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May 2019

I think this is kinda art-ish...

So I'm in the middle of playing a OC cosplay and I thought maybe others here cosplay and would like to use a three to chat and talk about dressing up in costumes and such. Because FUN.

I would like people to keep things positive, so no shaming when someone just wants to dress as their fav character please!

My oc is just some kinda golem teacher (working on the details)

I'm going to go for green hair wax to start (got some from something else), grey skin, dark colored sparkle eyeshadow, and I can't decide on pink or red lipstick.

outfit will mostly be plain clothes (get pics when I can) and I'm debating on gloves of paint and nail polish for the hands. On the one hand... paint would look cool.

On the other um... I um.... haven't taken my rings off in years and I went to do so and they are um.... stuck.... (I will be getting them resized this summer)

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If designing clothes is art, makeup is art, designing, craft making- Cosplay is art. Heck, who doesn't have dreams of their comic/novel being inspirational enough to have fans dress up as your characters? This is super fitting here.

I used to do more serious cosplay stuff but have had to dial it down over the last few years (time, money, energy, take your pick).

Best wishes on getting your piece done in time! Please post sketches or WIPs of your designs if you are comfortable!

I’ve only cosplayed a few times in a homemade Spider-Man suit. I just bought multiple different things and put them together. This is the best photo I have.

This is what I want to do eventually.

And I eventually want to cosplay as my main character, Cedric, one of these days.

Sadly this is the writer doing the cosplay, not the artist. There will be no sketches. Maybe pics. Hubby offered but he has to do so much...

I went through my closet and nothing looked right. So now I get to sew a new vest jacket thing...

I like cosplay, but I can’t sew. This makes cosplaying expensive for me, so I don’t do it a lot. I have tried to learn to sew but have literally set a machine on fire....

So I am looking into crocheting a cosplay, because I am good at that! I want to do Talim from Soul Calibur. I am really good at hair and make up and usually like to cosplay with my natural hair, it’s a fun challenge!

....if you want to learn I make videos for my students and I will send you some of the patterns via PDF. You can start simple. Like with Mr. Pillowface.

Ok So I need help deciding. Keeping in mind I will have grey skin makeup and brown/green hair stuff (going for a stone iso golem look)

I am doing this vest with a plain red or plain white shirt.

I have to pick 3 fabrics for this.... suggestions? I'm looking at Joann's website for inspiration right now

I haven't ever seriously cosplayed like at con or anything, but I am pretty into costuming in general. Halloween is a GREAT time of year for me, haha.
A friend did a book character costume party for her birthday a couple of years back, and I dressed up as Johannes Cabal, one of my all time favorite characters. I got a wig, a top hat, suspenders, a skull topped walking stick, round beveled blue tinted glasses; the works. It was a lot of fun putting together, even if I make the LEAST convincing Cabal in the world, haha!

And I'm super into doing zombie costumes. We have a yearly zombie event where I live, and I get pretty into the special effects. Ripped out throats, exposed teeth, disemboweled guts, stuff like that. I'm not great, but I'm pretty good! I won second place in the costume contest the year before last.

I have this big dream of doing a Madam Zarenyia costume (another character from the Cabal books/short stories). She's a spider demon, so it would involve a lot of chicken wire and papier mache; some kind of harness system; and a series of pulleys and wheels to make the legs actually move at least a little. It would be such a big (and expensive) undertaking, that I don't want to do it unless there is an equally big pay off; and I just don't think a single person would get the reference at any of the local cons my city hosts. It would be cool, but just not worth the stress, effort, and expense, I think. I don't even know where I'd store it after I used it like, once.

I love cosplaying! I've done a few cosplays and my sewing skills aren't great, so I usually rely on what I can find at second hand stores or goodwill that match what I'm trying to pull off as close as I can, then I make alterations rather than having to make the entire thing myself. For this Alicia cosplay, I found a suit/skirt in the right colour, cut up a ribbed turtleneck for the sides and arms and sewed it on. For the army stuff, I went to an army surplus store. I used a suede jacket for the boot uppers. I made my own pig, too using a pattern from the internet :stuck_out_tongue:

I've also cosplayed as one of my OCs and for that, it was all normal clothes that I already had, just needed to make horns and a tail.

It's so much fun to cosplay and if you get a chance to, it's awesome! :smiley:

The golem idea makes me think of homestuck cosplays for the skin tone like in this pic:

I think you're on the right track with the face makeup, but to give it that rock-like golem look, you might have to go a bit heavier with the current makeup or get a grayer base. I agree that the pink lipstick goes better. The red is too vibrant to me and becomes the entire focus.

Not sure what all you are planning on doing but I do agree the paler pink fits better with what is happening thus far!

(Hey I have a friend who went grey in their 20s, freaking rock it!)

I used to do a lot of cosplaying several years ago. I'm still officially part of a cosplay influencer group but I haven't actively done it for 2 years now due to personal life events.

Panty and Stocking (I'm the one on the left with the blue hair)

I'm making a golem that is a teacher. Maybe with a doll look. Cause I'm sorry I think a GOOD golem maker wold card the golem out of stone like a marble statue

My wife and another writer friend tried cosplaying as their own novel characters at a convention once. It did generate some interest and started conversations at their table in the vendors' room. It can work if you write characters who are visually distinctive and appealing. Unfortunately, that was one of their final con experiences. The cons that they used to attend all got discontinued.

Eh this is more for fun and tik tok stuff than our story. Our story is sci fi not magic based.