/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>tfw when you need a pair of pants that perfectly match the colour of a shirt
>tfw can't find anything remotely close, nor can you find good fabric to make them
>tfw can't buy online because the exact shade matters too much

It's just fucking khaki, why is this so hard.

>tfw the con is a 15 minute drive

>tfw you really, really need to pee, and your large and/or complicated cosplay makes it difficult to go in the public stall.

I've nearly pissed myself before because it took me so long just trying to maneuver my way into a stall.

>>6980322
tfw next con is 1:30 hr drive away, have to drive back and forth at crack of dawn and night each 3 days because cheaper than staying in hotel on that side.

Why have I done this to myself.

>tfw have no idea which bathroom to use when you're cross dressing

>tfw you feel sick a week before a convention

anyone else get sick during cosplay? I really hope I feel better by then.

>>6980334
This.

Every. Fucking. Time.

>Tfw your friend takes the character you wanted cosplay
>both going to con together, would be awkward if we went as the same character
>Thanks for the suggestion, Anon~!
>Too nice to speak up
>Friend seems grateful, why am I not happy?
>Tfw you feel like a huge dickhead bottling it up

I need to get over myself. I feel like a child.
What do?

>>6980331
use the one you'd use if you weren't in costume. it's that simple.

If you are really afraid, use a non-gendered bathroom; someone's bathroom in their hotel room or a single-stall room with both a male and female symbol on the door.

>FREE HUGS

>tfw you and your best friend make cosplays
>She put so much effort and time and research into hers
>I put a good amount of effort into mine as well, but she had more passion and took lots of rewarding chances
>Get to con
>My cosplay is the talk of the town, bell of the god damn ball, and only a couple people ask for her picture specifically

It wasnt just that I got more pictures, its that I was stopped every 5 seconds, constantly, asked for interviews and comissions, where as most people were just like "oh, thats neat!" to her and walk off.

I ended up just pulling her into shots with me and saying we are together. People eventually found us and asked for both. Lightened her mood but I still feel really bad.

>>6980360
Which characters were you two?

>>6980358
>random con
>fifty weebs line up and block the way
>IT'S THE FREE HUG LINE NYA
>let me pass please
>FIRST YOU GOTTA HUG EVERYONE OF US

>>6980362
I was Ornstein, she was the native american Coyote spirit (pretty much the loki/monkey king/trickster god of native mythology)

While I admit it wasnt well known, it was still very unique and stood out.

>>6980358
>go to con
>aquaintance I don't care much for has "Free Hugs" sign, he looks at me and gestures to it
>I decline

I almost felt bad, but not quite.

>you make something for someone and they underpay you for it, insisting they'll pay you later.

>they break it before saturday is even over and expect you to fix it for them for free

>they want to commission you again afterwards..

>tfw see someone from uni with a "YOU LOST THE GAME" sign
>he recognizes me and smiles, pointing to his sign
>this is 2012, what are you doing
>awkwardly wave and quickly leave

>plan to sleep at a friend's friend's house during con
>"sure no problemo mi casa es su casa"
>buy tickets for con, buy fabric
>"oh sorry we can't do it my mother doesn't allow it"
fast forward now
>another friend goes to same con
>owns a car
>"i found this cheap hotel near the con, you wanna share a room?"
everythingwentbetter, con is saved after all

>>6980383
>"YOU LOST THE GAME" sign
people still do this? embarrassing

>Homeshit bumps into me, tainting my cosplay with their paint
>ohimsorryihavetogobye
>They run off

>on period while wearing cosplay with white shorts

it's the worst and most dangerous thing ever

>tfw your favorite uncle goes to SDCC every year without you
>sucks but you understand and have gotten used to it
>this year he missed family Christmas and cancelled last second on your birthday
>it's comic-con time and you know he'll be there
>all that salt in my wounds

Why is he still my favorite uncle?

>>6980406
Does he rub it in?

>>6980347
why would you suggest them to cosplay the same character you wanted to do?

>tfw after all of your worrying, you find the perfect wig after all

>>6980421
Not intentionally. But last year, in order to be in the room for the Firefly panel, he sat through the panels beforehand, one of which was the Legend of Korra one, which I would have loved to see. He didn't even know what it was, but one of his friends' kids sorta explained it to him. I was jealous enough that he went and saw the Korra, Community, and Firefly (all things I love) panels all at once, but what made it worse was afterwards, when he was telling me about Korra, explaining what the show was about (I think he had forgotten the name) thinking I would like it, and I was like
>Uncle Peter, was this Avatar: Legend of Korra?
>Yeah, that's it! Have you heard of it?
>I hate you

He better bring me back some swag for belated christmas/birthday/no-comic-con-for-you presents this year.

>tfw you spend 6 months+ working on a costume and no one knows the character you're cosplaying and they all call you something else.

>tfw you get a guy come up to you who is a super fan of the series you're cosplaying
>He's unbearable to talk to but you don't want to be rude and aren't really in any rush
>He offers to do your makeup for you...
>Uh, nah that's fine man... really
>I'm an actor and I do all the make up for the other people I do plays with
>He shouts intolerable weeb shit at passers by while still trying to hold a conversation with you.
>Getting pretty fed up with your shit dude...
>Unrelated person walking by complains about girls at the con
>He yells to them about how they should fight to the death for girls here.
>And I. AM. OUTTA THERE.

>>6980406
Because he taught you the way of love?

(Stockholm Syndrome)

>>6980502
Shit the "I'm an actor and I do all the make up for the other people I do plays with" should have been in quotes as he was saying it not me.

