/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.6510757]

I'm snowed in and can't get into work today.

Can we have a Jojo thread to keep me entertained? I'll dump what I have, but I need to fill my collection

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>>6510757
shit that Joseph is amazing

[Anonymous No.6511281]

no love for speedwagon?

[Anonymous No.6511299]

>>6511281
Like I said, my jojo folder is pretty slim. I kind of hoped some other anons would pop up.

And everyone loves Speedwagon.

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>>6511299
ok. since you ask for it.

here we go

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I think I love you anon.

Now if only 4chan would let me save these instead of having server hiccups

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>>6511452
woops. i am not done yet bro.

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NO. YONK anctice

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>>6511471
lolwut wrong typing capcha. haha

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from WCS. coutesy cosplay.com

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>>6511531
I love this Valentine.

D4C though, is a little disturbing....

[Anonymous No.6511540]

ok. this is my last spam pict.

i am done

[Anonymous No.6511715]

>>6511536
Stand cosplay tends to turn out a little disturbing in general. Most of the ones outside Japan look a bit odd in some way.

Here's another Valentine I love.

[Anonymous No.6513624]

Requesting some part 6 that isn't Jolyne.

[Anonymous No.6513657]

>>6511715
Can't have a Jojo thread without Hanyaan or Cellery!

And Diavolo, but for some reason I don't have any pics of him saved...

[Anonymous No.6513915]

>>6513657
Diavolo as Diavolo, thread is made.

It'd be cool to get the three of them at one convention... too bad they're all on different continents.

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>>6513624
I've got a hermes costume in the works... It currently exists as a pile of fabric though so no pics yet :(

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>>6513958
I can't wait to see it!

Here's a White Snake. Hate the shoes, but the outfit's pretty great.

[Anonymous No.6514010]

What queer fucking board did I click on?

[Guts !lW6gxKexeE No.6514019]

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>>6514010
it's FABULOUS, not gay. troll harder.

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>>6514010
Get it right. It's not queer. Its fabulous.

I know there's more pics out there, my folder still does not have enough fabulous in it.

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[Anonymous No.6515135]

>>6514575
Do you have the rest of that shoot with the Golden Wind trio?

[Anonymous No.6515882]

I'm pissed that there's no JoJo episode today so does anybody have MOAR quality part 2?

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>>6515135
This is the only other one I have.

[Anonymous No.6518991]

Thread must not die!!

Have you seen much JoJo cosplay at your local cons? Do you expect this to change? What do you think of the vinyl and metallic spandex trends?

[Anonymous No.6519010]

>>6518991
I have not seen a ton of jojo cosplay at local cons, not recently at least, but I definitely expect that to change (at least one upcoming con is going to be completely jojo-fied, It will be epic.)

As far as metallic spandex and vinyl? Why, I have a pile of it in my bedroom right now waiting to be turned into Trish & Hermes. It is fabulous in the best way.

[Anonymous No.6519015]

>>6518991
I've never seen Jojo cosplay where I live (New England).

I didn't go to CTCon this year but I heard there was a Jojo panel. And one time I went to the Kinokuniya in NYC an employee was wearing a lapel pin of the Part 3 symbol.

[Anonymous No.6519040]

>>6518991

I could go either way. We'll definitely see more JoJo cosplay, but people my want to go as characters they've seen in the anime. This could lead to a lot of shitty Jonathans, Josephs etc. Nobody can REALLY pull them off properly.

On the other hand, people might read some of the manga and we could get some Jotaro or similar characters who are much easier to do and pull off. We'll have to see really.

[Anonymous No.6519042]

>>6518991
>What do you think of the vinyl and metallic spandex trends

If you dont need ear protection to look at it, it isnt JoJo

[Anonymous No.6519052]

>>6519040
Most of the anime cosplay plans I've seen locally tend to be girls settling on child Dio because they aren't big enough for the other outfits. I'm not seeing many child Jonathans planned, though. And of course, Speedwagon.

I hope people do read the manga. Us whiter folks should be mining Steel Ball Run like the velvet cosplay goldmine it is.

[Anonymous No.6519063]

>>6519052
Steel Ball Run is awesome and all, but it's not like Jojo has an overload of purely asian characters (bar like, part 4 & part 8). You are right though, the character designs are fantastic

I want to wait until a few more chapters come out, but I think I may add Nijimura to my list. And maybe something from SBR. Basically, this manga is going to need some cosplay love that isn't the storm of shitty part-1 gender-swap cosplay that is going to start popping up.

[Anonymous No.6519133]

>>6519063
>part 1 genderswap

But why do that when you can be Erina instead?

I'm with you on adding Nijimura to my list. She's already great.

Although what you said brings up a good point...

Has ANYBODY EVER seen really, really good high level cosplay of the 100% Asian characters (Kakyoin, most of part 4 except Josuke and Tonio) done by non-Asian cosplayers? I've seen plenty of convincing white JoJos for the mixed-race ones, but someone like Rohan or Kakyoin, can it be done by white people?

[Anonymous No.6519159]

>>6519133
Because they think Dio is kawaii ugu desuuuu o/~ and for some reason they think that means he should have tits. Or something... who knows what tumblr causes.

I went on a bit of a deviantart hunt to see if I could find any of those characters, I like this Yukako but otherwise I the non-asian part-4 cosplays weren't really impressive.

That said though, most of the other parts almost always look better to me with western cosplayers, especially part 6.

[Anonymous No.6519294]

>>6519159
I was a bit afraid of that. I wanted to do Mutsukabezaka Rohan but other than this guy (posting phone photo from my phone because I couldn't find any better pics without EFFOOOORT) I've never seen a good white Rohan...

