First timer here. I plan on being Jack from Mass Effect (2 or 3?) and Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins. That's it for now... Maybe an alt costume of Bayonetta or something small.
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So I've run into a problem in constructing my Megaman costume: it is IMPOSSIBLE to find inexpensive full face helmets in the right style. My friend and I found some snowboarding/motocross helmets in a variety store for $25, but he decided to hold off since they weren't quite the right style and he figured he could do better on eBay (we're both really, really poor -- 20something recent graduates with part-time jobs). Boy were we wrong!
Anybody have any suggestions on what to do? We'd REALLY prefer to spend less than $30 on each helmet (he's doing Protoman), especially since we're going to have to paint, mod, and abuse them to high heaven.
Anybody have any suggestions on what to do? We'd REALLY prefer to spend less than $30 on each helmet (he's doing Protoman), especially since we're going to have to paint, mod, and abuse them to high heaven.
well, right now it is the month for sales. look around in your local sports stores and see if they have any holiday deals.
also, and this may not give you enough times, but usually stores have end of season sales to try to get rid of the previous years equipment. i guess that usually begins around march for winter equipment, which doesn't really give you a lot of time.
good luck!
also, it's awesome that people are going to cosplay as characters from other media besides video games. i remember last year there was some to-do about people dressed as non-video game characters. but who cares! a con is a con! let's just have fun!
First timer here. I plan on being Jack from Mass Effect (2 or 3?) and Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins. That's it for now... Maybe an alt costume of Bayonetta or something small.
Oh if you do Jack(from ME2) I have so got to get a pic with you. will you do the "tats" as paint or temps somehow? Will it be just them and the harness, like her original outfit? Or will it be the alternate one for getting her loyalty? I imagine the alt one would be easier to put together not to mention only your arms would need the "tats".
Update on my Cosplays:
Spartan Flight suit: [complete]
Mass Effect2 Alliance crew uniform; [complete]
Sadly my ME1 Normandy Crew uniform has hit a snag and the original one piece suit I was going to mod has been scrapped. Now I gotta go find each individual piece for not too expensive prices. Ei-chi-wa-wa... The things I do for geek points.
- Biting's excellent! It's like kissing. Only there's a winner.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
If I didn't think that I was the kind of person who should not be wearing this kind of costume, I would totally do the outfit from the PA strip about American McGee's Rainbow Bright. Because A. I LOVE Rainbow Bright, and B. It would be hilarious. Unfortunately, were I to don such an outfit, the only thing that would be hilarious is my thighs.
Or Daria Morgendorfer. Haven't decided. Basically.. something simple. With the exception of the potential axe guitar. We shall see.
THIS MUST HAPPEN. Seriously, if I see Daria with Jane, Quinn, or any other characters, I will squee in a very public place.
If only I could get my boyfriend to maintain a soul patch for the weekend....
Your boyfriend would be a dick if he didn't at least do it for one day, in which case you can invoke Wheaton's Law on him, and then he'd have to in order to follow the rules of PAX. #legaladviceontheinternet
Quick question to those who have been to PAX before. I've been noticing in the thread people considering cosplays that arn't actually video game or gaming related. Is this common? I didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb if I now decided to bring something too that wasn't exactly gaming related so I thought I'd ask.
i think as long as its recognizable to the gaming community you're safe. ie. Movie, TV shows, Anime, ect, that are are popular in the Geek/gaming culture.
Hope that helps!
- Biting's excellent! It's like kissing. Only there's a winner.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
So I've run into a problem in constructing my Megaman costume: it is IMPOSSIBLE to find inexpensive full face helmets in the right style. My friend and I found some snowboarding/motocross helmets in a variety store for $25, but he decided to hold off since they weren't quite the right style and he figured he could do better on eBay (we're both really, really poor -- 20something recent graduates with part-time jobs). Boy were we wrong!
