You need to learn how to vibe and talk to people at conventions. If you're underage that's one thing. If you're old enough you should budget for a hotel room so you can party and party with strangers and make new friends. The best part about conventions is meeting people and subsequently running into them at other cons in other years and it's all so fucking beautiful. It's the only time you don't have to suppress your powerlevel because guess what? They know all the dumb memes you do and have a lot of overlap in interests and other things you enjoy. You can ask someone why they're green and actually learn something about Startrek because they fucking love star trek so much they painted themselves green! SO WHEN I ASK THEM THEY ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO GUSH ABOUT THE SHIT THEY LOVE! I FUCKING LOVE NERD CONVENTION SHIT HOLY FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>10969232this is the one I always think of
>>10964082>3. Dealing with them getting bored of events after ten minutes and having to leave the area or look at stupid shit on their phones like kids grabbing for an iPadThis isn't unique to zoomers, if anything my mid-30s friends are even worse. They'll insist on leaving a fun party or whatever after 15 minutes to go smoke cigarettes/weed by themselves in a parking lot for an hour.
>>10964082Everyone lives online now so they are never taught their words and actions have consequences, nor are they taught how to properly fight back. They think they can just do whatever they want and at most block someone or just delete their accounts and start over the next day. They don't ever have to take accountability for anything they do and worse yet is that when it does start to effect them in real life them, or the abusers can just say "Lol the internet isn't real nerd!" and everyone will just shrug and let it go.
>>10908957I'm nearly 40 and I talked to someone half my age because he recognized my Legend of the Galactic Heroes OVA shirt, and then we dove into small indie Japanese wrestling promotion talk.It's only weird if you make it weird.
>>10969293Woe unto he who giveth the deranged foid a chance
Why do you think so many woman cosplay as bunnies. To be honest it’s starting to feel repetitive.
I don’t mind it
>>10969985I thought men where supposed to be dove themed.
>>10970827They are
>>10969229Because it's fun, it's hot, get's good attention, and is easy. Boom.
>saw a bunny Lumine cosplayer at a local con last year>besides a photo, I didn't get anything moreFeels bad
hihihi /cgl/, just here to get some thoughts down ^-^im waiting for a haruhi cosplay to arrive, but im kinda worried i wont look as cute as the other cosplayers i see on tiktok and elsewhere on the net. im sure this is a common thought, but its a big one nonetheless. i guess it sorta leans into my sense of imposter syndrome - i dont think confidence suits me at all. i think that the second someone looks at me in cosplay theyll know im faking something.when it all arrives i may post some pics here so yall can lmk what u think ^p^any thoughts or similar experiences ?
>>10972229> getting this bent out of shape over a comment> accusing anyone not sharing their hivemind is a samefagGlad to know some things never change about /cgl/
>>10972276weak ass reply
>>10972323any reason you deleted this post originally and then came back a day later to post the exact same thing?
>>10972098>HarubinKEK! I'm surprised whoever was giving this out did not get sued and raped in court by Kadokawa.
>>10972507If I remember right, it was drawn by schoolchildren who liked Haruhi and was probably not worth their time.
( posted on b yesterday ) my asuka cosplay arrived ! so did my haruhi cosplay, but its too small and the seller is refusing to accept an exchange >:I guess itll do for photos and videos but i dont think i can wear it to cons
>>10970780>no /cgl/ timestamppotentially a b8 thread
>>10971026It’s zoomers who want to be on “big scary” 4chan hoping to become the next Chan girlThey refuse to integrate and look for orbiters bc they’re too chickenshit for r9k
>>10971035>next Chan girlIs that really considered a good thing? ...
>>10971582it used to
>>10971027 she posted it on /b/ before so there's that.
going to AX this year for a bit, but I wanna improve my mamimi cos. Rn im in the process of redoing the wig, but the clothes kinda bother me.Ill post some pics of the jacket, thats mainly what I wanna improve. I wanna add her little jewel thingy but I dont know how I could make it and attach it, id have to make a little pocket and I cant really sew. (beginner kinda, I started cos in 2023)also with her sailor collar, I dont know what color to dye it. I have tan dye, but I cant make out what the hell the color is in the anime. I will also paint the black stripe red.pleaseplease give me advice since it looks a little cheap, ill be posting more photos to show it. Ill post many updates as well!! :)
>>10966320Anon, bumping some old thread is not going to convince this nona to all of a sudden drop everything and date you
>>1095534710/10 would hold hands with.
>>10955347Hope2CU@AX
brehs, what about timestamps? think a little bit, build a better chan
it looks nice!! im a big flcl fan i hope i can see ya at ax
I made my own Rise Kujikawa cosplay from persona 4 dancing all night, it was my first big sewing project and I had a of of fun with it!!!
>>10972476Nice. I love Rise.
>>10972476k, timestamp or fake and fuck off
What are your thoughts on these cosplayers?
>>10968375my man you didn't even bother to change the filename
>>10968375Not bad but I have seen Gumball and Darwin going harder than some high profile singing Hazbin Hotel ones.
They look like they’re having fun
Hii first time posting on this board but I’ve seen others show their cosplays on here so I wanted to show my best picture I have. It was taken professionally by a stranger on a convention last month
>>10969281yeah, is kinda sad the state of things. smoothing skin here, a bit of relighting there, sureI just still hate the douyinslop makeup gimmicks of trying to make your head look half the size through filters. Done to a modest level it looks fine irl, you can just always tell when its done explicitly for the sole intent of living through a filter, bitch just do photos at a studio at that point
is it acceptable to make a thread on this board to try to identify a cosplayer? Didn't see anything about it in the rules, and never posted on this board beforePS: wtf is up with these captchas
>>10970721>she farted so hard she did a backflip
>>10944756Do we have 9S cosplays?
