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| Gen 649th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):what do you think of this cosplay?"
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http://moonmilk.cyril.com/Images/Cosplay/AKon12/CowboyBebop.jpg
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When its characters I don't know, I usually don't care.
When its characters I do know, I sometimes care. For the above two I might take more notice and look more if the the costume is particularly interesting. Like there was this guy dressed as the Demond King, I didn't know what the costume was from but it was pretty cool. I guess it's just fun for themselves to dress up as a chara. they like, its fun for people like at holloween.
When it's a character I know and especially like, I almost always notice inperfection of the costume. Sometimes I don't think there interpretation of the character makes sense in terms of how the costume was constructed and if the person chooses to do some type of acting. Have you ever asked someone in costume if you could take their picture and they went in to this wierd pose, and you had no idea what their "motivation" for the pose was? Like they choose a position where they think they are acting the character but you know the character better then them maybe, and the position makes no sense.
...Um, why, do you know the people in that picture?
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| OmegaDog
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| "Re(2):what do you think of this cosplay?" , posted Sun 15 Sep 22:20:
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When its characters I don't know, I usually don't care.
When its characters I do know, I sometimes care. For the above two I might take more notice and look more if the the costume is particularly interesting. Like there was this guy dressed as the Demond King, I didn't know what the costume was from but it was pretty cool. I guess it's just fun for themselves to dress up as a chara. they like, its fun for people like at holloween.
When it's a character I know and especially like, I almost always notice inperfection of the costume. Sometimes I don't think there interpretation of the character makes sense in terms of how the costume was constructed and if the person chooses to do some type of acting. Have you ever asked someone in costume if you could take their picture and they went in to this wierd pose, and you had no idea what their "motivation" for the pose was? Like they choose a position where they think they are acting the character but you know the character better then them maybe, and the position makes no sense.
Yeah, some folks may be able to note imperfections for characters they know and furthermore enjoy. I mean -- I think about imperfections here and there in some costumes I see. I know myself from experience, though, that not everything needs to be -- or even can be -- perfect. [For this cosplay costume I'm working on, I need to improvise a bit on the character's hairstyle, which is hard to do in 3D with the materials that I'm using. I think I've got a solution that works -- but still, it's not going to look exactly the way it looks in the game series and anime series.] ... that, and many people don't have the time, money, or skill level (especially if you're just starting off) to get every detail exactly right.
Also -- even if it's not referred to here, it perhaps should be mentioned -- people aren't going to be able to, nor would be willing to, modify their bodies just to look like the characters they wish to cosplay as (to refer to the comments like "Terry's too fat! Ryu's a stickboy! (etc.)". Cosplaying is done more to have a bit (or a lot) of fun with a temporary role, less to appease to rabid fans of the series who can pick apart every detail. [But, of course, there's a limit to my own statements -- I'm still not immune to being disgusted by a cross-dressing, massive, bearded and hairy Sailor Scout...]
As for acting -- a lot of people can't act. I'm one of 'em.  So, excuse the fan's attempt at having a bit of fun. :)
... but, with regards to what's been written before in response, I do identify a bit with it. I think a lot of people will be able to identify with this article here (I certainly laughed...  ):
OMGJeremy Guide to Cosplaying
[Edit: Now with regards to the photo (the reason for this topic... ;) ) that's some nice work there. I believe I've seen their images up on A Fan's View before. ]
NEXT STAGE IS 4
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| Jazzie D 1490th Post
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| "Cosplay and me" , posted Sun 15 Sep 22:35
For characters I don't know, I don't care.
For characters I know, I really care. I've seen a few bad ones, but most of the ones have seen are pretty good. I have never cosplayed, but if I did, I know who my limits on who I can play as and who I can't play as. I can play as any standard Asian guy like Makoto (El Hazard) or Jae. To play as an American character like Roy or any, I have to blonde my hair. I guess I have to say that for every character who doesn't have black or brown hair. No, I haven't changed my hair color before, but if I wanted to, it'd either be a reddish-brown or blonde.
