PAX Prime 2011 is still a long ways off, but for those of us who likely aren't going to PAX East, this gives us one more thread in which to pass the time and get excited for PAX Prime!
There are more and more cosplayers every year, (Or so it seems in the two years I have gone) so I'm sure there'll be some awesome ones next year. Anyone have plans yet? Or are there any games that will be coming out before then that you might want to cosplay from?
I am thinking I will be Sun Shang Xiang as she appears in Dynasty Warriors 5, but I could change my mind before then. I was part of a Street Fighter group this year, and also had a great time hanging around the PAX Pokemon League as a Rocket Admin, so I'd love to do something like those again, too.
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Funny, I was thinking Sun Shang Xiang from Dynasty Warriors 4!
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I figured it couldn't hurt to start early for this upcoming year so everyone has plenty of time for costume ideas and advice to be thrown around After all some of the best costumes take months and months to make!
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I was thinking of only doing one costume and a funny thing to wear on the last day.
The costume would be very hard and time consuming and would be Sister Benedron It is from series one of the World of Warcraft action figures and I have loved the costume ever since I got the figure and have decided I would finally attempt to make it!
The other thing I want to do on the last day to have at least one day out of costume was to wear a t-shirt with the creature in the darkness on it and carry around a small pink umbrella with hello kitty on it
Here is the shirt
and here is the creature in the darkness as seen in Order of the Stick
That's beautiful! Good luck and can't wait to see it!!
Announcement of new costume will come when I know what I will be making.....
There are so many good options for girls to cosplay, yet for us guys, there really aren't all too many choices. We did a super-hero costume party a few years back and I had a lot of fun learning to sew... on a spandex dancer's leotard. (If you're going to learn something, why not start with the hardest possible project, right?) I have no problem with walking around in a skin-tight leotard in public, but it seems that the vast vast majority of male gaming characters are seven foot tall, over-muscled dudes in gigantic suits of armor. Even if I could pull something like that off (which is unlikely since I'm only 5-8), that's simply not practical, especially for a crowded show like PAX.
I'd really love to do some cosplay next year, but after three years of thinking about it, I still can't come up with a good (male) character that would be interesting, recognizable and practical.
Eh? There's so many different options for guys.
There's pretty much the all male cast of TF2, many people from the Final Fantasy series, plenty of the Nintendo series have characters, and of course all the Pokemon gym leaders, trainers, et cetera.
...And that's just the mainstream characters.
On the other hand, if you're being incredibly specific, there are so very few tall male characters with long curly red hair. Woe is me. :P
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Namely, what are going to be new/awesome games in the next year? I figger Bioshock Infinite is on the list, Portal 2 would be good, etc. What else is on the radar? Any predictions?
Of course, I'm not ruling out classics, I'm just brainstorming new stuff.
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Stupid, stupid NDA's.
Also, I hug strangers.
Should I do a rogue Tier 9 alliance human set? (bottom left is the regular human female)
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Or Jaina Proudmoore? (I would do the WC3 version cause I like it a lot more)
Jaina would be better on my budget since I have the cape pattern and something I could use for the top but I think the rogue set is very cool. Jaina is also more recognized but anyone who plays wow would know the rogue set easily.
Suggestions?
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I have finally convinced my boyfriend to dress up with me this year and we also got a friend of ours to come as well who wants to dress up with us.
The problem, I now need to come up with a group costume idea for three people, two guys and me.
I prefer to dress up as a group in a game that we all play. (which is a lot) or having to do with D&D
So far the ideas have been...
level one World of Warcraft characters
Order of the Stick evil side group (monster in the darkness, red cloak, and xyklon) sp?
and the mages from the original Final Fantasy I (red, black, and white)
the only problem with the Order of the Stick is how the costumes would seem weak to me
and I kind of have a problem with the final fantasy mages because I have not really ever been into final fantasy that much and I have never beat the game
Suggestions and help welcome!!!
As for the mage on Final Fantasy, its ok as long as you like it. I had not tried Final Fantasy games before last years moogle costume but loved it and now play the old ff games. I was also a splicer and I'm just playing bioshock games. This year the boys are making me a Samus Zero Suit in Silicon and the weapons, I'm hoping to be able to play some of the metroid games before, but whatever I'm still wearing it.
I would definitely suggest looking at what has came and gone and still in the workings and discuss it with the two others dressing up. Wear what makes you all happy and remember comfort while designing it.
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So this may sound lame but have you considered detergent or other large bottles that can be easily cut open? I know if you heat them up then you can semi re-shape them. You can build up the structure around the bottle/s using bondo (I think it is called) and then sand it out smooth. Paint it all up and then put a handle inside the main structure to hold onto and then if you are savvy with wiring then put a red light on the end.
