/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Thread one >>6476467

Second for Niknaks

>>6525707
Stop samefagging to make the thread about you you fucking inbred creeper / child-rapist-in-training.

>>6525878
Unless his sister's a child, I don't think we need to worry about the child-rapist thing.

>>6525912
That stuff isn't actually true, right?

>>6525707
Stop this shit, seriously.

>>6525924
He used to brag about how he masturbated to his little sister.

>>6525878
Maybe I should've said "child-rapist-to-be" then.

>>6525954
Stop tripping and I'm sure they will. This goes to all trip fags who bitch about getting gyp here.

SO DRAMA ASIDE

Anyone planning any interesting cosplays?

Hey everyone, I'm debating signing up to Ayacon with some friends, can anyone tell me what it's been like in the past and whether we could get away with sharing rooms? -Thanks :)

Not exactly interesting but I've figured out what I'm going to do on this character's skirt. Looking up a few cosplay examples of her it seems there's no real "right" way.

>>6526092
Aya is nice. I went alone last time and still had a great time. Unlike Ame, everything is close together and nicely laid out. The only down side is I don't think it has as many nice shooting locations when compared to Ame but I wasn't actively looking for stuff like that at the time so I could be wrong.
Thinking about running a panel on either creative writing/film/game theory or something else that's mind numbing and dull. Chances are it won't happen because I haven't really given it much though. I kinda wanna have a partner to help me out with it to make it more interesting and I can't see anyone who'd want to do something like this.

Cosplay plans: Maybe Sakamoto (Nichijou), and maybe some dork souls stuff. Nothing too big since I'm broke after starting up the photographes.

2013 should be a good year. Looking forward to ya'll guys and galls costumes and the fun times that will be had.

>>6526067
I'm going as Doctor Who.

Is anyone going to that London Comic Con in February this year? I've never been to a convention/expo in the UK and kinda wanna find out more on what the big things are and the rather small ones :)

>>6526067
I'm trying to figure out how to do Megara's (Hercules) hair without it looking like a hot mess...

>>6526292
I'd approach it with firstly by doing the pony tail with the stubbing method, I've used it before with belldandy, It will give you the high thick ponytail look. With her fringe id had more extensions in the wig to give you more bulk and then tease, blow-dry and hairspray that shit into a high fringe, do this on a stable wig head

>>6526272
If you want a big event, go to MCM, it's usually a good place to start off at.
The UK scene is split into the Expos (MCM) and the Conventions (Ayacon, Amecon, Hyperjapan, Kitacon etc.)

>>6526318
Sounds like a good plan, I was planning on buying a wig from Arda for the base, Jeannie I think? One of the ponytail ones.

>>6526343
One of those off things of wigs is shorter ones tend to be thicker then long ones, So grab yourself a shoulder length one (this will be what you pull back to make it realistic) a matching clip on ponytail (clip it to your stub, BOOM) and some matching extensions and/or another ponytail.

http://www.cosplay.com/photo/1856065/

This is an excellent tutorial for all this :D My only extra advice would be to add a small comb/clip inside your wig, ponytails wigs are back heavy and will want to slide, while bobby pining it correctly will help, having some support from the front always helps :D

I hope that helps, thats a fantastic cosplay to be doing :D

Still curious about the idea of a Dark souls group..

>>6526272
Most people go to MCM/london comic con just to meet up with con friends. The event itself is over crowded and very commercial also full of weebs since there is no age limit. I think they've started to run more events, like Q&As, to try and be more of a con than just a trade hall.

>>6526370
lets Chaos sister it up and see how many people think we're Nazgûls!

How many people do we have who are up for a Dark souls group?

Would people actually come to a panel that was focused on how to analyse and critique texts? I'd call it something like "how to be pretentious about anime". It would cover stuff like the do's and don'ts of criticism, the importance of separating fact and speculation (maybe too patronizing?), structuring an argument, ect. I'd make it interesting but I'm just afraid that no one will show up to it. I though I'd ask here since I'd be doing it at a UK con first.

How does everyone feel about the windowed area directly opposite the entrance to the main hall as the meeting point for Midlands MCM?

>>6526402
Well dark moon knightess so far and hopefully Ornstein but not sure yet. I'm working on the Dark moon slowly in hopes that someone will say when the group might be done.

Is London Anime Con worth going to?

>>6527339
I have no idea where that is, having never been before, but we'll attempt to find it!

>>6528004
No no no no no no no. There is NOTHING to do there. Nothing. Except listen to shitty rappers, weeb-watch, and get as pissed as you can on overpriced booze so you can try to forget that the weird tard girl with the dodgy eye is following you.

>>6528004
Nope, left after 20 mins and traveled back to Oxford.

>>6528004
Anything Anime League related is a no-go. The rest are great.

>>6526143
good luck pulling that off if you're not 6 foot, asian and 99lbs.

hey! i'm an american cosplayer who's going to be studying abroad in france this semester. im not familiar with the european cosplay scene at all, so i wanted to ask - are there any big cons in britain or close by in the winter/spring? How intense is the cosplay scene?

>>6528287
The biggest in terms of size is London MCM Expo, but if you're in France, unless you can get a cheap deal for travel and hotel, it really isn't worth it. If you're in France, there's some good French cons though. The biggest is Japan Expo in Paris, and it puts MCM Expos to complete shame. It's about 5 times the size, has a lot more going on in terms of guests and events and it's a good mix of culture/fashion as well as anime/manga/games.

Anyone have any idea about Saltburn Anime Con in March or ONECon in August? There's been quite a couple of new cons try to get off the ground in the Middlesborough area since Nemacon said they weren't running this year. All I've heard is Saltburn might/might not be Anime League related.

>>6528341
Curious, Is it worth travelling from the UK for Japan Expo in Paris?

>>6528389
The Saltburn site looks like shit and here's a picture of one of ONEcons mascots.

>>6528409
I know of a few people who have. They said it was the best con they've ever been to and the're going again this year.

>>6528409
Yes, definitely. The biggest expense is the hotels, and they book up very quickly but sometimes you can get some cheaper ones. Bbased on sharing with 2 other people, last year the hotel cost me about £180 for 5 nights. It was a bit of a walk from the event. About 20mins walk, and if the weather is hot or raining, it's not a fun walk. But the event itself is so good! 4 days, so much to do and lots to buy.

>>6528442
If you guys want cheaper accomodation, I highly recommend airbnb.com - especially for groups. You get your own apartment or private room owned by a local, and they're usually really nice as well.

>>6528409
It's 5x the size of London Expo and has 5x the budget, so go if you want the experience of something huge and super commercial, but for as much shit as MCM gets for the way it runs, Japan Expo is 5x worse at all of it

>>6528410
Oh god, what the hell is that? It looks like someone's vomited pure homosex into a pile of neon blue food colouring.

>>6528410
The other one.

>>6528341
thank you so much for the advice! i want to travel a lot anyway so i might look into the mcm expo if it's convenient, but it's good to know there is also a large con so close by!

bumping this shit

>>6528631

That looks like something a weeaboo drew of themselves to use as their dA ID.

>>6526866
I would totally be there!!
My whole interest in anime and film studies in general was started by a talk like this at an animation and games conference. There used to be a yearly panel talking about anime academically which was very popular especially among students writing essays and dissertations etc...

>>6531205
Oh awesome! I'll probably try and hold a panel at aya this year. I should have finished my degree by then as well so I'll have plenty of time. Anyone wanna hold it with me?

Does anyone have any links to good Ebay shops or websites for buying fabric?

Also courtesy bump.