Can I play as a girl? I can if I do the right things. My voice is more feminine than most guys, but thankfully I am able to keep my masculinity as Ving Rhames once said. What do I mean by this? For example, I may be able to imitate various anime and video game girls like Garou's Hotaru, Athena, Hinata, any Sakura, Miaka (yes, Miaka), Gekka's Akari, and so forth, but I still have my roots.
Wow! I'm saying so much here. Uh, yeah.
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| Gen 651th Post
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| "Re(3):what do you think of this cosplay?" , posted Sun 15 Sep 23:43
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When its characters I don't know, I usually don't care.
When its characters I do know, I sometimes care. For the above two I might take more notice and look more if the the costume is particularly interesting. Like there was this guy dressed as the Demond King, I didn't know what the costume was from but it was pretty cool. I guess it's just fun for themselves to dress up as a chara. they like, its fun for people like at holloween.
When it's a character I know and especially like, I almost always notice inperfection of the costume. Sometimes I don't think there interpretation of the character makes sense in terms of how the costume was constructed and if the person chooses to do some type of acting. Have you ever asked someone in costume if you could take their picture and they went in to this wierd pose, and you had no idea what their "motivation" for the pose was? Like they choose a position where they think they are acting the character but you know the character better then them maybe, and the position makes no sense.
Yeah, some folks may be able to note imperfections for characters they know and furthermore enjoy. I mean -- I think about imperfections here and there in some costumes I see. I know myself from experience, though, that not everything needs to be -- or even can be -- perfect. [For this cosplay costume I'm working on, I need to improvise a bit on the character's hairstyle, which is hard to do in 3D with the materials that I'm using. I think I've got a solution that works -- but still, it's not going to look exactly the way it looks in the game series and anime series.] ... that, and many people don't have the time, money, or skill level (especially if you're just starting off) to get every detail exactly right.
Also -- even if it's not referred to here, it perhaps should be mentioned -- people aren't going to be able to, nor would be willing to, modify their bodies just to look like the characters they wish to cosplay as (to refer to the comments like "Terry's too fat! Ryu's a stickboy! (etc.)". Cosplaying is done more to have a bit (or a lot) of fun with a temporary role, less to appease to rabid fans of the series who can pick apart every detail. [But, of course, there's a limit to my own statements -- I'm still not immune to being disgusted by a cross-dressing, massive, bearded and hairy Sailor Scout...]
As for acting -- a lot of people can't act. I'm one of 'em. So, excuse the fan's attempt at having a bit of fun. :)
... but, with regards to what's been written before in response, I do identify a bit with it. I think a lot of people will be able to identify with this article here (I certainly laughed... ):
OMGJeremy Guide to Cosplaying
[Edit: Now with regards to the photo (the reason for this topic... ;) ) that's some nice work there. I believe I've seen their images up on A Fan's View before. ]
yeah. no disrespect.
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| Tashoku Kisune 1036th Post
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| "Re(1):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 06:46
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For characters I don't know, I don't care.
For characters I know, I really care. I've seen a few bad ones, but most of the ones have seen are pretty good. I have never cosplayed, but if I did, I know who my limits on who I can play as and who I can't play as. I can play as any standard Asian guy like Makoto (El Hazard) or Jae. To play as an American character like Roy or any, I have to blonde my hair. I guess I have to say that for every character who doesn't have black or brown hair. No, I haven't changed my hair color before, but if I wanted to, it'd either be a reddish-brown or blonde.
Can I play as a girl? I can if I do the right things. My voice is more feminine than most guys, but thankfully I am able to keep my masculinity as Ving Rhames once said. What do I mean by this? For example, I may be able to imitate various anime and video game girls like Garou's Hotaru, Athena, Hinata, any Sakura, Miaka (yes, Miaka), Gekka's Akari, and so forth, but I still have my roots.
Wow! I'm saying so much here. Uh, yeah.
