/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8458170
>ou
Any Reason?

>>8458277
No clue. Some people were in the middle of a conversation about LAGC (I think) and I went to check it for more comments and it was deleted

>>8458302
Because some ass hat broke the rules in posting a photo they shouldn't have.

(Read the fucking rules)

>>8459140
Than why was whole thread deleted and not just the image?

>>8459466
Because it turned into a vendetta thread, which is against the rules

Can we talk about shades on new photo? This is terrible work from them. It's a shame since they've just started doing nice pictures.

>>8459568
Oh noooo, that's not good.

Also, I really dislike how Ross does his eyebrows all the time. I get what he's trying to do but it just looks kinda weird.

>>8459568
God this is so bad. What the fuck was kyle thinking with this?

>>8459568
But also, the costumes look pretty poor too.

>>8459745
i can see what they were going for, but it was executed very very poorly.

>>8459568
What's with James' inconspicuous bulge man?

>>8459473
I still don't see how it was worth deleting the thread in its entirety instead of the 5 posts that were made about the girl.

>>8459568
You mean they got good at copying people?

I don't think it got deleted, theres few other threads across /cgl/ that got deleted out of blue too.

>>8459745
Hes just up his old trick, shoot with the better well known cosplayers. Doesn't matter if the photo is shit, it'll still gather loads of likes based on the popularity of the cosplayers. This is why UK cosplay photographers will never improve, because even when its shoddy work it still get shit of likes so the photographer thinks thats what people want to see. So the issue is actually with the people who comment on it saying how amazing the edit is.

>>8459568
That's so shit. It looks like one of those photo booth things you get when you can pick a background. Ross just looks really weird

>>8459568
People are actually saying this is awesome?? One of them i know and shes a photographer, so she SHOULD know better. Being a photographer yourself and saying that is awesome really, she has no clue...

>>8460077
You should know by now that people into cosplay will only call something shit if they're anonymous or behind closed doors.

>>8459568
As mentioned before in the other posts on him. They're not consistent with their photos/videos on quality or style. It's hit and miss, that's not work from someone who knows what they're doing...and the fake sunflares on all his other photos...why, just why?

With kita soon I wanted to ask whether it's worth losercon-ing it? Never been before..

>>8460081
True, but this is why people won't improve on both cosplays or edits. They get just as much likes for low tier stuff, so why spend loads more time when you're out to get likes anyway.

>>8460093
It's too late for you to get a ticket now anyway and theres a queue of like 100+, so you don't have much choice but to ghosting it.

>>8460093
No it's only really good for hanging out with con people if you've as rich as this fuck

>>8460116
*Duck

I'm really disappointed in kyle ATM. His photography was really good until about MCM OCT and since then it's gone crashing down hill.

We even used to say we liked his work here, and we pretty much agreed that he was good. If you ignored the personality.
But now the photos are poor. Then again there is a chance that it might lie with the cosplays. Some are good at posing than others which helps and makes a photo good no matter what photographer.

>>8460096
If you can't tell the difference between 24 carat gold and dog shit, you're never going to get that far anyway.

>>8459891
Not sure how a Team Rocket costume can be done any better tbh, it is basically just white trousers and a top.

>>8460087
Take a shitty photo of a crap Cosplay by some known cosplayers and stick it on a picture of a galaxy you got from Google images and add a sun flare to it and last but not least add the Shades On Productions logo so no one can copy it

>>8460128
It's the photographers job to direct their models though, I've actually heard Kyle is quite good at doing that

>>8460146
The cut on his trousers is off. Why is the crotch so low?
The belt is just wrong.
His top isn't that sort, it should sit just above the waistline on his pants.
And the sewing in general is poor. Things like the ^ cut outs could be done neater and made so they don't end up rounded.
The R's also look sloppy.

And I just noticed you can see her chest, meaning the white top is too short, and too small so she can't move well in it.

>>8460146
This is how you do better.

>>8460168
This also looks like shit.

>>8460174
In what world? The James is kinda weird looking but the costumes themselves are on point and don't look like they're made out of felt.

>>8458170
What/10 do I have to be to be able to acquire a qt cosplay gf?

>>8460160
I've shot with him before. He's very good at directing cosplayers, especially ones who feel awkward and don't know how to pose

>>8460192
Then why are all the recent photos coming out shit?

>>8460128
Thats the thing, a good photographer will not only be able to pose their subject but also make the image good to look at regardless if the costume is good or bad. Of course having both good cosplay and good photographer is ideal. Thats why other country are way ahead in that respect.

The cosplayers are willing to pay a good photographer to shoot their costume they have slaved over and the photographer in turn takes time to pre arrange the location and plan the poses beforehand.

>>8460164
>>8460168
Point taken! Those cosplayers look ten times better.

How it's done. Taken straight from another thread on cgl.

Put them side by side and it's embrassing.

>>8460160
Hes just a gwc. Don't make out he's a photographer. It's an insult to photographers out there.

y'all need to calm down

>>8459568
1) To all you asshats who don't understand fabric or how to sew, both of them are stood in extreme stretched poses, so the cut/pull etc is gonna look a little iffy

2) you could call this effect bad posing but considering the characters it kinda seems like they were going with ridiculous which works.

