Con Crunch Feels Thread

[Anonymous No.10316623]

Hows the crunch going, anons?
How much time do you have?
How much are you trying to accomplish?
How bad do you wanna die rn?

[Anonymous No.10317162]

>>10316623
I was supposed to start working on my costume in December for June, but I got a switch with my boyfriend and have spent every free minute with it during my time with it. Some major life shit has been eating up half my time and I spent the rest of it with that siren of a console. I only have two weeks left of vacation before my last semester of school starts again. I work during the summer and have little gremlin siblings to take care of otherwise. I didn't expect to finish in one week, but I feel like I've squirreled away a good chunk of my time already. This is a bad omen. It's supposed to be an easy costume. Please, 2020 be gentle upon me.

What are you working on, op?

[Anonymous No.10317163]

Like a month and a half and I have close to nothing done... I really hope I pull through

[Anonymous No.10317217]

I stopped con crunching last year, and it’s made cosplaying feel different for me. I used to pump a majority of the cosplay out in 2 weeks. The quality took a hit but I always had it done. Now I just kinda go at my own pace. I feel a lot more happier with my work now, but not having any urgency really makes it hard to work on it. It’s always this “I’ll do it later” attitude that lead to con crunching in the first place. I never considered buying cosplay till this year simply because I don’t have anything that’s new.
You win some, you lose some, I guess?

[Anonymous No.10317256]

>>10317162
OP here, I'm remaking some old props and making 3 new cosplays this year.
I need to have my props and 1 cosplay done by late Feb, second cosplay done by march (plus a cosplay I'm making for a friend for the same con, and the cosplay includes props), and the 3rd cosplay by may.

Propmaking is a cruel mistress but other than that the cosplays themselves should be relatively easy, weightloss is my biggest worry.

[Anonymous No.10317298]

I have a humble suggestion.
Please dress up as my waifu, pic related.
thank you

[Anonymous No.10318206]

>>10317256
>>10317256
>making 3 new cosplays this year.
Oh good lord, rest your soul anon.

>I'm making for a friend for the same con, and the cosplay includes props
Reading that made my heart clench for you. I wish you the best of luck, anon. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes.

>weightloss is my biggest worry.
Hard same. The holiday season gave me 3 inches to my waistline. It shouldn't be too hard to lose, but I'm afraid that some big upcoming life things might push me to stress eat more than I'm chipping away. Let's both strive to reach our goals!

[Anonymous No.10318208]

>>10317217
I know exactly how you feel. It's weird when you miss premature deadlines that you set for yourself because when you look at how much time you have left, there's plenty, but if you keep pushing off these deadlines then you can end up crunching anyway.

[Anonymous No.10318560]

>>10318206
Thankfully most of the cosplays I'm making this year are fairly easy, the only ones that will require any real work are the one I'm remaking right now and the one I'm making for a friend that has to be done by march.
>weightloss
Let's crush it! I'm 8lbs to go

[Anonymous No.10318718]

I may or may not have added another costume in addition to Hawks, Future/time skip Edelgard, and Rose the hat I need done before katsucon. I have a week and a half before I go back to campus, and after classes start there’s no way I’ll have time (or space) to finish them.
>Hawks: redo parts of jacket and finish feathering and painting wings. Make small pair of wings for more casual con-walking experience.
>Edelgard: add embellishments to dress, make shoes, finish prop, style wig.
>Rose the hat: ignore the fact that no one will recognize you and think you’re just a weird nerd in a top hat
Luckily the last/most recent cosplay is Hades from Lore Olympus so it’s literally just a suit and face paint. I’ll also only be doing it if my friend will cosplay Persephone, and she has a habit of bailing.
Also, having a graduate stipend but no classes atm means winter break has been 75% cosplay, 20% doing my own research that isn’t for a class project, and 5% doing absolutely nothing. It’s been great

[Anonymous No.10318733]

>>10318718
>a week and a half to finish 3 cosplays
My sould left my body. I'll pray for you.

[Anonymous No.10318862]

>>10316623
I had to unfollow this foul hippie bitch who hangs around with our cos-group after she posted an IG story with pics of her period diarrhea. (She thought it was cool that she pooped red and green on Christmas.)

Well today our mutual friend reamed me, saying I made her cry and I'm worried I'll get my ass dumped from the crew. The diarrhea bitch isn't even a cosplayer.

[Anonymous No.10318868]

>>10318862
i call that taking the trash out all at once.

[Anonymous No.10319000]

>>10318862
>She thought it was cool that she pooped red and green on Christmas
Jesus.

[Anonymous No.10319001]

>>10318862
>foul hippie
Cringe

[Anonymous No.10319033]

>>10318862
A girl from my comm has a transgender boyfriend who freebleeds. It's fucking weird.

[Anonymous No.10319046]

>>10318862
STOP ANON I'M PICTURING IT

[Anonymous No.10319066]

>>10318862
>she posted an IG story with pics of her period diarrhea. (She thought it was cool that she pooped red and green on Christmas.)

why the fuck even.

[Anonymous No.10319239]

Overheard at con: "That bitch titties look like a ballsack."