Anybody have any suggestions on what to do? We'd REALLY prefer to spend less than $30 on each helmet (he's doing Protoman), especially since we're going to have to paint, mod, and abuse them to high heaven.
have you looked at the possibility of using a pep file for the helmets... that might be the way to go in your case.
i think as long as its recognizable to the gaming community you're safe. ie. Movie, TV shows, Anime, ect, that are are popular in the Geek/gaming culture.
Hope that helps!
This. This is truth. I saw a fabulous amount of Finns from Adventure Time last PAX as well as a handful of Dr. Horribles and Captain Hammers. The important part is that you're dressing up as something you want to. Whatever you want to dress up as, I say go for it!
I'm thinking I might wear my Protoman costume I made last year. Though there didn't seem to be a lot of cosplay last year, so I'm kind of on the fence. At the very least, I'll probably wear it to their concert (assuming they play again)
As far as the weapon policy goes, I'm assuming a fake gatling gun would be OK right? It seems other people have cosplayed Mega Man/Protoman to East & Prime, and it's not the sort of thing that would be mistaken for an actual gun.
I'm still not sure what I want to be..Haha I was planning to do a Metal gear for prime. But I'm hitting east up instead...So my deadline to have it ready was cut by half a year..haha. So I'lll prob do something stupid easy.
Question. What would be a good...Replacement for Ryu Hayabusa's Hat/helmet/faceguard? I feel confident I can make the leather/armor. But I don't feel confident about the hat...
I'm attending PAX for the first time, I'm making a GIANT Boxing BOT (like Real Steel/Rockem-Sockem)...may be bringing a second Bot as well, any other BIG costume people out there ? I'll be about 8'. Some of you may have seen my work at NYCC...9' and 8' Bumblebee, 10'6" Amp suit from Avatar.
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I'm thinking I might wear my Protoman costume I made last year. Though there didn't seem to be a lot of cosplay last year, so I'm kind of on the fence. At the very least, I'll probably wear it to their concert (assuming they play again)
As far as the weapon policy goes, I'm assuming a fake gatling gun would be OK right? It seems other people have cosplayed Mega Man/Protoman to East & Prime, and it's not the sort of thing that would be mistaken for an actual gun.
Yup a prop arm cannon is totally fine. If you build it out of the same gun the band uses (an Airzone Punisher) just be sure that it can't fire. You can leave the spinning mechanism in though for maximum awesome. Just move the wires from the trigger to inside the gun to activate it.
I now have the fabric for the Medic's coat, the material for his belt, a pattern for the jacket, gloves, glasses, boots, parts for the Medigun, a box for the backpack, and a half-completed Blutsauger. Maybe I'll post pictures when I have anything to show off. Hopefully the coat will be done by Christmas or so.
I'm thinking I might wear my Protoman costume I made last year. Though there didn't seem to be a lot of cosplay last year, so I'm kind of on the fence. At the very least, I'll probably wear it to their concert (assuming they play again)
As far as the weapon policy goes, I'm assuming a fake gatling gun would be OK right? It seems other people have cosplayed Mega Man/Protoman to East & Prime, and it's not the sort of thing that would be mistaken for an actual gun.
Yup a prop arm cannon is totally fine. If you build it out of the same gun the band uses (an Airzone Punisher) just be sure that it can't fire. You can leave the spinning mechanism in though for maximum awesome. Just move the wires from the trigger to inside the gun to activate it.
Awesome, thanks! And I actually built mine from scratch out of PVC piping and such, so that won't be an issue...but damn, I totally would have built mine from that if I had know about it haha.
I'm attending PAX for the first time, I'm making a GIANT Boxing BOT (like Real Steel/Rockem-Sockem)...may be bringing a second Bot as well, any other BIG costume people out there ? I'll be about 8'. Some of you may have seen my work at NYCC...9' and 8' Bumblebee, 10'6" Amp suit from Avatar.
Hear good things about PAX...
That is awesome. I mean, I really can't convey my excitement via text. If you're there in one of those costumes, I'll be the guy that starts gibbering and foaming at the mouth and then tries to find a way to hug some part of you around the metal.
You vant to cross, maybe?
