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PAX East 2016 Cosplay Thread
With the purchase of badges, I'm sure many of us are starting to work on our cosplays, or at least start budgeting money for a new one after spending so much on tickets and hotel rooms.
This thread isn't just for announcing your cosplays, but also for discussion - maybe you need to find some images for your cosplay or need help with a prop, etc. We can all help each other and make EVEN BETTER COSPLAYS!
My personal plan at the moment is to tryyyy to finish my Leonardo Da Vinci (from AC2) and start&complete The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3 in her white catsuit. I know it's going to be a challenge, but I have a lot of ideas on how to go about it. I'm also considering trying to roll my cosplay into something that can work as a gym leader for the PAX Pokemon League.
What are you guys up to?!
EDIT: Some cosplay tips from yours truly. I'll also add any other general advice people give on the thread to this first post so you don't have to got through the whole thread!
General tips for cosplaying at PAX East:
-If this is your first PAX East, first time cosplaying, or even your first con, I highly suggest cosplaying Saturday only!!! You WILL be walking about two miles a day in the convention hall alone, it is THAT BIG. So save yourself the burnout(and stress!) and cosplay only on Saturday.
-Water and snacks are important, especially if you don't want to pay the high prices on meh food(Their seafood is really good though so).
-If you're insane like me and want to cosplay all the days, still bring a change of regular clothes for each day. That way you can go back and change to relax. if you have to take a shuttle to your hotel, it might be worth it to bring something to store your cosplay it and check it in at bag check after changing at the convention (Unverified, I've never tried this before).
-For multiple cosplays, save your most comfortable one for last. In some cases, you can modify or omit pieces of a crazy cosplay to make it more casual (IE wearing an Asari headpiece and makeup but wearing an n7 hoodie)
This thread isn't just for announcing your cosplays, but also for discussion - maybe you need to find some images for your cosplay or need help with a prop, etc. We can all help each other and make EVEN BETTER COSPLAYS!
My personal plan at the moment is to tryyyy to finish my Leonardo Da Vinci (from AC2) and start&complete The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3 in her white catsuit. I know it's going to be a challenge, but I have a lot of ideas on how to go about it. I'm also considering trying to roll my cosplay into something that can work as a gym leader for the PAX Pokemon League.
What are you guys up to?!
EDIT: Some cosplay tips from yours truly. I'll also add any other general advice people give on the thread to this first post so you don't have to got through the whole thread!
General tips for cosplaying at PAX East:
-If this is your first PAX East, first time cosplaying, or even your first con, I highly suggest cosplaying Saturday only!!! You WILL be walking about two miles a day in the convention hall alone, it is THAT BIG. So save yourself the burnout(and stress!) and cosplay only on Saturday.
-Water and snacks are important, especially if you don't want to pay the high prices on meh food(Their seafood is really good though so).
-If you're insane like me and want to cosplay all the days, still bring a change of regular clothes for each day. That way you can go back and change to relax. if you have to take a shuttle to your hotel, it might be worth it to bring something to store your cosplay it and check it in at bag check after changing at the convention (Unverified, I've never tried this before).
-For multiple cosplays, save your most comfortable one for last. In some cases, you can modify or omit pieces of a crazy cosplay to make it more casual (IE wearing an Asari headpiece and makeup but wearing an n7 hoodie)
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I only had one costume last year - Aqua from Kingdom Hearts - so I'd like to add at least one more this year for some variety. I ran out of time last year to make a keyblade, so I'd like to try my hand at that. (any suggestions on the best materials? I'd like to make Rainfell, but since the end doesn't maintain a straight line, I'm a bit concerned about structural integrity since I can run a straight support down the whole thing)
For my new costume, I'm considering Irelia from League of Legends. I started playing the game about a month before PAX East this year so I only recognized a handful of the LoL costumes (and kept having to ask my brother what things were during the champion design panel), but I'm pretty addicted now. Want to cosplay as a female champion, and ideally one I actually play, so my short-list is Irelia, Sejuani (I'd have to sew a Bristle to carry around), and Lux. We'll see how ambitious I'm feeling once I finish Christmas crafts. :P
Can't wait to see what everyone's plans are! This'll only be my second PAX and very much looking forward to it. :biggrin:
Here is a general tutorial for keyblades, hopefully this should help!
http://inspiral.deviantart.com/art/insulation-foam-keyblade-tutorial-pt1-2-315395452
We totally plan on bringing our Tales from the Borderlands (Fiona, Rhys and Vaughn), Bioshock (Little Sister, Big Sister, and Delta - Big Daddy ), and Borderlands 2 (Tiny Tina, Maya and Krieg) group!
