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Cute! coot heartz snivy
I've been to London Expo around 5 times, couple of photos I took of cosplayers:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2318/5788766512_71bb9f7c1c_z.jpg
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2225/5788217971_cb8cb91c18_z.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3436/5788779102_466d7a1e2e_z.jpg

most people at the con were really nice, but i have encountered the occasional weirdo... one guy grabbed my cousin from behind to hug her, and screamed "ninja hug". he was convinced he had met me and hugged me, even though I kept insisting that he hadn't. then he showed us his hentai.. also attached a plushie to his crotch at one point. very awkward


and one of my favorite cosplays:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/456e105c8b2a36c00a4c138305e394bf/tumblr_mqh1wwBxgl1rkifreo1_1280.jpg

I was thinking I'd like to cosplay as The Punisher, cause he's cool like....

That's so awesome.

Wish I was creative and artistic enough to do cosplay.

Those cosplays look awesome Sancty! My next one will definitely be more detailed. I'm going as Elsa from "Frozen" and a zombie Alice in Wonderland to Colassalcon in June.

Bardock, The Punisher would be a great costume! I didn't see any over the weekend. You should go to one!

And AbnormalButSane, I'm the least creative/artistic person ever. Legitimately. I threw my costume together in 3 days from a thrift shop. It's not as hard as it appears!

I'll be honest. I can never see how these things aren't a sex thing.

They usually are, if they're being done right.

I'd have sex with the blonde (RockandLove) above. I dig sexy cosplay women.

The best I've seen was a fat (around 400 lbs) Han Solo at San Francisco's Comic-Con; that guy had the costume down to the stitches.

There will be no sex from me! I've been happily taken for 2 1/2 years, but there was an intense game of spin the bottle going on in the lobby, people making out in the hallways, and I heard plenty of stories of what went on in the hotel rooms after the raves.

Hah. She thinks she'd have a choice in the matter, Robtard. Adorable.

Double stinky fishhook for her.

Poor girl didn't know what she was getting into when she posted those pictures.

She was. She totally was. And in the words of Admiral Akbar. . .

Triple stinky fish hook?

Depends if her mouth will fit 3 fingers.

I remember how you guys of KMC are, I used to be on here a lot back in the good old days of 2006. I knew exactly what I was getting into, but let's get back onto the topic of cosplaying. I'm sure there's plenty of hentai forums where you can act out your fantasies of being with anime girls

When did you get into cosplay?

Originally posted by RockandLove
There will be no sex from me! I've been happily taken for 2 1/2 years...


lol


Someone make me a Guts outfit:

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131110231858/berserk/images/0/0f/Guts_Post-Eclipse_Manga.jpg


I suspect that the outfit would weigh 60-70 lbs and be very uncomfortable.

Originally posted by dadudemon
lol


Someone make me a Guts outfit:

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131110231858/berserk/images/0/0f/Guts_Post-Eclipse_Manga.jpg


I suspect that the outfit would weigh 60-70 lbs and be very uncomfortable.

Make it out of cloth dipped in white glue. You can then sand the parts and paint them.

Or you go to your local blacksmith cough up a few thousand dollars and have him forge you an actual armor.

Originally posted by dadudemon
lol


Someone make me a Guts outfit:

http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131110231858/berserk/images/0/0f/Guts_Post-Eclipse_Manga.jpg


I suspect that the outfit would weigh 60-70 lbs and be very uncomfortable.

Guts was the first character I wanted to cosplay and then didn't do...

If I ever cosplay I'm going to cosplay like a normal looking guy from a really creepy Hentai.

Originally posted by Astner
If I ever cosplay I'm going to cosplay like a normal looking guy from a really creepy Hentai.

You'd definitely pull that off.

Originally posted by Bardock42
You'd definitely pull that off.
I present to you Shindou Nikita from Akiba Girls:

http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/12/102302.jpg

Originally posted by Bardock42
When did you get into cosplay?

A year ago when my college had a mini anime convention. I didn't dress up for that one. Halloween was the first time I really "cosplayed" although I guess you could just call that dressing up for Halloween, but I went as babydoll from Suckerpunch.

Dadudemon - you could use foam board to make the armor as well. Just spray paint it shades of grey/silver.

My gal pal cosplaying:
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z238/dadudemon/Holly.jpg


10 points to Gryffindor to the first person to guess who she is.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Make it out of cloth dipped in white glue. You can then sand the parts and paint them.

Originally posted by RockandLove
Dadudemon - you could use foam board to make the armor as well. Just spray paint it shades of grey/silver.

Thanks for the tips! I would prefer real armor, though. Astner's idea is what I had in mind. I don't have the disposable (yet, bitches...yet....I'm working on it) income to hire a smith to do the work, though.

It's Dante.

Also, Guts armor, fair enough, his sword probably weighs something like 50 kilos though.

Originally posted by RockandLove
A year ago when my college had a mini anime convention. I didn't dress for that . Halloween was the first time I really "cosplayed" although I guess you could just call that dressing for Halloween, but I went as babydoll from Suckerpunch.


That's cool. My girlfriend and I went to a couple anime conventions. She and her sister and cousin cosplayed, but I didn't. Cause I'm very, very shy.

Do you have pics of your Babydoll cosplay?

Originally posted by Bardock42
It's Dante.

Yup.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Also, Guts armor, fair enough, his sword probably weighs something like 50 kilos though.

I bet. I estimated 120 kilos.

But, I could use his pre-"Griffith ****s every body over" sword.

High quality armor itself isn't cost-prohibitive (though it's also not cheap), but high quality armor of a specific character or style would be much harder to find. It's much easier to work around, say, more general medieval armor than it is to build a costume for a very unique style, game, or character. I'm building a pretty complete costume for a medieval archer/hunter/ranger archetype, but it's a lot of "generic" leather armor, not anything that's so specific that I'd need to commission someone to make a unique piece for me.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Yup.



I bet. I estimated 120 kilos.

But, I could use his pre-"Griffith ****s every body over" sword.

Still heavy though.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Still heavy though.

Do you have a mass estimate for that sword?

I don't know, 20 kilos perhaps.


Also, amazing:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/340/a/7/a707634741389b1067ec448366223908-d4ib71p.jpg

https://warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0070/34/1376424899544.jpg

I've never gone before, but it does seem cool

Originally posted by Astner
https://warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0070/34/1376424899544.jpg


That guy is close:

http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120517155752/berserk/images/0/09/Blackswordsman_2nd_armour.png


My guess is that it would be too expensive or difficult, without quite a bit of money, to make the shoulder plates segmented and linked...because he's not using metal.

Also neither of them poked their eye out.