>>6980395
Many years ago, when "The Game" was still a thing, I explained the game to some hyper excitable weeb who carpooled with us to the con.

She seemed to really love the idea, but didn't quite get it. Through-out the course of the weekend, she's stop and shout "YOU LOSE!!" to the crowd, expecting people to get that she meant The Game.. No one ever did, and she did this constantly all weekend long, always giggling and smiling like a fucking idiot, like she'd pulled the best prank ever, when all she did was screaming like an embarrassing retard.

>>6980396
Really worried about this for metrocon
paint wont come out of lolita dress so well
actively avoiding homestuck

but going to dante basco panel
shit
there will be stories for here i guarantee it

>tfw Vic Mignona is going to be the MC for the Masquerade at Dragon*Con

>have to drive 30 miles to find a fake toy gun because stupid kids won't stop getting shot by stupider police

>>6980322
>tfw the con is two metro stops away.\

>captcha: Blessed 277999

>>6980521
you best be trolling

>going to attend first ever /cgl/ meetup at SDCC
>TFW you have nothing witty to say and you stay quiet the entire time

I'll just be standing here pretending I know what you guys are talking about.

>go to con with best bro cousin
>I cosplay, he doesn't
>frequently getting stopped for pictures
>feel bad for cousin since he basically became the holder of all my stuff
>trying to check out dealer's hall with him and admire the merchandise
"OMG CAN I HAVE A PICTURE"
>"sure thing...."

I felt like I abandoned him, next time ill just go in plain clothes or at least a lesser known costume.

>>6980579

Talk about how all their costumes are shit, seagulls love banter.

>>6980579
>mfw so anxious for the NYCC cgl meetup
>mfw will be in some shitty cosplay compared to the others and be too underage to drink at a bar
I'm so scared, I just want to have fun at a meetup at a con.

>>6980579
You should go as a mute character, so people will think you're being in character when you don't talk.

>>6980579
Aha. I know what you mean. Sometimes I feel like everyone on this board knows each other but me.

>>6980585
I can't do NYCC meetups. the NYc cosplay scene is autistic as fuck.

>>6980579
>>6980584
>>6980585
>>6980587

Just had a (small) /cgl/ meet up at connecticon.First time meeting an anon, ever. only a few of us but since we were all so board diversified (had some /tg/, /co/, /a/) it was easy to strike up a conversation about pretty much anything, everyone was pretty chill. We were going to go out to eat but I had to duck out early and one anon actually got to go hang out and eat with ronnie from whomp.

> Starting college in August.
> All my friends that used to attend cons with me moved to different states for college.
> Will be my first time attending a convention without any friends.

>>6980571

nope.jpg

I wish I was. I'm sorry you had to find out this way.

>>6980395
I went to a friend's panel and one of the other panelist shouted out "THE GAME" to the others. Everyone else in the room seemed to be amused by it. I just shrank back into my seat in secondhand embarrassment.

>>6980347
>Tfw your friend takes the character you wanted cosplay

This actually just happened to me. I've been talking about doing a particular cosplay since early this year to a friend who was really supportive about it. It just so happened a mutual friend recently wanted to do a group for this particular series. I didn't log on to Facebook later, but I saw that this same friend I had been talking to about it took that character.
>mfw
I ended up taking an alternate version of the character. I'm doing the cosplay I wanted to regardless of the group though at another con they aren't attending. It's cool, but I wanted to do it with the rest of them.

>tfw a character is called at a photoshoot and a bunch of unrecognizable closet fem!steampunk!disco pogo!Martian cosplays run up, but everyone's too polite to say anything

Last shoot I was at, when it started there were 0 cosplayers of a character. When we got to a group shot that character would be in, everyone was ready to skip him, but all of a sudden, this girl decked out in typical con rave gear calls out "Here I am!" We let her up of course, but there was no way in Hell we would've recognized who she was without her saying anything.

>>6980435
It was more of like, a mentioning the possibility of a cosplaying character, but I got cut off.

>>6980358
Once at a con it was hot as balls outside and I was making my way indoors with my sister. Some people formed a "hug line" on the sidewalk into the building and kept asking for hugs to get through. I said "Sorry, I'm sweaty and gross." The first girl in line replied "It's okay I am too!"
I held my bag in one hand, grabbed my sister with the other, yelled "MY ARMS ARE FULL" and shoved my way through that stink hole.

>>6980684
#pray4tray

>tfw your friend posts ideas for pin-up Celestia because Rarity is too popular now

>>6980331
Just don't use the urinals (and if you're a guy, always sit down).

>tfw you and a friend are perfectly okay with doing the same cosplay, but everyone else is pointing out that since it's the same version, at the same con, with the same photographers, they'll all be comparing you two

>>6980521
Just when I was excited. Nope.

>tfw your ex-best friend knows you're in a group with a bunch of big names and manipulates her way into it so she can attention whore and try to push you out of the group.

Bitch if you knew how to sew I might be intimidated. You've got less than two months to do a giant prop and a full, semi-complex cosplay and you have no experience or sewing machine.

>tfw you know she's not going to get it done, but know your bf won't be part of the group if she gets it done by some miracle.

>mfw let someone borrow my wig that I put a widow's peak in and they decide it was okay to take the widow's peak out

>>6980819
That hurts.

>tfw finding out i got blue fabric with sparkles instead of basic blue fabric

>tfw my cat has started stealing cosplay stuff, including ripping components off of made accessories.

Found her this morning playing with a large piece of foam from some custom-made cosplay boots.

>>6981706
Come on, honey, now you'll be just as fabulous as you feel inside!

