COSPLAY!

[saximaphone]

Thrift stores.
They are cosplayer's best friend.

[Blake]

Thrift stores.
They are cosplayer's best friend.

Yeah. If I ever got serious about making a costume, I would go down to Goodwill and check out their selection.
They definitely have a pretty random selection of clothing, and so it might be perfectly what you need.

[PirateCapnSpazz]

A lot of my cosplays were things that were pieced together. I did a Bubble Man costume and I went to ebay for a lot of it. I bought a costume from Milanoo and from what I've seen about that website, I'm the only person to get what was pictured on the page.

But back to the main point, ebay and thrift stores are going to be your best friends.

[AngelicSongx]

[shazza]

sorry for spam but

unf

my crush on godot is never ceasing

[Shining Charizard]

Thrift stores.
They are cosplayer's best friend.

At last year's A-kon I went as Professor Layton. Got the suitcoat and orange sweater thing at Goodwill (something like $8 for both). Pants and shoes were already owned.

All I made was the hat. ~$2 poster board, ~$10 can of black spray paint.

So an entire cosplay for ~$20.

So yeah, thrift stores are great. Especially if it's a simple cosplay (like Layton, heh) or something set in modern times or that uses a lot of modern clothes. Even if you're just getting things as a base to alter/add to, it's a lot better than making it from scratch.

[Mete]

[Riku]

Right down to the constant expression of disdain.

[TerraChimaera]

Thrift stores.
They are cosplayer's best friend.

Apparently everyone who wears blue and yellow striped shirts never want to get rid of them then because jesus christ

[Mete]

Ten points to whoever knows where this is from.

[Doormaster]

a camera

[LordSeth]

Reminds me of Magicka.
I should probably finish that game at some point.

[AngelicSongx]

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[saximaphone]

[shazza]

since we're not going to a midyear con this year i've decided to undertake a cosplay project i've wanted to do for a year or so now but never really had time/forgot about:

payday crew

aka: fuck me up the booty i can't sculpt or paint and i don't know how to tie a tie


stay tuned for photos of my incredible journey into learning how to properly sculpt clay, perform a resin cast, paint complicated details, and try to fit my lady body into a men's suit in a way that doesn't make me look like a lady wearing a men's suit

so far i have measured my head, wrapped my wig head in plastic wrap, misplaced my plaster bandaging, and purchased sculpting tools. maybe tonight i'll find the plaster bandaging and get to work on making my wig head more the proper size to use as an armature.

i have this feeling that i am diving right into the deep end here but that's kind of how we do it in my house. i mean kyle's first cosplay involved a custom-made floor length trench coat, and his second cosplay involved another, more complicated, floor length trench coat, with lots of tiny details. so i mean. we're pretty used to it.