/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Oh geez Yaya's tits make that look ridiculous.

Sakizo

Why not play it? It's F2P, just very grindy.

Clover has some good designs. I can't find a good fullbody shot though.

>>6935675
My graphics card doesn't support any games. It freaks out over minecraft. Otherwise I'd be on that right away.

Sakura! She's a consideration but I want something a little more mature, I think.

The inevitable Trinity Blood.

Pandora Hearts. Lacie, Alice, Lottie, and a host of other characters have great dresses.

Obligatory Alichino.

God I always though "fancystuck" looked bad but these dresses just make that shit seem even worse.
Sage for offtopic.

>>6935696
Oh thank you, I totally forgot about Alichino. I had all this saved on a folder for considerations but my hard drive recently got wiped. I wonder if there's an archived thread of this.

Bit of Yuuko.

Gonna throw Relena in there just because I'm impressed someone's done her at all. A bit simple for what I'm looking for though.

Ashe, FF

Marie Antionette, Rose of Versailles

Le Chevalier D'eon
Also an excuse for fancy swords.

Euphemia too.

Banshee, Disciples 2

Queen of Hearts, Alice Madness Returns

The Vocaloid Sandplay designs are pretty impressive.

>>6935741
My dream cosplay.

Guild Wars 2

Carmilla, Vampire Hunter D

>>6935761
Better cosplayer? I really hate Yaya's version.

More Alichino just because it's pretty

>>6935769
I quickly googled for someone else but honestly she was the best one in the image results, so I just went with it.

Queen Serenity.

Sona, League of Legends

Ahh cgl I'm running dry now. Help a brother out?

Vivaldi

Saiunkoku Monogatari (The Story of Saiunkoku)

>>6935789
Sakura from TRC

Obligatory CLAMP costumes

Tears to my eyes from someone who is actually knowledgeable about the importance of structure under a dress

>>6935790
More Sakura

>>6935778
How many times did someone call her Miku wearing that, I wonder?

Versailles in general, if you're into music cosplay at all.

>>6935797
And again

>>6935789
I love this dress so much.

Scissorscrown.

>>6935792
Tomoyo from that one CCS episode

>>6935798
Actually I love this one but there are no scans of it anywhere.

Maria D Gray Man

Medusa
Pet Shop of Horros

Fandom: Chang An Huan Ye
Character: Zhao Li Fei

I'm surprised nobody mentioned Paradise Kiss yet.

Character's Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka.

Odin Sphere
Ballgown!Gwendolyn

Rezelput and Richter. Doors of chaos.

Hinoto, X

Dorothea, Avalon Code

this is cute as shit

Solaria
End Breaker

Damn this is cute. I'm going to look more into these designs.

>>6935867
This makes me laugh every time.

>>6935872
It's a card game. Figures. Pretty though.

someone I took a picture of at otakon2012

>>6935883
A total babe.

>>6935723
yeah, pretty much any of the historical takarazuka shows have giant crazy dresses: elisabeth, phantom, berubara, etc.

also shameful selfpost.

Magna Carta - Estelle

>>6935894
You look really lovely!

>>6935678
oh jesus I think I'd cry if I saw a good Oruha cosplayer in person

sage for nothing to contribute

Sara Mudo
Angel Santuary

Kuroyukihime

>>6935688
The epitome of fancy ass dresses

Sound Horizon

Ixi from Bizenghast or basically any of the recognizable dresses.

>>6935867
What is even going on.
Are there more photos of this?

>>6936259
Cosplayer dressed up as Hinoto from X. She has long, formal robes that she wears. Because she's tiny, they're often depicted as being overwhelming in length.

Cosplayer took this to the extreme and sewed a massive dress that covered this field. Refused to let people near her/step on it and just sat around all day posing.

>>6935773
after I saw the inspiration for the original design, I can't help but feel bad for all of the queen serenity cosplays I see

>>6935688
Well, what the hell, now I'm a bit disappointed that they went to SO much effort to duplicate the fabric among other things, but it still looks pretty inaccurate with a LOT of things missing. I'd never seen a side by side before.

