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Waiting to hear about the usual "Send Hayley's friends" to Japan contest scam.

>>9160350
You mean Hayley Becker or Hayley Kuma?

>>9160109
>>what are you looking forward to?
honestly? hanging out with friends I haven't seen in a while. They moved away for grad school and are now moving closer for their job and I'm excited to have them to hang out with again.
>>are you cosplaying?
I am, still a bit in the air about what, but stuff I already have.
>>are you cosplaying?
Pre-plan? I guess? Mark the things you def want to do to or experience. maybe make alarms for it.
time in the dealers room can fly by without you realizing if you're a dealer's room shopper (I'm guilty of this), this is esp true if you're a cosplayer, you might get stopped a bunch and it'll take much more time.
>>thoughts on the con?
AWA is my fav Atlanta con and i think on of the best in the SE. If nothing else, people watching there is fun.

I want to see what people have done so far.

I watched Akuriko stream for this, looking forward to seeing the finished result.

>>9157515
I hard a hard time finding entrants when they weren't streaming.
You can see some people's progress under: twitch ( dot ) tv/directory/game/Creative/cosplaycontest/videos
but I don't know how many of those people actually ended up entering. If you look close you might be able to locate the 1 min Highlight vids they had to upload to submit but they are all jumbled up, as much as I can tell.

>not writing the full thread title

Thread Guidelines:
- cosplay and lolita welcome
- please list your location and any shipping restrictions you have
- leave contact info you actually check!

General buying and selling tips:
- have feedback ready if you can
- have proof pictures ready
- always ship with tracking
- never do a transaction with someone you're uncomfortable with
- don't name & shame without contacting the buyer or seller first

Introductory tips:
>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1391-S3x95QY-yuzuJD1tsMQOoT8ngCRtDPxmXw1N8GI/

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Cleaning the closet

Located in the US (free ship to those who are also)
Gladly will ship international
Feedback link
>http://egl.lacemarket.us/users/alovelyspring

I am very open to offers/possible trades

Heres what I got
Lief rabbit n berries - SM - (NWOT) $180
Lief Bridesmaid - LXL - (NWOT) $180
FINT dress Mucha like painting - (NWOT) - $30
ETC Air Pop JSK - (NWT) $200
AP Classic Fairy Tales Skirt - (Worn once, in like new condit) $150 (??)
AP Classic Fairy Tales Headbow -(Worn once, in like new condit) $40

Shoot me a message for more pics and stuff.
Thanks!

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Still looking for trade offers for my Vampire Forest Elizabeth OP. Gothic pieces only, preferably from the series Vampire Prelude, Vampire Requiem, Vampire Nocturne,or other black Vampire Forest pieces

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Just dumping this person's

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Hello my friends

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>>9155365

>>9155346
Insomnia 58 this weekend has a League of Legends competition with a £1250 prize

First time poster, long time lurker. I'm new to larme and have only posted in the UK fb group (though I'm a member of both) and didn't get much feedback - I only have offbrand items which probably doesn't help. If I share co-ords here can I get real concrit and feedback? I don't mind if it's "mean", I'd rather it be said to me directly than quietly thought about me, as I fear might be the case on fb!

Really been enjoying this style and these threads, so thanks to everyone who's posted so far.

>>9155521
Yeah, go ahead and post! I love seeing offbrand larme coordinates.

I post real critique these days. I don't like sugar coating but it seems some people are too sensitive in the Facebook group for starters. The larme kei style discussion post and the stuffed toy bag one haha

>>9150459
>start with
No no. Pick something easier.
You are going to fuck up your first time so do it with something that you don't have your heart set on. Save the big things for when you have more experience.

Anyway, look into EVA foam.

>>9150459

I don't have the worlds best experience, but here is what I have learned:

1: don't be afraid to start with someone to use as a base, and build on top of that. If you are making a helmet, you probably don't need to make something entirely from scratch. Find a real minimalist helmet that has a similar shape, and then turn that into the helmet you want it to be. Let someone else's work solve the 'how do I wear this on my meatbody' problem and that way you can focus entirely on making it look the way you want.