>tfw when your friend insists on cosplaying 'steampunk human Karkat'

>tfw you cosplay your favorite character and everyone tells you you're the best one of that character they've ever seen.

tfw the clock is winding down and you make more and more sacrifices and shortcuts on your costume

>tfw you have big boobs and want to cosplay a flat character
>tfw your boyfriend tells you, "Just be sexy Crona!"
>tfw you can't "no" hard enough

>>6980326
should have purchased a mini-van. i can sleep in it during last resorts. Or you could buy a eno hammock and find a park to set it up in.

>>6980629
i know that feel. last con i attended i did so alone...probably going to keep happening...:(

>>6980436
>Found the perfect wig & it sold out

>tfw cat spills fabric paint all over the dress i just finished hand painting right as i was putting the paint away.

>tfw you had to tailor the waist in on an outfit
>accessories hide the shitty seam

>tfw self conscious about gap in teeth
>start reading Jojolion

>tfw you order the perfect skirt online and later they call and say that your size is out of stock
>forever

>>6981802
She deserved to be slapped. Princess bitch.

>>6981802
I would have gut the thing and grilled it on my BBQ.

>tfw friend keeps asking to cosplay homestuck with them
>no, i don't even like homestuck, nor would i want to wear it around a con
>"well you don't have to wear it to a con! we'll go full facepaint and go to the mall and scare people!"
Why am I even friend with you?

>>6980367
Was this at CTCon this year?

>>6981947
Are you 12?

>>6982007
It was

>>6982019
Oh, I saw your friend, then. Their costume was fucking awesome.

>>6982023
Thank you! We arnt into the whole e-fame thing but sometimes its nice seeing her get recognition for her work rather then take a back seat just because its not recognizable. She cured, sewn, and hollowed every bone and pelt and skin herself and used actual antlers for it.

>tfw my main cosplay partner always buys her costumes from ebay and gets the "pre-styled" wigs that never looks how they are supposed to and thinks she doesnt need make-up just because she doesn't wear it every day

>>6981881
Related:
>tfw find perfect socks online
>out of stock
>sign up for email-notification for when they come back in stock
>3 months later
>email!
>"We've restocked these socks in red and purple!"
>need it in white..
>still out of stock

>tfw don't want to start on that cosplay until the socks are secured

>decide to cosplay a not so popular character that not many people cosplay
>a bunch of people say that they're excited to see my cosplay and will be looking for me
>mfw i'm worried that my cosplay won't be good enough

>at amw
>cosplaying asuka, waiting in line for the spike spencer panel
>sees another asuka cosplayer
>waves excitedly, I love seeing other cosplayers in the same costume as me
>she flips me off

I was just being nice!!

>>6982107
Oh god this happened to me. People ended up loving it, even though my mental state was shit before con tearing it apart and resewing bits.

>>6982053
I don't see the problem with the ebay part, as long as she's not claiming it as her own creation.

>tfw never make cons friends, just one bro i go to most cons with
He doesn't cosplay either, I'd really like to make friends to cosplay with.

>>6982398
>implying she wasn't just in-character

>take 12 year old brother to con with me for his birthday
>he does a really shitty cosplay of Lil Cal from homestuck
>yells across the convention floor at other homestucks
>shouts 'the game' once every 15 minutes
never again

>tfw you get your period during the con weekend without fail
Every fucking con.

> tfw you take off your corset after a full day at the con

>>6982476
Where do you live? If Midwest, I will hang out with you.

>>6982867
THIS. I'm seriously dying over here. The picture couldn't be MORE perfect!

>>6982895
You have no idea how long I've waited to use this gif.

>>6982867
>chest plate armor feels like a corset
perfect picture.

>>6980331
...you can be arrested for knowingly going into the oppositly gendered bathroom. It's called being a sex offender. Especially with other women/men in it.

>>6980331
Family bathrooms.

when and where is it going to be held?

and does anyone know if /cgl/ regulars are as judgemental about people's cosplay as they are on the board? Because I just want to just drop by and say hey

>tfw you want to go to a /cgl/ meetup at a con.. But you're from Toronto
Ugh, I'm just nervous about it being all trips and me being so awkward since they're all friends already and that circlejerk crap.

>>6982680
Has happened for the last 4 years of the 2 biggest cons I attend.. Fucking sucks.

>>6983275
>girlfriend's first CC last year: period
>about to go 2/2 tomorrow

>Go on vacation
>Eat junk food, laze around
>Get back
>Oh my fucking god I have a con in a month that shows off my legs and arms

>>6983275
>>6982680
>TFW somehow managed to never be on period during a con, ever.

Well now that I've said that I'm sure I jinxed myself

>>6981752
This happens to me too! I feel terrible because everytime I see someone do the same character, they do it horribly.

>>6981766
This feel

Goddamn I hate my breasts, I'm forever doomed to cosplay titty monsters

>>6981766
>>6983378
Just get breast reductions already, FFS - this is the 20teens, not the 1990's, nobody likes giant cow tits anymore. Cut yourself down to A or AA and then we're talking.

>>6983395
>nobody likes giant cow tits anymore

>>6983395
That might be a little too much. If you're going breast reduction, somewhere around B-C would be good.

>>6983400
Okay, maybe giant saggy milkbags are still popular in Canada.

>>6983378
>tfw flatchest, forever doomed to cosplay lolis

I-I'd just like to have big boobs, fuck ;_;

>tfw be Asian
>Put a lot of time and effort into making costumes, doing the makeup, etc.
>Get told frequently how character being cosplayed is not Asian and that I am

Well no shit, I didn't just wake up one morning and discover this. Sometimes you have to say, "Fuck what everyone else thinks" and do it anyway because that's what you want to do.

