/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9484220
Try putting black nailpolish in an eyedropper, and drip it slowly on your eye. Try not to blink until it dries.

>>9484236
No no no, don't do this, it's too dangerous. Just take a sharpie and color in a normal contact lens. You might have to put in a couple lenses in each eye to cover all the white.

Another safe method is sprinkling black eyeshadow into your eye. It's made for your eye area, so you know it's safe. It will be a little greyer than the deepest black, but at least you can get full coverage.

>>9484220
Sclera lenses aren't cheap (nor are they safe, but that's a different matter entirely). Either cough up the cash or don't use them.

>>9484236
>>9484240
>>9484241
why

>>9484236
>>9484240
>>9484241
I'm suddenly reminded of the horror stories of the people who tried making their own coloured contacts with food colouring, acrylic paint, or the bottoms of soda bottles.

>>9484376
I tried the soda bottle trick and it worked fine?

If you're worried about infections, just thoroughly clean the soda bottle contact lens with disinfectant and then wash with water.

>>9484220
When you're buying sclera lenses you don't want to be buying cheap ones, if anything you should be looking for the highest quality ones. I think the cheapest ones I've seen were around $150, but again, when it comes to your fucking eyeballs you should be least concerned about price and most concerned about quality and safety.

>>9484382
Bad bait is bad

Omfg you guys are retarded. You can make sclera lenses out of what's essentially a shrinky dink. Go look through your recycling and look for something made of #6 plastic, cut it up, clean it and dry it thoroughly. After that go to the store and get two large marbles/glass orbs that are around an inch in diameter. Out them in a baking sheet and made them able to stand without rolling around, i made little clay stands for the marbles so I always have something to use. Cut the plastic into two identical circles that are about a cm in diameter, or for sclera lenses about 2 cm, then pop the plastic circles onto the marbles. They'll balance pretty easy, then bake them like normal shrinky dinks and watch as they melt around the mold. After they come out make sure to sand the OUTSIDE of the lenses down around the edges and really take the time to smooth them out. You can paint the OUTSIDE whatever color you want with non-toxic kid paints. To seal it in you have to do a super thin UV resin layer and you're done. They're not super comfy since they're not super squishy but they'll work just fine for a few hours at a con.

>>9484220
Uniqso.com + coupon code would be under $100. If you can't afford that, you shouldn't be wearing them - sclera lenses that are made to fit your eyes are a lot more than that.

>>9484220
This looks photoshopped

>>9484376
That Walrus cosplayer on coscom is my personal nightmare.

>>9484494
Don't do that. You should cough up the extra cash and get them custom made for safety reasons because scleras have more safety issues than regular lenses
>>9484220
Go to your eye doctor and get your prescription. Make sure you explain you're getting sclera lenses and make sure you get your pupil size. Then go to somewhere reputable like samhain lenses and get them custom made.

>>9484522
OP specifically asked for cheaper options, and non-custom lenses are cheaper. If they want to take the risk or be forced to wear them for shorter periods of time, that's their choice. I know people who've worn the non-custom ones with no problem but it's not something that I can do because my eyes are too sensitive.

Holy fucking shit, I can't tell if all of the people in this thread are trolling or genuinely fucking retarded. OP, please don't look for a cheap option for something you're going to stick directly in your eye, you don't want to risk having serious and possibly permanent vision problems because you're trying to save money on cosplay.

>>9484634
>I can't tell if all of the people in this thread are trolling or genuinely fucking retarded

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>>9484522
>eye doctor
look at uncle fuckin pennybags over here being able to afford an eye doctor

>>9484810
or maybe they live anywhere else but in the good ol' US and A, you know, where peoples lives actually matter to the government

>>9484810
Only Americans seem ok with going blind. The rest of the world is ok going to the doctor.

>>9484938
Not to start shit, but its not like Americans want to go blind, we just have an insane healthcare system that fucks over everyone except for insurance companies and makes things that should be cheap and simple exorbitantly expensive.

Sage for super off topic.

alright, for context, here's what I'm looking to do

I want to look like 2D from Gorillaz for a couple hours is all. is the $80 Sclera thing my best bet?

>>9485149
>$80 Sclera
Yea, I wouldn't trust those.

Geez, all the "recommeded" sites are like 250 dollars for a pair. fuck me, I guess this dream is going to die because I'm not doing that shit.

>>9484938
Spotted the ignorant European

>>9484938
you gonna pay my optometrist bill for the next 17 years?

>>9485167
Spotted the salty yankee

>>9485166
Photoshop is free if you pirate it.