs sounds good to me.

>>10910840
They won’t be free brother. Trust.

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>>10910182
It flies in the non-cosplay makeup circles, so dunno why it wouldn't work with cosplay. It's just an alternative or addition to certain types of eye makeup. For example if you want 〜anime eyes desu〜 including Brock eyes or huge shoujo eyes, refolding your eyelid can help create the appearance of a bigger or smaller eye, as well as change how deep your eyebrow ridge seems. I think most people don't talk about it because it's mainly done by Asian women and half-racial people.

>>10906483
Unless you're including Kirbiicon in there, not really, no

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There we have it, folks. It's a week later and further than ever, but at least we're not stuck waiting until summer only to find it's cancelled. And most importantly, no atrium

NYS, retard.

>>10909624
You seem upset

Why are there 2 florida threads?

>>10913008
just because you grew up in a dysfunctional family and have a shitty personality not even a mother could love it doesn't mean women don't love men. if we take all violence on opposite gender, abandonment on sickness, hours spent on domestic chores statistics, I could go on forever. women do so much for men than men do for women on a daily basis. and most of the time they dont even acknowledge it. the most likely cause a pregnant woman can die is murdered by their partner and knowing that and the fact there are women out there still willing to date and marry men, you guys should be thankful.

You don't need to be overly attractive to cosplay in general, the costume/look just needs to be done well. However as a photographer I will say that shooting portraits/cosplay is absolutely 90% about how attractive you are. People don't understand how insanely easy it is when the subject is attractive. The less attractive, the more work you need to put into finding the persons good sides, helping them pose and stuff like that. Women at least have makeup to hard carry them.

>>10913259
Odd given the closest experience men can have are with their male friend they are willing to die for (examples, soldiers, gangsters) and often have some respect for the enemies they killed (theres enough interviews of old veterans who realized the people they killed were fighting for their country)

>>10913259
This is the final foid boss fight

>>10913569
men have more respect for the enemies they kill in a war than the women they leave at home raising their children, got it.
>>10913584
kill yourself

>>10908230
is it supposed to overlap like that?

>>10908257
Is this your first time witnessing a clusterfuck?

>>10908257
I was more sso focused on posting than making the cordination look good

LIVE

Bump.

>>10909501
>>10909498
It's still there, you have to log in with an Instagram account tho since they think he has 18+ content

>>10834199
holy fuck who is she

>>10911225
the girl with double assholes

>>10909449
Melody is a cool person

>>10910914
to be fair, those guys get pussy because they "don't control women" by letting their girls sleep with other people (most of the time in an open relationship/polyamorous way) and do onlyfans

>>10909659
>Realistically though, he would do anything to get out of jail.
There hasn't been any criminal charges yet and Vic won't pay a cent to Marchi and Rial.

>>10901873
>persona hunting ground
and?

>>10912981
The guy in question, or at least his (or THEIR presentation) was pretty jealous in ways.

I mean male feminists are full of shit so it's not the secret path or whatever the redpillers say

>>10902214
>>10904147
kill yourself

>>10843947
What about a Kamen Rider cosplay? Asking for a friend.

>>10855932
Embrace the fatty and go as a fat character. Own that shit, and then when you get in shape, do that. I believe in you!

>>10843944
No, but go as age appropriate characters. There are plenty of anime with adult casts so you shouldn’t need to go as a 17yo highschooler

>>10844135
Only hispanic WOMEN, and mostly cause they turn into the blueberry girl from willy wonka the second they hit 30z. White women still age the 2nd worst though. Black women age the best, but only cause they’re only dropping one point from a 3 to a 2, lmao

>>10876396
Yaoi paddlers (and yaoi enthusiasts generally were mostly straight women fetishizing gay men, not actual faggots.

>>10895583
i dont

>>10895718
It is for me. Though my wife just plays dress up and role plays the character. I just get to live out my nerd fantasies.

>>10910774
Boosting this. The larp here is so obvious.

>>10895718
if you're a soulless normie whose only hobby is masturbating to porn everything is a sexual kink I guess

>>10895583
Around Halloween a couple years ago, I reflected that I didn't do a single thing for the holiday anymore, not since I was a kid. I got this strong urge to get a costume, a good one. It all sort of spiraled from there.

MIGHT go on Sunday. Original plans fell through.

Shouldn't have let my fiance con me into waiting in the neil newbon line. It's wayyyu too long

Arcade was pretty lackluster. Still fun, but I wouldn't go more than one day since I don't really care that much about Marvel/DC/Star Wars.

So there was some kind of marathon this Sunday, and the cops shut down half the damn city. I had no idea, and neither did Google maps. Had some fun when I finally got there, though. Played DDR for the first time.

Some good costumes there. I mostly remember the men, for some reason. The standout winner was the guy with the elaborate, full-body Groot costume, but there was also this tall guy dressed as Jorgen von Strangle, and this old guy with a Kingpin costume so simple you just had to admire it.

Finally got back from Philly. I had a great time.
>>10913037
The kingpin cosplay was cool

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>>10911550
This is the closest thing I could find

>>10911156
>the most important aspect is to be a brick shithouse
That's the hard part

>>10913255
In Helltaker's case the only thing you need to match is the face. He is fully clothed so you can use extensive padding for the muscles. If you get the anatomy right it will look just as good as the real thing.

>>10911043
But do you have the build?

>>10913312
>mfw facelet

>>10908990
>Is it normal for people to ask for pictures and immediately leave after?
Yes. If they want to chat they will but usually they just want to take a pic and leave. If you want to chat you gotta be the one to engage, don't wait for them to.

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>>10913023
how do i keep a conversation going? if i ask a question they just give a quick answer and its awkward silence and if i ask another question it feels like im interrogating them

>>10913295
you aren't going to get big conversations with everyone. if you don't click with a few questions and it naturally fizzles quickly, its okay to move on

>>10910100
My friends and I walk around with a water bottle filled with vodka.

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>>10913248
That's why I also mentioned seating areas. "Hey, can I sit next to you?" is an easy way to start a chat with someone because if they say no you never had a chance of talking to them anyway.

>>10913295
Two things to remember:
>You will get out what you put into a conversation
>Most people love talking about themselves

Ask questions that can't be answered with yes/no. If they're giving short responses anyway, offer your own input on their answer before leading into a probing question for more detail. If you ask how long their cosplay took and they say six months, you could say
>Wow, that's a long time. What part of it took the longest to do?
Rinse and repeat. If they answer a question with something you disagree with e.g. liking Naruto, you bite your tongue on the judgement, acknolwedge the validity of their view, and mention your own as a preference rather than a superior position.

After a bit of this you'll have some confidence with your rapport. Especially if they're asking you things too. Here's where you ask for socials - ideally for the purpose of scheduling a meetup the next day of the con - but that might not always be possible. Point is to at least make it clear you'd like to hang out with them at some point which is why you're asking for their info. If it's gone particuraly well you could ask to tag along with them then and there too

Ganbare your best anon!