>tfw none of your friends are into cosplay.
>tfw they're not interested in going to conventions either.
>tfw they ask why are you still going to cons at your age.

>>6983378
same here.
>>6983395
Have you ever heard of a little thing called money? Also not liking a certain part of your body one time doesn't mean you want it gone.

>tfw nobody but you actually played touhou, they just think the characters look cute and dress like them

Ill never find that shmup friend /cgl/

>>6981829
I have a gap too. :< I hate it.

>>6984104
>not just cutting them off with a bread knife

>>6984158
I-I do! I'm really bad at shmup, but it introduced me to Touhou.

>>6984158
Hah, what part of the world are you in? There's probably quite a few shmupfriends nearby that you just don't know about.

If you're in the US, there's a ton in WA, CA, and along the East Coast.

>>6984158
>>6984203
Addendum to
>>6984446
You could always come to #touhou on irc.esper.net and hand out, even if there's nobody around near you it'd still let you talk shop with some decent people as long as you don't mind the occasional Linux discussion.

>>6984158
>>6984203
Addendum to
>>6984446
You could always come to #touhou on irc.esper.net and hang out, even if there's nobody around near you it'd still let you talk shop with some decent people as long as you don't mind the occasional Linux discussion.

>trying on something embarrassing and the doorbell rings

>>6984158
I have Touhou related feels. Anon, let's just get together and like Touhou, because I can't stand the idiocy of the fandom in my area.

>TFW new potential Touhoufriend shows up at Touhou panel
>Appears to be pretty cool
>Adds on Facebook
>Decides to start cosplaying Alice
>Spouts stupid Alice-related and other memes every two minutes in status updates
>A few weeks later she legitimately claims she IS Alice
>Proceeds to go to a mall dressed in full cosplay
>Takes a very weeaboo-esque video with other weeaboo friend (whom I don't know)
>Basically never stops talking about and comparing herself/her life to Alice('s) because she is ~ACTUALLY THE REAL THING~
>Speshul snowflake syndrome doesn't make this any more tolerable
>Removes from friend list and proceeds to keep distance from Touhou fandom in the city

She wasn't the first crazy one I came across; but definitely one of the craziest.
And just for the record, she does not play the games (her reason? "I have anxiety so I literally scream when the screen fills with bullets, it's so stressful!" areyoufuckingkiddingme.jpg)

>>6981766
Are you me?
I have big boob problem too. I mean I see them so much I feel like they are just shrinking ... that or my dreams and hopes are clouding my judgement and I am starting to form body dysmorphia

>>6984158
>tfw a friend cosplayed Touhou but didn't know what it was
>it was her friend's waifu, that's why she did it
>he didn't play Touhou either

>>6984158
>>6984574
>>6984672
Aw guys, I would offer an internet group hug, but that's just weird.

I have a Touhou feel.

>play Touhou and have done a couple of cosplays.
>ask friend to cospay with me and first thing she does is offer to play the game with the character she chose.
>Awwww made me so happy

Another feel.

> want to cosplay Patchouli, aforementioned friend wants to be Koakuma
>excited as hell
>see all these good looking people cosplay her, but not really capture her character
>will do best to capture her character, but will never look very good doing it

All I got going for me is that I'm really pale and suck at breathing.

Also
>tfw you suck at Touhou and it will take forever to become any good at it, damn I love it though.

>working on cosplay of Krieg from Borderlands 2 for Otakon
>decide to do him because I like the character's design and personality and his skill trees look cool, early into first playthrough I still like him
>work on costume, hit the gym
>get to the midpoint and realize that two of his skill trees require you to be completely surrounded by enemies at all times to work
>get to the BNK-3R and realize his other skill tree is absolute shit against bosses
>realize that Krieg is fucking awful
>also realize that the voice in his head almost never appears, and when it does it only has a couple good lines
>nothing about him is appealing to me anymore, realize I won't have fun at all in this costume
>cancel gym membership and throw away costume
>now I have no time to make a good costume
>all costumes that require makeup are out of the question because I have none and I don't have the money to buy more
>most of my old costumes are out because my new pecs and abs would stick out like a sore thumb
>only costume I could wear is Death from Soul Eater
It's something, might as well make the most of it.

>cosplay touhou
>only played the games, couldn't care less about the backstory and other stuff
>get shit for it because you're not allowed to cosplay 2ho unless you know everyone in gensokyo and their mommas

Seriously? I mean, seriously?
This angry feel...

>>6983534

Tell them you are never too old to have fun and that you are sorry they have miserable lives.

>>6984836
Challenge them to a PoFV or Soku match, and either annihilate them if they accept or mock them when they refuse.
And then go get tea together and make friends.

>>6982894
Glory be, I am from the midwest.

>>6983395
HEY GUYS LETS TALK ABOUT BREAST REDUCTION.

I talked to my friend's mom who had breast reduction, she showed me her boob to show what happened.
First of all, they cut off your nipple so you stop having sensitivity in your nipples, and you can't breast feed anymore (if you care about that).
Secondly, there is a HUGE scar going around your areola and down the mid of your breast so have fun with those scars.
Thirdly, working out will decrease your breast size. Try it.

here is the most basic of con feels

that feel when no friends to go to a con with

>>6984911
Worse too when you don't know how to approach new people/group of friends at a con without looking like a creep.

>>6984897
I work out and am not fat at all and my boobs are still enormous.

>>6984978
you really should be able to use them to your advantage.

>>6984911
>>6984956
The worst is when you want a group of friends to go to cons with, but you know that most likely you'd hate at least one person and the crowded rooms would be too much.