I think the rest for everything else is really up to cosplayer sewing, makeup, and posing skill. Most of the good JoJo cosplayers look way different cosplaying other series, regardless of where they come from. Makeup skill is pretty much a JoJo must.

[Anonymous No.6519352]

>>6511281
I think he looks great as the character. I'm not a fan of the fabric though. I could overlook the material for the suit but that vest fabric detracts from the outfit, imo.

[Anonymous No.6519361]

The costumes in Jojo are fantastic!

Unfortunately most of them require
charisma
a nice body
and some serious cosplay skills
to pull off well.

[Anonymous No.6519365]

>>6519352
But it's clearly a sweater vest in the original art, what else are you going to use?

Sweaters are such a JoJo problem. There's a ton of designs with sweater vests (Louvre Rohan, mist of part 1 anime) or sweater trim (Hermes etc) or overly complicated sweaters (Mista, Diego, Doppio, etc). What do you even do about those?

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>>6519365
Sweater vest or not it should've at least been more fitted or a better, sturdy material. It straight up looks like broadcloth when you first look at it. It could also be the color. Same with the rest of the other parts of the outfit but those are overlookable. It's just the vest that kills it for me

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>>6519487
Nnnngh these two are so perfect it hurts

[Anonymous No.6519929]

>starts reading jojo a couple of months ago
>still havent seen any of this fabulous characters

[Anonymous No.6519981]

>>6519929
Keep going young grasshopper, you'll get there soon.

Well, the whole thing is fabulous but designs get really crazily awesome from Part 5 onwards in my opinion.

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more of Diavolo's stuff

[Anonymous No.6520227]

These people from Comiket 83 just won JoJo cosplay forever.

[Anonymous No.6520248]

>>6520227
That's amusing. Too bad the guy's leg and arm is popping out.

[Anonymous No.6520249]

>>6520248
It'd probably look better from a slightly different angle, I get the impression this photo was meant to be taken from a few feet counterclockwise.

[Anonymous No.6520263]

>>6520249
But his leg is actually in front of the poster. No matter the angle (well except from the right), you'll see his foot.

[Anonymous No.6520519]

>>6520263
But if the photographer takes the picture properly, the frame would cut off right at the edge and his leg still wouldn't show. He probably should have kneeled the other way, but it also could have been taken better.

Still, it is amazing and I love it.

>>6519365
A lot of the sweaters in jojo don't really strike me as something that could look good if you actually do it as a sweater. I'd say just make sure to pay attention to any obvious vertical seams and make sure the costume as a whole looks good.

Since Jojo is the king daddy manga of weird fabrics, its one case where going out of the box actually works pretty well

[Anonymous No.6520557]

>>6520519
I think the only sweater that never looks right unless it's actually sweater fabric is Doppio. You just can't make this one look right out of anything but sweater knit, although I'd like to see if anybody has any Doppios that managed to do it without cutting up sweaters.

[Anonymous No.6520623]

>>6520557
One reason why I haven't cosplayed as Doppio yet, though I do want to, is I am set on making the sweater from scratch. It's a lot of work to make it look right especially with how weird his sweater is.

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>>6519015

New England Jojo fag where are you? I'm a NE jojo cosplayer but since no one knows what it is i wait until Otakon to do anything.

[Anonymous No.6520638]

>>6520623
You going to knit it?

Knitting really isn't that hard, its just time consuming.

[Anonymous No.6520668]

>>6520638
I might, it doesn't take me long to learn new things and I am very crafty to begin with. I don't mind time-consuming projects, either. The real challenge is figuring it out with all those gaps and slashes.

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>>6520668
Basically what you'd have to do is act like you were finishing off the rows where the slashes are but like, only on a small bit of the row, and then adding more in later. You'll have to make a knitting pattern for it, I would go browse or find some and see how they work. I've did some stuff like that when I was young, but heck if I haven't forgotten all the proper terms.

(I'm really bad at explaining knitting, but, there are some really good instructionals if you look)

[Anonymous No.6520697]

>>6520623
I've seen a hand-knitted Doppio sweater (pic related), and it looks a bit off. I think part of it is the large gauge, but also that this cosplayer tried to knit it all as one piece, compared to something like Hanyaan's franken-sweater which looks slightly better and is also made of two different sweaters reassembled.

Either way, a Doppio sweater is probably not a good idea for a novice knitter.

[Anonymous No.6520706]

>>6520697
Yeah, I prefer how Hanyaan's looks. A fully knitted sweater may not be a good idea now that I see how it could turn out. Plus I'm very good at sewing, so why risk it?

[Anonymous No.6520711]

>>6520697
I'm willing to bet she used that really cheap bulk yarn you can get; it always looks stiff and hard, and pills really easily.

You're right though, its not something to tackle initially - knitting some scarves and like, some cute things off of patterns first for practice would be good.

[Anonymous No.6520716]

>>6520706
Or sew it if you feel more confident! Whatever looks best.

Sage for... zero contribution. (have gyro I guess?)

[Anonymous No.6520951]

Since there's people who are familiar with knitting and with JoJo in this thread, I went through about 15-20 pages of steelballrunway to find this.

How is knitting sweaters like this even possible? Could you do the lines in a contrast color?

[Anonymous No.6520952]

>>6520951
also buying that sweater and using it for jojo is entirely out of the question, because despite the weird posing and the sweaters and metallic fabrics, this is 1994 Versace, not cosplay.

[Anonymous No.6520953]

>>6520951
Reminds me of Mista's sweater, that would be a cool technique to use for it.

[Anonymous No.6520955]

>>6520953
That's why I was wondering if this could be knit with the lines in a contrast color. Ribbing in contrast isn't too bad, but I'm not sure what kind of knitting sorcery would be required to get just the lines in another color.