3) following on from that that's why the background is so tacky it's team rocket, queens of tacky!

4) I doubt any of you know the photographer or cosplayers personally so don't try and be all personally insulting when you don't have any idea what your talking about

5)get a god damn hobby or something, shitting all other people's work for no reason seems well...pathetic.

And on a completely different note. Thinking of heading to this thing since I have a day off this weekend and I'm in London anyway.

What's the cosplay scene like? Is it worth watching their cosplay competition, or is it likely to be a cringefest?

>>8460522
Not 100% sure but I think they have the ECG qualifiers there? If they do the comp should be pretty good. Not much point going to the con though unless you're there to see friends - its not great

>>8460532
ECG's at EGX in Birmingham now

>>8460522
Good food but everything costs your wallet and soul.

I'm going on the Sunday just because I live in London and I have disposable income. Interested to see how good the new venue is too.

>>8460539
Oh really? Out of all the cons to have it at EGX seems a strange one

Can't believe how many of the regular con togs got denied press passes for LFCC

LFCC are fucking up so muchh this year

>>8460675
It's because the other year they were handling out press passes to every man and his dog. So something must have went down so this year they decided to really limit it. It will be like this for alot of cons because now its kind of main stream, it's going to get more media attention ( shitty newspapers for fillers) ect.

It's hard for me to believe they don't already know the regulars and should just give it to them, rather than rejecting them. They must have new staff doing the sorting?

>>8460675
Yeah a few people have been complaining about the organisation of Cosplay comps/guests too. Apparently there's no word about anything, and Cosplay guests were only asked to attend this week.

I think denying the togs press tickets is fine, as the event is getting bigger and they have to prioritise people that will bring in money. I think its more that they've sorted out press tickets so late that those denied aren't able to get tickets to the event at all, meaning LFCC will have even less press than normal. Its really unprofessional of Show masters to leave this all to the last minute

>>8460192
I've shot with him before and strongly disagree, know plenty of Cosplayers who in conversation have disagreed also.

I've got no hate for Kyle, but his positioning isn't great. He does position, but doesn't mean it's good, he misses out on a lot of better angles and a lot of his shots fall short as a result.

Did he shoot any videos at LAGC?

>>8460675
A lot of "the regular con togs" aren't professionals or have any reason to have a press pass, though. Press passes are meant for, you know, press, or media, people who work in a relevant industry, professional photographers and journlists.

>>8461121
Thats true, but they're the ones who regularly post photos up that get seen by relevant people. So they're kind of an influence too. I guess they had it lucky up until now when real journalists take over, theres no need for them.

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>>8461168
Yes/Yes

>>8461168
If I cosplay Ozu (tatami galaxy) will it be sufficiently recognisable so that its accuracy can be commented upon? I'm planning on it for my first cosplay.

>>8460498
1. It doesn't work
2. It's poorly done
3. They look awkward.
4. It's shit

>>8461223
His odd face is his most recognizable feature. If you have a mask or something then yeah.

>>8461168
Just realised No, Yes shouldn't be an option. Shit.

>>8460116
So you're saying Kita's expensive?

>>8460254
Was that taken at the Excel in London?

>>8461168
No, no.

The only time I go to MCM is London or when it's in Ireland

>>8461558
No, some Russian cosplayers.

>>8461556

>>8461610
It's not expensive compared to that shitty hotel they were in before they moved to the Hilton. A twin room at the hilton cost less than at that hotel.

Also, it's definately not expensive compared to forking out 45.00 for university accommodation

>>8461620
Hmmm, looks like Kita's got one VIP ticket for sale ATM

Also, why did they get rid of their forum?

>>8461627
Because social media.

>>8461631
Yeah, but an actual forum is better for stuff like arranging cosplay meets, it doesn't disappear quickly in a sea of threads

>>8461627
>one VIP ticket

That's kind of tempting....the convention itself looks bad, but I remember kita parties being the best! Probably not worth solocon'ing it though

>>8461223
Maybe. Tatami Galaxy isn't exactly mainstream but you may get one or two people recongizing it

Why the hell isn't hyper japan posting schedules on their website, other than the stages?

Is it me or LFCC has really took a deep since Stan Lee? Sure it's got more popular, but the handling of the event is absolutely shambles. Guests not been told to attend until this week? What the hell were they thinking, some people who were promised tables have only now been told theres no space and the event hasn't even started yet. GG

>>8462909
And then there is this big cosplay comp they've been hyping up all year.

>>8463022
Which no one still knows how to enter and the con is a week away

>>8460119
nah fuck still works, donald's a bit of a cunt imo

>>8463119

>>8463119
That ain't Donald though

Are Animeleague still running cosplay at LFCC?

>>8463596
Nope. Animeleague no longer work with Showmasters

Does anyone have any more details on the horror show that was sign up for Kitas cosplay events?