>>6984978
Same here, I was the only girl in basic training who didn't lose a cup size or two.

>>6984826
>Canceled Gym Membership because I didn't respec or play with other people and then throw away what work I have

Christ son what are you doing

>>6985101
>didn't respec
I did, thrice. In order to actually do shit with him I'd have to respec all the time and I'd be broke. The only reason I wasn't was because I got so lucky with drops.
>or play with other people
And have them do all the work for me anyway?
>Canceled Gym Membership[...]and then throw away what work I have
Wow, I'm sorry, I did not mean to imply that I threw it in the garbage. I meant that I put it into storage and I'll never wear it. The gym membership was because it was too much money (and time, it was 2 hours a day if you count the trip there and back home) a month for something I hated doing that I only did for the costume that I will never wear again. Also, as I said, my new physique made me OOB for all my older costumes except Death. I'm still gonna maintain a little but right now it's only hurting me.

> tfw big boobs
> tfw making an effort to cosplay to my body type, stay fit and actually know the stuff I cosplay from.
> tfw still being accused of not knowing my shit/being a fake nerd
> tfw I try to cosplay modest and flat/non-curvy characters and everyone tells me I can't do it.

I just can't fucking win.

>tfw finally have a group for a series I absolutely adore at a con
>Only time everyone else can do it is the only time I can't make it because I can't get out of thesis class that day.
>Damnit why?

>>6981766
I never understood why people who complain about this not follow the crossplayers route and buy a chest binder? If big breasted women can crosplay flat guys then they can also cosplay almost flat girls too.

>that feel when you're a black cosplayer
>period
I can't fucking cosplay ANYBODY where skin is showing. I'm a competitive cosplayer, but my skin color is a serious roadblock.

>>6985140
The slice it off

>>6985143
Are we talking just the top layer so I look like the Colossal titan? or the whole enchilada, skin, muscles, blood vessels, down to the skeleton?

>>6985129
My boobs won't bind. I just look fat when I try.

>>6985163
You are fat

>>6985122
You're not alone

>>6985140
This so much. It is suffering.

Does anyone else live really far away from any conventions? I live in outback 'straya, anime is practically unheard of. My only con experiences have been with avcon, which is only once a year, and an 8 hour drive to the city where it's held.

>>6981730
>tfw you have nobody to cosplay human!gng with
i just really want to cosplay gin why must this happen to me

>>6982037
would you mind posting some pictures? I love seeing animal-like cosplays!

>>6985163
Same here. I don't even have big boobs (b to c cups) but for some reason my boobs are a lot less squishy than everybody else's.

>>6985210
All the cons I go to are 5 minutes to an hour away.

>>6984859
What's the next con you'll be going to? Maybe we could meet up at a /cgl/ meetup?

Sage fro personal conversations.

>>6985319
*for, not fro. Goddamnit. I need to proofread stuff more often.

>>6984978
Oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot of breast fat so when I exercise they disappear pretty fast.

Next one I'm driving out to with some friends is Anime Weekend Atlanta for Touhou-Fare. Usually go to Acen though.

>>6985115
That sounds a hell of a lot better.

Still, I have yet to run into any problems specifically limiting Mania. I just find he's fun as hell to play.
But seriously even getting one friend makes the entire game really worth it.

>>6985321
Anime weekend Atlanta, driving out with a few friends. We usually go to Acen since We're from Chicago.

>Tfw I live 15 minutes from Otakon, 45 minutes from Katsucon, 45 minutes from AUSA

It almost makes it ok that I live in Baltimore.

>>6985140

>>6985903
Typical cancerous "progressive libturd" thinking.

>you can murder whoever you want
>you can rape little children
>you can put your dick into their tiny, tight orifices
>boner why

>>6984956
Oh my god, this.

Even when I try to make friendly banter, I feel like I'm completely unwanted. Especially with Hamsteak groups.

>mfw I wander around meetups aimlessly sometimes

>>6985932
You can do those too, you'll just be imprisoned for it.

No one will arrest a black person for cosplaying a white/Asian person.

>>6985903

>literally
inigo_montoya.jpg

>>6985950
What's your next con, anon?

>tfw when two meetups/panels you want to see are scheduled at the same time

>>6985959
That's called injustice then.

>>6985975
>tfw you decide to go to one
>it sucks
>go to the other one with 10 minutes left
>those were the best 10 minutes of the con

>>6985129
The decent ones are expensive, I'm worried that it won't work well enough, but I won't be able to return it when I try it on. I still look like a C or D cup in a sports bra.

Also, read some articles about breast tissue damage from tight binding. I like my boobies outside of the cosplay world, I don't want to fuck them up.

>>6985969
Probably... Anime Conji? Don't know of many cons around Sandy Eggo.

>>6985975
>>6986003
So much truth

>>6986003
ALWAYS!

>>6985748
Not the same person you're conversing with, but I'm going to AWA also ^.^!

>>6986059
Cool beans. I've yet to meet any anon in person but would willingly go and chill if they were up to it. There any word on a meetup?

>>6986119
>anime girl farting

>>6986187
Eh, whatever gets you off man.

>>6980312
>tfw you spend this much time and money on playing dress up with other people who watch cartoons

>>6986224
And it's still one of the funnest things I do to date. Fuggin Hell.

>tfw too many cosplays, not enough cons
>tfw cosplays are starting to demand more and more make up and you feel overwhelmed by your lack of skill

>tfw no qt3.14 bf to couple cosplay with
>You'll never do a couple cosplay ;_;

>>6984897
Cut off your nipple? Oww... losing feeling in those does not sound fun.