>>6935838
I was so disappointed at the end when they revealed the dress, it was so damn tacky....

More than just the Coronation dress exists in Trinity Blood- dumping a few more.

Rose Queen dress

>>6936316

Astha's Venice disguise

>>6936319

Seth's butterfly-themed dress from the manga (though this one is more of an impressive hat thing than a 'size of dress' thing)

>>6936324

Another of Astha's dresses

>>6936329

Then there's another girl who did the Coronation dress pretty well (also Russian, go figure)

>>6936335

And this is the best version of Esther's black dress I can find.

>>6935668
>Yaya's giant fake bazoongas ruining my glorious DFC C.C.

>>6935672
Actually yeah OP, Sakizo is a totally legitimate intricate cosplay to make because you don't have to read or watch anything- you just find an illustration you like.

>>6936336

Also Mirka Fortuna has a nice pink dress with a solid armor plate down the front.

>>6936292
What are you referring to? Still looks pretty impressive and accurate to me.

>>6936347

Also Lillith has the neck brace dress, made more impressive by the six very large, very bright blue wings she's always depicted as having while wearing it

>>6936336
I do like Queen Esther's other designs but everyone seems to go for the Coronation dress. Personally, I prefer the Black one but so few do it so well. Pic is one of the ones I really like (also Russian).

>>6936353
Lilith is one of my dream costumes I really hope I can make it some day.

>>6936358

Ooh wow, that's a great one. But I opened the image and ow my heart fuck you I wasn't expecting that

But yeah I think people latch onto the Coronation dress because it's the most impressive, recognizable one. The problem with Trinity Blood cosplay is that so many people half ass it because they think it'll get them an easy win in a cosplay contest. And heck, a lot of the time it works because if they have a decent enough base garment they can literally dip the thing in glitter and beads and call it an appropriate amount of detail vomit and blind the judges into giving them craftsmanship awards.

Problems, however, arise when you put a crappy Trinity Blood cosplay next to a goddamn legit one. This one, for instance, is really really lovely on its own and would probably get a craftsmanship award but looks kinda janky and lumpy when compared to the art.

>>6936344
the missing uh 'long' pieces/tassels (the original has several of them, the costume only appears to have two, one on each side), the missing part on the front with the roses (the part the appears to come OUT of the scalloped portion on the original design), and I don't see the scallops on the bottom of the bodice/top of the skirt portion at all. The lining of the cape appears to be a blue design, not a solid red. Just the first things I noticed.

Now, I did not say the costume isn't amazing. I just said (since I had never seen a side by side of the original artwork) that I was kind of surprised/a little disappointed they went to SO much work on it, but seemed to leave out a lot? Not something I could even come close to with my skills, and I still think it's extremely impressive.

>>6936418

The 'blue' portion of the cape you're seeing in the art is a heavily-shaded cape on the back of the dress made of the same material as the dress itself- which she has, it's just smaller than the one in the art and she's wearing the large faux ermine with the red lining over the top of it.

She is missing a good majority of the strips down the front with the roses on them (she has four actually, two on each side) but it does appear that she has the scallops on the bottom of the bodice (at least from what I can tell in this picture, the large sleeves and the ruffs at her wrists are blocking parts).

Not everything Thores does can be translated into a 100% wearable design, mind you. They did a pretty good job though.

>>6936437
Ohyeah they did an amazing job. Maybe the view is wrong and that part with the roses I mentioned that comes OUT of the scalloped part (which also has roses, so its a bit confusing, but in the original picture the part I am talking about is a 'grey' ish color, instead of the white color) is actually that white part with the roses you see in this picture in the front, and the scalloped area is higher up, so we can't even see the scallops at all.

yes, it's better than a good job I think though haha!

>>6936284
Agreed. If I ever get around to doing Serenity, I'm going to base the dress off of this.

>>6935778
The photoshop is strong in this one.

>>6936378
Completely agree. As much as I love Trinity Blood cosplay many people seem to think its an easy win and will chuck details on to a base and expect to get somewhere. I definitely prefer someone to take their time and try and match as much as possible. Using different methods also catches my eye rather than just chucking a load of jems on. I've been a judge at a large competition. I did judge several TB cosplays. The one that I gave the highest points to was an Astha because she had used silk screen printing to get the design onto her costume before sewing on all the beads. She beat the Queen Esther who had quite frankly throw up beads all over a basic dress.