>>6533596
i have a few bookmarks saved from before i ever actually thought of touching fabric so idk how reliable they are but

http://www.abakhan.co.uk/
http://www.efabrics.co.uk/
http://www.gonetoearth.co.uk/
http://www.clothkits.co.uk/
http://www.fabricwarehouse.co.uk/
http://www.doughtysonline.co.uk/

i can vouch for ebay stores tho i am all about that shit

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/suziemay
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/larasfabricbarn
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/minervacraftcentre
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ohsewcraftycouk
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/numberonetrimmings (not fabric but got the goods)

>>6526067
I'm working on Yata from K and have recently decided to work on Johnny from Steel Ball run. I won't be attending MCM this may probably but I hope to get some photoshoots done with some costumes. My Yata wig came in the post recently so I am collecting all the stuff for the outfit, it's not really a hard cosplay beyond trying to make myself look boyish.

>>6533906
I was looking forward to K but it's been a bit mehh so far - I'm about 3 episodes in, is it worth persevering?

polite sage for off topic

>>6533924
I will be honest and say I watched it for the homosexuality and cute men as I am a giant fujoshi. If you're not into that I guess it was an okay first season.

Gemu just filled up. Apparently the hotel is a terrible so I hope y'all ready for some quality customer service. I really don't like how it's right in the middle of notts since I always get really insecure when cosplaying outside of con grounds. Looking around the area on Google street view now.

Points to who ever can spot the traffic ticket.

>>6535435
Fuck, I totally dropped the ball on this one and forgot to book a ticket for it.

>>6535659
Get on the waiting list ASAP. I heard of a few people double booking by mistake.

>>6535435
I booked about a month ago and the hotel was full, so I was transferred to another hotel a short walk away. Not looking forward to walking between hotels in cosplay

>>6535672
Just did, 37th in the queue.
I knew about this con before it was even a thing and I still somehow forgot.

With the older cons starting to wind down the UK scene is going to shit. The gaps left by the established cons will either be taken over by yet another Mike Towers Anime League fuck fest or by shitty first time cons that will fall on there arses and fail. The spaces left by these will then also be taken over by Mike Towers and his twat brigade

>>6539118
Only Aya is going down.

I'm in Nottingham, but not going to the con. Thought about it, but I don't have a huge interest in video games and it was a bit expensive for something I wasn't interested in.

>>6535681
>>6535435
I don't know what it's like in cosplay, but I've never had anything but compliments when out in lolita. I think, as well, the city centre is the place you're least likely to have a negative reaction in it, plus on Fridays you can get free entry into the Bodega (club) in fancy dress.

>>6539675
>Going down
Can I get an explination on this please?

>>6539869
This years is the last one

>>6539869
It means when you lick a girl's pussy.

Brit cons tend to suck for me because people that attend aren't really into anime, that I speak to at least. Very easy to call bullshit on things they say.

MCM is something that astounds me as people attend simply to gawk at people in cosplay in a lewd manner.

I always like to pretend that cons are hugely fun, but for me they're that fun I guess. Normal people who like anime aren't what I'm after I guess. That said, I did enjoy them regardless. Went to Kitacon and Amecon last year. As well as both MCM, LGC (why oh why) and both Hyper Japan.

Also FreeSaiyan is hilarious.

The most active section of his shitty forum was marked as "inactive" and not within the interests of the site. So he decides to merge with Crazy League, and then proceed to ban certain members who call him out on his bullshit without reason. I believe he's even deleted the archive now. They've not even in the ban list. Bit of a kick to the dick when you used to help the guy out. Deserves everything he gets, fucking parasite.

Anyone wanting to attend a UK event I suggest strongly to steer clear of anything headed by Ferefire/FreeSaiyan/Michael Towers for your own good.

>>6540709
I found at first that I couldn't find anyone actually into anime at these events but recently I've got together with a small group who actually keep up with current shows so I've been lucky with that. I've also found a few people at the /cgl/ meets are also /a/nons. I like to consider myself an /a/non first and a cosplayer/lolita second so I'm glad I've met some people who actually know what shows I'm talking about.

I guess you just have to look out for seasonal show related costumes hidden among the sea of homestuck at MCM and talk to them.

>>6540727
And the Avengers cosplays, and the humanform Pony cosplayers..

>>6528029
Are you referring to the one who looks like she spends most of her time thinking about potatoes?

>>6528389
The guy who runs Saltburn seems pretty decent, unfortunately the Anime League leeches are backing it and it's too close to Sunny Con for me to be bothered to travel down.

ONECon should be good as Sam and Dave are running it.

Nema's back up for one day this year but I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole after they got found out for dirty tricks and dodgy funding last time round.

Yeah, basically, anything to do with Animeleague or Michael Towers needs napalm bombing. I was a member of the forum for several years and if you don't basically kiss ass to the Pedo Fuhrer then you are systematically outed and forced to leave. If you're about 15 and inebriated though, it's another matter entirely. The master needs his underage pussy, hyuck hyuck hyuck.

>>6540709
>>6540727
>I found at first that I couldn't find anyone actually into anime at these events
How ever arrogant it sounds, I know where you're coming from. The problem I normally get is that everyone is into shonen anime where as I'm into shojo and Seinen. For example, I feel like the only person watching Psycho-pass at the minute.

>>6540739
Remember when people weren't afraid to not have their costume recognised at a con?

>>6540754
That would be the one, yes.

>>6541721
Somewhat.

I know it sounds arrogant as fuck about the whole anime thing but so many people seem blissfully unaware. The amount of fake merchandise and the amount of people that actually purchase the stuff sickens me too.

I was discussing a figure someone on an IRC channel I went on bought the other day. They paid £40 and it turned out to be a Sega prize figure worth about £12 max.

But I guess that's the exploitation involved when you're unaware of what you're buying.

>>6541721
>>6541735
Are we talking about the expos or the actual cons here
Because the cons have a LOT more animu/mango fans over the expos, and usually have an older audience too (since they're usually age-restricted)

>>6541742
My example above was MCM.

Cons aren't so bad really. Still pretty bad though.

>>6541721
Myself and a couple of girls are planning a Psycho-Pass shoot soon too along with a K photoshoot, it should be fun. I'm trying to convince people into doing Steel Ball Run with me also.

Before I met these cosplayers though I still cosplayed what I want, eg I cosplayed Jormungand without any sort of group. I don't really mind that I'm not getting a ton of people come up to me for a photo, that anime is no longer the 'in' thing at these cons though Hyper Japan had the best variety of anime costumes I've seen so far.

>>6541735
I don't mind some stupid fake chinese merch when it's super cheap but it's funny to see some of the prices vendors are asking for. There's only ever been a couple of times when a vendor has had the legit product with the actual expected price of it in terms of figurines.

At a terrible anime league event, I don't know why I went, I sat with a couple of vendors. I was a little surprised at how much they didn't know about what they were selling both product wise and series wise.

>>6540764
Dirty tricks and dodgy funding? Do please tell.

>>6541784
I've yet to meet a dealer at a UK con who knows shit about what they're selling.

>>6541831
Neon Martian are okay. United Publications has that kind of cute but not so cute girl who seems to know her shiz too. Both sell legit statues too. Only places I would buy from.

>>6541822
They've publicly admitted to using some of the money that was raised at a charity auction towards clearing the cons accounts "but it's okay guise cuz we'll totes pay it back"

There's also the rumour that the organiser used some of the money for a mini break for his girlfriend and to buy brand for her (there was a btb post about it)

There's been some funny business that stopped ONECon getting the town hall too

>>6541831
Yaoi Guy?
I walked up to his stall and he knew quite a bit about the doujins he was selling.

>>6543289
What do you know about doujins though?

I know for a fact that stool has fake dakis.

>>6541831
ok, ex dealer at cons plus i now know have spoken to and am friends with quite a few dealers.

i would definitely recommend Neon Martian as all the stuff they sell is 100% legit. even if they are not completely familiar with the series (as in having watched it/ read it/ played it) they know what's popular and at least familiarise themselves with the names so if you ask 'hey do you have character X from X series' they won't just look at you blankly

if when you say 'yaoi guy' you mean Yaoi Kingdom i can tell you now that everyone who works on that stand knows their stock. the owner actually used to work at a comic book shop and has legitimate interest in various fantoms.
do they know about doujinshi in regards to circles etc. i have no idea. i'm pretty sure 90% of their customers don't know or have any interest in that kind of stuff anyway they just want to see their favourite pairing getting it on for a reasonable price.

the 'kind of cute' girl at United Publications i am pretty sure reads manga. equally Gundam Nation know their shit.

if you go to the MCM expo expect that the majority of merchandise sold is not legit. this includes tokyo toys who sell a lot of unofficial notebooks/keychains that kind of stuff. actually a lot of the plushie and figure stands are all owned by one big chinese company.
there is also a lot of illegal stuff that goes on with regards to what is being sold at MCM, but i'll put that in another post if anyone is interested

>>6543935
just to make clear i'm not trying to badmouth Tokyo Toys. i'm pretty sure their plushies and statues are all licensed goods but there has been a few 'issues' with certain items they have chosen to stock in the past

>>6543848
>What do you know about doujins though?
Hah, let's not go there. Just saying, he knew quite a bit about what he had in his stock and gave some recommendations to people that came up based on what series they were looking for, so it was pretty obvious he knew his stuff.

And yeah, shitloads of fakes get sold at these places, but that happens everywhere. It can get quite tricky trying to spot fake merch, they can hide it rather well.

I want to cosplay as Fernando Torres

good idea or not?

he's so kawaii :3

>>6543946
>de gay

>>6543958
what are you doing here /sp/

>>6543959
>/cgl/ in charge of buses running

>>6543946
aww yiss brilliant idea 10/10
seriously i would dig it

i spotted somebody at MCM October who did a Rafael cosplay, so people do actually cosplay kickball players

>>6544002
Are you sure it wasn't a Fabio cosplay?

lel

>>6544007

>>6543946
Drivegrass is bad and you should feel bad.

>>6543938
I'm 100% sure most of their stuff isn't legit.

Their statues appear to be though.

>>6544644
Appear to be legit, that is.

>>6539702
That's very reassuring, thank you! I don;t intend to go that far from either hotel so it sounds like I'll be safe!

>>6543935
I'm pretty interesting in hearing if you are sill willing to post.

has anyone else in the waiting list for gemucon had an email saying their registration will expire tomorrow?

>>6545781

Your registration? have you paid for it? Also you should probably fire them an email to get that sorted.

Behold, the Queens justice.

>>6546023
>Daily Mail

>>6543946
You'd be better cosplaying Demba Back at this stage.

>>6535681
Which hotel is that? Was originally booked into the Rutland as reccomended by the Gemu website, then my friend found a Travelodge the same distance away (like a 2 minute walk) for £100 cheaper,

Woo, I somehow went from being 37th in the waiting list for gemu tickets to being a pending member and subsequently a paid member.

>>6546073
>Travellodge
Don't fucking do it.

>>6543938
>just to make clear i'm not trying to badmouth Tokyo Toys. i'm pretty sure their plushies and statues are all licensed goods but there has been a few 'issues' with certain items they have chosen to stock in the past
Some of the plushies are but I'd reckon it's at least 3:1 in terms of fake to licensed plushies. General rule of thumb with TokyoToys is if it doesn't have a manufacturer listed on their website it's fake.

And why the hell would you buy stuff from TT anyway? There's plenty of cheaper places online atleast.

>>6546143
Yeah loads of people accidentally make double registrations, so when they were deleted the waiting list went down a lot.

>>6546144
I don't think I've ever stayed in a Travelodge before, how bad are the double rooms?

>>6540709
>>6541721
>>6541735

have you been to Minami Con?

Its a tiny con in comparison to the rest and i would recommend befriending a regular to get in with the In-crowd
(most people know each other so its the fastest way to get meeting people)

I've been for the last 2 years and was surprised to meet a shitload of actual anime fans, the ratio of good Cosplay is a lot higher too (5-6 weebs max)
Plus I haven't seen a single narutard/freehugger while I was there

>>6546167
Travelodge; you get what you pay for.
IT actually varies between the area. Some rooms don't have shampoo/soap/towels (But you can pay to get them).
Some do.

You need to phone in advance and check all that stuff is included.

>>6546167
>how bad are the double rooms?
All the rooms are bad. I've never stayed in one with a decent bed or clean sheets (and in some cases, no sheets at all to begin with). They're generally grubby shitholes, especially the older ones. I don't know anyone who'll stay in one unless they have no other choice.

>>6546153
there biggest issue was with the contact lenses.
at one point they were stocking a certain kind of lenses which were found to leak dye. they were told to stop selling these but only pulled them after running out of stock basically

ok so continuing on my 'tales of shady goings on at MCM expo'
a lot of dealers have become more and more fucked off with MCM their lack of organisation and their 'rules' which only apply to some people. but the problem is they have you bent over a barrel, so to speak. the only way that they would clean up their act is if dealers stop attending, and that's not going to happen as the amount of money you make at those things basically eclipses what you will make at any other event in the UK.
we used to do a lot of smaller fan conventions and the difference with the corporate events is it's all about money. this is the main problem with MCM. it's just standard now that the more you pay the better you get treated. at the end of each event they open up dealers bookings for the following one, the point of this is so that you can secure a good space on the floor plan. turns out this means shit all now as they seem to just flip the floor plan or move you on a whim if a bigger company wants more space. i have heard of a couple of artist or independent dealers actually having their tables that they have paid for removed from them to accommodate bigger companies

ok now for the illegal stuff.
to put it bluntly if there was ever to be a police investigation on the convention they would have quite a horrible fine on their hands due to 'illegal' items being sold. however this will probably never happen as you have to have police who know what they are looking for plus a lot of these items are in a sort of grey area.

i guess i'll start on the subject of counterfeits and bootlegs. when you sign all the forms for your dealers pass and stand space you have to tick a box stating you will not be selling counterfeit items and if any such items are found they, and possibly yourself will be removed from the event. and what a load of bull that is! everyone knows that the amount of actual licensed merchandise sold at these events is pretty damn small.
as i mentioned before a lot of the stands that sell the knock off plushies and figures (possibly also the k-pop stand?) are all one big chinese company. the big issue a couple of years back now i think, maybe even this year of last year i don't remember, was bootleg DVD box sets being sold. some of these DVD titles were ones licensed by Manga entertainment and MVM who exhibit at the MCM events. they found out and raised all hell to the event organisers and fuck all was ever done about it. however the issue is that even if MVM and Manga entertainment threaten to pull out of the event they won't do it. this is their no.1 platform to promote and advertise titles so it would be bad business sense.

this is when i get into grey area stuff
ok i'm pretty sure a lot of you have been unlucky enough to pass by those obnoxious american doujinshi sellers. you know the ones that scream 'YAAOOOIII' at any passer by.
well they have had an incredible amount of complaints against them due to their behaviour from both fellow dealers and the public. i think the main complaints were noise, harassment and selling explicit materials to minors. apparently there was a complaint from one woman there with her kid who walked past to have ' get your hot butt sex' shouted at her (actually laughing a little at this mental image 'mum what's butt sex?' )
but where they are 'breaking the law' is by selling explicit shotacon as apparently now shota and loli is illegal to distribute in the UK?

so i'm not a weapons guy so please someone who does know please feel free to correct me.
but what is the legality of selling weapons at conventions? and i'm not talking replica stuff i mean actual weapons. i remember talking to barrington swords about how they get away with selling 'real swords' and apparently because of the way they package their shit it's allowed so if someone opens up the packaging and decides to swing a sword around like an asshat it's the customer at fault and not the seller.
but what about those dealers that don't package them in this way?

anyway i'm off for now, but i'll be on again later and possibly will post anything else i can think of.

>>6546616
>but where they are 'breaking the law' is by selling explicit shotacon as apparently now shota and loli is illegal to distribute in the UK?
last time I went to look in october it was all big-breasted stuff, so unless it's sold under the table, I think they've changed that

>>6546584
>>6546596
>>6546616
Wow, didn't expect to see anyone else with experience as a dealer in here.

I've been helping a friend out with his table for a few years now and I have yet to go to an event where MCM has not majorly fucked up at least one thing. Most of the stories are just rubbish organisation or them being super rude (if you've seen their responses on the forum/Facebook you get the idea, now imagine them stressed as hell on the actual weekend) so aren't as juicy as the shady legal issue stuff.

The one thing that sticks in my mind though is that last May a table near us was selling sushi that was just left in a cardboard box for the entire weekend (remember how hot it was in May?!). We told MCM and they said the sushi was fine because it was 'vacuum-packed'? I wouldn't really recommend buying food from tables there, I imagine their inspections are too stringent.

>>6546584
>>6546596
>>6546616
Wow, didn't expect to see anyone else with experience as a dealer in here.

I've been helping a friend out with his table for a few years now and I have yet to go to an event where MCM has not majorly fucked up at least one thing. Most of the stories are just rubbish organisation or them being super rude (if you've seen their responses on the forum/Facebook you get the idea, now imagine them stressed as hell on the actual weekend) so aren't as juicy as the shady legal issue stuff.

The one thing that sticks in my mind though is that last May a table near us was selling sushi that was just left in a cardboard box for the entire weekend (remember how hot it was in May?!). We told MCM and they said the sushi was fine because it was 'vacuum-packed'? I wouldn't really recommend buying food from tables there, I imagine their inspections aren't too stringent.

>>6546596
Yeah, the big Kpop stand (the one with the super high wooden frame which they hang pillows/random shit off) is run by Chinese guys so I wouldn't be surprised if they were part of the same company. The prices are a complete rip off either way. I found a smaller Kpop stall (like one table) last time that was actually run by Koreans importing legit merch from Korea but I can't remember the name.

While we're on the subject of how shit expo is, does anyone else remember that thing about a couple of guys running a comic stall being pulled aside and shouted at by the staff from a couple of expos ago?

>>6546616
God, that guy is a dick. IDK if anyone noticed how his signs don't have £ on the prices? That's because he doesn't change the stickers at all. I went to Sakuracon and checked out of interest, he was charging $30 for doujins that I then saw him charge £30 at the next expo.

>>6546616
The swords are only sold to those with 18+ ID and that's legal as far as I know. I'm not 100%

I've been a one-table dealer at Expo twice in the past, selling home made stuff and they were fine with me. I paid what the form online quoted and they provided a table. They didn't tell me I needed my own sheet for the table but Steve, who runs Neon Martian and is an absolute star, had one I could borrow.

I'd say they were distracted when I asked them any questions but I know from having run much smaller events how everything can get out of hand quickly so I'm not surprised. I wouldn't say they were rude. I had heard that other exhibitors, not dealers, exhibitors, had had to pay more but I believe that's stipulated on the form? I can't really remember as it's been a while.

There was a big fuss a while ago about artists and comic artists having the right to exhibit. I forget what that was about but there was a huge group on Facebook of a bunch of eccentric people ranting and going off on tangents.

>>6546167
I've never had a problem with Travellodge, Premium Inn etc. The rooms are basic: Beds, kettle, TV, heater, toilet and shower. They've always been clean and acceptable, especially for the price.
But like said before they might not always have certain items. Bring your own toothpaste, showergel and shampoo.

>>6546073
Sorry I have no idea, my boyfriend did the booking!
Travelodges are very hit and miss. I've stayed in really nice ones and I've stayed in horrible ones. They;ve generally been pretty good in my expierince though if that helps!

>>6546712
if you have ever had to call them about customer service issues they are rude.
i won't go into it in massive detail but we had an issue of not receiving everything we had paid for. we went to ops where we had to wait for half an hour, which is fair enough as i imagine at the event they are busy, we were then told it was best to call their customer service as that is who deals with refunds etc. when we called them the whole attitude was a bit ' what do you expect me to do about it? ' and just terrible phone manner. in the end it took 3 weeks for our money to be refunded.

i'm glad you had no issues with them though, on the whole we were pretty lucky for the most part to have very little issues.

i'm not sure what happened with the whole issue of artists as exhibitors. there are four types of stand you can buy dealers, artists, exhibitor and corporate. i've never been either an artist or an exhibitor so i'm not entirely sure what you are entitled to. i think at an artists table there are restrictions to what kind of standees and banners etc. you can have. also i know quite a artists just buy dealers tables now as there are less restrictions and a bigger table.

there was some drama recently though about some guys stealing art off of deviant art and getting it printed up on canvases and selling that.
does anyone know about this?

>>6546701
what about swords with a live blade? might just google what the legality of owning weapons in the UK is in general as i'm interested to know now

>>6546646
you are probably thinking of Tokyo bookstore who sell hentai doujinshi. this is the American guys who sell Yaoi doujinshi. it's all mixed up in with everything else i think. i just know in october one of my friends bought a couple of shotacon titles from them so it's still being sold

>>6546616
>but where they are 'breaking the law' is by selling explicit shotacon as apparently now shota and loli is illegal to distribute in the UK?

There's no 'apparantly now' about it. Explicit shota and loli is illegal to distribute in the UK because it depicts minors (under the age of 16). In the eyes of the law, it would be classed as child porn.

>>6546779
ok thanks for clearing that up.
but doesn't that technically mean that technically pretty much 90% of doujinshi would have to be banned seeing as so much anime is based in high school therefore that characters being under age

>>6546793
I've bought a Ika Musume shotacon doujinshi from Tokyo Bookstore. I'm sure as hell it isn't legal.

>>6546800
>>6546779
Shotacon and Loli are illegal in the UK under law technically as anything that depict minors engaging in sexual acts in any way, be it drawn or otherwise is considered child pornography.

However in reality this is hard to enforce especially when it comes to things like doujinishi and very rarely enforced. It's hard to enforce because it's difficult to determine at which point an underage manga character is actually actually underage.

And even if it were obvious it's still very hard to actually enforce the law seeing as the second you arrest someone for cartoons depicting minors you're essentially giving the drawings human rights, which enters a big minefield of issues.

As far as I'm concerned it's a law in the same way that possession of marijuana is illegal, yeah they can do you for it if they have reason to (further evidence if you have ACTUAL child pornography) but most of the time they just turn a blind eye to it.

>>6546912
Actually if someone is ACTIVELY selling the illegal content it's much more likely to be prosecuted and personally if I see it again I may contact the appropriate authorities.

>>6547026
After the price hike that Tokyo Bookstore have introduced I say that you should.

>>6546167
apparently it happened due to a website fuckup, not from doubles being deleted

>>6547233

>>6546779
Any portrayal under 18 is legally a depiction of a child, the age of consent doesn't come into it.

While theoretically it would be illegal y for two legal 16 year olds to draw naked pictures of each other, it probably isn't likely for someone to be prosecuted.

>>6547251
Nakedness in an artistic sense is perfectly legal, nakedness for the purpose of arousal is very illegal.

>>6547233
Oh dear, does that mean some people were bunked up to pending when they wasnt actually any spaces?

Are there many conventions in the South-West?

I recently moved down here and I'm interested in going to more close-by ones.

>>6548136

Can't say there are or if there are I haven't heard of any. I know Bristol as some events every now and again.

>>6542303

So that's why it's in a ridiculously out of the way venue that's really inconvenient to get to?

>>6547026
Yeah how dare those perverts try and buy their child pornography, those sexual deviants!

They truly are worse than the devil, and the people who sell the stuff are even worse. Thank god there are sensible people like you with moral boundaries to tell these people what is and isn't right!

>>6548455
Take it up with the government if you don't like the law but I will be reporting people I see selling drawn child pornography because I find it to be abhorrent and offensive as I'm sure other rational members of the public also think or there wouldn't be a law against it.

>>6548455
but anon you forgot, its DRAWN child pornography! please someone think of the poor fictional children getting abused!!

>>6548462
Put the trip back on Niknaks

>>6548462
It encourages pedophilia and normalizes it. Children go to these conventions and if I were a parent I would be appalled if I found out my child had seen this shit.

