Never cosplayed, but I could always use an excuse to impersonate someone without getting arrested. Cosplay can be adapted for anything, right? Conventions, Halloween, bar mitzvahs, witness protection...

I'm almost tempted to cosplay Ed (the horror) and fly down to Toby's house and use the excuse of "making the EnvyxEd fangirls happy" to enact something.

Hell, you don't need an excuse. Just do it.

Ah, so you're into roleplaying?

Lust would be easier and make more sense. And that'd be hotter.


WE CAN MANAGE LOVE!

Oh, Lust. I like that idea better.

*slight nosebleed*

So...do...I

>.>

I'm going as Sheska due to my immense laziness and how easy it'll be to pull off.

I'll post pictures soon.

Oh sweet. Sheska is one of the lesser cosplayed characters in the series...
I think I've only ever seen one other Sheska cosplayer, like, ever.

Can't wait to see the photos!

See while most of us can carry off one character, some of us can do two or three well....Lacus can do several really well.

I am so jealous its untrue. And your recent Envy submission on theotaku...just...wow. Please don't do Winry, I can't face being put to shame like that!

Don't worry, Chiyo! My hair's too short do do Winry-san, and I can't see me going as her at all

Cosplay Update

Oh yea, I got the belt, *lil dance of woot*

Fat Arse Gotta flash my boots

I think it's because most anime fans only get arm exercise through mast- er... um- mastering the use of video game controllers.

*coughforhentaigamescough*

XD

Brilliant, Toby. Really!

So, I found out last night that there apparently was embarassing cosplay video/photos taken of me this weekend. I will have to surrender my last shred of dignity and post some of them here when I finally get my hands on copies. (Hopefully my friend can get the videos off of her cell phone...)

You let Chi get bored, you fools! Look what happened.

Candelit Winry

Yea, you can really tell I'm in costume

So many cosplays..
Your again providing good cosplays, woot

You're Joking?

Not all that pretty, but of course, that isn't the idea. Considering when I'm on stage in this I'll be beating Batman up.

Awesome! X)

Mechanics Life
Mechanics Life 2
Mechanics Life 3

There will be more to come

Chiyo: You are such an incredible cosplayer. I love the Joker costume. Seeing good cosplay pictures makes me want to ditch University and seek out the nearest convention. (Do you have an orobourous tattoo?)

No I have the Flamel Cross as a tattoo instead. I'd love to ditch Uni and run off to a convention too, but I have very little time here anymore.

Thank-you for the compliment...The Joker costume was for a Uni project.

No one—or thing—could ever take your place in my heart.


Hey, now. I like my nose-blood where it is, thank you.

Someone should try and do Armstrong's big Sister some time. There are a few great Riza players here who could pull off Oliver.

Cat is already doing Olivier.

...I knew that. I just thought Oviler's coat with the furry collar was black, not navy blue so I got confused. Sorry.

Yeah, she's already doing Armstrong.

And I saw her practice pics on LJ, homg!~ >:D

Stupid pictures..can't even take a decent pic of my hair colour...I'm telling you its blonde

Let Me Be

Love the Tool

Love the Tool clr

Edit: teh mechanic

i totally agree. i want to cosplay, but im not THAT into it

Incomplete cosplay that I cannot be bothered to look for the refference pic of Pocky Winry

Random Shot

Chiyo: Lovely pre-cosplay photograph. You truly turn cosplay into a work of art, which is what I believe it should be. You capture Winry so well and appear to be truly devoted to bringing her character to life. (Good cosplay kind of makes me what to cosplay. I don't know who the heck I could pull off though.)

...AND we both "Rep our Hood" in the RoiAi thread!
GO BEST THREAD OF '06!!


I still have to throw some of those 'cutting room floor' reject pics in here someday...

A recently introduced manga character.
All pics done of Olive cosplays should be from low angles IMO, she's a very tall lady after all. Great work though. I wouldn't mind a coat like that.

Thanks. It was originally a U.S. Air Force greatcoat, but I altered it significantly for the costume. Wish I could get it blacker, though. I'll probably alter it a bit more before ACen. Regular dye didn't hold on most of the coat. I may try painting on fabric dye.

Also, I noticed that most shots of her are from dramatic angles, but I don't think she's actually that tall. In the last chapter, she's a good head shorter than Raven, and in the color shot at the beginning, she looks a little shorter than Roy.

Oh, I wish I had pictures to post here of the various times I've cosplayed as Nana/Misa/Winry...Oh well, even if I did have pictures, my parents would never let me post them for 'complete strangers' to see *goes off mumbling*

...You guys are like con-a-holics. XDDD

Btw, am I the only one who thinks this picture of a Rikku cosplayer looked awfully familiar?

(Seriously tho, doesn't it look like that picture Laucus posted of her Rikku cosplay? I wanna know if she buys from this store...because I just bought my Suiseiseki costume from there and I wanna know from someone who's personally dealt with this store if buying from them was a good choice. )

What I meant was I know you from Cosplay.com and COM.

Wtf, are you serious? O_o

That's just lame. STUPID FANDOM! O:<

Yep yep. Going back this year too. Not sure I'll wear any FMA though.