>>8463628
the masquerade was just a page on the site they didn't advertise it but it still filled up really quickly. dunno about the others

>>8463619

huh, fair enough. Might explain why nothing's happening if they haven't organised a replacement yet

>>8463655
They have though - Costume and Play now run the Cosplay side of their events. They are just doing an absolutely shitty job of it so far

>>8463663
It's a sad day when someone is worse than animeleague

>>8463663
Who?

Can anyone also explain why Kita seems to have two hentai panels on the same day?

>>8463714
It's going to be a fucking terrible event full of terrible people.

>>8463778
I'll see you there then.

>>8463781

>>8463781
Well played sir

>>8463714

Kitacons panel last year was really bad. It was just dull, trying to hard. The year before that it was just some guy being incredibly drunk and falling over on stage.

There was a hentai panel at minami this year and I heard its the same person doing it. But it was a lecture on what the individual inflections of itai meant or the history of tentacles. I went to laugh but honestly it was really tedious until they actually showed porn.

Hey gulls I need some ticket advice
I'm getting my ticket for Manc MCM
Do I get a priority or general?
I won't get there until 11 anyway but I heard that general still have to queue from 11 to get in
But priority can walk straight in from any time? even if there is a general queue.

>>8463973
>>8463714
There's a group of sperglords who've done the past 2 or 3 at Aya (rip) and ame. Every clip is a rape scene with no real joke beyond "IF YOU DID THIS IN REAL LIFE IT WOULD KILL YOU XD".

>>8463990
Get priority if you can. General entry lines start to get pretty lengthy by the time even priority have been let into the con for half an hour.
If you can't get priority for Saturday I highly recommend you try to get in the general entry line at the same time Priority entry people are lining up (which is normally about half 8ish that most people arrive for priority). You'll get in quicker.

>>8463973
The year before that wasn't Scowny running the panel? I don't remember him getting shifaced but he was launching cans of pussy off the stage.

He apparently almost hit Irish ita Missie Chan

its someone who used to work for animeleague who run showmasters cosplay now. guess they got a better offer then jumped ship

>>8463973
Kitacon rejects new panels from new people cause the just want to keep on using the same people for the same panels as much as possible. Also you can't take away the time from all the panels Elemental has by accepting panels that are more suitable for an anime con.

>>8463427
my mistake

>>8464891
Does anyone actually like Professor Elemental?
And is he actually a professor? I demand to see his credentials.

his credentials are he is cheap - he probably pays for his own ticket

>>8465451
The fact is there area lot of idiots out there who like shit stuff

I'm excited about the Kita photography room. I hope it's as good as the Aya one. They need a cosplay repair station like Aya too. Apocalypse was our first one and we were so impressed by the station when we had a hot-glue emergency.

>>8464891
I actually offered to do a panel. Got an email back saying how they had similar ones and that I should talk about how mine will be different. Emailed back and also asked if it might be an idea to team up with the similar panel to make it more varied. No response.

Also, I'm in the alley and was meant to get a refund on my ticket. Been a few weeks, no reply. Ask on the FB. " Message us on here". Do so, still no reply :/

>>8465703
What was the panel about?

>>8465794
Rule 34. I'm a rule 34 artist and I have friends who draw too. Was going to look at the really weird stuff and have some dramatic readings of terrible porn fics. They said it was to close to the Yaoi panel, even though that's just male on male stuff.

>>8465860
They're so weirdly protective of their yaoi panel? I have a friend whose visual novel panel got rejected because they "can't have 2 yaoi panels", despite there being 2 hentai panels. This con is a mess.

>>8465860
You're not one of those artists who draw creepy Simpsons porn are you?

>>8465866
Oh hey, we have a mutual friend. But yeah, that's some bullshit, especially since I heard that the usual yaoi panel is pretty awful. A bit of variety would be good.

GET HYPE!

>>8466206
Is the mum blind yet from that transformers costume?

>>8466206
Why has no-one made a collage of Tiago pointing at things yet? The guy has less poses than Zoolander.

>>8466206
such hype

After being rejected from the MCM Facebook group three times, I finally just got accepted. Is it just me or is that admin Joe Black a cunt? Threatened to ban me almost immediately for using the word autistic.

>>8466463
I've left and re-joined 3 times with no issue. Always get accepted within an hour. You must just be a cunt.

>>8466514
>Not enough of a cunt
Fixed that for you.

>>8466580
Sure why not. I only dip into there to see drama when it happens.

>>8465648
They do have a cosplay repair station, I have made use of it the last few years

Anons who have had experience getting charged by parcelforce:
How much have some of you had to pay out in the past? I'm trying to know how much to expect to pay out for a 40,000 yen haul.

>>8467059
I've had to pay £84 for a 45,000yen parcel £65 for 40,000yen parcel and £35 for a 20,000yen as well as a 17,000yen parcel. (All including postage)
The first 2 were for figurines and the 3rd was for a prop all from AmiAmi. The 4th was for a japanese school jumper off of Rakuten. Hope that helps.

>>8467059
It's seems quite random honestly. I've had £20 fees on high value parcels and £95 fees on lower value ones.