>>6548474
How dare they sell yaoi, it encourages homosexuality and normalizes it. Children go to these conventions and if I were a parent I would be appalled if I found out my child had seen this shit.

>>6548477
You're basically saying that homosexuality is equatable to pedophilia? Clearly you're very defensive about pedophiles and think it's a sexual orientation rather than a destructive fetish.

>>6548482
I'm not defending either I'm just pointing things out here. Why do they try to find mental help for pedophiles yet encourage homosexuals? Obviously because it's harmful to the children who aren't generally at an age for them to be consenting, however that isn't the conclusion you've come to.
What you've done is assume that one of these things is normal (homosexuality) and the other is abnormal (pedophilia). If you actually believe this you're worse than the pedophiles.

Anyway what would you rather they be doing, fapping to the doijins or fapping to the actual child pornography?

>>6548495
They'll probably be doing both or the doujins could lead them to seeking out actual CP. Either way it's illegal and morally repugnant there's not reason why I shouldn't report people selling illegal content which gives cons a bad name.

>>6548504
*no

>>6548504
You very much dodged the point there, firstly by assuming that they will use both, I'm sure most pedophiles would much rather use something which wouldn't cause a party van to come to their house. Secondly your argument was "it's illegal therefore it's wrong" which seems to be at loggerheads with your liberal views about homosexuality. I'm not trying to to go and automatically assume things about you in particular but many people on this board and indeed IRL as well also enjoy smoking weed, would you report them if you saw them smoking weed out of the way of any children? (children shouldn't be seeing that stuff anyway, those stalls should have strict 18 plus rules regardless, whether that's enforced or not is a separate issue entirely).

I'm doubtful, you do seem to be very intent on defending homosexuality however, would you happen to be homosexual yourself? Do you enjoy yaoi? I'm genuinely intruiged what makes you call it morally repugnant and yet be completely fine with homosexual content being on display, if the laws were readily enforced people would be being arrested for looking at loli all the time. This doesn't happen for the aforementioned reasons in this thread.

>>6548504
er, there are plenty of people who look at lolicon because they like the way the characters are drawn or the age gap/ power fantasy but would be disgusted at the thought of an actual human child
just saiyan

>>6548524
As someone into lolicon but not pedophilia... this.
This sums it.

>>6548519
All sexually explicit content should be kept away from children in general, homosexual or not. I myself am not a homosexual but homosexuality doesn't hurt people. Thousands of pedos are arrested each year and I'm willing to bet that a lot of those prosecuted were also prosecuted for having drawn cp along with real cp. Weed smoking doesn't result in children being raped either so that's not equatable. Either way I hate these sorts of discussions and will proceed to do what I feel is morally right and the decent thing to do.

I thought I was on /Cgl/

CP is bad m'kay.

Also, from a legal catch-all standpoint, it's easier to outright ban all sexual depictions of minors.
It stops people from altering a photo a little and passing it off as a psuedo-photo or drawing.
It causes a lot of debates over 'Oh well this fine art should be banned, then!' but outside of cases connected to legit photos or abuse, it's not something that really gets applied. I trust the police to exercise their sanity, I'd rather they had a little too much firepower than none at all in this matter.

It's one of those things, you're about as likely to get done for drawing lolis as you are to get arrested for being underage and having sex with someone the same age. However, if you do have real CP or any sort of that thing, it doesn't help your case one bit. Like a murderer with a big collection of slasher films.

>>6548611
There was originally a law about traced images from photos which was then expanded upon to include all drawn depictions of minors in an obscene way.

The problem here is that they are selling illegal pornography and no police officer is going to even begin to understand where the people promoting and praising lolicon. When people begin to sell and distribute illegal pornography is when people begin to get into serious shit with the law.

>>6548572
>Thousands of pedos are arrested each year and I'm willing to bet that a lot of those prosecuted were also prosecuted for having drawn cp along with real cp.
Sure, there are thousands of druggies arrested each year and I'm willing to bet that there were ones prosecuted for having weed as well as heroin.

>Weed smoking doesn't result in children being raped either so that's not equatable.
I'm not getting into how much you love blazing it in your spare time and how much you'll defend your right to 420.

>Either way I hate these sorts of discussions and will proceed to do what I feel is morally right and the decent thing to do.
I think that's the issue here, you're willing to act on your morals but you aren't willing to discuss them. You're fine with enforcing what you believe is right but aren't willing to listen to what other people's opinions are.

>>6548611
This person knows what's up

>>6548617
Yes it was most probably expanded so that in those cases where it is actually traced there aren't stupid arguments about whether it is traced or not.
Loli quite clearly isn't traced children don't look like that.

>>6548624
Maybe I just don't care about your pedophile apologist bullshit? It's banned for a reason if you actually did some research maybe you would know. I've already heard all the debates on the subject and I'm just wanting to cut the bullshit here and the debate because it's pointless. At the end of the day people shouldn't be selling this stuff it is illegal and can result in grave harm. At the end of the day people shouldn't be selling illegal things.

I'm planning on going with my friend to SunnyCon this year.

http://www.sunnycon.co.uk/

Anyone else here going? Did anyone go last year? Know what it's like?

>>6548633
I would supposed to delete on of those ending lines but I'm having a conversation at the same time as typing.

>>6548638
I have family in geordietown, so I'd really like to go to it.
Missed it last year because of deadlines, hopefully won't this time.

Somebody be brutally honest about it? I'm not expecting the world, but would it still be fun for someone that hates glomping, OTT fandom and the like?

>>6548633
Of course it's banned for a reason, that doesn't mean that it's enforced. I wouldn't say I'm a lolicon or a pedophile, I do not go out of my way to look at the stuff. I don't believe it's right to give homosexuals special treatment, they should be treated differently from pedophiles. You cannot say that one of these things is right and the other is wrong and that people are forced by their mental state to be homosexual but they aren't forced to be pedophiles, you have no right to say such a thing. Sure you can cite studies done into the but studies on psychological issues are almost meaningless when you consider we have no actual way to understand what is in a person's brain than what they say and how they act and studies in this field can be interpreted or skewed however the people who make them want it to be.

Also I'm willing to bet you haven't heard all the debates on the subject or else you'd probably be more clued up the fact that reporting this stuff will do very little.

Oops
>>6548633
Of course it's banned for a reason, that doesn't mean that it's enforced. I wouldn't say I'm a lolicon or a pedophile, I do not go out of my way to look at the stuff. I don't believe it's right to give homosexuals special treatment, they should not be treated differently from pedophiles. You cannot say that one of these things is right and the other is wrong and that people are forced by their mental state to be homosexual but they aren't forced to be pedophiles, you have no right to say such a thing. Sure you can cite studies done into the but studies on psychological issues are almost meaningless when you consider we have no actual way to understand what is in a person's brain than what they say and how they act and studies in this field can be interpreted or skewed however the people who make them want it to be.

Also I'm willing to bet you haven't heard all the debates on the subject or else you'd probably be more clued up the fact that reporting this stuff will do very little.

when the UK is finally incorporated as an islamic state, shariah law will no longer allow cosplay for britfags ;_;

>>6548670
swami get out. You don't cosplay, wear J-fashion or even fucking watch anime.

>>6548678
i'm sorry i'm not xXnerdygurlXx enough for you anon.

don't derail.

>>6548678
He doesn't do anything. Ignore him, and if he comes back remind him his fraudulant persona was archived, so we all know he's fake. He seriously thinks he can come here and fool all of you.

>>6548645
If we go, it will be first con for both of us so I guess we're both casuals.

What are cons like for casuals in the UK? I think we're just planning on hanging out, checking out the vendors and looking at some of the panels.