>>6936418
>>6936437
>>6936459
Now that you mention it I can see what they have missed/gotten wrong. Its possible that they (I know its a team who made it) had their minds set on a particular event and missed details as they were running out of time.

Having said that it is an amazing costume. One of my favorites.

I do think this one (pic related) has managed to get the details closer. She is also Russian (all the amazing Esthers appear to be Russian). She matched more of the details and updated her skirt trim to match the newly released image of Esther at her Coronation.

>>6936831
Another shot showing better details.

>>6935727
That cosplay is amazing!

I've always thought that this design was pretty ita though. It's a shame because I like literally every other outfit I've seen from that series.

>>6936831
>>6936836
When the cosplay looks better than the art. Horry shret.

>>6936838
For sure. Chevalier d'Eon is generally great for costumes (I love Madame du Pompadour's crazy dress), but that blue dress they stuff him in is just massively fug. Awkward length, doofy hat, weird peplum ... That cosplayer did an awesome job, because the dress actually looks good. In all the art it's like, "WTF are you wearing, dude?"

>>6936871
Lots of dresses

Thanks for all your suggestions Anons.

Ashlotte from Soul Calibur IV was another consideration.

Iva from Karneval. I haven't yet seen a cosplay of this dress.

>>6935827
Wow why have I never thought to look for psoh cosplays!!! This medusa is awesome : )

>>6935688

Trinity Blood used to kind of be an "auto win" at cosplay contests. I saw one at A-kon, but it was kinda meh.

Hey OP, also consider looking around at fanart and stuff. A lot of series will have fan "fancy" versions of the characters. I know there's some for Tiger & Bunny and FMA. And of course, if you're into it, Hetalia. Though those are all really male oriented, not big dresses, sorry.

Not a huge poofy ballgown, but Tsukimi's dress from Princess Jellyfish would be a nice challenge.

>>6936990
This is so adorable.

>>6936378
>>6936990
>Trinity Blood used to kind of be an "auto win" at cosplay contests.
A few years ago I roomed with someone at a convention who made a Trinity Blood cosplay for the costume contest and flipped out because someone else entered with the same (much better looking) outfit. Not to mention they actually looked like the character, too...

Also, a lot of older J-RPG series have some nice fancy designs. Some off the top of my head are the Saga franchises, Mystic Ark, Suikoden, pretty much anything with Amano involved, ect...

Series that always seem to be present in cosplay comps: Trinity Blood, Bride of the Water God, Five Stars Stories, Clamp Stuff (mostly xxxHolic), Rose of Versailles, Princess Tutu.

For a good chunk of those I think they typically care more about how complicated the costume is more than they like the series.

>>6936990
I love this dress, and I'd love to cosplay it but I feel weird since isn't it that girl's own original design?

>>6937129
Thanks Anon.
Bride of the Water God is beautiful. I won't cosplay it but it's fun to read so far!

>>6937139

Ah, that is is. Nothing says you can't do it though, I'd just PM the girl and ask her permission. As long as you credit it would probably be okay? No different than cosplaying from fanart, really.

>>6937051
Yeah, like I said- you put a "I'm gonna make this as blingy as possible so I can win everything" Trinity Blood costume next to an accurate one made by someone who loves the series and the difference is just absolutely striking. What costume did they do, anyway?

>>6937129
TB seems to me like it's sorta fallen by the wayside as of late, though that may be because the only people still doing it are people that have gone on to read the novels, the manga, etc. instead of just watching the anime and then picking and choosing from artbook images and giving it the old college try.

more crazy Empire stuff to keep this somewhat on-topic.

>>6937051

That's funny. When I saw the Trinity Blood cosplayers in the room for the pre-judging my first thought was, "Well, I'm fucked, there's Trinity Blood cosplay!" But they didn't win a single award, despite being a group with a fancy ass cosplay. The top 3 were Gankutsuo, xxxHolic, and Magi. An honorable mention went to Madoka's god outfit. But it just goes to show that Trinity Blood isn't an auto win anymore. But fancy ass cosplays in general are. If you make a ballgown, judges go apeshit for it.

