The Cosplay Thread ("She Looks Very Healthy" Warning)

[MoonHunter]

Here is the link to the page

 

[MoonHunter]

Months early, but still funny....

From this blog post

Literally, the hardest time of the year being a cosplayer on Halloween! …well besides being a cosplayer during 2020 canceled con madness. (Ignore my silent crying. Lol!) But really, for those of you going cross-eyed trying to understand, let me spell this out. Do you know how some women refuse to be photographed at events in the same dress more than once? Well, it’s kind of along those lines. Not completely, but close.

Okay, follow me on this.

Wearing a cosplay to many is different than just putting on a costume. Not saying this to sound like a gatekeeper, but there is more to “cosplay.” Cosplay is more like a persona that this cosplayer has become so attached to in many ways. Blood, sweat, and tears poured into this persona. Some making everything from scratch and fine-tuning over years. Getting this character as close to screen accurate as possible. Cosplayers even practicing traits, characteristics, and posing. These are almost like our alter-egos. A lot of cosplayers are even known for and recognized as these characters, so why on this special holiday would we want to be something we are pretty often?

You would think the options are limitless. Cosplayers have this full closet of character to dawn. (Hence the tweet at the top.) Some would even think the options are limitless. We’re ready and have a plethora of options on hand…NOPE.

Halloween is like our one time of the year to completely mix it up and do whatever. A time do completely our own creations unrelated to those very loved in many geek culture. I honestly have to laugh because sometimes, I think of Halloween as our lazy dress-up day. Onesie costumes? Why not!? Ha!

Another reason, for many of us, why we tend to avoid wearing our cosplay to Halloween parties is just think of the extensive work and money invested. It is pretty risky to wear the cosplays out to parties where there are a lot of ruined clothes possibilities. No one wants to take the chance of a drunk accident or what not trashing their years of work. Just imagine. Such a travesty.

Now in my case, normal years you wouldn’t catch me wearing anything, I’ve never previously worn for Halloween. It is kind of how I record my years, easy to remember when there’s a different outfit in those memories. But this year, I may be tweaking an existing. Most likely saving my grand ideas like the Labyrinth one for next year…or next con. In our case, we’re currently stalking Halloween Costumes and Amazon on possible tweaks to my existing Wonder Woman dress and making it a couple’s costume since the kiddo is in their own tween-land. Aka, pretty sure, group themed family costume days are gone for us, but who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky. (Pretty sure it’s gonna be one of their “fursona’s” wearing a Halloween costume at this point, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see what I post on Instagram.) Only time will tell.


Curious, have you all figured it out already? Spooky friends?

Cosplayers, how you doing out there?

Anyone have a solid game plan yet? Please, tell me I’m not the only one totally thrown off my game this year! Lol.



*Update* Kiddo is definitely in the “what should my fursona wear?” mode and it is too cute not to share it here too!

Now we wait and see which is the winner. so far polls are looking like the “King.”

 

[MoonHunter]

Remember what Cosplay was like Pre-Pandemic? Oldie but Goody from 2019

 

[MoonHunter]

From late 2022 Anime Texas, just posted today.

 

[Agemegos]

From late 2022 Anime Texas, just posted today.

The publishers must think I have a lot of time on my hands.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

"You'll put your eye out, kid!"

 

[MoonHunter]

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"You'll put your eye out, kid!"

Who is that character? My internal search engine isn't working and this Microsoft one I installed today is even worse.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

Who is that character? My internal search engine isn't working and this Microsoft one I installed today is even worse.

The Iron Maiden, a foe (and sometimes frenemy) of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.

 

[Bunch]

The Iron Maiden, a foe (and sometimes frenemy) of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.

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And randomly a foe of Black Widow from Marvel Fanfare days. That's the one and only time I've seen here. Unless it's a different Iron Maiden.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

And randomly a foe of Black Widow from Marvel Fanfare days. That's the one and only time I've seen here. Unless it's a different Iron Maiden.

Different one. The THUNDER Agents weren't Marvel, and predate the appearance of the Black Widow enemy by over a decade.



Besides drawing the Black Widow story with the above image, George Perez also illustrated a couple of covers with the original Iron Maiden during a short-lived 80's series.

 

[Silverlion]

Wow, I was just thinking about the THUNDERAgents before I saw this.

 

[Simon Hogwood]

Russian 40K fan does a Sister of Battle:

 

[MoonHunter]

The Iron Maiden, a foe (and sometimes frenemy) of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.

Only if you are Dynamo. Thank you. Wracked my brain.

 

[James Gillen]

The Iron Maiden, a foe (and sometimes frenemy) of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.

