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What are some of your dream cosplays?

We all have that list of two or three characters from our favorite shows that we've always wanted to become or at least dress up as. Maybe it's just the outfit, maybe it's the character and the backstory, or maybe it's the comedic and dramatic opportunities that would spring from being that person at a convention.

Of course, there are always obstacles. Maybe you don't think you can act or look the part. Maybe you don't think you could afford the props, or that you lack the skill to make the costume. Maybe you worry that nobody would recognize your costume, so what's the point?

This thread is for talking about those cosplays and maybe making some of them a reality. Perhaps you could get pointers from your fellow trans-people on character acting, cosplay on a budget, or simply receive the right type of encouragement from the words of somebody else. Who knows -- maybe you'll find a fellow fan of that one show you think everybody's forgot.

Who cares? Let's talk about our dream cosplays!

That's so cool!

For the Ulquiorra eyes, you would need green sclera lenses, although you could probably get away with lime green circle lenses. Shave your eyebrows, and then use eyeliner or black facepaint to make the lines on the face. The horns and wings I can see being a real problem (especially when trying to use the elevator). For that, I would suggest making something that can easily be taken off and put back on with the help of a friend. That way, you could take the horns and wings off for the elevator ride and carry them down to the first floor. In other cases, the escalator would probably be your friend, and I wouldn't wear the cosplay to panels for obvious reasons. (I'm not a big panel person anyway.)

For the wings, you might also try using PVC and black faux leather or tarp to make wings that fold. Those you might actually be able to take with you on an elevator and possibly into panels. The horns could be made in three easy steps: 1) Get a black headband, preferably a plastic one with teeth. 2) Use rabbit wire or chicken wire to built a vague resemblance to the horns and use hot glue to attach them evenly to the top of the band and 3) Use clay or paper mache to add the body and details. Dry and paint.

Sasuke's hand-wings would be super tricky. You could probably use fabric and PVC pipe again, with some added stuff to give it the quills and claws, but I have no idea how you could make that work comfortably at a convention.

My dream cosplays mostly haven't happened due to the time and money it takes to make them, as well as the way I've been going from place to place recently. There are also some other setbacks, such as the fact that, aside from one or two of them, they're all from very old shows or obscure material, and I think it would be a miracle if I came across one person who recognized me.

Pavi Largo is the cosplay with the least amount of setbacks. I'm confident I can remake the face as soon as my friends bring my latex down from Indiana this fall, and a few alterations to a plain black vest would get me the magnificent high-collared waistcoat he has.

The second dream cosplay is sort of a toss-up between Colonel Hogan and Corporal Newkirk from "Hogan's Heroes". It's an old show that laughs at a very sensitive subject in history (Nazi POW camps), but it was a favorite of mine when I was a kid I still enjoy it today. Unfortunately, without one or more fellow cosplayers to be the rest of the team (LeBeau, Carter, and Kinchloe) or a Nazi guard, people would probably just assume I was trying to be dieselpunk and missing the mark.

The cool part about cosplaying Hogan's Heroes would be all the Hetalia cosplayers I could annoy by insisting that the Hogan, Carter and Kinchloe cosplayers get a picture with America, Newkirk get a picture with England, LeBeau with France, and if we have Nazis, we could also assault any Germanys running around.

The third and last dream cosplay is a team cosplay with my sister and me. She wants to cosplay a servant grunt from "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" and I want to cosplay Daniel, the protagonist. Unfortunately, the grunt costume is going to take a while to make, especially considering my sister's busy schedule, and the lantern we would use is a family heirloom (looks like this) that, even if our parents *did* let us use, might not travel very well or stay in one piece during the convention.

That might be for the best.

Holy crap! I was looking through an historical garb website and found the hat I would need for a Colonel Hogan cosplay... I'd need to dye it, though, and it's over $100 as is!

The grunt costume would be a bit tricky but a lot of fun. I'm thinking of using a body suit as the base, dying and painting it to make it the right color, and then making the large claw hands separately out of fabric and polyester stuffing. The mask is the trickiest, but I hope that with a little work we could make it happen. Then, all we'd need is rope and sackcloth and we'd be good to go!

My parents are very protective of historical heirlooms, and the lantern is one of those things they may flip out over if I took it on any trip outside the house. As for photoshoots, they don't seem nearly as fun to me without the added element of a convention and crazy people who might remember your character and get in on the fun. Besides, I doubt the cops and security guards where I live would take very well to a hideous, horror-show monstrosity wandering about the place with a guy carrying a lantern. XD There aren't many other good settings in my town, either; it's all 1950's-era buildings and forward.

So I've been playing a favorite game of mine again and I think it would be an awesome idea to design a group cosplay for VVVVVV. The story of the game is simple: A crew of space travelers are caught in a dimensional disturbance and the captain must traverse a crazy open-world platform game of a spaceship to rescue his scattered crew. Any ideas on how to turn these little guys into Human-sized people?

I have two dream cosplays and one of them might be a reality within the next year or so! The first one that probably won't be achieved anytime soon is a Big Daddy or Songbird from Bioshock/Bioshock Infinite. I need to learn a lot more about wiring and stuff first.

The one that I may accomplish in the next year though is Rose Quartz from Steven Universe, and I've actually began planning it and drawing out plans!

Not completely cosplay related but I'm still bouncing around like a loon out of excitement and pride.

I finally own an Iaito! biggrin It's so elegant,. so well balanced and feels just right in the hand.

It looks so awesome! If I were visiting you, we need to have a photoshoot with it. heart