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I think it's a type of cable knit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_knitting

That said, I don't know how feasible it would be to knit in alternate colors.

Something like this could work, but you wouldn't get the raised effect... I don't think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intarsia_%28knitting%29 maybe a combo? I'm not super up to date on more complicated knitting styles

[Anonymous No.6520991]

>>6520955
Yes it can! the sweater is knit with a cashmere yarn and the cross patterns are probably a cotton. its thicker than the cashmere so it pops out as a thick solid color rather than the puffy thin main yarn.

[GreatSG No.6520993]

>>6519352
>>6519365
>>6519472

I made this costume back at the beginning of 2009 for Katsucon, although that photo is from Katsucon 2010. It was based off Speedwagon's design from the PS2 Phantom Blood game, because there were never any official color illustrations from Araki and the colors in the game were so gaudy I had to do it.

Vest isn't broadcloth either, just some kona cotton material I got really cheap at the last minute as it was the final part of the outfit I got made the night before Katsucon that year.

As for why I didn't do a sweater vest back then? That only came about in the design in the new anime, in the manga he has a vest. Come on anon, nitpick my stuff, I really don't care and await them when I do an anime version Speedwagon come Katsucon, but at least get your facts right!

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6521004]

For the Doppio people: I'm just going to warn everybody that that piece of shit purple sweater is possibly the most annoying thing I've ever sewn in my life. I was picking masking tape out of the seams and my sewing machine for days. I've also had to dye it about four times; after failing to track down two white 100% dyeable fabric sweaters in the appropriate rib gauges (there's two rib gauges in the design, not just one!), I bought two cotton cream ones, used dye stripper, and then dyed them purple in the same dye bath before reassembling into the Doppio sweater. No matter what I use, they won't hold the dye very long. Doppio is probably my personal favorite of my JoJo costumes, but almost nothing else has come close to that costume in terms of headache given.

>>6520991
Knitting anon, I love you. I know I'm terrible as Mista, but now you make me want a cashmere-and-cotton hand-knit Mista sweater. I could almost despise you for that.

>>6520993
>ps2 phantom blood game color schemes
Oh god, I remember those. Those were terrible.

[Anonymous No.6521024]

>>6520993
My only personal critique is that if you were going for a vest, you should have used a heavier fabric than kona cotton. And maybe get a wig next time so you can do Extreme Feathering

That said, I like your Speedwagon, and its obviously not the same version as the anime

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Since this is a good time to ask for this thread, do you have any make-up tips for JoJo-themed cosplay? Also, JoJo cosplay tips in general?

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6521268]

>>6521199
Personally I think your makeup should depend heavily on the arc. 1-6 you need some serious eyeliner regardless of character gender, 7 and 8 a bit less so. Lower lashes mascaraed is a must, again both genders. Try redrawing your brows to match the character's shape if possible (there's nothing like that ヘ arch to make something scream JoJo), contour your face with some of the shadows drawn on in the comic or anime (you often want cheekbones that can cut through butter, and emphasizing your jawline rarely hurts), try using highlighter under your brows and on your cheeks, and never use overly large colored contact lenses, although brightly contrast colored eyeshadow can be good if you're doing the more FABULOUS arcs.

If you can't find lipstick the right color, you can color your lips with a white eyeliner, dab on eyeshadow from an 88 palette over it with a brush, and then put on a touch of clear gloss.

General tips I'd give:
>POSING POSING POSING practice as much as you can
>if you do a lot of leaning-back poses, prepare to be sore
>learn to NOT care if you're almost touching someone's crotch because the poses call for it
>even if you aren't going to be Dio, someone's probably going to want you to WRYYYY, so learn how to do it
>know your character and your arc well
>consider using fake nails with nail tape to avoid screwing up your nails if you paint them blue or whatnot
>do a kajillion makeup and wig tests to make sure they photograph well
>be careful with the vinyl and the spandex until you know what you're doing
>if you're Dio or Vanilla Ice or someone like that, athletic cup please.

[Krizalid !/GAR/rucig No.6521463]

>>6521268
Thank you for sharing your tips, I'll keep all of them in mind.

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6521480]

>>6521463
Oh, and another few that I forgot.

Most of the arcs are VERY influenced by the fashion of the time that they were written, so you'll want to look at actual clothes from the period it was WRITTEN (not set) to figure out what the proper fit on things are. That sweater up there that looks just like Mista's? Yeah, that was from within 2 years of his design introduction. Part 4's pants all have that wonderful baggy 90s tailoring, even SBR features some clothing fit elements popular now. And you can't go wrong looking at 90s Versace for inspiration.

Araki is not a bad artist but he cares more about overall panel layout and shape than about whether proportions are correct. This means that 9 times out of 10, a character in any given drawing is going to be incredibly short-waisted or incredibly long-waisted, and often the same character is drawn as both. You'll have to really be careful proportioning the outfits to yourself to preserve the silhouettes, especially if your own body is drastically different. Gotta get that hourglass shape in everything that isn't part 3 or 4.

And always, ALWAYS, pointy-toed shoes with low chunk heels are your default shoe. For quick shoepants (the plague of parts 6 and later), make stirrup pants that go slightly over your feet out of spandex, and then cover some shoes in the same spandex with a small hole for your foot. It'll look like magically all one piece without actually having to magically be all one piece.

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6521483]

>>6521463
and I forgot to say, you're welcome! I just want to see the whole world be FABULOUS ;_;

[Krizalid !/GAR/rucig No.6521522]

>>6521483
The moment I decided that it is possible to cosplay JoJo in such quality was during those times JoJo threads in /cgl/ is still prevalent. With your works posted around, it provides inspiration for everyone to be FABULOUS as fuck.

