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.
>>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?
>>10910636I met one at Huntsville Expo this past weekend actually, in the cosplay contest signups. She was super chill.
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
>>10900752You'll grow out of it once you hit 30. There's no one worth befriending at anime cons, trust me.
>>10909026Zoomers literally hate anyone above the age of 24 lol I met some in my early 20s like me and they made fun of my 28 year old friend before I told them to fuck off. ALA is the worst with this btw.
>>10910682i should have specified because that's my experience basically with zoomer guys, girls however seem to think they're all shining beauties even though they don't know how the fuck to do makeup.
>>10910751In general, women at cons aren't worth interacting with to befriend or even have friendly conversation with, even as another women. They literally all have superiority complexes, and to be fair, it's not hard to have one when you consider that 95% of the men there are tripping over themselves to find their precious congoing gf. Sometimes you can find normal, funny dudes though.
>>10910671>but we might get a presidential suite at ALA so, that’s pretty cool. Yo, I was planning on trying to hit ALA for the first time this year and I would kill to get that kind of party there, as someone who direly needs more friends and especially more confriends.When you say friend list do you mean like Facebook, Discord, what?
Post kumya themed coords, kumya collections, etc.
>>10909314Even these bitches have Cinderella OPs and I don't
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
>>10910142
New friend finder thread because people in the old one won't stop derailing it with dumb useless arguingSame info as before:>ASL?>Lolita? Cosplay? You tell us.>Fav brands, substyles, anime, cosplay, etc.>Other hobbies, interests?>What are you looking for?>Not looking for?>Contact info>Anything else we should know?
>>10840131>ASL?19F / PNW (NA) >Lolita or cosplay?Cosplay>Other hobbies/interests?Vidya, film, art >Looking for Con buddies! Male or female.>Not looking for Anyone over 25. Minors. No trans, sorry. Leftists. Tiktokers/influencers. >Contact info Velveteenbunnies on discord. >Anything else we should know? Nope! Contact me if you’d like, I’m friendly :)
>>10909736Hey! I tried adding you (PNW) and it says invalid? can u please update if u are still around
>>10910708Hey yes! Sorry, I changed it because of creeps, what’s your email or discord? I’ll just message you there.
>>10910712NTA but I'd like to add you as well if that's ok with you>Discord: cowgucci
>>10910712Munch3r is my discord I am in south washingtonIm going to Kumoricon in November
I'm too old to understand this subculture please enlighten melike how do you feel when you larp as an anime character makes you feel like
>>10896009Borderline Personality Disorder, unironically. Look up the narcissist-borderline cycle.
i love making stuff. same as anyone who likes woodworking or spinning pottery.i love anime and japan. but you usually get a ton of crap like weebs who've only seen 2010s mainstream shit and who never learned japanese (i'm far from perfect, but at least i've passed jlpt n1). i like feeling at home with my weeb level at a con. i feel odd at cons if i dont cosplay. and i would love to wear weeb shit like geta every day but that's unacceptable for a white guy so i cosplay semi-traditional characters instead. i like feeling like someone else.secretly i hope if i cosplay at a con someone'll wanna fuck. i've only ever been in serious relationships brought on by love confessions, i'd love to experience a one-night stand.
>>10895583Halloween was always my favorite holiday, guess that carried onto adulthood with better excuses to dress up.
I just do it because I hope it will help me make friends and maybe a gf (male) someday
>>10895906>>10896115way too many larpers and retards itt. you felt nothing wearing it because you bought shitty mass produced chinese crap at goodwill and threw it on like a kid playing dress up. maybe lolita just isn't your style, but you weren't wearing lolita, so how could you know? without investing time into learning about the fashion, its history, and each of its coordination elements, you're going to look like shit. enjoy your $5 poly sack you obnoxious autist. >its like putting up a christmas tree. it's no good if you just "Wear it"lolita fashion is clothing. it's not cosplay. it's designed to be regularly worn. your "reason" to wear it is that it's fucking cute and makes you feel good about yourself. as someone who also has mostly traditionally male hobbies, the way you dress has nothing to do with what you do in your free time. and if some dumbfuck moid giving you a hard time over your frilly dresses makes you want to stop wearing them, then lolita is not the fashion for you.
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?)
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
>>10910187update from the man himself: i totally miscalculated the “when”
What are your thoughts on dark elves?
>>10910530The difference is that it's dark brown, not an unnatural color like metallic or hot pink. You can't put body paint on for any shade that can be natural in the US and get away with it.Also Frieren's skin only shows for her face (ears), hands, and a tiny sliver of neck and upper chest. It is really just face/hand painting to change you skin color for her and even harder to pass publicly.
>>10910625My point is that I do not understand why you would want to see someone cosplay a boring recolor in the first place
>>10910632because it's legendaryYou can get two Frieren cosplayers face off and recreate the battle scene.have you not seen people who cosplay the statue versions?
>>10910729>have you not seen people who cosplay the statue versions?nope
Why don't black people choose race-appropriate characters instead of embarrassing themselves like this.
>covid is over>too shy to cosplay without a mask
>tfw still see people throw an autistic meltdown over people not wearing masks at cons in the year 2024 Why the fuck does mental illness run so rampant in this community?
>>10908739Is there any con still doing that? The last of them seemed to give in already that I know of, the final event that required masks I remember was Combo Breaker 2023
>>10908372>the ring in the handDamn that's cool
>>10907364Try Dinaranger cosplay. You can base it off a catsuit and standard hood from, say Hiro Gato.That way only your eyes are visible.