>>6980506
oh good

>>6986480
that's adorable!
Care to tel lthe source? :3

>>6980360
friend confirmed for being a hambeast

>>6980366
couldn't that be described as sexual harasment?

>>6980406
because he is iron man?

>want to do complicated cosplay but can't because no skills, never cosplayed
>acquire skills over time
>friends are doing cosplay related to that very first cosplay you ever wanted to do that now you can!
>get mad excite
>everything in the universe conspires against you and it doesn't get done in time to group up with your friends
>tfw you don't even care about the cosplay but you feel so fucking miserable that you let them down

>tfw you have one friend who has no experience or talent with sewing and prop building who is always giving others advice when they're stuck on something
>tfw the advice is mostly good and helpful

>>6987087
It's not really that odd, you can be bad at something but still know a lot about it.

>you spend the two months before the con perfectly crafting the characters weapon
>you forgot to make their clothes.

tfw cosplaying at cons seems to be more and more like halloween with the unrelated costumes.

That feel when the con is wrapping up and everything is being closed down and put away

>>6987087
>>6987089
I'm like this with relationships.

>tfw friend wants to do a cosplay with you

>tfw said friend refuses to wear a wig because their hair closely resembles the character.

>tfw planning months ahead for a convention
>tfw get cast in panels and excited for new costumes
>tfw nope, work gets in the way and I can't go
>tfw have to drop everything and still feel like people think that work isn't a valid excuse for missing my obligations

>>6987087
I do that, thanks to all the tutorials I have saved.
I just never apply my knowledge since I don't like challenging myself.

>tfw that one friend keeps asking all your friends who don't cosplay for help/advice on how to make stuff and ignores you who has been cosplaying for years
>tfw it turns out like shit but they declare themselves a great cosplayer and start telling you how to make your costumes

>TFW the next con is 19 days away and you still haven't completed anything due to lack of motivation from working so much and having to deal with a shitty shit room mate

>TFW I'm so worn out I can't even motivate myself to do the things I love

>>6987884
Hi Animethon attendee

>>6985860
Hello.

I am also 15 from Otakon and 45 from Katsucon.
>tfw you've never been to either

>>6987894
Hiiii
Are you going, too?
It has been a while since I attended Animethon, and I was so pumped when I figured out I could go... Then BAM. Life, right in the face.

>>6987903
>yfw when I'm going to neither of those because I just spent the weekend at Comic Con. Have your shitty cons.

>>6987907
I'll be there, I mean I won't be working and it's only a 20 minute drive.
I'm not expecting a good con but I'm going to see old friends

>Tfw you have the perfect personality and almost perfect voice to cosplay a certain character. Too bad I don't have the body of a 13 year old girl..

>tfw male friends don't approve of you cosplaying guys and find crossplaying weird/disgusting.
Just pisses me off cause they won't admit some of the cosplayers they take pictures of ARE crossplaying girls and they've never cosplayed in their lives.

>>6988479
>perfect personality and almost perfect voice to cosplay a certain character.
You're probably delusional. Most people who think this don't act anything like the character.

>>6988495
This isn't an opinion I had of myself in the beginning. Friends had this opinion before I did. They suggested the character and game to me. I don't think I'm delusional if someone else had the opinion first.

>need certain item of clothing in specific color/shape/size, should be fairly common to find
>Perfect one is cheap and out of my size, or expensive
>after con, thrift store is filled with what I needed

Every goddamn time.

>>6988500
Sure they did.

>>6987884
>TFW I'm so worn out I can't even motivate myself to do the things I love
this, dear god this

>Be trapping
>Be girly enough with some makeup where you'd be very convincing, but not super girly enough to be 100% confident that people wouldn't know
>A few days before con
>Hyper paranoia
>Epilate/shave/wax my entire body 20 times
>Practice girly voice 50 million times
>Not eat anything but plain chicken soup and water for a few days
>Enemas every day because of stupid fantasy of getting raped or something, cute traps don't poop
>Go to con
>"You're so cute!"
>"T-Thank you very much..."
>Anxiety slowly goes away

I can't be the only one.

>>6988508
This, it's like they know

>tfw can't be trap because have no fucking idea how to make up

>>6988581
wow you are a faggot
captcha
sin mcnjec

>>6980331
go pee in a jar

>>6988581
>>6988589
>tfw want to hook up with a really good trap, but can't tell who the really good traps are because they're so convincing YOU CAN'T TELL

>need an argyle tanktop for cosplay
>find every color under the sun except the right one
>find right one and it's only available four sizes too big for me
>y

>>6988581
>Enemas every day

>>6988593
this isn't TF2

>dicking around at the mall
>stumble across costume shop I've never seen before
>go inside, it's mostly party city shit but there's a tiny display case of mehron products
>manager notices me looking, says its all 75% off
>barrier spray is $3
>cry tears of happiness

>>6988616
At least if it's bigger, you can tailor it in?

>tfw all of your cosplay friends fit one of three categories
>excellent costumers but very unfortunate-looking/overweight
>great costumers but insufferable to be around
>very pretty and fun but do shitty work/are really unreliable
>tfw always cosplaying alone

I feel like a bitch, but I really just want another pretty girl to cosplay with.

>tfw when you have a con this weekend and your period shows up two weeks early. Bloating and pimples. Fuck.

>>TFW GETTING PERIOD DAY BEFORE THE CON

>>6988850
>>6988852
>mfw when there's girls who aren't on birth control/don't control when their periods come.
Never having a period during a con ftw

>>6988856
>> that feel when I used to be on birth control
>> Had to stop because got period once every three months and was basically bed ridden
>> Job said I was taking to many days off.