I was planning to go for Part 3 Dio, Kira, or Rohan. Though my body type is lean instead of BEEFYMCLARGEHUGE (Part 1) or totally FABULOUS (the rest), I actually hope that I can manage to pull it off.

[Anonymous No.6522023]

>>6521268

...I'm screencapping this post Hanyaan. Too good.

Also for the lipstick, OCC lip tar (or whatever Mac's version of it is, I can't remember the name of that one,) seem like they both would be fantastic for getting the right color mixed

[Anonymous No.6522046]

>>6521480

Hanyaan you have got to be one of the most helpful people. Just reading this post is motivating me to make a jojo's cosplay.

[Anonymous No.6522790]

>>6522023
OCC Lip Tar and Sobe Botanicals are both good sources for JoJo lipstick. Some of the JoJo cosplayers also like using theatrical creme makeup (ben nye etc) with a lip brush, or eyeliner pencils.

Green lipstick tends to require either a white or green "lipliner" coat underneath because skin shows through the easiest. Blue or orange are both easier "weird color" lipsticks to wear. There's also the drag-queen-style trick where the cosplayers cover their lips in both a colored base and matching-color glitter, but that only works if the rest of the outfit is equally shiny.

...I secretly wish you could wear JoJo lipstick in the real world without getting stared at. It looks so great.

[Anonymous No.6523442]

I still haven't seen a decent Kira costume.

[Anonymous No.6523444]

>>6523442
I've seen plenty I would say are good, but none where it's just right, like that's really Kira and not a random guy in a suit. Not sure why a convincing Kira is so hard to find, especially when you can buy the tie and sandwich bag and Sheer Heart Attack.

[Anonymous No.6523713]

>>6523442
This one is my favorite, though I would like to find a good one as his original self. This is the 'final' version.

[Anonymous No.6524022]

>>6523713
Woah, nice!

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6525731]

>that feel when Kira is my favorite villain
>that feel when I have all of the official Kira accessories and the sewing skill to make his suit
>that feel when I am also Hanyaan and would therefore look stupid as Kira

...I'm going to shamelessly bump this thread in hopes people can use it for JoJo costumes for the cons this weekend, since I think there's actually going to be some of that.

Have a selfpost. I need to get more pics of this costume.

[Anonymous No.6525810]

>>6525731
I'm okay with shameless bumps; there's a fucking homestuck thread on the front page at every hour of every day, we need more good series up there.

So since we're on topic, how much did those stretch applique stars make you want to kill yourself? I'm like 90% sure I'm going to do Nijimura and she has the exact same thing going on.

[Anonymous No.6525841]

>>6520951
Speaking of steelballrunway, is there any clothing or styles you guys find to look Jojoesque? I like looking at that tumblr but most of it is photographs of models from runway shows, whereas I kind of want to buy and wear clothing that's reminiscent of the series.

The only stuff I have now are some mesh knit sweaters with large gaps and undergarments with patterns/colors that are similar to what Araki uses.

[Anonymous No.6525861]

>tfw you don't have the proper body shape to do any Jojo or side character justice

I guess I could go as Tequila Joseph. I mean if I do the costume well enough and get the make up and feel right, then my obviously non-Jojo body will just make it look all that more funny, right?

>being delusional
>2013

[Anonymous No.6525870]

>>6525861
there's got to be at least one character you could do! What sort of body do you have?

[Anonymous No.6525875]

>>6525861
I don't see how it's possible to not look like a Jojo character, there are so many of them with a variety of body shapes/ethnicities.

....And yet I feel the exact same way when it comes to my face ;_:

[Anonymous No.6525881]

>>6525870
I look like a pear. Literally, my waist is straight until right above my hips and then I'm totally round.

>>6525875
Alas Araki's perfect beings are no match for us mortals.

[Anonymous No.6525889]

>>6525881
But there are tons of super hippy characters.

Or you could do something like reimi, corset under it, and between that & the flowy skirt it'll make you look more hourglass

[Anonymous No.6525901]

>>6525889
I suppose I could. Ah well, I'll flip through Jojo and look again.

[Anonymous No.6525907]

>>6525901
Or hot pants? There isn't anything waifish about her.

I'm sure you'll find someone

[Anonymous No.6525909]

>>6525889
The anime version of Lisa Lisa kind of looks pear-shaped. Most of the Part 1/Part 2 characters in general have huge hips/thighs, and it's really emphasized in the anime.

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6525910]

>>6525810
>how much did those stretch applique stars make you want to kill yourself?
A LOT. I ended up underestimating how long this would take to sew on all the stars (each one has ten sides to sew, which seems like logic until you realize there's nine pivot points per star and the stretch stitch takes forever to sew), had to take my sewing machine as my carry-on to San Antonio, spent nights in the hotel room crying, trashed the room full of pins and left-over stabilizer, and I never want to see those stars again. There's one or two places on the leg where I should really put an extra star but nooooope I just plain don't want to.

For Nijimura, do what I'm going to do: Buy black tights with ligher-color star print (I have some already haha) and put some brightly colored tights under that. Truuuuuust me.

>>6525881
>implying almost everybody in JoJo doesn't have DELICIOUS HIPS
Just use some shoulder pads to balance it out and you'll be great.

[Anonymous No.6525931]

>>6525907
I actually haven't gotten that far in SBR yet, I only just started it after putting it off for so long. The detail would be fun to do too.

>>6525909
Buns and thighs. I will keep her in mind though.

>>6525910
I'd need shoulder pads the size of Texas to make it look right, and even then.


Thanks Jojo fandom, you're pretty cool guys/gals.

[Anonymous No.6525935]

>>6525931
Also KEEP IN MIND that we'll all be too busy geeking over the jojo cosplay to notice if you don't have manly enough shoulders.