2: the first draft of everything is always in cardboard. Don't skip to the end, you will mess up with more precious materials.

3: have a plane for how the finish on your armor is going to look before you start. Certain types of finishes don't work with certain materials. If you want your armor to look like actual metal, that's difficult to do if the armor is entirely made of foam. Foil can have the right texture, but tiny imperfections in it can accumulate and last forever. Just have a plan.

4: For 'realistic' armor, actual metal may in fact be an option. 22 gauge sheet metal is about as thick as construction paper, and you can bend and shape it with your bare hands. All you need to work with it is some metal shears/a dremel, a couple of hammers, and some files to clean up the edges after. You can join that metal to basically anything with cheap metal epoxy, and once you have the tools for the job the actual metal sheets themselves are pretty cheap. I managed to work with this stuff in an apartment, you probably can too.
Just have realistic expectations of what you can do with actual metal. If you use too much metal, it WILL weight what you expect.

5: Expect the first time you use any new tool or material to result in something you think looks ugly. You can be pleasantly surprised, but don't pin all your hopes on your first try at anything. This is a learning experience.

>>9150485
Note about the actual metal though: a lot of conventions don't allow it.
It's fine to make this if you want, but don't plan on wearing it to a convention.

> Are you working on any Homestuck cosplays right now?
Yes. Putting the finishing touches on a knight of doom outfit this weekend.

> When did you start doing Homestuck cosplays?
I guess technically I started work on this back in april? So April 2016. Kind of late to the party.

>>9086153
>>9085447
you both know the page god tier has a belt right

>>9086449
I was just thinking...
Tbf I think they'd make a pretty good jake just they had dance tights, a more flattering pose, and better fit clothes (the massive amount of wrinkles looks really unsppetizing). And the colour of the belt, of course.

>>9186399
BUMP

No photos or examples to post. :(

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>>9186412
heres a happy pupo to cheer you upo

Yes you are retarded. Fit issues are not about measuring yourself but about...fit. You can be in the measurements of your costume but the materials, stretch, and curvature of your body may lead I'll fit. A lot of costumes are unrealistic so there is the battle of how accurate can you be and it looks good. If you buy the costume it's more likely to fit awkwardly too.

It takes a lot of skill to make your own stuff and makes sense that a lot if people lack this skill when they are using materials they don't normally.

While we're talking about fit and sizing, this tool is a lifesaver.

http://www.nifegun.com/cosplay

>>9185191
Oh my god thank you. I've done this myself by hand. This is amazing.

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That's why I only cosplay things that cover my face.

I was at Rose City Comic Con on Saturday in an original costume I designed myself and the only people who liked it were little kids and middle-aged women in faire garb.

Of course people will like your costume more than you. They don't know you.

>>9184628
This. Chill out OP. These people don't like you because they literally don't know you. It literally has nothing to do with who you are as a person.

>>9183885
Cracked haven't been doing it right for a very long time

>>9183885
>Does anybody know what site they were referring to
Cosplay deviants is referenced several times throughout the article.

>>9183885
Cosplay Deviants, and a lot of it does sound right, like the copyrights and legal definition of pornography. Cracked didn't research anything, that's all info from Shodan the person being interviewed/writing the article.

>>9181748
Anon I like the idea of this thread but what do you mean by food? I can't imagine what "lolita" diet you could create you could actually live off of.

>>9181758
More along the lines of sweet lolitas making trips to the bakery, goth and classics finding tea shops still thriving.
It was meant to be more cutesy and joking than anything

>>9181748
I want to wear lolita to work and theoretically I should be able to. However, I am the youngest member in the department and therefore everyone treats me as such. Dressing as a Victorian toddler isn't going to help my case, unfortunately.

Any tips for working the aesthetic would be appreciated. I'm into classic btw.

Aki Con is that old relative you wish would die already, but somehow lives on just fine despite it looking like death.

Are the ghost's eyes supposed to look like nipples?

My cosplay plans are to go to Kumoricon because it's the same weekend and a better con.