>>6988589
>tfw your trap friends are better at makeup than you
I need more practice or some shit

>>6988856
>mfw on bc and try to control period but end up having month long period instead

>>6988866
>>6988861
That's when you try another brand you idiots

>>6988871
I recommend microgestin!

>>6985156
Do the whole enchilada. That way they can't even call you fat. But it'd get in the way if you want a qt /x/ bf

>>6988871
My periods arent that bad in the first place, so I'm actually fine without it.
It just sucks when it falls onto a con weekend.

>>6988846
just get the uggos to make costumes for the stupid fingers'.

>>6985748
AWA is my home con. Are there any CGL meet ups? I don't post often, but I love the progress threads and horror stories.

>you're in a cosplay you can't get out of quickly
>you really, really have to pee
>your con buddy says they'll help you take off the hardest parts in the bathroom so you don't piss yourself trying to
>tfw you get to the bathroom and are waiting for them to untie you and they stand there longer than necessary to giggle at your plight

>>6988878
because you can't fuck every day?

>>6985860
>tfw live in Baltimore as well
>ghettofied city

>tfw you always start your period right before a con.

>>6993483
Are you me? I swear its every. single. con. and its not a few days before it, its the god damn day before the con.

this isn't cosplay, but con-related.

>it's about 2 weeks before con
>think all your travel plans are neatly squared away
>guy hosting your hotel room messages you
>says he booked the room for the WRONG FUCKING WEEKEND
>can't book anything else close to the venue as everything is full up
>have to scour forums for a new place at last second
>tfw

>>6980331
Pic related.

>>6980404
>Tfw wearing perfectly white tuxedo suit and trying to eat anything.

>>6980406

>tfw that creepy uncle who always hugs you for way too long

i'm jelly of your bro uncle

>>6983514

all the feels ;_;

>>6985140
You can cosplay Electro.

trollface.exe

>tfw you have a friend who has picked a cosplay that is really not a good idea for them
>they do it anyway

>tfw wearing a short skirt with a fluffy petti for a cosplay
>tfw checking the back every 5 seconds, or asking a friend to
I thankfully have not found any panty shots of myself online.

>>6980579
>Go to meetups.
>Everyone always seems to know each other.
>I'm one of the only people not drinking / too young.
>Just standing there awkwardly, but still entertained by people's conversations.

>Later get invited to room party.
>People like MaryJane and MeepyGal are there.
>Lots of drunk people - I'm one of, if not the only sober one there.
>Only know a couple people.
>Go to the second, "chill out" room with less people.
>Just talk with them so I feel less awkward.

>>6993563
wear fucking bloomers! not even lolita ones, but cute fluffy gyaru shorts. They are cute and stop panty shots.

>>6993563
Bike shorts underneath. Pic related, I have a pair of these in black. I wear them under any skirt that might expose my panties otherwise.

>>6993583
fuck you and your dyke ass biker shorts, get these instead,

>>6993598
Those shorts are cute, but my ass is plenty big enough, I don't want the ruffles adding to it. I'd also worry about the texture of the tiers being visible through the fabric of my thinner skirts.

>cosplaying midna with body paint
>first time using it; sealed and powdered and everything I could think of to not rub off
>still not completely confident
>person comes up to ask for a hug and I say no because I don't want to be homestuck-tier
>feels bad

>>6993583
>>6993578
I did though, I was just paranoid anyway.
I don't want to see my bloomer-butt online either.

>cosplay with same friend at multiple cons
>friend wears her favorite cosplay at all these cons (for a few hours anyway)
>cosplay requires eyebrows be drawn on
>tfw her cosplay looks different everytime depending on how she draws her eyebrows

This image does not even begin to cover how funny it is why she's tired and draws the eyebrows on at 6 in the morning.

>>6993614
I have the biggest ass and they don't do all that much.

>>6985210
Two cons are 3 hours away - one's 4,800 people, the other 300, so nothing terribly impressive.
Sakuracon at 20,000 is 8 hours.
Going to AR in a few weeks. Dat 12 hour drive.

>tfw too socially anxious and stressed out by people nearly coming into physical contact to ever go to con, let alone enjoy it
Fucking anxiety.

>tfw con is only about two weeks away and you still have four costumes to finish
what was i thinking?

>>6982037
seconding the request for photos!

I know this is lolita and not cosplay, but it JUST happened and I wanted to post.

That feel when you posted a few weeks ago about being nervous about wearing loli on base for the first time and some OTS asswipe comes on and tries to belittle you. That feel when you wear loli on base for the first time today anyways. That feel when you just happen to be getting food at the same time as a bus full of full bird Colonels. That feel when one holds the door for you and five of them tell you how cute you look and how they wished their daughters would dress that classy.

Not sure why there were such high ranking officers in the dining hall anyways. There are so many better places to eat that they can afford than that.

You check the mail, your taobao package is there you open it and...
>tfw your cosplaydoesnt fit, boobloaf and you have to try to fix almost everything
>tfw your wig is the wrong color because you read the Hanzi wrong and thought it was light lilac instead of bright lilac

>Tfw finally finished cosplay in advance for a con
>Tfw my dog destroys a piece the night before
I'll never ever end up not working all night before a con, will I

>>6984956
Here's what you do
Find a large group of people that are playing some kind of game
and
join them
it just werks

>>6984911
How to find people to go to a con with? If it helps, I'm in the baltimore area

>>6994044
Meet people there

>>6994044
/cgl/ newbie, never been. No idea where to find people

>>6984897

I work out and my measurements are 40-26-35. There's not much else I can do. It's just my body type, I'm very top heavy. They're already a saggy mess. Fucking cowtits, shit...