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6525953]

>>6525935
yes this is 100% true

Honestly if I see JoJo cosplay at a convention in person I don't care if it's something so godly it could be published in official fan magazines or something made from thrift store and hot glue. Someone else likes JoJo enough to cosplay it, and I'll be so delighted to see it that it's borderline embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.6525968]

>>6520636
I live in Windham County, CT.
There doesn't seem to be many anime fans around here, and out of the ones I've noticed they don't seem interested in Jojo. But maybe next semester at college or at the NE cons there will be a noticeable difference, with the anime still going.

I haven't been to a convention in a while (buy everything anime/manga related off the internet) but if I had the time and dedication for cosplay it would definitely be for a Jojo character. These threads are very inspiring, although I have almost 0 sewing skills...

[Anonymous No.6526038]

>6525731
>Hanyaan itself posted her JoJo Cosplay

O SHIT....... HERE WE GO GUYS!

[Anonymous No.6526044]

>>6525861
don't be sad bro. you could cosplay from jojo series. better pick from arc 4 until 6 since its not too freakin' muscle sackbump on the body.

[Anonymous No.6526643]

>>6526044
7 and 8 are pretty realistic body types too.

[Anonymous No.6527267]

>>6526643
part 4 and part 5 both seem to have a weird combo of super itty bitty tiny skinny characters (thus why Giorno always looks fantastic when skinny girls do him, or like, people like Narancia,) and more doable stuff.

So I guess the answer is, pick and choose well?

6 leans towards the manly lady thing but that works IMHO because most women aren't as waifish as they are depicted in anime anyway.

7 & 8 seems to be an epiphany on the part of Araki on how to draw. Not to say the other parts are bad, but there's a definite art bump

1&2 are just lolbeefhuge and 3 is bordering on it, though at least in 3 the shoulders aren't always bigger than their damn heads

[Anonymous No.6527273]

>>6525875
Very easy, anon

>>male
>>brown skin
>>not BUILT AS FUCK

;__;

[Anonymous No.6527289]

>>6527273
Tiziano, Pocoloco, Father Pucci.

[Anonymous No.6527292]

>>6527273
Pocoloco? Pucci? (Arguably) Weather Report?

Seriously though, no one is going to give a flying fuck if you're dark skinned to cosplay in jojo; see, the beauty is that the color schemes are mutable, so you can even play off your skintone in a crazy way and make it awesome

[Anonymous No.6528748]

So for the half white half Asian characters, do you prefer one or the other if the cosplayer isn't actually mixed, or is it just a matter of doing the costume well is all that matters?

[Anonymous No.6528864]

>love jojo
>practice fabulousity/posing
>still too scared to cosplay b/c brown skin

[Anonymous No.6529028]

>>6528748
Mixed like Josuke and Jolyne, can go either way, though I would imagine Jolyne to look a bit more western and Josuke to look a bit more Japanese if they were real people. But costume and pose is what matters most in JoJo cosplay.

[Anonymous No.6530254]

Buuuuuuuump for keeping alive during the weekend! If anybody sees JoJo people during the weekend at ALA or SacAnime, please share!

[Anonymous No.6530258]

>>6530254
Oh good god, I hope so.

After watching the livestream for the new ep (who needs a translation,) I just really wish I could start on my costumes like, right this instant. Of course, I can't, because I've got other things I need to finish first.... no fun

[Anonymous No.6530999]

Needs more posing!

[Anonymous No.6532185]

>ALA day one
>two young Josephs, Lisa Lisa, Suzy Q, old Joseph, 63 Jotaro, Giorno, two Johnnys
>no camera with me

2013 is the year of the JoJo cosplayer.

[Anonymous No.6533093]

>>6532185
Shame on you for not getting pictures!

[Anonymous No.6533951]

This is making me all hyped up to be working on Jolyne right now

[Anonymous No.6536928]

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuump

[Anonymous No.6536953]

>>6532185
> ALA day two
> young Dio Brando
> ALA day three
> young Jonathan Joestar

yes, 2013 is year of JoJo cosplayers.

[Anonymous No.6536956]

>>6532185
>>6536953
Pics? I've been hunting around trying to find some and haven't seen any pop up yet.

[Anonymous No.6536958]

>>6532185
Fuck me, all I saw was the 63 Jotaro.

My picture turned out looking like shit, too.

[Anonymous No.6537483]

>>6520636
>>6525968

I'm down in southern MA, and plan on doing Diego Brando (with Scary Monster parts) for Anime Boston this year. If any other Jojobros are gonna be there, I'd love to arrange some sort of shoot.

But overall, I don't think there's going to be a ton of JoJo cosplay, if only because of the manga's obscurity. There is the anime, but a lot of Part I and II's characters are very muscular and hard to do well for people who aren't buff. We'll probably get some shitty child Dios, but that's about it.

[Anonymous No.6537611]

Skinny female with no muscle, is it impossible to pull off any of the characters? I plan to work out but gaining weight is hard with my high metabolism. Still willing to try though.

[Anonymous No.6537638]

>>6537611
lol are you kidding? No, but seriously -- there's lots. Hell, you could do Johnny Joestar or Foo Fighters or, well, the list goes on!

[Anonymous No.6537834]

What's the closest real-life equivalient to Jotaro's cap? I think it looks a lot like a biker cap, except modified with color and buttons.

[Anonymous No.6537842]

>>6537611

You could easily pull off a good chunk of the Part V or VI cast with that build. The overall buffness of the casts decreased with each part. If you're small-breasted, Narancia would be easy as shit for a lady to do.