Do you guys ever like to go through YouTube and watch con and cosplay fandom videos from before the 2010's?It's a hobby of mine. It makes me sad.https://youtu.be/vc2Zj1C_uKY
>>10967777>>10967778Wow there, ease up on the hate, bitch. I never said I'm happy that normies invade cons. I like anime and I'm a nerd and I like people who have sewed their costume or show otherwise effort and are nice. My point was that everyone doomposting about big cons is forgetting that there are a lot of chill places still.>getting into anime, cons, and cosplay before it went mainstreamDon't tell people what hobbies to have, moron, and those were the best times, precisely because the hobby was free from normies. Most likely free from you as well.
>>10882742>people who've been doing cons since before 2009 still kind of sideeye animecons.comNot being a con person and never having gone to them I don't know why, I only ever used them for con photos.
>>10954711>unironically said it's one of the most political animes out thereHasanabi is a massive retard and the voting populace needs to be screen for autism if they actually take away real life political messages in fucking one piece.
>>10967847an imminently fair criticism, but even those people aren't really all that different. Even without the social media presence, people still do that social thing of wanting to appear important/cool at least as much as actually having fun. That sort of behavior totally predates tiktok>>10967834>Not being a con person and never having gone to them I don't know why, I only ever used them for con photos.Its kinda related to what >>10967847 was talking about. There's doing stuff for the love, and there's doing stuff for ancillary reasons. clout, networking, set up gatekeeping, imagined authority, etc etc. After the biggest cons either hit 10 years or crossed about 20,000 people, all sorts of websites and community chains started popping up. Some were genuine, some... did not feel as genuine.
Ancient anime expo tapehttps://youtu.be/O94fxq2qepc?si=zgIFcLC_k7P7NLQB
I want to cosplay as Chainsaw Man, which costume do you recommend? My friends say I look cute and should give it a try idk
See: >>10972293
What else? Put a chainsaw on a helmet.
What are the non-convention cosplay events like in your area anon? It seems like the amount of small events near me have blown up in the last year. This weekend I'm going to an Ouran host club cafe, cosplay beginners workshop and a Higaruma from JJK look alike contest.
>>10969807That sounds awesome
They're always full of the same people I see at local cons-- the ones who actually come for the event instead of the party crowd, which is hardly surprising. If there are any series-specific cos events I've never seen them, it's either an "anime" (barely) rave or a themed night at the arcade
>>10969807No such things exist here outside of cons
>>10969807>seems like the amount of small events near me have blown up in the last year.i mean yeah, it's new york nigga
>>10969866Organize your own. Partner with a bubble tea place or cafe for a cupsleeve event, or do a cosplay workshop in a library.
This is the best sailor uranus i've ever seen.
>>10970004Is that a man
>>10971562Are you fucking dumb, that's obviously a very pretty woman.https://x.com/kajikawa_manami
>>10971596Put a mustach on her and she could easily be in a male kpop band
>>10971083Turns out the costume they used for that was the one from the Sailor Moon live musical that relaunched last year. Reports said that Toei sent a representative to handle the costume as well. However, they need a recast next time they do something like this in the US.
>>10970289This woman has no concept of what is like being "kawaii".
This is mostly towards other girls that work at other maid cafes in order to get an idea of how other cafes are operating, but lowkey any thoughts I wanna hear. Did you have to buy your uniform? Do you receive pay and if so how much per hour or day?Does you cafe do pop ups as well or only cons?Does your cafe do performances? Are all maids required to do performances?Is there any management issues?
>tfw you will never see a haven trooper or Quiet cosplay God-damned be Demon slayer and those trendy stuff, I want to see big tactical butts and awesome costumes.
Joker from the movie
All the pooners got the Vash out of their system, so he went from crazy common to almost zero overnight. This only occurred to me after seeing that '98 Vash became the majority again@10968106Awesome post, fag
>>10830159I'm not 8ft tall. I'm about as tall as the Major, but not that fat.
The Ghost cosplayers, both Papa and Ghouls really dried up but they'll be back. A band with album and tour cycles is different from an anime that ended 10 years ago
>>10837910Probably more pragmatic to go as unarmored versions and do the armored ones for photoshoots.
Does Eva Foam get easier to work with this took like almost 3 weeks to make. It work on it for like a hour every other day during that time.
>>10971784the belt looks cheap.Aren't 3d printers cheaper than ever now?
>>10971784Nice Yukarisu!
>>10971784In general, the more you work with it, the better you'll get at carving it.It also helps to mock things up and practice with small portions before you execute a full piece. Also, tracing a pattern onto a sheet before you cut generally leads to better results than trying to freehand something.I don't know how many how-to videos you watched before you started, but there are a variety of techniques for cutting and carving foam, and you might find some easier than others. There's also foam clay, which can be sculpted into shapes that are harder to carve. Keep at it, practice (particularly weathering / finishing, that's extra hard). Good luck on your next piece!
>>10971784So by your maths 10ish hours? I'd say that's pretty normal for a piece with details like that if you're a newbie and yes, it will get easier and faster.Great work!>>109718373D printing can be an option but comes with it's own issues - sizing, modelling, actual print quality and you still had to sand/prime/paint etc. so IMO it comes down to which work you'd prefer to do.