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"EXCELLENT!!!"

 

[MoonHunter]

Since I have been doing little but reading games recently (See Blog), I missed the release of this. The con was February 17th 2023,



If nothing else, 3:12 is just funny

 

[chuckdee]

 

[chuckdee]

The last one, it was actually moving around and going to people - of course, someone was remoting it from a hidden location, but it was still cool.

 

[SoManyRats]

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That's terrifying.

 

[chuckdee]

That's terrifying.

What's terrifying is that the person was in that furry monstrosity, and it was hot in that exhibit room. A friend asked me if I'd ever dress up and the answer was an emphatic no. You really have to commit in order to do it, and I don't have that in me.

 

[Tulpa Girl]

What's terrifying is that the person was in that furry monstrosity, and it was hot in that exhibit room. A friend asked me if I'd ever dress up and the answer was an emphatic no. You really have to commit in order to do it, and I don't have that in me.

On one hand, as long as you hydrate with water, you'll probably lose a fewe pounds wearing such a suit for any given length of time.

OTOH, the inside of that suit is going to be rank.

 

[Bunch]

On one hand, as long as you hydrate with water, you'll probably lose a fewe pounds wearing such a suit for any given length of time.

OTOH, the inside of that suit is going to be rank.

Adds to the realism of the cosplay.

 

[chuckdee]

Adds to the realism of the cosplay.

Especially for Ewoks. People talk about how cute they are... they don't account for the smell!

 

[MoonHunter]

On one hand, as long as you hydrate with water, you'll probably lose a fewe pounds wearing such a suit for any given length of time.

OTOH, the inside of that suit is going to be rank.

Most furries wear a cotton body suit under their fursuits. Some baby power/ corn starch against the skin. Since they are use to wearing it, they know their own hydration level and don't sweat as much. So surprisingly not as bad as you might expect.

 

[Bunch]

Most furries wear a cotton body suit under their fursuits. Some baby power/ corn starch against the skin. Since they are use to wearing it, they know their own hydration level and don't sweat as much. So surprisingly not as bad as you might expect.

Dammit why do people always interject truth and evidence into our wild speculation!

 

[MoonHunter]

PCKS 2023 Hall Awards

Of course, this is Kansas City. I don't think it has a qualifier.

 

[Fenris-77]

 

[MoonHunter]

Central Crown Championships at Emerald City Comic Con 2023!​

 

[MoonHunter]

Trying to Take a Picture of Batman and Robin

www.youtube.com

 

[Nobohom]

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A new sub-genre of cosplay; where you pretend to be continuity errors and the boom mike?
Count me in!!

 

[MoonHunter]

Emerald City Comic Con 2023 - Cosplay Music Video - ECCC 2023​

 

[MoonHunter]

Not from my favorite Cosplay Videographer, but these are nice. ​

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Wondercon 2023 - Cosplay Music Video​

Long Wondercon.... like 3x Nice videography, but no music.

Wondercon... more reasonable length

 

[MoonHunter]

BEST COSPLAY OF MEGACON LIVE 2023 - Cosplay Music Video ft. Wednesday, My Hero Academia, Miraculous​

Well it is the best so far.

 

[MoonHunter]

Normally I don't post more than once a day to this thread... but CUTE

THE CUTEST COSPLAYS EVER!​

 

[MoonHunter]

C2E2 2023 Cosplay Music Video - Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo 2023​

 

[MoonHunter]

Fan Expo Vancouver 2023 - Cosplay Music Video​

 

[MoonHunter]

COSPLAY Anime at Japan Vietnam Festival 2023 4K​

 

[MoonHunter]

Best Cosplay of CosXpo and Megacon 86th Floor Cosplay​

 

[MoonHunter]

This incredible Hellbat Armor cosplay from @marrow_meister was next level! Definitely one of the highlights of Megacon 2023! #megacon #megacon2023 #megaconorlando #megaconcosplay #hellbat #hellbatsuit #batman #batmancosplay #batmancomics #batmanandrobin #batmancosplay #batmancosplayer #dc #dccomics #dcuniverse #dcu #warnerbros #warnerbrosstudios #comiconverge #comiconvergetv #cosplay #cosplays #cosplayer #cosplayers #cosplayphotography #cosplayersofinstagram #cosplayerofinstagram #cosplayersofig #cosplayerofig #justiceleague

 

[MoonHunter]

WonderCon 2023 Cosplay Music Video 4K HDR​

I know lots of WonderCon, but it is friggen WonderCon.

 

[MoonHunter]

Tokyo Comic-Con 2022 Cosplay Music Video 4K HDR​