[Anonymous No.6537847]

>>6537834

Yeah, it looks a lot like a biker cap, albeit with a longer brim. It should be noted, though, that the top of Jotaro's hat is completely flat, and the back is sort-of diagonally cut off and merged with his hair.

[Anonymous No.6538186]

>>6537842
6 had a brief period where everyone started to get buff again. Especially like, Weather Report, Annasui, and Hermes, for whatever reason.

But yeah. Skinny female seems to be one of the best body types for Jojo, especially part 5, and ESPECIALLY Giorno and Narancia.

Its basically only impossible to get the right body type without being Beef Mclargehuge for pt 1, 2, and part of 3 - but even then, there's still like, Erina, Lisa Lisa, and a bunch of female villains in part 3.

[Anonymous No.6538230]

>>6537834
Hat from a japanese school uniform (no idea what the proper name for said hat is sorry)

[Anonymous No.6542996]

What a beautiful duw--thread...
What a beautiful thread.

[Anonymous No.6543057]

>>6538186
But what if you're also really short? Most of the girls are thin but they're also taller, grown women. Other than young Erina, Narancia and maybe Suzie Q there are very very few cosplays if you're tiny.

>>6537483
Dammit, I wish I could get to AB this year. Maybe next year if you wear it again, I might have FF by then.

[Anonymous No.6543062]

>>6543057
Lucy, F.F., Johnny, Reimi, Yukako...

Realistically the only women that would look weird if you're small are like, Lisa Lisa and Hermes. A lot of the others can go either way

[Anonymous No.6546220]

[Anonymous No.6546393]

>>6543062
>Lisa Lisa and Hermes
You know I could even see a shorter woman going as Lisa Lisa without it being too bad provided she's all legs. Not like less than 5' short, but middle-short, if you're thin and you're all legs you could probably Lisa Lisa just fine.

[Anonymous No.6547780]

>>6532185
I have one Jotaro and one Giorno on my shitty camera I can post later.

[Anonymous No.6547809]

>>6510760
>>6510761
good lord this shoop

[Anonymous No.6547861]

/cgl/, your affinity for Jojo never ceases to make me happy.

I'm planning F.F. for sometime this year, slightly stumped on fabric though because I've never worked with anything Jojo-esque. Currently thinking of just going with some kind of shiny PVC/vinyl and winging it...

Anyone got any progress of Jojo costumes at the moment?

[Anonymous No.6547890]

>>6547861
I was going to use twill for her, since she wears an overalls/jumpsuit thing, but I'm concerned it might not be "loud" enough.

I'd like opinions as well!

[Anonymous No.6548168]

I just joined a group as Narancia; does /cgl/ think purple or blue is a better base color for the hair and clothes-which-are-not-a-manskirt?

>>6547890
>>6547861
I've seen FF made out of tons of fabrics. The key is to match your wig color perfectly and to keep the cut accurately extreme. If you use a matte fabric, put the gd st jail logo on with something shiny (applique time!) and use a matte fabric if your overalls are shiny. Make mock ups. Have a finger gun and try accurately decorating a cup rather than using whatever cup and straw you can find that's big enough.

[Anonymous No.6548172]

>>6547890
Adding on to advice for you about being "loud", not all JoJo cosplay is meant to be equally loud and tacky! Sew well, match hair and wig, use funky color lipstick, and pick a nice contrast for the jail logo, and you're set. Foo Fighters is never going to be as flashy as Jolyne. Try picking a color for the back which you see paired with your "main" color a lot in art. If purple's your main, orange or gold or white. If green is your main, gold or white or pink. Or maybe orange even then; Stone Ocean uses more orange than other arcs.

[Anonymous No.6549266]

>>6519015
Oh geez....this is kind of weird but funny at the same time. I just realized the guy I talked to back when I went to the Kinokuniya in N.Y. is one of the posters on the big english-language Jojo forum site. I don't have an account on there but I like visiting to see any new translations or merchandise.

When I was there I bought Jojo A Go-Go and a couple volumes of SBR but I acted like a total tourist because I hadn't been to NYC in years

>>6548168
I would say to go with the purple, because his SAS figure and model in the Vento game are in the purple outfit.

[Anonymous No.6549306]

>>6548168
>>6548172
I should also add that I plan to base the colorscheme off of the falcoon art, because I really love the shade of pink in it. Going by this and the other arts falcoon did in this series where everything is duotone pink/black, I might try to do the applique in a black shiny material.

[Anonymous No.6549324]

I really want to cosplay as Okuyasu, I just need the time to get fit.
You made me remember that Im too lazy for that

[Anonymous No.6551555]

I'm going to throw some self post at you all because I figure you'd enjoy it =3

[Anonymous No.6552202]

>>6542996

It really is a picnic, huh?

>>6548168

The beauty of JoJo is that you can pull off pretty much any color scheme, so just go with personal preference. The purple-and-orange tends to be the first choice for most third parties (the SAS figure, the PS2 game, what have you), but pretty much any scheme will work so long as you preserve the general motif of his main outfit being darker than his wristbands and headbands.

[Anonymous No.6552534]

>>6549266
>>6552202
Thanks guys!

I was thinking that since most of the ones I've seen are purple (and that purple-and-blue is default) it might stand out better to use navy, and since the few black based ones I've seen have all complained about people whining about Halloween at them, black's out. So I might just go for dark blue and orange. Complimentary colors!

JoJo thread, you guys are great.

>>6551555
hell yes.

[Anonymous No.6553022]

>>6546393
True, but she would have to be ALL legs and pretty thin.

...so we're down to just Hermes as the only neccessary amazon?

[Anonymous No.6553137]

>>6553022
Yep, and even Hermes can be more like 5'6"-5'7". And if you're like 5'5" and want to fudge, you could always use sliiiightly larger heels and those Korean height insoles.