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So I discovered upon my purchase of a stuffed Yellowbird that the majority of the Yellowbird model is not, in fact, a triangular prism, but a cone. This may mean that my costume is, in fact, simpler than I was trying to make it.
So really all I need are the height of the costume and the diameter of the base. Of course, with the base being a hoop, I'd need to find a fairly massive hula hoop. Hmmmmm.
I'm thinking I might wear my Protoman costume I made last year. Though there didn't seem to be a lot of cosplay last year, so I'm kind of on the fence. At the very least, I'll probably wear it to their concert (assuming they play again)
As far as the weapon policy goes, I'm assuming a fake gatling gun would be OK right? It seems other people have cosplayed Mega Man/Protoman to East & Prime, and it's not the sort of thing that would be mistaken for an actual gun.
Yup a prop arm cannon is totally fine.
Confirm that. Megaman and Protoman arm cannons are fine, because nobody in their right mind is going to mistake them for a real firearm (unless you rip the cannon out of an A-10 for the costume, but good luck with that.. ) Just make sure that if whatever you pick was ever capable of firing any sort of projectile (foam darts, etc) that it's modified so that this is impossible.
And one more general reminder: light foam swords/hammers/etc. are okay, because they're harmless, and modified Nerf guns THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED INOPERATIVE* are okay, though you should expect to have those checked semi-frequently by Enforcers.
* - One does this by removing the action/"working parts" inside the gun so that it is incapable of firing. Permanently blocking the barrel is also acceptable, but removing the action would be my tip, because it's reversible; after PAX, you can just put it back again and your modified Nerf gun still works.
So I discovered upon my purchase of a stuffed Yellowbird that the majority of the Yellowbird model is not, in fact, a triangular prism, but a cone. This may mean that my costume is, in fact, simpler than I was trying to make it.
So really all I need are the height of the costume and the diameter of the base. Of course, with the base being a hoop, I'd need to find a fairly massive hula hoop. Hmmmmm.
What about thin pvc from Home Depot or such? You could get some thin enough to bend into a hoop, or a thicker wire that could do the same?
- Biting's excellent! It's like kissing. Only there's a winner.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
ok so my cosplay has changed. i wanted something that looked more like a costume instead of something that most people may not even recognize as cosplay, so i decided instead of captain jack im gonna try and go as the master from the lookouts. or atleast SOME master from the lookouts. i dont look alot like the one in the strip lol
I put together a pretty rad Finn from Adventure Time costume for Halloween this year, but it didn't see much action due to bad weather in the northeast. To make myself feel better about the limited use I got for my effort, I'll be wearing the costume to East for at least one day.
So I discovered upon my purchase of a stuffed Yellowbird that the majority of the Yellowbird model is not, in fact, a triangular prism, but a cone. This may mean that my costume is, in fact, simpler than I was trying to make it.
So really all I need are the height of the costume and the diameter of the base. Of course, with the base being a hoop, I'd need to find a fairly massive hula hoop. Hmmmmm.
What about thin pvc from Home Depot or such? You could get some thin enough to bend into a hoop, or a thicker wire that could do the same?
ooh, or check out hoop skirts on ebay and modify as needed. just make sure you're getting one with boning/wiring and not just the slip or petticoat that goes over.
huge thanks to my best bro Pattern Walker for doing like
75% of the work here haha and letting me use his workbench
ultimately doing a different outfit but hey
now some closeups:
so... I'm not so pleased with the way the crest, bumpers, and visor came out? But on the other hand, I had only about four days to do this in (since that was all the time I had access to my friend's workshop) and I think for that, it turned out okay. It's recognizable, anyway.
SO. LEFT TO DO:
* Finish gun (friend is doing that)
* get armor pieces (friend is also doing that)
* make vests (this is on me)
* get pants and a utility belt (also on me)
* boots???
Lost my Impa, but that's not stopping me from cosplaying Sheik solo. The Chrono Trigger group is still go. I'd love to meet up with anyone cosplaying Link/Zelda/Ganon/Frog/Magus/other appropriately relevant costume.