>>6937213
To be honest, fancy costumes showcase more skills in construction compared to simpler ones so it's only natural that they would be overall more impressive. Interesting that the TB cosplayers didn't win, but it's nice to see that they're not auto-win costumes anymore.

>>6937211
>What costume did they do, anyway?
That green one, actually. And it's like the woman in those photos too, while it seems like an impressive outfit at first glance it paled in comparison to the one the other girl had made.

>>6937213
>The top 3 were Gankutsuo, xxxHolic, and Magi.
Gankutsuou and Holic have awesome costumes

My dream cosplay would be an upside-down Walpurgis Nacht, but I know I could only wear it for so long.

I'd love to see more Gankutsuo. Beautiful designs with lots of room for interpretation and using fabrics you normally couldn't use. Part of what judges like ot see/hear is not only how you constructed your costume, but how/why you made certain interpretations for your costume, especially if there's differences between the references.

>>6937291
Yeah that's a great show

>>6937220
agreed. they also allow for fabric interpretations like the other anon said, and the possibility of an immense amount of handwork and undergarment construction.

for example, i made my court panniers, petticoats, pockets, corset, chemise, garters, and shoes in addition to doing all the handwork on the overdress of my marie antoinette costume. i also tried to make it super historically accurate by using appropriate fabrics and patterns for each piece, while still adding the bling of takarazuka (i made the light-up finale bouquet as well for a prop). i literally had judges crawling up under my skirt to look at all the underwear and foundation pieces, which was pretty hilarious. in addition to showiness i think judges also love attention to small details that aren't always visible on the costume.

>>6937344
Good judges pay attention to stuff like that. One time we had a girl enter a blingy dress and not win throw a shitfit, and one of the judges I was working with was like "But her dress didn't FIT and it didn't match the picture she showed us." I think it depends a lot on who's judging if they pay attention to things like that or not.

>>6937451
exactly

a good judge will look at the whole picture and not just how shiny something is. lots of people make fancy costumes thinking tehy can hide shoddy craftsmanship with hot glue and sparkly trim and detail vomit but a good judge can see through that to the real construction and know that a good costume is more than just 'fancy' its fancy done WELL

>>6937451
I feel so bad for judges when this happens. When something that dazzles the audience doesn't win that is. So you stand there on stage and tell them why? Hell no, the most you can do is go on the con forum later and put up a disclaimer for all those that will come and baww.

I remember I competed in Ohayocon one year and afterwards there was a Princess Tutu pair that was really upset that they hadn't won anything. But their tutus were nothing but raw edges, a lot of parts were made with felt and hotglue and their feathery bits were craft store feathers and boas. I was torn on whether I should just be honest with them or if it was worth it. I went to ask if I could see my score sheet and there was a Stein and Medua that had made these gigantic soul bubble props that were waiting and pissed. Yeah they looked kinda cool on stage but there were pretty shitty up close. Also the Medusa had all these cardboard arrows and snakes poking out of her. Definitely going for quantity over quality.

This is why I wouldn't ever want to judge. I feel like any decision you make will earn you tons of hate and you'll be seen as a bitch even if you know your stuff and are honest.

>>6937492
Ugh, I hate it when something sparkly but crappy doesn't win and they throw a shift it nd come to bitch on cgl, and then people just see it on stage under lights and are all, "Judge collusion! favoritism! Popularity contest! Blind judges!" And it's like, if anyone had asked for feedback you could say, "The blindly dress was hot-glued together!"

And usually they lose to another blingy dress, but a well made one.

>>6936344
Different anon but also the beading/embroidery pattern is fairly off on the long vertical bands of the skirt.

>>6936913
I know these are probably accurate and nice (not familiar with series) but all I see is puckered satin and too much flat colors. It just needs more detail somehow.

>>6936913
My only complaint is that the lavender dress REALLY needs a smoothing petticoat.