>>8466206
Who are they? The dad's Transformers costume looks pretty good, the baba makes a cute Bumblebee

>>8467114
>>8467128
As I expected, it's still entirely down to chance/luck whatever the fuck the person feels like charging on the day. It feels like a damn lottery. But its either risk it, or go for an SS and shell out an extra 10%+fees.

>>8467159
Super maiyans. Don't know how the hell you've avoided seeing them on fbook

>>8460093
really late reply but i think loser-conning kita it is fine if you're just going to hang about with people and not go to any of the events.

i went last year with about 10 friends, one guy didn't have a badge and was salty and started arguments the entire weekend because he had this deluded idea in his head that he'd be able to borrow one of our badges to get into panels and stuff, but none of us were willing to risk getting kicked and barred for him haha. also he spent the majority of the weekend sulking at the bar trying to get people to buy him drinks. he even asked professor elemental to buy him one. glad he's not coming to this kita,. i don't think i could deal with him even with a badge.

I'm honestly so sketched out by everything Lucas does.

"A-And then you take your top off...*shallow mouthbreathing*"

>>8468419
What don't you like about it?

>>8468764
The pictures are fine, it's just always the same old shit. Is he capable of doing a shoot with a woman where he didn't lure them into his home and beg them to take their shirt off?

>>8468804
A portfolio full of topless shots always looks like a desperate attempt to seem 'artistic' instead of actually taking an interesting shot (and also makes the photographer look like a perve)

>>8468896
Fully clothed shoots.
Just what every fitness model wants.

>>8468903
I said a portfolio full, not the one girl...

>>8468903
Hi Lucas

>>8468419
>implying her god-tier aesthetics could be properly demonstrated within the constraints of clothing

>>8468942

Anyone doing the cosparade thing at hyper japan this Saturday?

Someone is trying to start drama over the emails sent to people who have signed up for it.

This should be amusing. Does anybody actually go to the Cosplay panels at LFCC?

>>8467552
LOL

>>8468903
It's possible for fitness models to do shoots without going completely topless y'know.

>>8468419
Are those abs airbrushed on?

T-thanks Metro...

>>8469185

>>8469076
Please elaborate

>>8469356
Ehh. Not OP, but there was someone getting their panties in a bunch about the recipients of the info email being carbon copied in instead of blind carbon copied. Which I get, that is a legit concern if your personal email is being sent out visible to a bunch of strangers. But instead of dealing with the issue privately, they decided to send a copy of their condescending reply to all of the participants. Which was... unnecessary.

Also, getting upset about the 'unprofessional' tone of the emails. Yes, they've been more on the polite-friendly side than professional. But we're all just a bunch of nerds in costume, and it's not like it's even a serious competition now there's no ECG prelims. Chill.

>>8469439
So basically people looking for a way to start drama. Great.
Who is competing? Given it's all CC we should have a few names.

gulls, whats the drinking like in Manchester after MCM.
Done many Londons going to the fox but where to do people go in Manc?

>>8469439
Where are the ECG prelims, anyone good entering?

>>8469470
Anywhere. Its a city. Pick a pub and go in.

anyone here going to Hyper Japan tomorrow? Wanna meet?

Sorry if this has already been mentioned but there's ALOT of posts in thread

>>8469598
There are a lot of posts on most threads. It's what they're for.

>>8469581
ECG prelims are at EGX in Birmingham in September. Not a clue who's entering.

Off topic but any Glaswegian lolita's in here? Was looking up on google and can't find any recent activity apart from people in the Edinburgh comm

You know what I'm sick of?
Cosplay girls who have done one or two costumes (probably Lol) and have a page with a few k likes.
They commissioned the costumes in the first place but get a shit ton of attention because LoL/tits
Then think they know everything about cosplay

>Eventually they end up doing a nude/lingerie shoot because they run of new stuff to post and need more attention

As a tog i get these girls wanting to shoot 24/7 but really love, every girl here has boobs. Yours aren't special. I'd rather see them in a decent costume.

>>8469882
Please give examples because I don't think people with 2 costumes and 1k likes even exist

Are other people doing two costumes for the two sessions at Hyper Japan tomorrow?

I have finished another costume on top of the one I was planning to wear but the one I was planning to wear is a bit delicate and I've entered it in for the cosparade later in the afternoon. I'm wondering if it's worth wearing the new costume for the first half of the day and then change into the more delicate one later so I know it'll have less battle damage from the day for on stage. My only concern is that the delicate costume is more well known/popular and the other one is pretty obscure and I'm wondering if I'm going to miss out on photographers in the first session if I do this. Would people just leave after the first session is done?

>>8469649
Have applications even opened?

>>8469598
I would, but I'm not your typical /cgl/ poster and my gf is dragging me with her. Enjoy the con anon

>>8469470
There's a lot of places to choose from, so there isn't really a single place

>>8463991
Having been to those events, I assume you mean that couple? Might be another person too, but at least their hentai panel is actually hentai - although it is awkward as fuck.

The Kitacon staff circlejerk that was the hentai panel at Kita last year was, as always, not about hentai at all. It was basically just the staff being lads, I walked out within 10 minutes.

The Kitacon staff are intolerable wank stains too. If the venue wasn't so good I wouldn't bother attending.