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I'm looking at coming as a treat to myself for my birthday, and I'm tempted to throw together an 11th Doctor costume. I'm guessing we'll probably see a lot of those though? Anyone else UK based going with costume plans?
ok i need some help. this is the costume im going for.
now ive found boots and gloves that match fairly well, but i cant find a shirt or vest (i'm assuming that he is wearing a leather vest over a shirt) that match the color of his. i feel its important that the top be a lighter ,more reddish, brown then the boots and gloves which are a dark brown.
anyone have any ideas where i can get a vest or shirt in a reddish brown color?
any other helpful thoughts are also appreciated since this is my first cosplay.
Being a RL goth and pagan wizard I get to roll out in my good Victorian threads at PAX East, this is more or less what I will look like. This pic from The Grand Masquerade this past Sept in NOLA.
now ive found boots and gloves that match fairly well, but i cant find a shirt or vest (i'm assuming that he is wearing a leather vest over a shirt) that match the color of his. i feel its important that the top be a lighter ,more reddish, brown then the boots and gloves which are a dark brown.
anyone have any ideas where i can get a vest or shirt in a reddish brown color?
any other helpful thoughts are also appreciated since this is my first cosplay.
As for finding the shirt/vest. Have you tried any RenGarb sites? They usually have good things at reasonabblr prices. My shop/site of choice is The Tudor Shop, plenty of selection and decent-ish prices.
- Biting's excellent! It's like kissing. Only there's a winner.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
Lost my Impa, but that's not stopping me from cosplaying Sheik solo. The Chrono Trigger group is still go. I'd love to meet up with anyone cosplaying Link/Zelda/Ganon/Frog/Magus/other appropriately relevant costume.
I've been trying to decide on going as either Bunny Link from A Link to the Past or Zelda, but if you're gonna be Sheik I'd love to join you as Zelda.
Lost my Impa, but that's not stopping me from cosplaying Sheik solo. The Chrono Trigger group is still go. I'd love to meet up with anyone cosplaying Link/Zelda/Ganon/Frog/Magus/other appropriately relevant costume.
I've been trying to decide on going as either Bunny Link from A Link to the Past or Zelda, but if you're gonna be Sheik I'd love to join you as Zelda.
That would be awesome, but you shouldn't plan your cosplay around me! I'm going to be a whirlwind that weekend, especially on Saturday (when I'm wearing Sheik), so the most I'd be able to meet up and hang out with people would be either while I'm in line for something, or between events for maybe an hour tops. But if you do come as Zelda, we should absolutely get together and take pictures at the very least.
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I may or may not be going as Marceline. The Vampire Queen.
Or Daria Morgendorfer. Haven't decided. Basically.. something simple. With the exception of the potential axe guitar. We shall see.
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THIS MUST HAPPEN. Seriously, if I see Daria with Jane, Quinn, or any other characters, I will squee in a very public place.
If only I could get my boyfriend to maintain a soul patch for the weekend....
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Anybody have any suggestions on what to do? We'd REALLY prefer to spend less than $30 on each helmet (he's doing Protoman), especially since we're going to have to paint, mod, and abuse them to high heaven.
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well, right now it is the month for sales. look around in your local sports stores and see if they have any holiday deals.
also, and this may not give you enough times, but usually stores have end of season sales to try to get rid of the previous years equipment. i guess that usually begins around march for winter equipment, which doesn't really give you a lot of time.
good luck!
also, it's awesome that people are going to cosplay as characters from other media besides video games. i remember last year there was some to-do about people dressed as non-video game characters. but who cares! a con is a con! let's just have fun!
Update on my Cosplays:
Spartan Flight suit: [complete]
Mass Effect2 Alliance crew uniform; [complete]
Sadly my ME1 Normandy Crew uniform has hit a snag and the original one piece suit I was going to mod has been scrapped. Now I gotta go find each individual piece for not too expensive prices. Ei-chi-wa-wa... The things I do for geek points.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
Your boyfriend would be a dick if he didn't at least do it for one day, in which case you can invoke Wheaton's Law on him, and then he'd have to in order to follow the rules of PAX. #legaladviceontheinternet
Hope that helps!