[Anonymous No.10319262]

>>10316623
>Hows the crunch going, anons?
So far its manageable, I'm sure that will change soon.
>How much time do you have?
~60 days til Contest 1
~6 weeks after that is Contest 2
>How much are you trying to accomplish?
Contest 1 is a duo cosplay build, about 20% done so far. Pretty complicated garments, using LEDs for the first time plus like 3 new techniques. Just hitting my stride on productivity now
Contest 2 is an armor build that I started a little bit already but 85% of it will be done within 6 weeks. I'm not concerned about it at all desu, armor is a strength for me
>How bad do you wanna die rn
Still fresh as a daisy but I havent started making the crinoline cage or ballgown for the first contest yet. I shall yearn for death's sweet release soon enough.

[Anonymous No.10319266]

>>10317217
I don't con crunch or set hard deadlines, but I still easily find the motivation to work on stuff. You should just set "deadlines"/goals for yourself (even if they aren't hard deadlines) to help motivate you

For me another good motivator is how excited I am to start my next costume. But then I force myself to finish what I'm working on first. Planning groups helps too, everyone can check in and see each other's progress

[Anonymous No.10319299]

>>10316623
I finished a con crunch a few weeks ago, it wasn't too bad but I kind of regret spending my winter break doing practically nothing but sewing.

[Anonymous No.10319525]

I have a con-crush on a ghey boi.

[Anonymous No.10319534]

>>10319525
I hear you. My con crush is anti-vax.

[Anonymous No.10319729]

>>10319534
That's pretty baka bro.

[Anonymous No.10322811]

Next major con is Sakura-con. Wearing cosplay I already wore for other cons. So I’m all set.

[Anonymous No.10322822]

Planning on making my first cosplay for a small con in March and then a larger one in April. Applications for the masquerade for the large one closes in March and I'm freaking out because I haven't started because supplies haven't arrived yet.

[Anonymous No.10323144]

Currently working on a ball gown with my limited sewing experience! Finished up mock ups of the corset top yesterday so I'm good to actually begin construction on the real deal with less than a month until the con. Not really crunching but I'm excited to finish my first gown regardless

[Anonymous No.10323230]

Gotta start working on a outfit, which admittedly isn't too difficult, but I am in the middle of a move. That sucks the energy out of me and the feeling of "do I really want to do this character?"
I have the materials and a (crappy) prop, I just really need to sit down and get to it. I got roughly a month and a half till the con.

[Anonymous No.10323571]

>>10323230
Moving and doing that sounds rough, can you finish moving first and still have enough time for the costume?

[Anonymous No.10323695]

>>10323571
This, moving was like the worst time for me and I couldnt imagine having to craft during it

[Anonymous No.10323729]

It's Saturday bros. If you have the day off, you should be spending some time working on your costume! Work hard now, and reward yourself for the effort later! It'll all be worth it! Yamato damashii!

[Anonymous No.10323748]

>>10323729
True, thank you. I have some hot glue and plastidip to do

[Anonymous No.10323784]

>>10323729
I was debating between being a couch goblin today or working today, so thanks for this even though my inner sloth wants the former. I'll be thinking of that good feeling of being proud of what I make instead!

[Anonymous No.10323813]

>>10323571
Kinda, I got the pieces of the outfit cut out but I have to pack away my thread and machine, I found out that the place I am moving to is under renovation and I can't access the boxes that I left there. So I am basically waiting for a month to go by. Looking at the calendar I got a week before the event, if I really put my mind on it I can get it done, but it's definitely a squeeze. This is one of the reasons why I don't really like doing group costumes, because of things like this Happening

[Anonymous No.10324036]

>>10323813
Oof that's unfortunate, good luck anon once you can finally get started on it again

[Anonymous No.10326636]

>>10316623
Momocon is the kind of con where you go in the bathroom at 3am and some thot is getting reamed face-down in a puddle of peepee.

[Anonymous No.10327748]

>>10316623
Yoooo, my friend was doing Spider-Gwen pics on top a banister, I distracted her, she slipped and landed on her pussy. Should I buy her chick fila?

[Anonymous No.10327751]

>>10319266
Some people have adhd and other issues that make it hard for those motivators to work. Not saying it can’t be done, but it’s not always as simple as “just do it!!!”

[Anonymous No.10327998]

>>10327748
offer to kiss it better obvi.

[Anonymous No.10328039]

I've been awake for 29 hours and I'm exhausted but still can't fall asleep. I can't work on cosplay either because I need to sleep first or I'll fuck shit up bad.

I beg God for mercy and he cackles at my pain

[Anonymous No.10328076]

>>10318862
>Your friend gets mad at you for unfollowing someone on IG
>she posted an IG story with pics of her period diarrhea. (She thought it was cool that she pooped red and green on Christmas.)
>worried I'll get my ass dumped from the crew

Why would you want to be friends with these people?

[Anonymous No.10328098]

Since the trims I ordered for my original plan for my next con won't be here in time thanks to LNY, I decided the other day to switch my plans to a dream costume, and that it's an impressive enough build to enter into the big comp at said con.

What I didn't realise, is that since the con got pushed forward a month, instead of having a whole month to work on this before applications close, I only have 5 days to get as much done as possible. The con itself isn't until March so I'm not too stressed about getting the whole thing done in time, it's just a mild pain that I didn't realise how late it had gotten.

The application requires 3 photos of progress to prove that you are actually working on something and have some level of crafting skill, I just think it'd be a bit of a faux pas to submit photos of my pattern drafting and mockups when other people have been working on their comp pieces for weeks already.

[Anonymous No.10328099]

>>10328039
Try some sleeping pills and a nature documentary

[Anonymous No.10333407]

>almost finished with the project I've been working on

Thank fuck