>>8471349
I thought lost of the 'Wank Stains' had left and a lot of the current committee were newer?

The only ones I know are Lozzie and Luche, and they're both really lovely as far as I know. Have I missed out on something glaringly obvious?
Fill me in, man. I'm intrigued now

>>8471349
Can you describe this Lads Hentai panel please

>>8471349
I just looked on YouTube and found this. http://youtu.be/yvZoRpJP-F8
This is fucking awful

>>8471376

That's also 5 years old...run by someone who was booted out of Kita after 2013 so .....

>>8471376
That was the only good hentai panel I have ever attended.
I was also very very drunk that night and can hardly remember anything so that would explain why.

>video didn't feature the two girls who licked beer off of the stage
thank god that never made it's way to the internet

>>8466206
I'm so glad they're not doing the marvel group. The mum as Emma Frost was just inappropriate. Anyone cosplaying in a thong for a family event has some problems.

>>8471668

>>8471721
I'm all for not being hindered by your body type in costumes, but that's just got to be uncomfortable. why put yourself through that at an event? I'd be constantly adjusting myself and fidgeting and ugh the very thought just makes me cringe

Does anyone here know what the judges are like at MCM for skit performances?

I'm entering the performance side with a short skit at Manchester this year and I SERIOUSLY hope there are no singing entries going in because literally EVERY TIME I have watched an MCM masquerade with a singing entry they win.
Regardless of if the singing was good or not. Which 95% of the time it isn't because it just sounds like shit karaoke because of the acoustics/set up. Or if there were other, better entries that actually constructed a skit/choreographed their own dance etc.

It pisses me off because I think they think it takes more balls to go up on stage and dance. Skits are just as nerve wracking.

>>8471750
*go up on stage and sing

wtf brain

>>8471750
Skits are the reason I stopped going to masquerades, I've never seen one that has not been painful to watch.

>>8471750
Dance skits are boring as fuck, I hate sitting through them. So are singing acts if the singer has no idea how to compensate for the audio delay. Painful, in fact.

>>8471761
A lot of them are bad, yeah. But skits seem to be much more popular in America than over here and a lot of the really good ones are from American cons. I did a lot of research as to what works and doesn't so I'm just hoping it isn't that bad. If it doesn't work out, well hey, I tried right?

And really, like >>8471770 says, what would you rather sit through? 4 sets of different people dancing to Renai Circulation or something thats in the slightest a little more entertaining and original?

>>8471783
I'd be interested to hear what you think "works" based on American con research. Brit audiences are very very different.

>>8471750
Skits are embarrassing and cringey as fuck though. They are almost never entertaining or funny. Hell, the only decent one at LSCC was the penguin and joker song. IMO competitions shouldn't be performance based at all, and should be more like the american ones, where you go on stage, pose, and get asked some questions by the judges

>>8471794
You do have a point there that I hadn't thought about.
But I have watched previous performances from Brit cons that worked out well too and I don't think the humour is -that- different seen as most people who go to cons are in on the same in-jokes and know the same songs etc.
I don't really know how to word it. I mean it's my first skit and if I fuck up, I fuck up. I accept that. If when I've done it, it gets posted here and gets torn apart, so be it.
But I've come to the conclusion that:

-Making it too long winded
-Too many memes/cheap jokes
-Jokes only people who have seen the show will understand
-Bad stage presence
-Bad audio/lip sync

all make for a shitty performance.

Although I could be called guilty for having a meme joke in my skit I don't think memes are necessarily bad in themselves. It is a comfort blanket in case the rest of the skit isn't funny to the audience. But like i say, it's my first skit, it's a solo one and memes are a sort of universal humour.

>>8471802
That's personal preference though really? I really enjoy watching skits even if they are cringey.
I think the best thing they could do is just have it time tabled in that the first half of the show be dedicated to walk ons and the second half to performances so that the people who want to watch either side can just come along, grab a seat and watch whichever side they want.

>>8471810

>I have watched previous performances from Brit cons that worked out well

I can remember at MCM the masquerade goes on for ages and a group of guys did this weird fighting skit that was based on a game and it was just boring and unfunny and consisted of them play fighting onstage in bad wigs and challenging each other to crappy fights and one of them was stomping around as if he was this giant hulk but was just a kid wearing a sleeveless shirt and a blonde mullet trying to act mean. just when you thought they had finally finished they then switched into another segment when they pretended they were actually playing the game. Some people cheered and were into but it was so fucking lame.

>>8471810
>>8471783
I like the american way. It's less than a skit but more than a walk on.

IMO I think maybe 40 second of pose/performance/that stuff, then the judges (who need to be on stage, and because of the way this works, fucking knowledgeable) should ask questions about the costume, and the entrant needs to explain how it's made ect.

I think it would be good because it would let the audience know how much work goes into it.
>And then I covered the worbla in gesso then painted it
vs
>I made my own pattern from nothing, used xyz fabric after I hand dyed it and xyz method to make this, then fitted it and spent 40 hours decorating it.

I just think it would help the audience see the difference between the work that goes into costumes.

Also it means the judges actually have to do some work and ask the right questions.