>>6937645
They all need petticoats, too much hoop porn.

more dresses?

>>6937710

More dresses!

>>6937775

Sailor Moon has a metric fuckton of artbook gowns that score points for both poof AND nostalgia. Like the wedding dresses, or the princess dresses (though those are more spaghetti-strap, almost Edwardian empire line gowns)

>>6937780

There's also Grave of Maria from D.Gray-man, though to do her properly you have to have stilts because she's a nine-foot-tall animated singing corpse. I tried to do it to scale once, I almost fell off the stage because I tripped over my hoop skirt. (Pic is not related)

>>6937785

Kuroshitstorm is also an option, though an overplayed one. I have yet to see a group (on this coast at least, I think some East Coasters have done it before) do Kuroshit with period tailoring/fabric/undergarments.

>>6937790

Also, despite the colors not being accurate (this girl made hers before a color page of the Circus characters came out) this may be my favorite version of Doll because it seems a bit more period.

>>6935731
when I was 15 years old and read through cosmode, I fell in love with this dress so much that since then I've had my heart set to getting it commissioned for my wedding when the time comes.
ah, dreams.

>>6937790
True, but going historically accurate with Kuroshitsuji sometimes requires departing from accuracy with the series, because the series is not particularly historically accurate, in particular when it comes to womenswear.

>>6937917

Fair enough.

If love to see someone do a PotC that has actual 'poof' to the dress.

>>6937943
What is PotC? That thing looks awesome, but all I get is Pirates.

>>6937943
Shouldn't you be on /lgbt/?

>>6937970
Nevermind. I forgot google image search existed.

>>6937970
Princess of the Crystal, from Mawaru Penguindrum.

>>6937981
I dont know what you think PotC means, considering it stands for Princess of the Crystal.

>>6937989
pirates of the caribbean.

>>6937213
The exact same thing happened to me - I went to a local contest and two trinity blood costumes showed up. I thought I had a pretty good chance until they showed up.
Turns out they don't even place and I get second for my fran costume under an assassins creed cosplayer and above a vincent valentine.

>>6937051
Trinity Blood has never been an 'auto win' in my country, thank god. This means that those that do place do so because they did a great job on the costume. Annoyingly, its the fur suits that seem to auto win. While I can understand the length of construction that goes into one it can overshadow a well made dress despite it having rough edges.

>>6937492
I have judged a lot and yes, it is always a tough decision. I tend to look for a match in shape, good construction, clean finishing and a good grasp of the character design. Sometimes the big dresses can end loosing as quite often the cosplayer will think that using lots of fabric will gain them loads of points.

I'm a Trinity Blood fan but would never favor a TB costume over another series costume that has been better constructed. I like to see good well costumes. In fact, sometimes I judge too harshly on TB costumes as I'll know what they are meant to look like.

>>6937943
All I ask is that someone makes a modified cage crinoline for her dress/skirt so it can actually have a poof like >>6935858

And it's a shame that most people who cosplay her don't do anything about the white lining. They leave it flat and winkled.

>>6937790
I've seen so many failed cosplays of this from MilanNO that it just ruined the character for me

>>6939106
Well, she got some poof into it.

>>6937276

Gankutsuo looked like the fabric was from spoonflower. Impressive, yes, that they designed the fabric, but it looked a little flat and dull. I imagined Gakutsuo cosplay would have a bit more dimension and depth, it just didn't look as impressive in person. But it was still a way awesome cosplay.

>>6939110

Yeah, no one bothers with a petticoat or hoop to actually poof it out. It's also really badly done by girls who want to crossplay Ciel, but they still don't make it crossplay. They didn't give him boobs in the series when he wore this. He's still a boy, he's just a boy in a dress. So you need to corset yourself in, but also strap down the boobs.

BlazBlue
Rachel Alucard

>>6939224
This is what I'm working on currently! <3
Big fan. :) Thanks for posting it.

>>6937917
I think anon mostly meant period correct undergarments, which most cosplayers lack knowledge on. Most horrible Kuroshitsuji cosplays could be saved with a corset and proper petticoats.
(Isn't there a super famous scene right before the ballgown of Ciel being laced in a corset? Shouldn't fangirls remember this?)

