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>>8927819
Antique Beast will open 25/03 9 p.m.

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Seeing the red OP on LM for $200-something the other day made me happy.
>patiently waiting for the red jsk to pop up for cheaps

>>8927825
high-waist or zipper? I'll be selling one or the other, depends which cuts suits me more.

I'm going. Wish I weren't.

>>8921669
Will you be cosplaying or mostly looking at merch and such?
This will be my first time going to a con, in cosplay too.

I'll be going, like every year. It's usually pretty fun, even if it's never exactly amazing.

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>>8927043

I have a 24 year old friend who acts like an anime character/cat to garner attention...

>>8911323
>playing DnD with friends in the common area of their college dorm
>DM has based one of her NPC's on "if I were an anime character!"
>said characters familiar is almost exactly Sebastian from black butler
>she keeps trying to prove how badass all her pet NPC's are
>literally screaming about all of this
>people are starting to look at us weird as they walk past, people who were studying at another table leave
>try to get her to shut up but she only gets louder
>other players only indulge and/or encourage her
>pretend to get sick so we can end our session early
That whole campaign was terrible and cringey.

I know one guy that I'm not even going to call a friend anymore because he's become such an asshole. Whenever he's at a con I have a room at he tries to find out what room I'm in so he can come up and try to mooch booze and food off of me and my friends. Whenever he hangs out with my group of friends at the con he complains about his lack of money (even though he spends 300+ on figures at every con he goes to that and he spends a good portion of his paychecks on weed). I also found out today that he has been repeatedly trying to hit on my friend even though he knows that she has a guy she is dating and went so far as to grab her ass but when she confronted him all he had to say was "well it already happened, I can't take it back".

Next time I see him in person it's going to be difficult to not do or say something.

>>8907735
one more week
still salty about sheena being the guest of honor

Going, i've never been to it before but my friends have, hopefully it'll be decent. everyone post their cosplay lineups?

I dunno what days i'm doing what yet but it's likely going to be Warp (Kaiba), Aoba (DmmD) and Ringabel (Bravely Default) for me.

>>8907735
If anyone is driving from LA to San Diego late late Friday or early morning Saturday to the con, I would really a[appreciate a ride. I could split the gas and snacks.

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Lesse what I can dig up.

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Painwheel would be a good choice

Noodle from Gorillaz' masked outfit
Angewomon
A Power Ranger
San from Princess Mononoke
Various pokemon gijinkas

>>8916782
Bumping for pic dump

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>>8916782
Commencing small dump of best ARR class because
>starting thread
>don't even contribute
fuck you op

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>>8922420
best combo

>>8919641
I'll be there anon! Our group is going on Saturday. Never been before, what can we expect?

>>8919692
We just arrive on Saturday so we'll go on Sunday. I've never been there myself but expect large and I mean LARGE queue. Are you going to cosplay (we do, there are 2 of us)? Then don't arrive in a cosplay, wear inexpensive clothing yourself and take your cosplay with you.
So, are you going on Sunday as well?

>>8919697
We're getting to Japan on Friday and we have things planned for Sunday so we chose Saturday. One of our group plans on cosplaying but apparently we were reading about it and you can only cosplay in a designated hallway for it? Is that true? Sucks if it is.

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Havenaims:

Creativity/theme: 10
Cleanliness: 9
Complexity: 10
Presentation: 10
Efficiency of Materials: 10
Total: 49

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FallenWings

Creativity/theme: 9.33
Cleanliness: 9
Complexity: 8.33
Presentation: 10
Efficiency of Materials: 10
Total: 46.67

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Revy Cosplay

Creativity/theme: 9
Cleanliness: 8
Complexity: 8.67
Presentation: 10
Efficiency of Materials: 10
Total: 45.67

>>8904184
This tutorial thpugh
>what is blending
>what is drawing a straight line

For mori people usually go for neutrals, so darker neutrals and natural shades like forest green, ash, dark brown etc might be good. Maybe using a cooler neutral for the lips like some cold pink tones ?

>>which style(s) do you wear?
Very simple sweet and oldschool mostly
>>how does your direct environment (school, work, town) react?
I left college a few months ago but I studied digital design, most people were weirdos so nobody really cared. Who'd look at the girl in a frilly skirt when there's people walking around in dinosaur kigurumis?
>>how do you conquer heat, cold, rain?
Heat by wearing thin OPs and flats, cold by wearing velvet, lots of layers and a wool coat, rain by prayer.
>>how many main pieces do you own?
Somewhere around 25-30 I think, with the majority being wearable daily. I think I only have around 5 dresses I consider too OTT for daily wear.
>>general tips and tricks to pull it off?
Give up on the rules. I tried following them when I started wearing them daily but there comes a point when you get tired of ironing blouses or getting blisters from plastic shoes + a heavy bag. My usual daily outfits consists of a black t-shirt, black skirt or JSK, small hairbow, lace tights and dr. Marten-ish boots. Would land me in the ita thread immedeately if I'd post it anywhere, but it was comfy and at least somewhat cute.

>which style(s) do you wear?
Classic bordering on gothic sometimes
>how does your direct environment (school, work, town) react?
Mormons love lolita because it's modest so I don't get too much negative attention.
>how do you conquer heat, cold, rain?
It's pretty much always cold here so I have to layer.
>how many main pieces do you own?
three jsk's, two skirts, 1 op
>general tips and tricks to pull it off?
IDK it's all just trial and error. I spend a LOT of time looking at other peoples coords.

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>>8923332
You're a full time lolita with 6 main pieces?

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>>8923089
People still wear these?! This is a fad that died tok slowly imo.

This goddamn dress needs to be burned.

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>>8923089
These wigs only look good in deco or more OTT outfits desu. And even then it really depends on the overall execution of the outfit

Cosplay prints.

I will always see it as making a profit off someone else's intellectual property and tacky to boot.

a t1i. I had no clue what I was doing so it was cool
was doing non-cosplay stuff til around 2012 or so
practice. read. practice. read. practice also means "try new stuff"

is that roger? that looks like roger
that's sakuracon, right?
why the fuck do I recognize that
I've only been there once

also gear can often be the answer but it is not always the answer. won't magically make you good but if you use it right then you'll end up with good photos. just because you see a bunch of white lenses, red rings, or gold rings on people's gear doesn't mean they are good because of it. if they're good it's because they're good. maybe they were good already, maybe they became good later after buying it. maybe they're still not good but have expensive gear.

>>8856817
Keeping it real:

Don't do cosplay photography for any reason other than fun. You won't make money, and unless you're with a clique, you won't get any kind of recognition from it. You can't use cosplay shots in any kind of professional portfolio unless your subject's costumes are excellent, so 95% of the people you work with will not be good enough. And no matter how much you bust your ass on photos, no cosplayer will appreciate it.

Don't hit on cosplayers. They'll shit talk you. Many will just make shit up.

Be prepared for drama, drama, drama, drama, and drama. Drama is 95% of this scene.

>>8914681
Any tips for making my own garb? I found some patterns I really like on pintrest.

>>8914695
start with something easy and build up stuff from there

>>8914418
HEMA, with a focus on I.33, various rapier plays, and German armoured manuals. I have also studied Gatka, and Kendo/Kumdo. I also wrestled in middle abd highschool (folkstyle and greco-roman) and studied Mu duk kwon.

I got into it all of it because I am a total geek, and my dad was into it. Obviously, its helped with my larping, SCA baton, SCA rapier and ACL.

I reenact several periods.

>>8914695
Find someone who can sew already to teach you in exchange for work or the like. Its always better to have someone who can visually show you and help you correct issues.