>>8471867
That's what pre-judging is for, that way you can have 5minutes with each entrant asking how they made their costume and get up and close to the costumes and see how well executed the construction, sewing, weathering is etc.
That's the sort of stuff you don't get see and can easily miss if you're having to judge them based solely just what they did on stage

Was anyone at HJ today? According to Facebook their queue situation is horrendous again, so I'll be arriving early. Is there not a single London event than can manage a decent fucking queue system?

>>8471467
What did he get booted for?

>>8471761
We had two fuggos make out on stage as Naruto and Sasuke for a skit, it was painful to watch.

>>8471802
Remember back at Kita's got Talent and Missie Chan was singing a song about shotas and taking drugs?

>>8471993
I know that, but i think it could work as well as. I think it's good because the audience gets chance to learn more about each costume.

>>8472026
>Is there not a single London event that can manage a decent fucking queue system
It's funny cus we're British.

>>8472026
LSCC

So where do we find the HJ photos? Looks like there's nothing on the official facebook

>>8471548
But Denmark, your story telling is almost as shit as your taste.

Anyone at Hyper Japan at the moment? Rolling around with a friend, but up for meeting with some people.

>>8473346
Sorry, I probably should have used the word "best" instead of "good" when describing that hentai panel.
It shouldn't take much to beat it.

If anyones interested i have a bunch of mediocre to meh photos of the hj fashion show from saturday

>>8460186
You don't want one we're bloody evil

Was at hyper japan today and yesterday, tried out the food stands and stalls. Didn't see much cosplay wise but I did see Laura Sindall wondering about with another girl I recognised today in normal gear just having fun.
Was there a cosplay show on?

Please tell me someone else is watching 'King of the Nerds' on Sky 1. It's so obvious they've been told how to act and what to say. A couple of them are cosplayers too!

>>8473799

Not watching it as don't have Sky but seen the trailers and other bits advertised about it - can pick out at least 2(?) people I recognise as cosplayers.

Why are so many cosplayers in this country just bad at makeup?
How do you break it to them that their anime wifu shouldn't be wearing 2008 scene makeup?

>>8474155
Examples? I think the shitty body painting I see at cons is a lot worse than the glamour makeup

>>8474207
These popped up on my timeline after I saw them at HJ. Ignoring the obvious in their costumes the makeup is just completely wrong and much too harsh for a pretty anime girl. I get that red is in emo colours anyway but its still too harsh when the rest of her face has so little makeup.

But these are just two nobodies. But a lot of others do similar

>>8462909
Tabby just announced she's a guest about 2 weeks after tix sold out. Methinks somebody dropped out and they needed somebody at the last minute. Either that or LFCC is so far down Tabby's list of priorities that it barely warrants a mention from her these days.

>>8474341
Ditto with KJ.

>>8474341
You're very wrong. Lfcc have only just this week announced their Cosplay guests, panels, and competition details. All of the guests were only just asked to be guests last week too. Lfcc have just left all of the Cosplay side of things to the very very last minute.

>>8474375
I know some of the competition regulars are annoyed about how shit the competition is being handled. I know a who who have been sending email after email to LFCC about it for a month but got no replies.

I thought HJ was rather poor. Would probably not go again.

>>8474642
It's normally a lot better than that imo, the skanky-ass venue made it feel pretty shitty. I'm going to see what the Christmas market at Tobacco Dock is like, that looks like a nicer venue.

>>8475294
What's the Christmas Market like compared to regular HJ?

Found a photographer's album that covers a decent amount of the cosplay from Hyper Japan (though it's not like there was much of it) for anyone interested.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/126065390@N04/sets/72157655686365236

>>8475375
I haven't been to it before, so I couldn't say. I had some friends who went and didn't enjoy it, but I think they were expecting a lot of anime/otaku stuff, which isn't really what HJ is about. I just wanna go get some nice umeshu and weeb out in a christmassy atmosphere.

>>8474375
What a ridiculous situation. LFCC obviously know the cosplayers aren't going to pull in the fans and rely on the slebs instead. Their organisation of this event has been totally diabolical, including their non-apology after last year's debacle. "We're sorry we fucked up last year, we'll make it up to everyone by raising the ticket price massively and making sure nobody can buy a ticket on the door."

>>8475520
I want to give them a pass because they have a genuinely better celeb line-up this time than most years and some of the things they have planned with some guests are really big and obviously take a lot of planning and space and money. You don't get the cast of Back To The Future and a Delorean for free and without effort.

But on the other hand they've dropped the ball so hard in every other respect that you wonder if they'll ever try going this big ever again.

Personally really enjoyed HJ but the last one I went to was like 3 years ago when it was tiny and one of my first cons. I liked the free concerts and whatnot, there were events going on that I was actually interested in rather than other cons (namely MCM) where I couldn't give less of a shit about the actual con. Same goes for the stalls. Venue was a bit shit but again compared to other cons not particularly bad I thought. Disappointed in the lack of cosplay but honestly I've been to a lot worse.

Heard the cosparade was terribly organized and there was no judging this time?