>>6548667
No, I am but I'm of the opinion that pedophilia is a fetish rather than a sexual orientation. Yes, drawn CP laws are enforced, dipshit. The police love any chance they can get to beat down on and prosecute pedos they take pride in doing exactly that. If you think the CPS don't try to enforce laws down to the letter there was recently a case of a man simply sending an e-mail of him fisting himself to a partner and they tried to prosecute him for that (extreme porn law) but he was found not guilty which is never really the case when something involves children drawn or not.

I like it when Swami tells people things ~in secret~ and I get told about it and we laugh at her hard.

FFS, stop shitting up the thread arguing about pedophilia. Even drawn CP is illegal. Arguing about it on here is not going to change anything, so just drop it and download the doushinji online.

>>6548716
>just download the cp at home
I didn't realise so many UK people were into CP.

>>6548689
>I'm going to focus on one ambiguously worded point and ignore everything else that has been said up until then
OK you got me I'm done.

>>6548722
It is a national pasttime, especially to the rich and famous.

But on another note, long time lurker may pay a visit to MCM as my brother is stationed in woowich, which is 'just over the river'

>>6548744
>I'm going to argue for something which could lead to children getting raped.
What could I do? You clearly had the high-ground there.

More info on Sunnycon?

>>6548753

>>6548136
Minamicon in Southampton. Otherwise the next closest 'cons' are Expos and things in London. Otherwise there's a smattering of more specific nerd culture cons but nothing anime related as far as I know.

>>6548757
I second this. SunnyCon. Have you been? Has anyone you know been? Have you heard anything about it?

>>6548757
>>6548824
I don't want to attend anything that has mascots taken from teenage weeb girls' DA pages.

>>6548753
i'm a pretty meek mild mannered kind of guy that's never got into a fight but wait i play violent video games and watch violent tv shows,movies and anime. oh shit according to you it looks like liking one thing in a fictional scenario always leads to wanting to do it in real life so guess i'm destined to become a murderer then

yeh no

>>6548834
oh wow

>>6548824
I've heard from a con/expo dealer friend that the guy running it is a bit of a bellend/retard and from someone that went last year that with the guests it was OK, but overall probably not worth them traveling up from down south.

Although I don't see why you'd put a con on in Sunderland, it's a fucking crater. Newcastle would be better.

>this thread

Sorry to continue the debate a bit longer, but equating homosexuality to pedophilia is sociologically incorrect. Homosexuality is a recognised and (somewhat recently) legal sexual orientation, wheras pedophilia is widely regarded as being a fetish (hence why it is suffixed by -philia)
Most societies see children as innocent and in need of our protection. The thought of them being involved in sexual acts is abhorrant to such societies because it breaches the sacred 'innocence' of childhood. Also, pedophiles don't obtain consent from their victims. This is why people condemn shota/loli but don't mind yaoi so much. Unless of course the yaoi contains non-consenting acts.

Eitherway, the production, possession and distribution of child pornography (under 18s) is illegal in the UK under the Protection of Children Act 1978, with susequent amendments in 1988, 1994 and 2003.

>>6548942
That's one way to put it.
From what I've heard its that his interests in certain con-goers reflect the topic that's really keeping this thread alive.

>>6548997
Aside from that little copypaste at the end, you sound pretty self assured on some really general assumptions.
Stop debating with yourself, you don't know anything and we don't care, we just like cosplay.

>>6548824

Personally I distrust any convention set up by someone who runs there own anime goods store. The whole con is just an exercise in pimping his store as opposed to putting on a decent event for anime fans.

>>6549004
>From what I've heard its that his interests in certain con-goers reflect the topic that's really keeping this thread alive.
Do tell. Since Vic Mangina is there this year, maybe there'll be some double team creeping?

>>6549640
>Personally I distrust any convention set up by someone who runs there own anime goods store. The whole con is just an exercise in pimping his store as opposed to putting on a decent event for anime fans.
This is why a couple of dealers I've talked to won't even consider attending it, no point paying money to competitor so you can trade somewhere when they'll probably just shaft you on the day.

Also, I wonder how he can pimp his own store because by the looks of it he sells fuck all - apparently he advertised some stuff in Neo as being "new for 2013" despite having the products for sale for a few months already.

>>6548834

To me it just seems like the Expo of the North. The only reason I can see that it pulled 700 attendees (if this boast is to be believed) is because they couldn't get to anything further south.

Mediocre guests with one fan favourite (or at least the horde of sheep minded fan) and mediocre events. It's just an excuse to cosplay. But why it's in Sunderland I don't know. They'll probably all get beat up.

>>6548136
No good ones no, they are a few smaller ones in Bristol and Plymouth that I know of

>>6550634
>Expo of the North
London Anime Con of the North you mean. By all accounts it sounds like an Anime League shitfest.

>That feel when I want to start cosplaying but I live in a tiny shit-ass city deep in the South West of England with a population of practically 5 and if there's a cosplay scene there I have never ever heard of it

>>6550691

With reference to my above post....
...Plymouth, you say?

>>6540709
>>6540739
The problem with finding with the lack of anime costumes at an UK anime event I think is down to the lack of good anime coming through to the UK. I have to say its been a while since a new anime has grabbed in a major way.

I did debate doing retro cosplay but not sure who to do.

I have noticed that the Britfags do tend to bandwago the costumes despite where the fad is coming from e.g the Avengers.

>>6552151
There's this thing called the internet. You can upload videos to it and stuff. It's really neat, I think you should try it out.

>>6552151
People can watch fansubs and more and more shows are getting released here.

>>6552441
>>6553011
Not everyone has the time to do that. One of my friends runs a business so doesn't have the time to watch all the fansubs. She tends to find out what others are watching and go with what the recommended show by most people.

It may surprise you to know but there is a world outside of the internet.

Random question - How do you guys find groups to cosplay with. I live in the middle of no-where and my friends aren't into cosplay (they watch anime/manga/read comic books/play video games, but their all quite big and have no interest in cosplay.

I've joined some groups on CI and they all ways seem to fall through.

>>6554507
See what people on /cgl/ are doing and go along with them. If you just want people to go wigh then I think most people on here would be happy to have another seagull tag along with them, and if you want to do actual cosplay groups then try suggesting something that you'd like to do and see if anyone else is interested.

>>6554512
I love comic books mostly Image stuff, and I've never seen anyone on CGL in a britfag thread mention Darkness, Witchblade, Cyberforce or Spawn.

Plus the things they do mention/arrange like evangelion, they all ready have all the main characters, plus mine would look abysmal against half of these cosplayers like Pirate and Ai-honey.

>>6554359
So?

Clearly anime isn't as much of a priority for her as it is for some other people.

I don't watch basically any Western stuff because I don't have time.

>>6554359
Check one of the many session charts (http://thecartdriver.com/charts/)), pick one ones look interesting then search for them here http://www.tokyotosho.info/

5 minutes at best.

>>6554523
Do you like Dark souls? Should be a group forming soon, just keep an eye on these threads.

>>6554523
Sometimes we have threads on here for people who are looking to do a group-cosplay thing, and I've recruited a few people for groups that way.

Also fuq yeah Spawn. Not that I'd ever dream of cosplaying from it because it's been way too many years since I've last read any of the comics, but good taste man.

>>6554523

I fucking love Witchblade.

>>6554691
I enjoyed demon souls, but haven't played dark souls. Even though their the same I'd feel bad cosplaying from something I haven't played.

>>6554735
I'll have to keep my eyes more open, I've seen an EVA group a Street Fighter group and a few groups I haven't been interested in.

>>6554759
I've got a top cow group planned but it's going to fall through as everyone seems to be working on other projects and they don't actually read any of the comics. Could be a problem.

>>6554759
It's nice to know that someone else in the UK likes it!

>>6549640
>The whole con is just an exercise in pimping his store as opposed to putting on a decent event for anime fans.
This. I have it on good authority that at least one "expert" talk they're putting on is someone reading stuff they found in hour on Wikipedia and Google.

>>6548679
get the fuck off my board and never come back you attention seeking whore.

Me on the right

>>6555558

>>6555558
pls no

>>6554535
Anime is a priority for her. She just doesn't have the time to watch many shows including western ones. I have suggested that manga might be better as she can dip into that when she can.