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
have you looked at the possibility of using a pep file for the helmets... that might be the way to go in your case.
This. This is truth. I saw a fabulous amount of Finns from Adventure Time last PAX as well as a handful of Dr. Horribles and Captain Hammers. The important part is that you're dressing up as something you want to. Whatever you want to dress up as, I say go for it!
As far as the weapon policy goes, I'm assuming a fake gatling gun would be OK right? It seems other people have cosplayed Mega Man/Protoman to East & Prime, and it's not the sort of thing that would be mistaken for an actual gun.
Hear good things about PAX...
Yup a prop arm cannon is totally fine. If you build it out of the same gun the band uses (an Airzone Punisher) just be sure that it can't fire. You can leave the spinning mechanism in though for maximum awesome. Just move the wires from the trigger to inside the gun to activate it.
Awesome, thanks! And I actually built mine from scratch out of PVC piping and such, so that won't be an issue...but damn, I totally would have built mine from that if I had know about it haha.
That is awesome. I mean, I really can't convey my excitement via text. If you're there in one of those costumes, I'll be the guy that starts gibbering and foaming at the mouth and then tries to find a way to hug some part of you around the metal.
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So I discovered upon my purchase of a stuffed Yellowbird that the majority of the Yellowbird model is not, in fact, a triangular prism, but a cone. This may mean that my costume is, in fact, simpler than I was trying to make it.
So really all I need are the height of the costume and the diameter of the base. Of course, with the base being a hoop, I'd need to find a fairly massive hula hoop. Hmmmmm.
Confirm that. Megaman and Protoman arm cannons are fine, because nobody in their right mind is going to mistake them for a real firearm (unless you rip the cannon out of an A-10 for the costume, but good luck with that..
And one more general reminder: light foam swords/hammers/etc. are okay, because they're harmless, and modified Nerf guns THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED INOPERATIVE* are okay, though you should expect to have those checked semi-frequently by Enforcers.
* - One does this by removing the action/"working parts" inside the gun so that it is incapable of firing. Permanently blocking the barrel is also acceptable, but removing the action would be my tip, because it's reversible; after PAX, you can just put it back again and your modified Nerf gun still works.
Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
ooh, or check out hoop skirts on ebay and modify as needed. just make sure you're getting one with boning/wiring and not just the slip or petticoat that goes over.
huge thanks to my best bro Pattern Walker for doing like
75% of the work here haha and letting me use his workbench
ultimately doing a different outfit but hey
now some closeups:
so... I'm not so pleased with the way the crest, bumpers, and visor came out? But on the other hand, I had only about four days to do this in (since that was all the time I had access to my friend's workshop) and I think for that, it turned out okay. It's recognizable, anyway.
SO. LEFT TO DO:
* Finish gun (friend is doing that)
* get armor pieces (friend is also doing that)
* make vests (this is on me)
* get pants and a utility belt (also on me)
* boots???
https://podcast.tidalwavegames.com/
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now ive found boots and gloves that match fairly well, but i cant find a shirt or vest (i'm assuming that he is wearing a leather vest over a shirt) that match the color of his. i feel its important that the top be a lighter ,more reddish, brown then the boots and gloves which are a dark brown.
anyone have any ideas where i can get a vest or shirt in a reddish brown color?
any other helpful thoughts are also appreciated since this is my first cosplay.
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Pax Attendee/Enforcer:
Prime - '11 Attendee, '12 Enforcer, '13 Enforcer
East - '12 Attendee, '15 Enforcer
That would be awesome, but you shouldn't plan your cosplay around me! I'm going to be a whirlwind that weekend, especially on Saturday (when I'm wearing Sheik), so the most I'd be able to meet up and hang out with people would be either while I'm in line for something, or between events for maybe an hour tops. But if you do come as Zelda, we should absolutely get together and take pictures at the very least.
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