>>8475418
>people wearing western cosplays to a japanese culture festival

I went to HJ and all the photos I got back are disappointing. I wish photographers here would do editing like Asia or America, where people are made to look perfect and animated.
I have a birthmark kinda hidden by makeup on my face and it was my first time shooting with these popular photographers and I'm sad no one bothered to try and hide it.

Hyper Japan was ok. The venue was in parts pretty shitty, the live venue rocked though. Also, the information flow was shitty. Staff should put stuff on the site before the event!

hey guys, newfag here. moved to London recently, to stay. Where does the local community hang out online? I'm a photographer, so would love to get to know people for shoots. :)

>>8476154
This so much, There's only one or two UK photogs that bother editing out imperfections. I keep seeing cosplayers with really obvious marks and scars and these 'professional' photographers don't edit it out.
That or they pump up the contrast so bad, it looks shit.

>>8476154
>>8476187
It's considered bad practice among photographers to airbrush photos that heavily unless a client pays for it or a job dictates it. The standard is the two week rule, meaning you only airbrush out things which wouldn't be there in two weeks' time, like a spot or a small cut or bruise. If somebody has a mole or a birthmark or a scar or some other permanent feature, that shit does not get touched. You only see it happen with American con togs because there's a higher concentration of rank amateurs there who don't think about these things and in Japan you don't notice it because the Japanese style of photography dictates overexposure, desaturation and lens diffusion filters which blur out fine details like that.

If you want your face airbrushed from hambeast to FHM front cover then you've got to specifically ask for it in advance and most of the time you'll need to pay. Shit takes time and you can't expect people to piss away an hour or more for free.

I got scared on stage Saturday and basically rushed off the stage near the end, I'm really embarrassed. Anyone else in the cosparade thing?

>>8476039
Yeah there was no judging and basically on the Saturday we had to show up at this tiny desk in the corner of the gaming section and try and get into a line when there was about 48 of us and no room to actually form one. Eventually when we got to the tiny ass stage we sorted ourselves out into an order but I didn't even know the thing had started until it was nearly my turn to go on. There was a lot of people that showed up right before going on stage even though we were told if you weren't there 30 minutes before you wouldn't be allowed to go on but they still managed to get on stage I think. I don't know if they did it differently on Friday or Sunday but that's how it was Saturday.

>>8476154
Swear to god so many togs couldn't care less about making a cosplayer actually look good? There's a lot of focus on like "the perfect shot" but very little on like what flatters the cosplayer. Like all well and good if the background's pretty and the colours look good or whatever but if the actual cosplayer looks a bit shit because of things that could easily be tweaked i.e birthmarks, stray hairs, etc. and then they're not happy with the photo like...it's not like huge amounts of editing to change their face or body.

>>8476203
I don't even mean heavily. Most photogs here literally edit lighting (if that) and forget the cosplayer all together. Unfortunate angles/faces of cosplayers are posted because the composition is nicer. Things like spots and stray hairs are ignored. No one is asking for front cover level stuff, just a tad more consideration to the person they are photographing.

And there have been cases where people have paid and the edits are still shit-tier compared to standards abroad.

>>8476154
It's a really iffy grey area, because what if you were really sentimental or touchy about a birthmark and a photographer photoshopped it out and make your face pristine, it might genuinely upset people. It's a minefield...

>>8476239
>Most photogs here literally edit lighting
Which is fucking shameful. If you have to photoshop your lighting what the fuck are you doing trying to be a photographer.

>>8476310
And we all know who is the worst culprit for that.

>>8476302
I had someone shout at a tog for removing their piercings before from a photo...
But your character doesn't have a huge septum piercing...
Usually I ask people if they want me to remove it or not and they answer without being pissy but it's a really iffy topic if you couldn't ask them.

People complaining about photographers. Typical.

Are you talking about those more established togs or some of the newer togs on the scene........or are you just after every tog?

Why does no one want to come to anime camp?

>>8476327
>typical
Yeah because the popular ones who everyone follows, works with, who think they're the shit are just shit.

Have you not seen what other countries have for togs? Way better.

>>8476337
they're trying too hard which is making them a bit shit, they started off really well

>>8476333
64 spaces left
I thought it would've sold out like last year

>>8476039
There was no judging cause it wasn't a competition. No one won anything, it was literally just a parade.

I wonder how many people actually realised that? (I know I assumed it was a competition.) There were a few pretty serious costumes that I honestly doubt would have bothered for just a walk-on, walk-off thing on such a tiny shitty stage with a relatively small audience. I heard at least one of the contestants actually asking about what was going on with the pre-judging, too.

>>8476367
Likewise. It's not a new date or anything either.
I just want my cheep camping event.

>>8476405
Normally there are prizes for the cosparade, or at the very least mentions for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and juniors. It's not a competition as such more like kudos to people who did a good job. It seems odd they didn't do it this year?

>>8476424
That's what I was expecting, but nope, there wasn't even that much. Seems kinda shit that there was zero recognition for anyone at all.

I was only there on the Sunday though, maybe Saturday was different?

>>8476454
Nope, Saturday was the same. It was a nice thing for newbie cosplayers to do or for younger cosplayers but other than that it was very pointless.