Whoa.. o_O Jazzie kicks ass! He can immitate girls! ^_^ That is cool. (BTW, I should prolly mention that I have a soft spot for the so-called 'feminine' guys. I'm sure the cafe's figured that out by now.)
And no, I don't know the people in the picture. I ran across is and was curious as to what other peoples' reactions would be. I know I couldn't stop laughing for at least five minutes. But that's just me.
My general opinion is that it's really awesome to see a good cosplay. And that can usually be done if you put some thought into it.
For example... Me. I'm 5'6" and not that thin (though I'm not a huge, round, over-eating type of fat. I'm just sort of honestly big boned. I'm built sorta like a guy from the shoulders down but with all the right female attributes. Don't ask.. doesn't look THAT bad.)
But the thing is.. being that I'm lookin' more thick and I'm not that short.. I might as well rule out the tiny little lithe girls of anime. In fact.. I can rule out most girls in general. No matter... because I have my plan. I also don't tend to resemble any one in any anime in any sort of way.
I know some who do resemble characters. Dr. O's a really really good friend of mine and he resembles an anime character. Of course, I'm not gonna tell which. But he could easily cosplay that character because he already has the right look.
I'm sure you guys see where I'm going with this.
Back to me, I couldn't really play anything other than some worthless background character. But that's ok. Why? Because there are plenty of BG charas that no one knows about. Or I could choose someone who wasn't even really there. For instance, if I were going to cosplay I'd probably dress up as a samurai guy. I have the build.. and fairly long enough hair to make a cool-ass pony tail. ;p But that's what I'd have to resort to. LOL.. But I think it'd be cool anyway.
Here's a question. How many of you resemble anime characters of somesort?
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| OmegaDog
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| "Resembling anime chars, and Re(1):Cats" , posted Mon 16 Sep 10:56
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1129/ah/akon2002/throkda/MVC-644F.JPG" TARGET=_blank>http 1129/ah/akon2002/throkda/MVC-644F.JPG
this one is a decent effort.. O_O at least...
Hmm... link problems.
Anyway, this guy gets my vote (heh heh heh ;) ).
http://www.fansview.com/2002/otakon/0727a060.jpg
As for which anime characters I resemble -- well, I've always liked to think that my face, with the right expression (i.e. not in my current I-just-pulled-an-all-nighter-for-my-cosplay-costume-and-I'm-still-far-from-done face), looks a bit like Yun as drawn in Third Strike. I'm actually considering cosplaying him sometime, say when I'm doing a big Capcom character alongside -- I'm just hoping folks will forgive me for being something of a stickboy. ;] (I'm 5'11", 148 lbs -- or about 1.82m and 65 kg.)
So far, I've cosplayed as Shockwave Alberto from Giant Robo, as well as Lupin III in his Castle of Cagliostro clothing. Both costumes were really cheap -- but at least with Shockwave Alberto, along with my really-cheap eye lens and beard all made with craft foam, and with a moustauche drawn in with pen, I also wore foam rubber underneath my shirt to give that classic extended chest look found in the Giant Robo series. The end result looked cool. ;)
This has all been for my local anime club's showings and none at cons, though -- I hope to change that this weekend. ;) I'll be cosplaying as Lupin III in Castle of Cagliostro clothing, plus another character that, God willing, will be completed by Friday. (And with that -- back to work on the details!)
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| Tashoku Kisune 1045th Post
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| "Re(2):Resembling anime chars, and Cats" , posted Mon 16 Sep 12:30
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Hmm... link problems.
Anyway, this guy gets my vote (heh heh heh ;) ).
http://www.fansview.com/2002/otakon/0727a060.jpg
As for which anime characters I resemble -- well, I've always liked to think that my face, with the right expression (i.e. not in my current I-just-pulled-an-all-nighter-for-my-cosplay-costume-and-I'm-still-far-from-done face), looks a bit like Yun as drawn in Third Strike. I'm actually considering cosplaying him sometime, say when I'm doing a big Capcom character alongside -- I'm just hoping folks will forgive me for being something of a stickboy. ;] (I'm 5'11", 148 lbs -- or about 1.82m and 65 kg.)
So far, I've cosplayed as Shockwave Alberto from Giant Robo, as well as Lupin III in his Castle of Cagliostro clothing. Both costumes were really cheap -- but at least with Shockwave Alberto, along with my really-cheap eye lens and beard all made with craft foam, and with a moustauche drawn in with pen, I also wore foam rubber underneath my shirt to give that classic extended chest look found in the Giant Robo series. The end result looked cool. ;)
This has all been for my local anime club's showings and none at cons, though -- I hope to change that this weekend. ;) I'll be cosplaying as Lupin III in Castle of Cagliostro clothing, plus another character that, God willing, will be completed by Friday. (And with that -- back to work on the details!)
ehh.. have no idea why the link is doin' that.
LOL. That's a silly costume! ^_^;
And.. wow. I've actually never cosplayed or been to an anime convention. So you could call me a little sheltered. Though if I were going to go I'd definitely wanna make a costume. I'm a hard core otaku. ^_^; I can't help myself! But seeing as though I don't resemble any anime characters I'd have to go as a back ground deal.
For details on my idea I figured since I love the samurai outfit so much.. and it gives some leeway<sp> for chunky people.. I could do that. I figured Samurai X, Shinsengumi. I mean.. who goes as just one of the Shinsengumi nobodies? ^_^; So I'm down with that. Though, I sorta wish I could resemble at least SOME sort of character just so I could cosplay as something people wouldn't keep asking about. ¬_¬
Oh well.. ^_^; I wish you the best of luck on your costume.
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| Hungrywolf 1499th Post
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| "Re(2):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 18:43
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For characters I don't know, I don't care.
For characters I know, I really care. I've seen a few bad ones, but most of the ones have seen are pretty good. I have never cosplayed, but if I did, I know who my limits on who I can play as and who I can't play as. I can play as any standard Asian guy like Makoto (El Hazard) or Jae. To play as an American character like Roy or any, I have to blonde my hair. I guess I have to say that for every character who doesn't have black or brown hair. No, I haven't changed my hair color before, but if I wanted to, it'd either be a reddish-brown or blonde.
Can I play as a girl? I can if I do the right things. My voice is more feminine than most guys, but thankfully I am able to keep my masculinity as Ving Rhames once said. What do I mean by this? For example, I may be able to imitate various anime and video game girls like Garou's Hotaru, Athena, Hinata, any Sakura, Miaka (yes, Miaka), Gekka's Akari, and so forth, but I still have my roots.
Wow! I'm saying so much here. Uh, yeah.
Whoa.. o_O Jazzie kicks ass! He can immitate girls! ^_^ That is cool. (BTW, I should prolly mention that I have a soft spot for the so-called 'feminine' guys. I'm sure the cafe's figured that out by now.)
And no, I don't know the people in the picture. I ran across is and was curious as to what other peoples' reactions would be. I know I couldn't stop laughing for at least five minutes. But that's just me.
My general opinion is that it's really awesome to see a good cosplay. And that can usually be done if you put some thought into it.
For example... Me. I'm 5'6" and not that thin (though I'm not a huge, round, over-eating type of fat. I'm just sort of honestly big boned. I'm built sorta like a guy from the shoulders down but with all the right female attributes. Don't ask.. doesn't look THAT bad.)
But the thing is.. being that I'm lookin' more thick and I'm not that short.. I might as well rule out the tiny little lithe girls of anime. In fact.. I can rule out most girls in general. No matter... because I have my plan. I also don't tend to resemble any one in any anime in any sort of way.
I know some who do resemble characters. Dr. O's a really really good friend of mine and he resembles an anime character. Of course, I'm not gonna tell which. But he could easily cosplay that character because he already has the right look.
I'm sure you guys see where I'm going with this.
Back to me, I couldn't really play anything other than some worthless background character. But that's ok. Why? Because there are plenty of BG charas that no one knows about. Or I could choose someone who wasn't even really there. For instance, if I were going to cosplay I'd probably dress up as a samurai guy. I have the build.. and fairly long enough hair to make a cool-ass pony tail. ;p But that's what I'd have to resort to. LOL.. But I think it'd be cool anyway.
Here's a question. How many of you resemble anime characters of somesort?
I don't know, I have pictures on my site, someone tell me who I resemble, because I can never figure stuff out like that for myself. About that Cosplay, I thought the Ed and Faye were alright. Spike was a little, um, heavy. Jet was good, Vicious was suffering from the same thing as the Spike there. The costumes themselves were good. I myself wouldn't cosplay as a character I couldn't get myself to look like (including any makeup and wigs I'd use. As an actor, and one who is learning a lot about stage makeup, I could use it to make scars and to give myself a more oriental look, for japanese characters). But that's just me. When I do actually start cosplaying (sometime after this year, as I've begun learning how to sew in my costuming class, and doing a darn good job at it if I do say so myself, I actually enjoy it) I will make sure to show you all pictures on my site. I think you can probably guess at least two people that I will eventually Cosplay (probably the first ones). If you can tell me who those two characters are TK, then you get a cookie. :)
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection..." -Kermit The Muppet Movie
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| Tashoku Kisune 1058th Post
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| "Re(3):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 18:55
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I don't know, I have pictures on my site, someone tell me who I resemble, because I can never figure stuff out like that for myself. About that Cosplay, I thought the Ed and Faye were alright. Spike was a little, um, heavy. Jet was good, Vicious was suffering from the same thing as the Spike there. The costumes themselves were good. I myself wouldn't cosplay as a character I couldn't get myself to look like (including any makeup and wigs I'd use. As an actor, and one who is learning a lot about stage makeup, I could use it to make scars and to give myself a more oriental look, for japanese characters). But that's just me. When I do actually start cosplaying (sometime after this year, as I've begun learning how to sew in my costuming class, and doing a darn good job at it if I do say so myself, I actually enjoy it) I will make sure to show you all pictures on my site. I think you can probably guess at least two people that I will eventually Cosplay (probably the first ones). If you can tell me who those two characters are TK, then you get a cookie. :)
Kenshin is DEFINITELY one of them. And uhhh..... ... err... Terry?
Y'know.. I respect you for being an actor and knowing all this sewing and stage makeup stuff. I'm gonna have to remember who to come to when I need help. I might be female.. but I can't sew worth a poo. And The only make up I know how to do is basic. Ha ha ha.. I do know how to make convincing bruises out of eyeshadow, though! Woot~!
I wish I could sew, though. I'd sign up for a class like that in a split second. And I'd probably take it twice!
As for who you look like. Lemme look into it. I had to do this for my friend Dr. O- I eventually found two REALLY cool, satisfactory people that he liked. So I'll see what I can do about it. LOL... Can't guarantee. If I were truely the master at this.. then I'd have me lookin' like SOMEONE, right? LOL
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| Hungrywolf 1502th Post
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| "Re(4):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 19:03
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I don't know, I have pictures on my site, someone tell me who I resemble, because I can never figure stuff out like that for myself. About that Cosplay, I thought the Ed and Faye were alright. Spike was a little, um, heavy. Jet was good, Vicious was suffering from the same thing as the Spike there. The costumes themselves were good. I myself wouldn't cosplay as a character I couldn't get myself to look like (including any makeup and wigs I'd use. As an actor, and one who is learning a lot about stage makeup, I could use it to make scars and to give myself a more oriental look, for japanese characters). But that's just me. When I do actually start cosplaying (sometime after this year, as I've begun learning how to sew in my costuming class, and doing a darn good job at it if I do say so myself, I actually enjoy it) I will make sure to show you all pictures on my site. I think you can probably guess at least two people that I will eventually Cosplay (probably the first ones). If you can tell me who those two characters are TK, then you get a cookie. :)
Kenshin is DEFINITELY one of them. And uhhh..... ... err... Terry?