>>6939906
Yeah, but most people who cosplay him are people who only just got into cosplay and bought the shiny Milanoo monster. They are more likely to be like, "Oh it's not that important! No one will notice."

>>6939906

That is literally the only thing of Kuroshit that I've seen. I think I saw it on tvtropes or something. I laughed and moved on.

But yeah, I don't think the fangirls are aiming particularly towards accuracy so much as just wanting to have fun and roleplay.

>>6937320
Oooooh. This is lovely.

>>6936990
Usually in the manga, the dresses are more realistic and less princessy than I'd hope. I'd like to see someone do something like the initial concepts, instead of the meh final product they make together.

>>6939106
my fav cosplay of her from fanime this year

>>6939906
>>6939915
>>6940154
I would love to see someone doing Kuroshit cosplays accurately to the time period. I would love to see an accurate Madam Red for example. Might just have to have a go myself since I'm getting into to doing more historical costumes.

>>6937291
Semi-off topic but when I did a few Gankutsuou costumes I wound up hand painting most of my fabrics, and what I didn't paint was really fun to choose for. I also remember that some people have used iron on transfers (which was incredible because they managed to match all of their patterns up perfectly) to completely replicate the design. Nowadays there's the possibility of using printable fabric or having it custom printed as well. I wish I could afford to do more Gankutsuou cosplay because it's one of my favourite things ever.

To add to the thread, Mitsukaz Mihara designs. (Dokuhime in particular has some great crazy ballgowns. The dudes have ridiculous outfits too)

>>6942405
Oh wow. That is seriously awesome.
I want a chandelier on my head.

It's actually just the angle of the panel, but if anyone ever makes this dress they should totally make a chandelier headdress anyway. ~*Creative licence*~, yo.

>>6942405
mihara manga oh my fuck i love you anon marry me

>>6943407
NO MARRY ME SHE'S MY FAVOURITE MANGA AUTHOR EVER.

The Cantarella manga has some fantastic fancy gowns.
Trying to find any just ends up in Vocaloid costumes though.

Komajou Densetsu and Komajou Densetsu II AKA Touhouvania

>>6942384
I'd love to do this too (though maybe a different character) but my brain keeps going BUT THATS NOT SHOW-ACCURATE

>>6941216
This is adorable. I love the way that the person made the dress!

On the topic of historical froufrou, Count Cain is delicious.

Historically accurate Disney princesses, particularly Belle and Cinderella.

Madokami/Godoka/God Mode Madoka.

>>6946123
I would love to do one but not sure which one to go for. Has anyone done them? Pics please.

>>6946445
http://shoomlah.deviantart.com/gallery/29648049
Over here.

>>6946445
Saw a few more ACP

>>6946445

>>6946474
>not a single ironed seam on that Cinderella

>>6946469
Thank you, I have seen the art before. Sorry, I meant photos of cosplayers doing them.

>>6946470
>>6946474
Thank you.

>>6946584
I cringed.

>>6946445

>>6947577
Such a great costume ruined by a pug face. If she's just smile...

>>6946474
That Rapunzel is fucking adorable. Never seen a wig that did the little curls like that.

>>6937943

>>6952548
Okay this is really cool.

Gonna post some music-related cosplays I have saved that are relevant, even though I'm not sure if you're into that.

Hizaki from Versailles (different dress than what was suggested earlier. Really, any of his dresses are huge and ridiculous and fun.)

>>6954122
anything that has been worn by Aliene Ma'riage

>>6954123
Asagi from D

>>6954125
Kaya

>Yaya
>CC

Any more dresses? I love these threads.

what about any of the rosebrides from Utena?

How about this?
I found this from this cosplayers' page (http://asianbeat.com/en/feature/issue_cosplay/cosplayer/taiwan/2/))

>>6954128
not doing the wig right? wtf butterface no

>>6935911
Her poor toes look broken

I must be the only one who wants to desperately fuck a girl wearing one of those big ass fancy dresses...

>>6936291
You and me both, babe.
I thought it was going to be much edgier.