>>8476337
Piss off over there then. Don't bitch at others doing it for free, it'll be like the photographers saying how shit your costume is compared with Russia/Japan you ungreatful landwhale.

>>8476723
Oh honey. Who broke your heart/Overpriced lens?

>>8476154
If you got them back so quick then obviously the photographer is just snapping shot of everything and i doubt he/she even looked at them properly at all, let alone edit them.

>>8474642
Fucking hated the O2 and being gawked at by normies, everything felt far away and disjointed, especially Building 6, if HJ goes back to this venue I'll probably pass, it wasn't worth the price hike

lads...

I agree, there was no signs anywhere and the staff there don't know where anything was, so we ended up just walking about blindly. Don't get me started with the wristband thing and that building six...

What is your opinion on Ribena?

waheey lads

doing a poo

>>8476730
>honey
FUCK OFF YANK

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>>8476754
are you a girl?

girls are automatically normies

mugi cosplay

>>8476723
>Don't bitch at others doing it for free

/brit/ establishing
how you doin' birds

lads i've just done a poo, now i'm hankerin' for a wankerin' tbh

alri' lads haha

#Ladsontour

>>8477177
>replying to a post from two and a half hours ago

>>8477180
this is quite a good cosplay i suppose however I do not like the premise

are any of you maisie or cara

please say yes

just started my period tbh

>>8477180
worst girl
Anime >>>/out/

Just wanked to maisie lads

doing a finger

I HAVE NO GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

playing dragon age origins tbh

>>8477189
she is literally perfect and the perfect premise for everything

>>8477193
best girl tbh

also

pic related

Well lads

>>8471721

Would you smash?

Choon tbh lads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy9kaJR9AF0

Hello lad...ies it is i, a big unironic fan of the following interests:
• Cosplay
• Lolita
• J-fashion
• Conventions & gatherings
• Sewing & prop-making
• Craftsmanship tools/materials & tutorials
• LARPing

I am very much a fan of these and would like to discuss them but first may we discuss:

Maisie

Cara

anime

UKIP

reddit

cheers girls

>>8477204
Yeah, with a baseball bat haha!
waaheeyy

>>8477202
i do not like the premise of turning 2d girls into 3DPD

M E M E C I T Y
A
I
S
I
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Taking gf applications starting here.
please queue up in an orderly fashion and you will be seen one at a time for qualifications.

>>8477208
well I can agree on that I thought that that was an attack on my waifu

Haha nobody knows my real nationality

>>8465860
alrite u naughty totty?

i'd fancy smashing a horny lass like you

alri lads

>>8477206
>• Conventions & gatherings
>going in public
fuck off back to facebook normie

how do you lads like my cosplay?

>>8477213
is it German

rorke tbh

>>8477218
very tall and handsome

>>8461168

>no 'orchestrating a wank' option

bad poll

>>8477216
FUCK OFF THIS IS /CGL/ YOU STUPID /INT/ FAGGOTS

>>>/brit/

i've not had a shower in over a week and im getting some nasty smegma buildup under my foreskin tbh

sometimes I cosplay as a roman or greek with my towel after getting out of the shower.

>>8477218
(p.s. I'm an anime)

>>8477218
Why are you walking towards the camera?

Considering cosplaying as somebody who votes for UKIP at the next general election tbh ladies

>>8477225
but you're a brit too luv

fancy wankin me off?

>>8477218

Literally crying rn

>>8477225
FUCKING NORMANS GET OUUUUUUUUUUT

>>8477226
>tfw jew dick
the US is a bad place to be a baby boy

>>8477234
i cosplay as you're dad while banging you're mum tbh

>>8477234
guide

>>8477230
same tbh

All I want to know is whether any of you birds know that feeling when no gf?

/int/ pls go

reminder that the scotcucks subservience will literallly never, ever cease

THIS THREAD WAS UNIRONICALLY STARTED ONE WEEK AGO AND IT'S NOT EVEN REACHED THE BUMP LIMIT YET FUCK ME

>tfw no bf
all I want is a pale and skinny, slightly autistic British boy who can't look me in the eyes

>>8477249
>women

>>8477246
can we bring some of the birds here with us, they could do with some banter

>>8477249
it has now hehe
guess that means new thread time

>>8477250
me on the left (her right)

>>8471721

for high test alphas only

Is cosplaying actually a meme? literally never seen it in real life and assuming it's a gimmick/practical joke tbh lads

>>8477250
me on the far left

new thread when??????????

>>8477258
i cosplay as a NEET every day haha

NEW THREAD WHERE?

BUMP LIMIT REACHED, NEW THREAD, NEW THREAD TBH LADS

>>8477260
page 7 or the unpaid dog will shut us down

>>8477260
working on it now, let's hope no one else makes one before so we can avoid any confusion :^)

>>8477265
up ur mum's arse lad

RARE CAPTCHA, hardly ever get Mountains tbh

new
>>8477270
>>8477270
>>8477270

>unironically being female

>>8477220
ugh

new thread

>>8477293
>>8477293
>>8477293

hello how are you