*if anyone wants to cosplay with us then feel free to join us! We are also more than happy to help with any cosplay questions anyone has!*
Awesome! Original or clone?
Problem solved.
And yeah they are the same...but are they really?
Maybe you guys can help me decide! Here is my list:
Worn before:
Admiral Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn - Final Fantasy XIV
Charazard - Pokémon
Penny - RWBY
New Works In Progress
Hannah - Rat Queens
MaxX- Netrunner
Let me know if you get the Killer done, I would love to get an UD group together.
I love Hannah/RQ, but I don't think it will get as much love at PAX as it would at a comic con sadly. So I vote for Netrunner stuffs, Charazard and maybe FF14?
Also not satisfied with the shoes i'll be wearing, might just go with whatever i have that's comfortable
PAX East 2019!
Badges [X] Hotel [X] Time off request [X]
https://www.pinnypals.com/pals/Streetlight345
I also want to bring Remor Prince of Darkness from Fran Bow
My personal favorite hobby with my cosplay is going to the Just Dance stage and dancing in cosplay. Always interesting lol.
We had to do the same thing with our Little Sister cosplay.
We just used We Love Colors tights... turned them inside out... traced in the fingers... sewed up and down the fingers before cutting them out and sealing the edges with glue to prevent fraying... then finally did all the fake blood stuff!
Fantastic advice! I wish someone had given it to me last year. (Pax East 2015 was my 1st con cosplaying... and my 1st pax) I went in fully expecting to cosplay all 3 days... but I just couldn't bring myself to do it on the 3rd day.
Uh oh.... my group and I have cosplays planned for all 3 days. Thankfully we have a few comfier cosplays.. kinda.. maybe... gonna be interesting *things we do for cosplay*
Glaz - Rainbow Six: Siege
Sgt. Baker - Brothers in Arms: Series
And a 3rd one which idk yet lol.
Also, is there official or unofficial things that cosplayers do every year? I want to join in on the fun :hydra:
Except for: Warmachine, Super Dungeon and proudly watching my husband play games since 2006.
Final Fantasy. Persona. Assassin's Greed. Disgaea.
Sometimes various companies host cosplay contests, though there is no official con-wide contest so don't loo, for it. There are two stages with just dance and rock band respectively - my current plan is to gather up MGS cosplayers like a katamari and then have all of us play some songs in Rockband together - I've always wanted to do that because it would be both hilarious and awesome! Riot games also had a cosplay lounge last year, so that would be something to look into as well. They had cosplay repair stuff, I'm guessing they will be there again this year as well.
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Have you considered joining the Pax Pokemon league? It sounds like something you'd be interested in. Check out the thread on the forums if you wanna be a gym leader and battle tons of people c: I've been a casual level gym leader and I still had tons of fun.
Yes, the weather in Boston varies incredibly. Also something to think about when cosplaying is actually getting INTO the con. The Enforcers try their best to get everyone in as quickly and safely as possible but sometime situations like Saturday of last year happen...and if you are dressed up as Milla Maxwell from Tales it can be very cold. (Last year there was some issue with the BCEC and getting people inside so anyone getting off the shuttles had to walk from the center basically all the way back into town to get to the end of the line of people waiting to get in.) My fault for not being prepared but it's something to think about.
"You want to kill me? You couldn't even kill my boredom" - Roronoa Zoro (One Piece).
Attending PAX East since 2011.
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Mock up from the Kickstarter figure
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Hopefully it won't be a late Winter since the Convention will be taking place in April, but always best to keep an eye out for what the temperature will be during the con.
I have NEVER heard of a con prohibiting chainmail! That's nuts! Either way, I've never seen it in the rules and I saw plenty wearing it last year. So I wouldn't imagine it being a problem. Real SWORDS, on the other hand... Those are a big no-no!
My Captain N outfit won't make a return this year, though, gleefully, there were at least 4 of us last year.
I have a Mega Buster and my Mega Man helmet should be arriving by new years if capcom is to be believed. So that might be another cosplay option if I'm not too lazy to make the rest of the costume.
This year I'm doing more three costumes with any luck. c:
I'll be Yang Xiao Long Friday with a Neo, bringing a secret personal project Majora's Mask themed costume Saturday and Sunday I'm hoping to have Viper from Street Fighter and Capcom vs. Marvel done to be apart of a tiny Street Fighter gang. c: