Cosplay Ideas

Quite. The weather's pretty cool lately.

I hope you realise I will now be wearing your flayed skins for that pun

edited 10th Jun '13 7:01:57 PM by joeyjojo

Only if you can find my pungent hides. From where I am hiding.

edited 10th Jun '13 7:03:50 PM by IraTheSquire

Nearly finished◊ my Bat!pants and Bat!jacket. But without the batsymbol, cape, belt, or any mask I look like pretty much anyone.

Building up very nicely there, Lera.

Thanks.

Unlike Batgirl, my Zatanna cosplay is not going well at all.

I was making the white dress gloves and was nearly finished with one glove before I tried it on. It was far too loose. I had the choice of ripping them apart to shorten the fourchettes, or just modifying the paper pattern so I could cut out a new pair of gloves.

I'm doing the latter. It's not like gloves take up a whole lot of fabric, anyway.

On the topic of cosplay, I thought I'd share with you all the cool outfits my characters wear toward the end of my third book. I hope y'all enjoy reading about them as I did coming up with them. Here they are. :)

1. Demetrios: White toga, brooch made of red gold and engraved with a dragon design, gold linen tunic, brown formal leather sandals, walking stick made of Norway maple wood with a bronze eagle head

2. Princess Lily:

• Halterneck (the kind that covers the neck) zebra-print dress
• Black silk opera glove on left arm; white silk opera glove on right arm
• Black leather knee-high boot with square toe and stiletto heel on right leg; white leather knee-high boot with square toe and stiletto heel on left leg

3. Max Stelling: He's dressed like a victorious Roman general. He wears a ceremonial leather cuirass over a red linen tunic and a red cape, with formal brown leather sandals.

4. Anna:

• A green form-fitting scoop neck silk dress
• A wide and loose gold silk sash around her waist so that it slips to one side
• A sheer green satin shawl wrapped around her arms and slung across her back
• These here sandals◊

5. Jack Colmar:

• Navy blue suit jacket with military badges
• White shirt
• Gold silk necktie with Persian flower design
• Navy blue pants
• Socks with brown and tan squares
• Brown shoes

6. Captain Michael Hunter: Prepare to have a good laugh about this one. The rough-&-tough soldier guy is going gothic. And here it is:

• Black top hat
• Burgundy Inverness cape
• Black jacket
• Ash grey shirt
• Red necktie with Persian flower design
• Black pants
• Black leather riding boots
• Walking stick made of ebony and topped with an octagonal-cut ruby

7. Anne-Marie Magaña:

• Mask; it's made of porcelain, it covers the upper half of her face, including her upper lip, has a cat nose and pointy cat ears on the top, and has black and orange tiger stripes
• This necklace, only with the diamonds being black instead of white
• Scoop neck tiger-print dress. Anne-Marie is as beautiful and elegant as a tiger, isn't she? :)
• Red opera gloves
• Silver ring with oval peridot on left ring finger (her wedding ring)
• Black leather knee-high boots with pointy toes and stiletto heels

8. Ashur Younan:

• Black suit jacket
• White and light blue plaid shirt
• Black and white silk necktie, where the black and white crisscrosses in such a way as to look like dots
• Black socks and shoes

9. Ruby:

• Pink silk spaghetti-strap dress
• Lilac leather obi belt
• Pink silk opera gloves
• Pink silk collar that covers her entire neck, similar to that one I saw in Harper's Bazaar magazine from October 1999
• Gold high heels

10. Amare Toure:

• Orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt
• Red-brown shorts
• Brown leather beach sandals

11. Frederick Adler:

• Prussian blue jacket as worn by European royalty & nobility
• Prussian blue pants
• Black socks and shoes

12. Aristotle: Royal blue Ionic chiton with yellow embroidery on the edges, brooch made of gold and engraved with an owl design

13. Arcturus: An outfit inspired by that worn by Dionysus, the party god:

• A laurel wreath, decorated with grape leaves, as a reference to Caravaggio's “Bacchus”
• Violet Doric-style chiton
• Brown casual leather sandals

14. Rosemary:

• Gold chain necklace with square-cut amber gemstone and matching earrings
• White satin wraparound dress
• White satin opera gloves
• Black & gold high heels that show the toes

15. Dante: An outfit similar to what Prince William wore when he married Kate Middleton, with the jacket being gold instead of red; he is a Paladin, after all

16. King Zasedis: Something reminiscent of the outfits worn by King Charles II of England, the Merry Monarch. After the defeat of the Dark Stone Cutters, he has plenty to be merry about. :) Only Zasedis isn't a hedonist, so he wears more formal pants and shoes.