>>10907364If you took off the mask, would it be painful?
Previous thread >>10803531 died from a lack of posts. Not all that surprising with how little there was to post about at the time. Personally I'm also somewhat done with /cgl/ and all the pointless con drama and have been focusing on other things. But now that we've got several conventions around the corner, have a new thread!Question of the thread: What convention are you looking forward to the most this year and why?Upcoming major events>22-23 Sep: Elfia Haarzuilens, a large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens.>6-7 May: MIA NL, a popular commercial anime convention in Gorinchem.>21-21 May: Comic Con Brussels, a large commercial geek convention in Brussels.>9-11 June: Animecon, the oldest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Rijswijk.>24-25 June: Heroes DCC, the largest commercial geek convention with a focus on dealers. >30 Jun-2 Jul: Dokomi DE, a large popular anime convention in Dusseldorf.>8-9 July: Atsusacon, Belgium's largest anime convention... I think?>3-6 August: Castlefest, a(nother) large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens with tons of great food.>11-13 August: Abunai!, the second oldest and probably now largest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Veldhoven.>12-13 August: Showmasters Comic Con Amsterdam, a geek convention in Amsterdam.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10899683Would Elfia Haarzuilens be worth traveling to from the UK? I skimmed the youtube videos of the cons on the list and it seemed the most fun. Price wise it doesn't seem much more than going to a non-local UK con.
>tfw when no cosplaying dutch bf
>>10905933I would say so if you like fantasy fairs. I personally really like Elfia. Nice location, always something to do or see.Unfortunately it's kinda shit if it rains a lot. But that's a risk you have to take.
Facts 2024 spring had too much funko's. Lotsa cute girls though
>book hotel for anime con>think of it I booked right by the event center>check reservation from email>hotel is inside chinatownHow badly did I screw this up? Will train be okay? I do not want to taxi.
Thread for good cosplays that are suggestive but still for a blue board (no nudity)
>>10908020yeah it must be shocking to realize you're a pedo. this girl shooped her face into that of a 12 year old and you get a boner from it. seek help
>>10908532Lose weight.
>>10908532Nobody was looking at her face, I can tell you that much.
>>10908532Stay triggered landwhale bitch. Nobody finds you attractive.
>>10908052They don’t call her Tuna-Chan for nothing!
Long live the King.Old thread lasted like 8 months. Go team and our complete lack of anything going on of note.Weathers warming up, hope you’ve been working on stuff over winter for the new season.Cons listed not endorsed. Just copy pasta from 1st search for UK anime cons.Manchester Anime & Gaming Con 2024 April 6-7, 2024 Sugden Sports CentreManchesterCardiff Anime & Gaming Con 2024 April 13-14, 2024 Cardiff Students' UnionCardiffPortsmouth Anime & Gaming Con 2024 April 20-21, 2024 Portsmouth Marriott HotelPortsmouthJapan Fest Welcomes Asia 2024 May 4, 2024 Cromford MillsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Thinking of going to animangapop
>>10909838Calling bullshit. People have been trying to create drama between Kita and Kokoro for years
>>10910191and it's always members of kitacon and kokoro
which con do people recommend more, Kitacon or Kokorocon?
>>10909930Well this might be the last Koko. Kitacon is every 2 year Amecon has dropped like a pancake And toko is every year.
another attempt at an appreciation thread to discuss this beautiful Austrian cosplayer. things to discuss:>her cosplay>her gravure sets>photos she herself poststhings not to discuss:>her nudes>drama>her flaws
>>10907353Extremely cute and fluid.I love the way Keekihime's hair flies around at the end.
Anyone going to her meet n greet?
>>10907592It's a shame she provides homes for people? huh.
>>10910147It seemed like quite a few people were planning on flying in, even outside of SEA.
>>10910163that anon is triggered because she doesn't just spend all her money on useless shit but also invested some of it.
What are some cosplay stories that you'll remember for the rest of your life?Wholesome: Cosplaying some My Little Penis characters with my then-gf when a little girl started freaking out over how great we looked. She got her dad to take loads of pictures with both of us.Less wholesome: I saw a fur-suiter yelling at his wife.Least wholesome: Walking to the convention center behind my friend's sister in her Sailor Saturn cosplay, on a windy day. She either didn't notice or didn't care that her bare ass was playing aggressive peekaboo with me. Only time I've ever wanted the walk from the hotel to be longer.Sad: I was at Twitchcon when that lady broke her spine.
>Party at the hotel room with a bunch of strangers>We're all drinking and eating and having a good time>I brought a jar of homemade kimchi with me because I was so into making that stuff>*suddenly tears*>Asian chick is sobbing as she drinks and eats the Kimchi>It's Baek Kimchi it's not even spicy>"Where did you get this Kimchi?">Oh I made it, it's not too hot is it?>"No no, it's perfect.">She continues eating the Kimchi as she quietly sobsParty very promptly dissipated after that. Who the hell is going to have a good time with a crying chick in the middle of the room?Never found out what her deals was or met that group ever again
>>10910653Maybe the kimchi gave her that Anton-Ego-Flashback from Ratatouille
>>10910653Korean and Japanese women (and to a lesser extent Chinese women) always cry when they get drunk. They're broken weirdos. If you make them come they cry and then worship you. It's really kinda creepy when you think about it. Don't stop me from making them choke on the D while they slob on the knob tho
>>10910669Perhaps the most cringe post ITT.
>>10910678Cringe?!?!?! on 4chan?Fuck off kid
So I'm trying make the weapons in pic related and I was wondering what materials I should use.