Personally, I would love to do anime costumes but all my friends tend to stick to what's popular. That includes Western stuff. I'm aiming to do more solo costumes this year as it would give me a chance to do more anime costumes.

Are we talking about lolita here too? It seems mainly cosplay but I was wondering if anyone knows if there's a nottingham lolita comm and what it's like? I've been in notts a year and decided now I'm back into lolita properly that i should try and make some friends.

Is anyone going to Minami Con? I bought a ticket for it, but I'm not sure if I'll go, seeing as everyone I could feasibly go to it doesn't want to. Has anyone here been before and is it worth it or not?

>>6557528
*seeing as everyone I know who could feasibly

Hyper Japan, they said. It'll be in February, they said.

>>6561485
Hyper Japan is never when you expect it.

Ever.

It's only a couple of weeks before ayacon so I'm not going to even bother trying to get time off for it. But I'll probably still come on sunday!

>>6557528
I'm going. It's chilled with some interesting activities like 'cooking with Babbit', 'Japanese snack tasting', 'sushi making'...and I seem to be only listing anything to do with food.

If you want to kick back with actual anime fans then go, make some new friends etc.

If you want to get drunk, party hard and lay some half dressed hot cosplay chick/bloke...wait for Kitacon next year.

>>6526402
I was just thinking the other day about a Dark Souls cosplay, It's rare to see them that aren't Solaire.

>>6561575
It because he's the most recognisable and one of the simplest character to cosplay. That and a lot of people give up at the gargoyles because they're turbo scrub lords.

>>6561485
So it's in Earls Court 2 this year? I take it that this is bigger than the Brompton Hall it's usually in.

>>6561548
Want to share emails or something so we can meet up? I love making new friends at cons.

Is anybody gonna be hitting up MCM Midlands this year? I don't remember it being very interesting last year, but I was ill and felt like death for pretty much all of it, so that might be why.

Andrew Lee Potts is going to be there which is pretty much the only exciting thing I can think of so far, and I think the one and only Boba Fett will be there too.

>>6563447
Yeah, I'm going. No idea what's going on there, but I live in Birmingham so I figure I might as well. And it's an excuse to cosplay.

You crazy kids might know this.
Are there any cons that happen in Scotland?

>>6563553
Yeah, only reason I'm really thinking of going is because it's near by and an excuse to catch up with friends. Don't think I'll do a cosplay for it though.

>>6563588
Far as I know there's;
D-Con in Dundee, not sure quite when it is. There's going to be a Scotland MCM starting in August based in Glasgow I believe. And there's also Auchinawa in Glasgow. These are the only ones that I'm aware of, there are probably a few others and I don't know if any of 'em are good or not I'm afraid.
Maybe some actual Scots could help you out, but those are the ones I know of.

>>6554523
Aww, not true, but aww.

We have a Borderlands group for May Expo but I'm not sure if that's your thing. The groups skill level is pretty varied, they're all nice people.

I know there's a Sailor Moon group too, but I'm not sure of any comic book groups off the top of my head.

>>6556981

Yes, there is one on Facebook. I don't want to say a lot about it on here and give myself away, but all the girls are really pleasant. Sometimes people travel from nearby towns, so it can be bigger than just the Nottingham ones themselves. JW, but are you at uni in Notts?

>>6563447
>>6563553
I'll be going.
Never been to a con before though.

>>6550691
So do I, anon. So do I. I find that cosplayers down here are less open about it because of how closed off the population is.

>>6550701
Plymouth has a moderate cosplay scene, actually. And the cosplay meets finally have a decent organizer who knows what she's doing.

>>6563730
I actually had no idea about this and I live on the Cape.

>>6563600
I think there are a few Seagulls attending, but I haven't really kept up-to-date on much to be honest. And my cosplay's pretty poor so I'm not too bothered about that.

>>6563636
As far as I know this one isn't going to be super huge, so maybe it'll be a good one for a first con. If you see a guy in a really bad Takanashi Rikka cosplay come over and say hi. I might have cookies.

>>6564196
I loved your cookies and I'm sure your cosplay will be just as astounding as the last 2 you did.

Also I'm going to be rocking midlands now seeing as Hyper Japan isn't happening. Not sure whether I'll bother cosplaying though.

>>6564213
Ahh thank you! Too kind! I get worried that the cookies aren't any good, 'cause I don't eat them myself. You should totally cosplay if you can though. Say hi if you see me as well!

>>6532148
Wezley #woof => !W2C2c0OJFU

Uh oh! Looks like you've been HACKED!

Perhaps you should look into getting a new tripcode!

http://174.129.251.130/tripcodes/

>>6564393
>implying anyone gives a shit

>>6564393
Why me!? No really, I only ever trip occasional in britfag threads. Guessing it's an automated thing or they just picked anyone to drop that nasty link here. Either way It's nice to know someone is thinking of me!

Everyone still pumped for Gemucon?

>>6564569
Membership paid for and hotel room booked! Decided on your cosplays yet?

>>6564569

I'm more hyped now it's sold out. Now just to see if the committee can deliver.

>>6563588
>>6563600

D-Con is now Doj-Con, it's on the 13th of April. D-Con still exists but there's a lot of dramu between the two and no-one knows if D-Con will run again but they just don't want Doj-Con to have the name. Auchinawa took a break last year, they're hoping to have another con this year but are struggling to find a venue. There'll be a small MCM Expo but as far as I know it's just going to be another Collectormania (which also happens every year but it's a cluster fuck of weebs in terrible cosplays)

>>6565786
Doj-Con/D-Con, Nemacon/ONECon and not forgetting all the Anime League bullshit... why do UK con committees seem to be full of drama llamas? This bullshit needs to stop.

I wish there were some good cons going on in the south east of the UK.

I like MCM but I always end up going on my own and never cosplay. I'd like to make some friends at some smaller cons.

>>6568686
Are you really complaining about distance to Cons in the UK? Don't expect a con to just appear on you doorstep. Last Aya is running in Warwick this year. Get on that.

>>6564685
Two rewares (Gumshoe and Dork souls Pyro) that I'm going to rework a little. I still have a lot of spare materials lying around from my Retro head that I might use to make another that's not so off scale/shit.

>>6568829

Warwick is all the way up north, fuck that.

>>6568904
Try again.

>>6568904
>Warwick
>North
It's sad that most people I know in the north have the same shitty attitude about traveling to the midlands for cons. They'll sperg over mediocre shit like Sunny Con being "near by" and then complain nothing good runs in the north. "The north" being an arbitrary area within 1 hours car journey of their town.

>>6568904
>Warwick
>all the way up north
fucking Southerners

>>6568904
Not sure where you live, but I live near Brighton, and Warwick is only four hours on the train, and about £12 each way.

>>6569190

>only 4 hours

I live in brighton too, this is far too long to be on a train for. 2 hours up to London is bad enough.

>>6569224
>thinking 4 hours is long on a train
u wot m8? at least it's not a fucking coach where you can't walk around

>>6569224
It's not two hours to London from Brighton, though... I live in Worthing, and it's only an hour and a half, so from Brighton it should be like an hour and a quarter, or less on the Gatwick Express.

Also, four hours isn't a long time. At all. How do you even go anywhere?

>>6569224
What a big baby bitch.

>>6569280

>How do you even go anywhere?
>do you even go anywhere?
>go anywhere

>>6569329
>I can't be bothered to go outside. Feel bad for me.

>Building computer with birthday money
>MCM expo around the same time, so no money
>Friend has the same problem
>Can't go until November

:( Feels bad man, now I can only do one cosplay this year and it's got to be for the group. On the plus side, my friend'll have moved back to England and can join us.

>Hyper Japan 26-28 July
>London Anime Con 27-28 July
Based Hyper Japan. Freesaiyan must have thrown a bitch fit when HJ was announced.