Y'know.. I respect you for being an actor and knowing all this sewing and stage makeup stuff. I'm gonna have to remember who to come to when I need help. I might be female.. but I can't sew worth a poo. And The only make up I know how to do is basic. Ha ha ha.. I do know how to make convincing bruises out of eyeshadow, though! Woot~!
I wish I could sew, though. I'd sign up for a class like that in a split second. And I'd probably take it twice!
As for who you look like. Lemme look into it. I had to do this for my friend Dr. O- I eventually found two REALLY cool, satisfactory people that he liked. So I'll see what I can do about it. LOL... Can't guarantee. If I were truely the master at this.. then I'd have me lookin' like SOMEONE, right? LOL
You get a cookie. Kenshin and Terry. In my makeup class, we get pictures of the makeups we do on ourselves. When we do the cuts and bruises makeup, I may do the Kenshin scar . If I do, I'll let you see the pic of it. This thurs. we are doing reverse-sex makeups, so I'll look like a woman. I don't know if I'll show that or not, depends on if I make a hot chick. LOL.
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection..." -Kermit The Muppet Movie
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| Tashoku Kisune 1060th Post
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| "Re(5):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 19:11
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Kenshin is DEFINITELY one of them. And uhhh..... ... err... Terry?
Y'know.. I respect you for being an actor and knowing all this sewing and stage makeup stuff. I'm gonna have to remember who to come to when I need help. I might be female.. but I can't sew worth a poo. And The only make up I know how to do is basic. Ha ha ha.. I do know how to make convincing bruises out of eyeshadow, though! Woot~!
I wish I could sew, though. I'd sign up for a class like that in a split second. And I'd probably take it twice!
As for who you look like. Lemme look into it. I had to do this for my friend Dr. O- I eventually found two REALLY cool, satisfactory people that he liked. So I'll see what I can do about it. LOL... Can't guarantee. If I were truely the master at this.. then I'd have me lookin' like SOMEONE, right? LOL
You get a cookie. Kenshin and Terry. In my makeup class, we get pictures of the makeups we do on ourselves. When we do the cuts and bruises makeup, I may do the Kenshin scar . If I do, I'll let you see the pic of it. This thurs. we are doing reverse-sex makeups, so I'll look like a woman. I don't know if I'll show that or not, depends on if I make a hot chick. LOL.
<whimpers> Hungry.. you gotta at least show me! That's my favorite thing in the entire world! You gotta.. please? What if I give you cookies? <drops to her knees and begs> Please please please!
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| Hungrywolf 1508th Post
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| "Re(6):Cosplay and me" , posted Mon 16 Sep 19:42:
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Kenshin is DEFINITELY one of them. And uhhh..... ... err... Terry?
Y'know.. I respect you for being an actor and knowing all this sewing and stage makeup stuff. I'm gonna have to remember who to come to when I need help. I might be female.. but I can't sew worth a poo. And The only make up I know how to do is basic. Ha ha ha.. I do know how to make convincing bruises out of eyeshadow, though! Woot~!
I wish I could sew, though. I'd sign up for a class like that in a split second. And I'd probably take it twice!
As for who you look like. Lemme look into it. I had to do this for my friend Dr. O- I eventually found two REALLY cool, satisfactory people that he liked. So I'll see what I can do about it. LOL... Can't guarantee. If I were truely the master at this.. then I'd have me lookin' like SOMEONE, right? LOL
You get a cookie. Kenshin and Terry. In my makeup class, we get pictures of the makeups we do on ourselves. When we do the cuts and bruises makeup, I may do the Kenshin scar . If I do, I'll let you see the pic of it. This thurs. we are doing reverse-sex makeups, so I'll look like a woman. I don't know if I'll show that or not, depends on if I make a hot chick. LOL.