So I'd put even Hermes as "not-midget mode," not necessarily amazon mode.

[Anonymous No.6553529]

I want to have Jotaro's belt without having to spend $400 for this Ultra-Violence version. Are there any good belt-making tutorials online, or has anyone here have advice/ever made Jotaro's belt before?

[Anonymous No.6553613]

>>6553529
Since it was originally Caesar's headband, I imagine fabric would probably work better...

[Anonymous No.6553654]

>>6553613
I noticed a decent amount of fabric belt tutorials online that could work for it. This part of it would probably need some practice to make though.

[Anonymous No.6553664]

>>6553654
Does his belt actually do that? For some reason I always thought it was two belts.

We all know how Araki is with art consistency though

[Anonymous No.6553676]

>>6553613
It wasn't Caesar's headband, the pattern is the same but that's it. He also has two, and in most art I've seen, they are different color combinations.

[Anonymous No.6553693]

>>6553664
I'm not sure, I could look through my manga volumes to check. Even if it doesn't I think it looks pretty awesome, it makes the front look like two belts while the back half is one piece.

[Shizuka Joestar !7THWlEp4wI No.6553694]

>>6553664
that's inaccurate for Jotaro's belt, that's just Ultra-Violence doing this to make it a bit more easy to sell. Trust me.

[Anonymous No.6553700]

>>6553694
I agree here; I know figures aren't always 100%, but I've got the SAS jotaro and its DEFINITELY two belts. Actually, I think its two belts on every one I've seen

[Anonymous No.6553709]

>>6537483

I'm skipping AB this year (For the first time) for another con, but all of you come up to Boston and hang out with me.

[Anonymous No.6553763]

Awwww crap guys, the shitty yaoi shipping has started.

Can we please tell them to GTFO back to Hetalia?

http://fav.me/d5rg75d

[\ No.6553768]

>>6553763

[Anonymous No.6553773]

>>6553763
Oh god, they can't even spell Jonathan right. Why?

betting anything that nobody's going to do Kid Dio or Kid Jonathan well without being a shitty yaoishipper, even though Jonathan x Erina is most perfect pairing ever.

[Anonymous No.6553778]

>>6553763
Not that I don't hate it too, but the shipping has existed for years and years. It's hardly just "started".

[Anonymous No.6553783]

>>6553778
This is obviously a result of the new series and the horror that is going to come though.

[Anonymous No.6553847]

>>6553778
yeah, there was Dio/Jonathan (tame) on /a/ back in 2006, so it isn't entirely new. We're just going to see it a bit more obviously than we used to.

Still, not being able to spell the main character's name is a bit much.

[Pie No.6553864]

>>6553763
hah was this just deleted off DA?

[Anonymous No.6553883]

>>6553864

Looks like it was.

[Anonymous No.6553887]

I suppose this would be a good place and time to ask

Any who, I am going to be cosplayin' Stardust Crusader's Dio later this year and I need help picking a rockin' wig for it.

Any help, Bizarre Adventurers?

[Anonymous No.6553922]

>>6553883
Also she has a cosplay page. Also she has REALLY thin skin.

HakuZoi on facebook

[Anonymous No.6553937]

>>6553887
It needs to be made of one part sparkles and one part mullet. I'd consider starting with an Arda Jareth, doing a loose roller set, and then having fun with razoring it down.

>>6553922
If she has thin skin, why don't we not pursue her anymore and leave her alone? I think she got the message from dA, let's not make things worse. Even yaoibrats can change!

[Anonymous No.6553939]

>>6553887
Any wig is going to need some alteration, he's got a spiky mullet thing going on. I would probably start with a jareth-type wig and shape it from there. And don't be afraid to pile on the hairspray

And don't go like, true yellow unless you really think you can pull it off, do one shade off so it doesn't look cheap in pictures.

[Anonymous No.6553946]

>>6553937
ah, but we can watch on silently and snigger. I don't want to make her cry, but man, I am getting a bit of a giggle out of this.

[Anonymous No.6553954]

>>6553864
People were calling her out for being stupid with her pairing so she deleted it pretty fast. Now she is on her page bitching about how people hurt her feelings.

[Anonymous No.6554007]

>>6553954
Jojo does indeed have symbolism. Jonathan Joestar licking Dio Brando's shoe in a homoerotic manner is however not part of that.

The body parts in the Steel Ball Run though, the body parts are very symbolic

[Anonymous No.6554021]

>>6554007
You're right on about SBR. The stands are pretty symbolic, or at least representations of the character's psyche. For the most part.

...freaking Jonathan would never, ever, ever lick Dio's shoe though.

[Anonymous No.6554029]

Alright, as a Jojo's fan I am not offended by her being a generic hetalia faggot but for the love of god there is so much wrong with this photo. For starters, she used fuckin' red contacts for Young Dio. Her costume looks poorly constructed, her wig looks absolutely dreadful, she doesn't appear to be binding and it doesn't appear that she knows anything about the characters aside from what she saw from the anime.

Shit's fucking stupid. And they aren't even doing anything fun or Araki-esque

[Hanyaan !OmDdt8anl6 No.6554057]

>>6554029
I'm going to put my name out on the line here and say that, as someone who did Phantom Blood kids about four years ago from the PS2 game version, it's REALLY HARD to try and show accurate Dio and Jonathan childhood relationship (by which I mean "dio makes jonathan cry") in just cosplay pictures. I can honestly see where she would think of "forcing him to kiss my feet" would try and show the correct mood. It's going to come off as yaoi pandering, but god, when I tried I didn't do much better.

