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First Cosplay

Postby NightStalker321 on Sat May 09, 2009 11:28 pm

Seeing how this up and comming daisho con will most likely be the first time I have ever cosplayed, i got curious. Any stories of how you people started coplaying? Was it good? Was it horrible? I need info! Pictures would be nice also. Thank you! :D
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Postby Boko on Sun May 10, 2009 12:28 am

Hmm. This seems to be better over in the cosplay section. Moving it over there.

I have never cosplayed sadly, but I will definately second that so long as I get to hear the story of how Nick's crossplay came to be.

By the way, Nightstalker, what is your first cosplay going to be?
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Postby NightStalker321 on Sun May 10, 2009 12:31 am

Oh crap, did I put that in the Anime section? oops haha

However, I haven't really decided yet. I'm not one of those people who are "OMG you look just like ___!"...lucky jerks! lol
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Postby Batou on Sun May 10, 2009 1:18 am

It was back at Kakkoi|Con that I decided to let my hair grow out so I could form a ponytail. I wasn't cosplaying by then, but buying my Tachikoma Plushie back then inspired me to start thinking of cosplaying as Batou from Ghost in the Shell.

Last year at Daishocon, I decided to just wear the Tachikoma on my shoulder... Still not cosplaying, but having fun, and getting some hugs and pictures because of the little guy anyway.

Using my machinist skills and some good searching on Ebay, I eventually crafted the eyepieces and dressed up as Batou, my first, and most likely only cosplay (It's unique, the character is rare to see, and it works for my physical structure) at Anime Detour '09 back in April.

I'll be returning at Batou at Daishocon this year.
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Postby Cheesus on Sun May 10, 2009 10:26 am

My first cosplay was Toboe from wolf's rain...it was a plain clothes cosplay. Found some french army pants....got some combat boots...I've used two different red shirts..and I found some bracelets and spray painted them silver. It was an ok cosplay not my best..but a good one to start with. I wore it to two NBC and its been in retirement and I'll bring it out and wear in once in a while to functions..of course non anime people don't know that I'm in costume. Sorry I don't have any pics of it..well I think there are some from the 2005 cosplay contest on NBC...but I haven't looked in years
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Postby Alhon on Sun May 10, 2009 2:04 pm

My first... and only cosplay to this day is the Scout from Team Fortress 2.... went over decently well, but unfortunately I was a bit too obscure for most people. :( Thankfully, at Anime Milwaukee the big Scout Content patch was released the week before, so I carried around an energy drink and went spastic.

I'm calling that one retired now.... I want to do something a little more Epic for Daisho '09. Currently looking at cosplaying a slew of OCs with my friends coming down.... which might involve bleaching my hair white. Which would be awesome. Just sayin'.
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Postby Nick Izumi on Sun May 10, 2009 3:22 pm

My first was a very, very crude version of Edward Elric's default TV costume from Fullmetal Alchemist. (AKA The only costume he's used in Brotherhood) The outfit was made partly from clothes I already had, though the vest jacket was modified from a button up shirt which was trimmed down, had the buttons removed and had white piping added. The red coat was made from a mad scientist's jacket that was dyed and modified, the snake emblem was hand-done by me. I didn't even try with the automail, I was a 17-year-old novice.

That's the first official cosplay I did, that's not counting many Dragonball and one G Gundam outfit I did when I was much younger.

The crossplay thing doesn't have a very good story honestly, aside from making me realize I have girl legs. Future crossplay will be of much higher quality, that's all I can say for now.
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Postby Kara kuro on Sun May 10, 2009 8:57 pm

Ah, my first cosplay. A little silly. Considering not only was it my first cosplay, but my first con that fine Acen year. I was Freya (aka Dark Chi) and a friend of mine was Chi. I think we were maybe... twelve or thirteen?

Yeah, we got stopped A LOT for pictures. We couldn't get anywhere without strange men stopping and asking for pictures. It was a little strange, luckily our friend's elder brother was there to make sure nothing bad happened and of course, nothing did, but it was a strange cosplay experience for my FIRST CON and cosplay. I should be able to dig pictures up eventually... Maybe if you come to a meeting I'll show you a few :P /bribery
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Postby Vulaas on Sun May 10, 2009 9:14 pm

My first cosplay was doing Donovan Deegan from the webcomic Dominic Deegan. It was rather fail, but it made me happy.

Maybe I'll do it again sometime when I've had a chance to improve on it, and maybe learn a bit of guitar so I can play the role better.
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Postby Spittin Wheelie on Sun May 10, 2009 9:44 pm

My first: a really crappy Sasuke.
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Postby Neko Toast on Sun May 10, 2009 9:51 pm

My first was Wolfwood at DaishoCon '08. The prop was much more impressive than my actual costume, but people seemed to like it.
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Postby AMVMushi on Sun May 10, 2009 11:20 pm

My first cosplay was Gin Ichimaru at No Brand 2008. I recently spent a few hours making an Ash Ketchum cosplay, which actually turned out pretty well.
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Postby NightStalker321 on Mon May 11, 2009 6:08 pm

AMVMushi wrote:My first cosplay was Gin Ichimaru at No Brand 2008. I recently spent a few hours making an Ash Ketchum cosplay, which actually turned out pretty well.


You went to the last staff meting with it on right? I wasn't there but Monkeybotz told me all about it. :keke:

Oh and I may have got a picture of you if you were in the cosplay contest of No Brand 09 as Gin, I think there was 2?
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Postby Cyber_Kiss on Sat May 16, 2009 5:54 pm

[font=Georgia]My first offical cosplay ever was a gajinka of the pokemon eevee. I went with a group of people all dressed as eevee evolutions so It wasn't so bad. The costume itself was whipped up about a week before the convntion. ( and some at the hotel) So It was almost an outright mess! XP Thankfully one of my friends was experianced at cosplay and was able to make it work! It turned out to be loads of fun, and I'm glad I went through with it, but I haven't really cosplayed since so. XD

Do you have it narrowed down to who you might wan't to cosplay, Nightstalker? :3[/font]
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Postby NightStalker321 on Sat May 16, 2009 8:17 pm

God no...I'm waiting till the summer to deal with it XD

I was thinking naruto for a while, but from reading what people have been saying i'm kind of afraid of getting beaten unmersifully.
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