17. Queen Sastiana: Something with the colors associated with Aphrodite. Sastiana is a very beautiful and loving queen. :)

• Violet Victorian era hat, decorated with three small roses (one red, one pink, and one sea green), silver feathers, and a black birdcage veil
• Silver satin turtleneck dress with the part above the bustline being sheer (as well as low-cut), and a slit in the left side of the skirt to a little above her knee
• Sea green satin opera gloves
• Red wine velvet knee-high boots with pointy toes and stiletto heels

18. Lynessa:

• Black velvet choker with rectangular-cut diamond in center
• Black snake pattern V-neck dress made of soft leather and lined with silk; the dress goes down to just above her knees
• Silver opera gloves
• Gold ring with Peruzzi cut rose quartz on left ring finger (her wedding ring)
• Black silk stockings
• Silver knee-high boots with square toes and stiletto heels

19. Michelle:

• Silver facial makeup in the style of a geisha with black eyeshadow and red lipstick. I chose silver because I thought white would be redundant on a pale vampire lady.
• Black satin choker
• Black satin ball gown
  • The sleeves and the part that covers her upper chest and neck are sheer
  • Silver piping/stitching design of fire on waist/torso section
• Black satin opera gloves
• Black leather lace-up ankle boots with pointy toes and stiletto heels

20. Lillukisen:

• A violet Chinese-style dress decorated with silver and white hyacinths
• Violet high heels

21. Toras Thunder-Axe:

• Violet and gold royal robe
• Dark brown leather boots

22. Kayla: A Gothic lolita outfit:

• This here hat◊
• This here dress◊
• Black silk crocheted cape
• A pair of black lace Fingerless Gloves that go up to her elbows, to once again show her being opposite of Michelle
• Silver ring with oval-cut ruby on right ring finger
• Silver coil bracelet (one circle) with sapphires on each end
• Black knee socks with white frills
• Black Mary Jane platform shoes

23. Kalegar:

• Black suit jacket
• White shirt
• Blue necktie with lighter diagonal stripes

24. Hadrinar:

• Royal blue rube with the stitching of a bronze dragon
• Black leather sandals

25. Satedita:

• Jungle green strapless long-sleeve silk dress with the sleeves being sheer
• Gold snake necklace with ruby eyes

26. Seros:

• Red wool tunic
• White short pants
• Brown leather sandals

27. Uridera:

• Black halterneck dress with circular hole above cleavage and sheer waist, and slit up the left side of skirt
• Black fingerless opera gloves, the kind that loop around the middle finger
• Shiny black leather knee-high boots with square toes and stiletto heels

28. Luke:

• Cream-colored suit jacket
• Blue shirt
• Green necktie
• Cream-colored pants
• Brown socks and shoes

edited 21st Jun '13 4:03:52 PM by Demetrios

Those are all a bit unusual. Why so many different fashion eras?

Progress on my Tigress shirt◊, about 80% finished. This was entirely handsewn since my machine would not cooperate with the spandex.

I thought they fit the characters' personalities, in addition to looking good. :)

Half-embroidered Batgirl jacket.◊ I'll finish the other half and then fix wobbly lines tomorrow.

Crossposting my embroidered jacket◊. And another angle.◊

edited 25th Jun '13 7:54:04 PM by Leradny

My Tigress cosplay is almost literally half done.◊

Cool

I don't do cosplay, but I am toying with refurbishing my old Overlander hat (the original, with crocodile teeth ) and parka into a Dust Devil-like outfit...

Maybe I'll finally go and do the Thirteen Shirts project. For those who don't follow my Tumblr, Thirteen Shirts is a sendup of typical Vampire: The Masquerade Player Characters, based on a conversation I had with a friend of mine. I said something along the lines of “I’ll be wearing heavy boots, leather pants, leather coat… you know, the usual Vampire: The Masquerade Player Character attire.”

The idea is simple: wear pretty much the same things for every clan, and just change the shirt, props and make-up. Since there are thirteen clans in VtM, there'll be thirteen shirts. As of now, there are pretty much only three things I can't really do: Followers of Set, Nosferatu and Tzimisce. Nosferatu requires prosthetic make-up I can't afford, Tzimisce requires even more prosthetic make-up (since my idea of a Tzimisce "shirt" was going shirtless, covered in ritual scars and tattoos), and Setite requires, uh... a snake. Like, a real, live python.

I also wonder how androgynous should I go for the Toreador.

I want/was later then dared to do an Interstellar cosplay, but I have no idea where to start. I have a month, or three months.

I'd like to do a cosplay of Armin Arlert, but I've never done a real cosplay before (I dressed up as Link one time for Halloween, but I wouldn't wear that to a serious con). Any ideas/tips?