>>6569224
i live in brighton, the fast train to london is 40 minutes. even the slowest train is only 1 hour

Pretty much only doing Ayacon this year.

Any costumes planned? Any decent cosplayers to look out for?

>>6569543
tfw lots of people will go to LAC instead

>>6571423
It's like they segregate themselves.

>>6571423
Such poor decisions should be punished. We must find these deluded people and remove them from the gene pool.

>>6571519
I think attending LAC is punishment enough

>>6571529
But there's Caitlin Glass! And some creepy looking guys from Youtube! And the same shit bands and performers as last time, including such well known acts as that retard girl with the funny eye! And not to mention the skanky rockabilly faux cosplay model shit! And finally, dealers tables selling only the finest chinese bootleg plushies at seriously expensive prices!

Why the fuck would anyone NOT want to go! When you take into account that you could be molested by Michael Towers or have your privacy invaded by that creepy dude dressed as Shadow, I think you'll find there's a compelling argument for attending LAC!

And don't forget, like usual, pre-purchase ticket prices are available at a reduced rate - there's nothing special or exclusive about this, but please pretend there is!

>>6571748
THIS SOUND A MUST GO TO EVENT

I'm new to the Britfag cosplay scene. Does it have any famous cosplayers that I worth following?

Also what is the best event to go to this year?

>>6574662
Fairly new here too actually.
I feel nervous near the scene since I've heard a lot about Jen and Kelly and all that shit and I'm secretly hoping they play close to zero part in the London com (are they even in London because I thought I heard they were but then some where else that they werent)

other than that, yay snows all cleared I can finally take the over ground again and go fabric shopping.

>>6574662
Ayacon is doing it's final year, so try and get to it because everyone says it's great. MCM Expo in London is pretty good for cosplay but the event itself is lacking, not to mention SO MANY PEOPLE SQUASHED INTO ONE PLACE.

>>6574693
Sadly Jen and Kelly do know about all of AL shit and play a big part in the event even telling there fans ALCON is the best uk con.
PS anyone met this guy

>>6574712
Sheesh. I havent been on /cgl/ in a while (took a break from cosplay in general while I settled into uni) so I wasnt sure how active they were.

See I can avoid one or two people in a comm easy, just dont talk to them or their close friends. Avoiding a person with that much notoriety and their fanbase can be a bit harder.

>>6564052
I live in Torbay and visit Plymouth regularly, but I didn't find out about the scene until recently either.
They're tiny cons, but we also have Plymouth and Exeter Expos. The latter is twice a year too, I think.

>>6574693
Who the fuck are Jen and Kelly?

>>6574712
Yeah, he's a creep and your average sonic fan. Can't look at him for more than a second without having to go through a years worth of counselling.

>>6574712
Met him several times, saw him do a lightsaber break dance...ohgodwhy.jpg

Ladies, please contain your orgasms

Anyone going to Sunnycon?
:3

First con of the year for me

>>6575059
An appropriately phallic object on his head.

>>6575070
No, it looks like shit as usual.

>6575083
Went last year and it was a blast for a first year non-party con, had a good selection of guests and stuff.

Plus, this year they've got a miku hologram concert, so I'm totally sold.

>>6575070
I'm going, local to the area so might as well!

>>6575045
What is it with Sonic fans? Seriously. (No offence to anyone on here who's a Sonic fan and is actually normal) but the vast majority of them seem to be absolute nut jobs.

>>6575379
Yet to meet a Sonic fan that hasn't shown glaring signs of autism. The newer games have reached teen fan fiction levels of bad. I guess its got something to do with the non-human characters as well.

Not sure If I'm going to cosplay at all this year. Might just take pretty pictures of y'all.

Tokanatsu is going to make an announcement on their Facebook page in the next 24 hours. Any ideas what it could be?

>>6575070
No. I have no intention of getting creeped on by Tucky the pedo cocknozzle.

>>6575459
Yurts? Astro turf? Guidelines for weebs on how to hold in-tent BBQs and maximise carbon monoxide poisoning?

>>6561485
Hyper Japan has never been at the same time. It has been in September 2009, July 2011, February 2012 and November 2012. I'm surprised they're doing it July again. Especially as it clashes with when Team UK and one of the organizers are in Japan for WCS.

>>6569224
Stop being a wuss, it doesn't take 2 hours to get to London from Brighton as the other anons have said.
As for an event that is in Brighton, there is the Asahi Anime Festival and Moshi Matsuri which has been on in previous years but I don't know whether it's on this year. I'd check but the BrightonJapan.com website isn't loading for me at the moment.


As for conventions I'm going to this year are Gemucon, Ayacon and October Expo. Although I still need to book accommodation and register for Aya. It's by far my favorite con and I'm quite sad that this is the last one. I met the majority of my cosplay friends there so it's pretty special to me.
What's everyones cosplay plans for this year? I'm currently trying to get into shape so I can do mine. First time doing a cosplay that shows off my stomach, I'm really semiconscious about it so this is going to be a test of confidence.

>>6575379
I just want you to know that Michael Towers is a huge Sonic fan. It's literally the only game I've talked to him about or he shows any interest in at all.

>>6575459
You need to advertise on 4chan now?

>>6576000
Oh so we can't mention events in the community now? My bad.

Anyone know what the whole #conleaks thing was that got banded around Facebook?

>>6575569
>Ayacon's last one
holy shit! How comes?

>>6577746
money

>>6577681
>#conleaks
No idea what your talking about

>>6577760
;-;

>>6577760

Hah. Someone doesn't know what they're talking about

>>6564569
Gemucon = Free stuff weekend 2013
I am so extremely hyped for this like whoa

>>6569543
Shiiitttt, looks like I can actually go to HyperJapan this year. Not particularly excited for it like I am for Aya and Gemu, but am still looking forward to it sort of now.

>>6577819
Isn't the free stuff just a cupcake, a drink and some glowsticks?

>>6577921
Yes, and it's gonna be glorious and amazing because I'm a sucker for free junk.

But I am honestly quite excited for Gemu. It'll be great to see people again + all cosplays are already finished. All is well.

>>6577921
better than the 8,000% energy drinks at Kitacon, though

>>6577958
Man, those energy drinks were nice.

>>6577802
I'm sure Ayacon's always been well funded. Thought it was the committee all resigning?

>>6564569
I'm getting quite excited for it, now that I've almost finished my main cosplay for it. Looking forward to meeting some new people and hanging out with friends!
>>6575569
So gutted Ayacon is stopping after this year, I went to the 2011 one and it was awesome.

>>6577819
Gemucon looked pretty casual to me but I guess that makes me a pleb.

>>6577958
I gave mine away, disgusting.

So Humon moved to England officially now. I guess this means she'll be at a lot more cons.
Hoping this doesn't increase the amount of cosplays we see from her webcomics. (Or really comic since the only time I see cosplay of her stuff it's for Scandinavia and the World)

>>6578445
Oooooh, hinting at us being part of the EU.

>>6578445
>trying to imply the UK is part of Europe

>>6578473
Actually as an Amerifag living in England I'll admit thats what I always think.
I knew the UK wasnt/isnt part the EU but it confused the ever living hell out of me for a while why all my friends called the rest of Europe the Continent. Like I get it now but I still find it kinda funny.

>>6578481
But we *are* part of the EU. I am so confused.

>>6578501
Sorry meant to say doesn't use the Euro/ is generally more separated from the rest of Europe in how it runs itself.

I am slightly tipsy and my thoughts were confused.

>>6578501
The UK is part of the European Union, but not a part of the Europe continent.

No-one from the UK likes Europe anyway, which is why people correct you when they say we're a part of it

>>6578553
>The UK is not a part of the Europe continent
Are you high?

>>6578553

By that logic of the UK not being part of Europe (which we are btw) is like saying that Japan isn't part of Asia.

When did this turn into /int/?

Nik Naks pls

>>6584202
So homo.

Any cons happening soon, like in the next 3-4 months, that people are going to? What cospalsy have people got planned?