Pic related. Granted this is an outtake picture, but this is what ended up happening when I tried Young Jonathan for the first time. I don't see how this is much/any better. (And if you doubt that this is horribly sewn, YOU ARE WRONG. Fuck, I ended up holding all the buttons on my vest together with safety pins through the shanks.)

She's overreacting, but at the same time, it's frightening when people from the internet mob a picture that you don't see the problem with, and I think the people reading this thread also overreacted a bit. If she's still in here... yes, different contacts and slightly better wig would help, and spelling Jonathan right would also be a start, but newbies gonna newbie and I'm a bit sad to see my favorite fandom going all YUCK EW YAOI INVADERS instead of calmly and constructively pointing out what they don't like and how to fix it for future photos.

[Anonymous No.6554460]

[Anonymous No.6554658]

>>6554057
I don't really mind it that much either...there are a lot of homoerotic undertones in JJBA so it's not that surprising, if not inevitable that people are going to do their own spin on it regardless of the original material. Even on Pixiv there are a ton of fan comics regarding Dio and Jonathan's childhood relationship, ranging from terrible to pretty well-written. I don't see much of a difference when people are just doing the same in real-life with cosplay. It's not something worth ripping up the Jojo community for.

>>6553783
If you want Jojo cosplay related horror go look at all the Rohan Kishibes on Curecos. And it's not like the fanbase has been filled with godawful fangirls before or anything....

[Anonymous No.6555215]

>>6554658
Oh god not that horrifying clamp doujinshi....

[Anonymous No.6555222]

Well lets get back to the helpfulness I suppose.

Does anyone have any decent references of Lucy Steel's boots floating around? Araki seems to avoid drawing her feet in colored art and while I'm trying to dig through SBR again to find them, it is a long part and she tends to pop in sporadically.

[Anonymous No.6555687]

After seeing these cosplays I must read this series!!

[Anonymous No.6555947]

>>6555222
I'm not going to post shitty online reader scans but The Green Tombstone chapter has a lot of scenes where you can see her boots. They match her arm warmers.

[Anonymous No.6555987]

>>6555947
That helps me narrow down the chapter at least, thanks anon

[Anonymous No.6556046]

Any advice on how to make a Gyro Zeppeli hat? I found sewing patterns for the actual clothing part, I figured out the steel ball rig, and I found someone discussing how they made their goggles, but the hat I'm stuck on!

[Anonymous No.6557025]

>>6553887
Hi anon~ coincidently, I'm also making Dio Brando's part 3 outfit for a convention in Aus. The wig I ordered to style was a Vocaloid wig-- Len Kagamine. Basically I planned to pull out the ponytail and edit it from there. I think something like a Len mullet would be best.

[Anonymous No.6557072]

>>6556046
maybe message hime-no-toki on deviantart and ask how she made her boyfriend's?

Picture related

[Anonymous No.6557074]

>>6557072
er, or rather, apparently he made it. I should read pages I pull pictures from.

http://hime-no-toki.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=48#/d3czxob

[Anonymous No.6557111]

WorldCosplay
http://worldcosplay.net/photo/695380/

[Anonymous No.6557320]

My love for cosplaying minor characters strikes again. Are there any other color images of Guess besides this one? I'd kinda like to cosplay her in the future, but I'm not really sure what the color scheme of her outfit is supposed to be.

Posting this here since I thought you people might know something.

[Anonymous No.6557450]

>>6557320
>official color schemes
>JoJo

Just go off what you can in that image, make up your own scheme, or steal a color scheme from pixiv or curecos. Where are you wearing this? I love Stone Ocean and would love to see a Guess!

>>6557111
Pitcha stop being perfect. I am so jelly that Hanyaan met him.

>>6557074
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.6557508]

>>6557450
Not that poster, but if you like Stone Ocean, I think we're going to have a fair-sized group at Colossalcon. Assuming plans don't change before June

[Anonymous No.6557605]

>>6555222
I actually found her boots in colored art. Yay for the Ultra Jump covers, am I right? (I think the colors of her armwarmers and boots are supposed to match.) Also, I see there's another cover where she wears these strappy heels. Not sure if she ever wears them in the comic, though, but it's a nice alt option if you want it.

[Anonymous No.6559010]

[Anonymous No.6559011]

[Anonymous No.6560241]

>>6559011
Those shoes kill it. Every. Single. Time.

[Anonymous No.6560286]

>>6560241
I never get the Japanese thing about height. Like. As long as you're proportional to your cosplay group, does it matter that much? Plus, Diego is a jockey, he's supposed to be TINY.

I'll just pretend the bottom bit of that picture doesn't exist

[Anonymous No.6560287]

>>6560241
Fuck, I didn't even notice the shoes. WHY?

...does anybody in this thread have that one Johnny cosplayer using shoes like those?

[Anonymous No.6560447]

>>6560287
You must think you're so funny, looking for a picture of a crippled character in platform heals...

Your humor amuses me. Your request is honored.

[Anonymous No.6560479]

>>6560447
Congratulations anon, you have made me die laughing

[Anonymous No.6562492]

Is it weird that Anasui is one of my favorite characters?

It stinks, because not many people are brave enough to attempt the netshirt.

[Anonymous No.6562545]

>>6560447
I was actually thinking of a different Johnny in platforms, wearing white ones. The fact that more than one Johnny has done this frightens me.

>>6562492
no, liking Annasui is fine. But thanks to the netshirt you don't get a lot of cosplayers, plus from what I've heard whether you do "girl" annasui or annasui with the net shirt, the sleeves will drive you insane.

[Anonymous No.6563741]

How has this thread lasted since Boxing Day?

[Anonymous No.6563744]

>>6563741
1.) Dedicated Jojo fans
2.) /cgl is slower than ever now that drama threads are insta-deleted

Its still not as long as that one comiket(?) thread that happened.