Yay! *Runs around hysterically* Aww... it's okay. I'll still luff you even if you don't go as any FMA characters.

But anyways, I'm going as Sloth. I went as Edward last year. ^^ I'll probably be glomping everyone, asking, "IS THIS ANNE?!"

Well, I can tell you two of the costumes I'm wearing for Youmacon, on Friday we're doing Slayers with me as Gourry Gabriev. On Saturday for the competition we're doing Helsing and I'm the Major. I may change into Breda or so for an FMA gathering though.

I'm considering attending Ikasu, but few of my friends are going.

I'll likely attend Matsuricon too.

Yay! *Luffs Hellsing to death, but never watched Slayers*

But yeah, on Friday, I'm going as Itachi Uchiha, Saturday as Sloth (But hecks YEAH I'm changing into Itachi for the photoshoots.), and Possibly as Riku on Sunday.

Ikasu? Matsuricon? Never heard of 'em... ^^;

Ikasucon is in two weeks in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Matsuricon is near Columbus in September.

So you hit up all of the midwest cons, eh, Anne? I've never gone midwest in my con-going ventures. I just recently progressed to the southwest US (with Anime Weekend Atlanta and Metrocon in Tampa...) I'm primarily centered in the Northeast/NYC/New England area (Anime Boston, PortConMaine, Connecticon, Anime USA, Otakon, AnimeNext.) One of these days I will hit up Ohayocon and ACEN.

And to keep this darn post on topic, MOAR silliness from Otakon (xposted to the Roiai thread):

"Paperwork is SERIOUS BUSINESS, Sir!"
(aka: "Don't piss off the chick with the gun...")

^ That could've been me! O_O

Well, too bad cuz your punk ass wasn't at Otakon...
Loser...




Otakon has been going downhill as of late so I'm not even sure how much longer I am going to bother with it. The whole time I was there the other week, I almost couldn't wait for it to be OVER! XD

How is the cosplay scene at ACEN? I've heard generally good things about it in the past, and I will certainly try to make it out there sometime, but a lot of 'regulars' were disappointed this past year. Not solely based on cosplay, but in the overall management of the convention. I do tend to be over-critical when analyzing the management of conventions, being involved with doing the same for the past five years...

Eh, it was fine for me, but I didn't compete and just kind of hung around and had fun. It is a lot of walking and paying for parking. And the hotel was apparently pretty bad.

Why is it fail Carnal? Because I'm overweight? If so, frankly, then I really don't care. And I kind of hoped the attitude here would be better then the b-tards in /cgl/ on 4chan.

Actually it's because it appears as though you didn't even try to look like Hawkeye. You didn't bother dying your hair or styling it like hers. You also lack the look of quiet determination that Hawkeye carries at all times. To be blunt, the whole thing looks rather lazy.

For cosplay to be effective, the person has to resemble the character to some degree - not just physically but intangibly as well.

My bangs aren't like hers because we did that later in the day. If I remember correct that picture was taken early in the morning. I do indeed have the upturned hair in the back, you can't see it from that angle. We're going to have to agree to disagree on the look, we likely have slightly different interpretations of it.

The lighting isn't as good in this one, but perhaps it will illustrate better:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v603/ann...shawk-ready.jpg

I love cosplay!!! my fiance and i are going as royxriza or hohenheimxsloth next year

Oh, yeah! (~Desu...)

You should post a pic here-- so I can see the details, and what's "off" about it. Kind of figured it wouldn't arrive perfect. Always best to round *up* your measurements when commissioning costumes. Too big can be fixed, but too small, and you're S.O.L.!

I was actually planning on "massacring" that costume a LOT even if I ordered it. (especially the headpeice and black trim.) Riza was commissioned for the most part, but I did a lot of futzing around with it as well. In addition to making all 'dat damn trim...

How is the actual fabric that it is made out of? Is it cheap looking, or is it nice and heavy.

Good to know about the fabric! And yeah-- making/massacring a vest doesn't sound like too bad a job as compared to making the whole damn thing by hand.

I've actually already scoured EBay/Cosworx for Petticoat/Wig ideas for a Desu costume. I'm serously thinking this is going to be my next project. (Either that or the Lord of the Rings thing I'm constantly thinking about...)
Here's what I found:

Wig:
http://www.cosworx.com/product.php?product...2450&page=1

or

http://www.cosworx.com/product.php?product...2450&page=1

(In different colors, of course! Both have bangs/front layers that could be styled accurately, and REAAAAALLLY long wigs tangle too badly, so I wouldn't want to go with butt-length.)

Petticoats/Hoops:

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-HOOP-BRIDAL-WEDDING-...9QQcmdZViewItem

(A 4-hoop hoopskirt. A 3-hoop would probably work too... Desu DEFINITELY needs a hoop. Especially if that fabric in the skirt is heavy, I recommend a hoop to give it enough volume.)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Extra-full-hoopless-A-...0QQcmdZViewItem

(Hoopless crinoline... just a bunch of tulle... probably not enough to hold the skirt up, but you may need something to wear over the hoopskirt, since a lot of times the hoops tend to show through the fabric... last time I wore a hoop, I needed a petticoat over it because the hoops looked like crap with the skirt hanging over them.)