The light will also help to cover your hand and provide some cool effects. If you are not good with wiring my brother used to have a red light that clipped onto the back of him when he rode his bike, you could do that then with a plastic circle (like part of a plastic magnifying glass) cover the red light with it to cover up what you used more or less.
Hope this helps. If you or anyone needs more help then check out cosplay.com they have forums there that have great ideas and they are really helpful and know their stuff and you can see examples of other costumes.
Wow, thanks for the idea! I will have to try that out!
Not a problem, I also forgot to say the obvious thing that came to mind while I was typing that out. Try some PVC pipes of varying sizes so that they can be inserted into each other if you have something that can cut them to what size you need. However the bottles should give you more of the rounded shape and not so straight but you can do this inside one so you are not stacking bottles over and over. Now I am done lol. Good luck on the costume! Post pics!
Now I need some help. Anyone know how I could do the head piece to this outfit? It is kind of a hood but kind of not. I thought about doing a headscarf and wrapping it but that does not look right since it has too much volume in front.
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@Heatherling: Are you still planing on doing Sun Shang Xiang's costume? That'd be awesome! I never see enough Dynasty Warriors cosplay. Actually, I have never seen one in person.
I'm still planning on being Sun Shang Xiang, too, but from Dynasty Warriors 7 now, since they've released most of the character designs. Our group will have Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao and Lu Xun, too. Maybe others if I can rope them in! (I'm kinda the Koei fangirl of all my friends, so I'm happy that any of them will cosplay DW with me.) Man, it'd be awesome if Tecmo-Koei would come to PAX.
I am also thinking of possibly cosplaying as a Siren from Tron:Legacy, but we'll see.
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Possibly... I don't know if I have that level of skill to make that costume though. :P I'd love to do it, but mostly it will depend on funds and time.
I'm currently working on Sucker Punch - Amber, but she doesn't really fit in with PAX, so at this time I'm not sure which costumes I'll be doing...
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As far as I know from the series, she was 11 in January of 2005. So, if you count up to now, we are the same age! Also, I have long golden-brown hair The costume is pretty simple. I just need to figure out where I can get the shirt, since it is no longer for sale from the merch shop ):
If I decide to not be Annarchy, I will most likely be Tetra (in her epic pirate goodness) from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. I always lover the character and the costume is easy enough, but the challenge will definitely be the hair
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I have almost finished my white mage robes, I am trying to make them a little more styled than just normal robes and am working on that now. Once that is done I will begin putting the red triangles and all the little details in! Looking forward to getting a new power cord for my sewing machine so I can go back to work.
After that I will be working on the black mage outfit for my friend and last but not least the red mage outfit for my boyfriend. They only want to dress up for Saturday and I am trying to convince them that if I am going to put the work in and them the money for their costumes they could wear them multiple days.
I also worked on a side project for fun since I have had the stuff for it all along. I finished my Aperture Scientist outfit. I even have my clipboard full of applications to be a test subjects and flyers for "Take your daughter to work day" and "The Aperture Science self esteem fund for girls". I will try to post pictures here. I think I will wear this one day of PAX but I am not sure, I made it for a local "Con" at my college here. (It is really a ginat LAN party and gaming party).
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I think I'm going to go as Cortana. Ideas? Suggestions? I'm gonna need all the help I can get... I'm a cosplay noob.
My group also had an idea as going as all of the Pokemon Professors lol
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If not PAX Prime, I'll definitely do it for next year's PAX East.
I play video games on the 360. My gamertag is Pinkranger2die4, Pink ranger cause I am tired of people asking if there is a female in the room, and 2die4 for my clan. Anyways, because that is my GT and I am an avid fan of the power rangers, I was thinking about getting a Pink ranger costume to cosplay in. But I know that it is a gaming convention, so i was wondering what you guys thought on this.
Also, other characters I am considering, are lilth (from borderlands), lara croft, and Zoey (from Left 4 Dead). Zoey, is like my last option because she is really easy to cosplay.
Any input would be great. Thanks.
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People would be into a Pink Ranger costume, most people recognize MMPR but a Ranger from any other series is probably pushing it (I wouldn't wear my Eric Myers from Time Force costume, for example). At PAX East there was a guy dressed st Mr. T and he was always in character, and even though it's not very videogame-related he's one of the most memorable costumers for me.
What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't have to be gaming, as long as, your having fun (not at anyone's expense) enjoy! If they don't know who your are they will ask and many will get photos of you or with you. Enjoy the camera whoring!
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Thanks.
Now another question is, the easy Pink Ranger costume to go in is gonna be the ninja suit. You know the one from the movie, but then again, not many people know it, so I would be better off going in the original, but that's more costly. What do you think? I have the money for either, but I want to know what people think.
Here is the original outfit
And here's the Ninja suit
What do you think?
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