>>6994843
Same here. I'm 41-29-40 but I look much more top heavy and I have broad shoulders. Oh well. Titty monsters it is for me.

>>6983514

u can have my body, anon

>tfw loli fetish, but has cowtits

>>6982476
>>6982894
Also from the Midwest. Only small cons going on now, how is AWA?

>>6987092
i think you might be the only person who has ever done that

>>6985140
Demoman?

>>6988495
Unless the character has a superiority complex

>Friend is doing a half-assed cosplay
>You offer to lend them stuff to make it better
>"OMG STOP TRYING TO CONTROL MY COSPLAY"

>>6980502
Similar happened, Liam Spooner (minor weeb celeb here) ran up to me at MCM when I was dressed as Ash Crimson and 'sperged out about King of Fighters then started talking to me like I WAS the character stating "How are you still alive, you were wiped from existence in the last game and now Iori has his flames back" I simply smiled chatted politely, and slowly moved away from him, making it look like I had to go somewhere when really I wanted to just escape.

>>6997183
Or worse:
>Friend is doing a half-assed cosplay
>Friend asks to borrow stuff from you to make it better
>Reluctantly agree
>Stuff comes back broken and fucked up
>"lol, oops! Thanks anon!"

>tfw hardly any of your friends like going to cons and almost none cosplay
I need to make some more con friends

>tfw friend invites you to stay in their hotel room at the last minute
>tfw really glad because it means no driving back and forth and no parking problems
>tfw it also means you now have to come up with alot of extra cash immediately to pay your part of the room

>tfw your idiot brother only introduces himself to the people you're rooming with as "Anon's Brother"
>tfw he gets upset when they don't know his name

>>6993678
BC?

>>6997772
Why would it matter if you paid or not? The payment plan was already set out and it wouldn't cost a penny more from anyone if you joined. If you asked them last minute, I could see, but there's nothing to lose from them having you in there for free.

>>6998548
if it was originally a $1000 total split among 3 people ($333 each) and then you come in ($250 each) that's a good $83 each person has to pay less. the numbers vary obviously but that still means some extra food, gas, cash to blow on something else, etc for the other people

>>6980406
>My uncle missed Christmas and my birthday ;_;
What are you, 10?

>tfw you have a friend that always wants to cosplay with you, but she's better at make-up and always bedazzles the shit out of her costumes so she gets a lot more attention even when you're from the same series
I can put my petty concerns aside because I love hanging out with her, but it always kills me when everyone compliments her and completely ignores me or is just polite enough to be socially acceptable. My costumes aren't bad and my make-up isn't horrible, I just don't have quite as much experience and I guess the things I make aren't very "loud."

>>6983175
>implying that's illegal
>implying that's offensive

>>6984158
I have a touhou feel.

>friend sees something touhou related on your computer "oh touhou~ I like touhou!"
>oh, do you play the games?
>"what games~? they're like vocaloids right?
>wut
>she goes on the computer, look anon, see, the little touhous are so cute with all their music videos"
>mfw it's IOSYS
>mfw she think's that's all touhou is

>tfw you're going off to college and you want to go to a convention to see all of your friends in one place
>but
>there is a high chance you may not be able to go
>if you do go it won't be the same
sigh

>>6998548
The friend had the person they were staying with bail on them last minute and needed help to pay for the room so she asked me. I was happy cause it solves all my driving and parking problems but it didn't dawn on me until a few moments later that yeah...that meant I need to scrape all that cash together that I wasn't counting on.

>>6998608
This is also a problem I've encountered but it worked out better for everyone in the end.

Back on topic:
>tfw you get back to your hotel room late at night and there is still a ton of pizza left from earlier.

>>6998843
And forgot my damn trip, but whatever.

>>6986187
That's a tail

>Tfw go to con with cosplaying friend while not cosplaying yourself and more people take photos of you than her

Neither of us were amused.

>>6998958
I bet you look fuckin kawaii

>>6998958

haha that's rich, either her cosplay was pretty average or you were just stunning.

>>6998690
when did this green text "implying" thing get so popular? I've only been gone a week guys

>>6993964
works like a charm with ninja. Best cosplay con game, involves trying to not get touched

>>6983514
>>6995209

I wish to cosplay less endowed girls and men...damn my huge breasts. I literally have to bind to make some of my girl costumes look right or else I get the boobloaf. Also all my normal shirts got too small in the chest area so they all don't fit. The sadness

>the anxiety of doing cosplay for the first time

>mfw cosplayer with a lower quality costume than your own won't approach you and you don't dare to approach them because you're scared they think you're just being pretentious
>at the same time, not approaching them makes you look pretentious/stuck up anyway

I can't win.
I'm just happy to see someone from the same series, bro.

>>6999055
just don't think about that stuff. I'm always super hyped when I see someone else doing the same costume. ( that and I always do obscure stuff it seems) I just run up to them and get giddy then ask them to take a pic with me for this most momentous occasion

>tfw you dye a white article of clothing to make it absolutely PERFECT for your cosplay... And it comes out way too dark a shade and just refuses to lighten up.

Really sucks for me because I was kind of sacrificing said white article of clothing for my cosplay. It was something I really enjoyed wearing and now it's a colour I'd never wear ever.

>>6999031

People from other boards visit here, too. They just don't realize that we don't carry a lot of things other boards do. The ">implying" thing is still used here, just not as often.

Sage for no contribution

>>6998667
Ask her for help.

>that feel when you rape an 8 year old whom you abducted from a convention
>her pussy is so tight
>she doesn't call the next day

Why is it so hard to find true love...?