<whimpers> Hungry.. you gotta at least show me! That's my favorite thing in the entire world! You gotta.. please? What if I give you cookies? <drops to her knees and begs> Please please please!
Begging, whimpering, oh my. I thought you were the mistress, at least of some of those on the board. LOL. I'll show it to you. Oh, if you did that shinsengumi cosplay that'd be awesome. That was a good example.
"Someday we'll find it the rainbow connection..." -Kermit The Muppet Movie
Hungry Like the Wolf
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| OmegaDog
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| "Re(8):Cosplay and me" , posted Tue 17 Sep 20:59
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LOL.. I've never tried to make something.. perhaps I should. I'm not that great with a needle and thread due to lack of practice. But I should try to make an outfit. I'll have to try for that Shinsengumi outfit first. That just kicks ass. (The white triangles on light blue are just too cute. It's why I choose the Shinsengumi over others.)
If it's practice you lack, then get thee to a fabric shoppe and commence posthaste! ;) Goodness knows I wasn't all that great to begin with -- and I could still definitely improve in some areas right now. Still, though, the key is practice -- in sewing, in pattern making (get taped newspaper and practice any ideas you have, even if they do seem outlandish), etc.
One tip -- even if you find the fabric of your dreams at a fabric store, it's definitely in your best interest to start out with something cheap like muslin or broadcloth. That way, you don't feel as hesitant to work with the material, and you can allow yourself to make plenty of mistakes that won't turn out to be expensive mistakes. :) And, you won't have to worry about completely starting over, since (a) it won't cost that much, and (b) the mistakes you make are great learning experiences. Also, don't worry if it doesn't come out as you want it -- you've gotta build on experience, as I've had to realize.
Of course, start when you have time (i.e. a bit of free time from academics, etc.), and realize that it's probably going to take MUCH more time than you originally think -- that's always a rule of hobbyist costume creation. But if it's indeed something you're interested in doing, by all means begin somewhere to start practicing! :)
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| Tashoku Kisune 1092th Post
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| "Re(9):Cosplay and me" , posted Wed 18 Sep 12:51
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LOL.. I've never tried to make something.. perhaps I should. I'm not that great with a needle and thread due to lack of practice. But I should try to make an outfit. I'll have to try for that Shinsengumi outfit first. That just kicks ass. (The white triangles on light blue are just too cute. It's why I choose the Shinsengumi over others.)
If it's practice you lack, then get thee to a fabric shoppe and commence posthaste! ;) Goodness knows I wasn't all that great to begin with -- and I could still definitely improve in some areas right now. Still, though, the key is practice -- in sewing, in pattern making (get taped newspaper and practice any ideas you have, even if they do seem outlandish), etc.
One tip -- even if you find the fabric of your dreams at a fabric store, it's definitely in your best interest to start out with something cheap like muslin or broadcloth. That way, you don't feel as hesitant to work with the material, and you can allow yourself to make plenty of mistakes that won't turn out to be expensive mistakes. :) And, you won't have to worry about completely starting over, since (a) it won't cost that much, and (b) the mistakes you make are great learning experiences. Also, don't worry if it doesn't come out as you want it -- you've gotta build on experience, as I've had to realize.
Of course, start when you have time (i.e. a bit of free time from academics, etc.), and realize that it's probably going to take MUCH more time than you originally think -- that's always a rule of hobbyist costume creation. But if it's indeed something you're interested in doing, by all means begin somewhere to start practicing! :)
Ha ha ha.. I'm afraid that if I find a talent in this that I'll never buy another set of clothes again. And then.. I'd end up wearing samurai garb no matter WHERE I go. LOL.. No really.. I'd have bizzare outfits. o_O I'm willing to bet money I'd get carried away. ^_^; Just like I did as an artist.
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"Re(1):EERRRRGGHHHHFFFGGRR!!!" 
"Re(4):Resembling anime chars, and Cats" 
Oh, if you did that shinsengumi cosplay that'd be awesome. That was a good example. 
