The cosplayers?

I’m here, but I think I’m the only one to have posted in the last 4 months. I just make a couple cosplays per year as a hobby, so I don’t really have much to post. And asking for cosplay help seems pointless. Here I could wait a week for one response, whereas on instagram I’ll get 5 different ways to fix my issue in an hour

reddit had some decent cosplay discussion, but as far as i can tell, most of the community is just on instagram (and some youtube)

In case anyone comes across this later…

Hot glue for the PLA-PVC connections was plenty. I haven’t tried to muscle any of the pieces off, but they’ve held up to two days of walkin around at con with no noticeable shifting

Hi-Fi Rush was hands down my favorite game of last year. Such a beautiful and joyful game! I even made a cosplay of Chai

https://lemmy.world/post/7359297

social media that focuses on displaying your personal image is a scourge on humanity

I get what you’re saying, but I think that’s kinda reductive. When I see a picture on Facebook of my uncle on his dirt bike all smiles after winning a race, I think that’s a positive and fruitful use of social media.

And personally, I like sharing a picture of a cosplay I made, hopefully to help someone else who might be on a similar creative path. Or at least to discuss creative processes.

I guess this is my actkually moment, but I think your assessment is off.

Haha it took me like 4 or 5 episodes to make that realization!

I’d never seen more than half an episode before embarking on this costume, so I watched the whole thing to prep. Got some good reference pics out of it too!

I’ve made a few costumes, and worn them them to a few cons. Looks like she could unbutton the shirt, undo the belt buckle and pants, and basically take the whole thing off down to the upper thighs. Like you would a jumpsuit with a front zipper.

Hopefully she at least has a hotel room nearby, because doing that in a public restroom could get harrowing lol

Appreciate it! My sewing still sucks, but you can’t tell unless you’re up close. And I wasn’t convinced the guitar would look right until it was like 90% done

Looks great! Is the hat like a pastel green? Did you find a hat already in the right green? Or paint an existing hat? Or make it from scratch?

Yeah I like making costumes. It’s creative, hands-on, it gets me away from a screen (3D modeling aside), and it still intersects with my nerdy interests like video games or sci-fi and fantasy worlds.

And as a bonus, I get to wear it to nerdy costume parties when it’s done!

Oh this was at DragonCon 2023!

Edit: Oh dang never mind, I see dtjaaaam’s 2017 watermark. Well this costume was at 2023 also haha

Can’t wait to see it as it comes along!

I have a buddy in a cat kigurumi (like a hoodie + sweatpants in one) and some accessories who’s gonna be my 808! I agreed to be the Seras Victoria to his Alucard Hellsing, so he gets to be my 808 haha

Yeah I’m surprised more people haven’t cosplayed people from Hi-Fi Rush! It’s such a bright and colorful game, and obvs a lot of fun

Congrats on learning to sew! I have plenty of experience sewing little things to little things, but any time I try some “real” sewing, it ends up looking drunk haha

Hope to see you at DragonCon!

Good to know, thanks!

Looks great! How’d you make the sign and post? Always looking for ways to make things big but strong enough and light weight

I did end up going with hot glue… It seems strong enough to hold up to con wear and tear, it gave me enough time to wiggle everything into just the right position, and lowest priority, but I I thiiiink I’d be able to muscle some of the pieces off if I ever need to repair/rebuild the guitar. Success! ^{probably lol}

Here’s an image of Chai with his guitar, for reference

Huge thanks to Tango Gameworks for adding in a photo mode. Without that, I’m sure the modeling and painting would’ve taken much longer and ended up so much less accurate

(and this is all a repost from my post on another fediverse cosplay community… I still don’t understand if/how crossposting works lol)

Tried a couple glues with test PLA rings and scrap PVC.

Just for context, each of the 3D printed PLA pieces has a “ring” or two that’s just barely big enough to fit on the PVC pipe. They’re tight enough that they stay in place on the PVC as long as I don’t swing/shake the guitar too much. But for sure the insides of the PLA rings aren’t perfectly smooth, which I’m sure isn’t helping the glues.

For all of these, I’m only applying the glue to the pipe in the final location of the PLA ring. Can’t put the glue directly on the ring, because I need to slide the ring up/down the PVC to get it into place.

Barge contact cement doesn’t seem to “catch”. I didn’t let it dry too much (like I do with EVA foam) because I need at least a couple seconds of adjustability while sliding the PLA into its spot and into the right orientation.

Super glue (cyanoacrylate), in a small amount in a small area, seemed to work. But the working time is just a couple seconds, which scares the hell out of me with these PLA parts that took at least a dozen hours each (print, filler, sand, primer, hand paint). With the small amount, I was able to crack the bond with a little muscle. More glue would probably hold well enough, but then I think I’d have even less working time.

Hot glue is promising. A little more working time than CA glue, and it seems to slowly bond. Once it’s set, it takes a lot of muscle to move the piece, but even then it’s still snug (unlike CA).

Gonna try different amounts and patterns of hot glue, but I think that’ll be my winner. Plus unlike with the Barge, it’ll be nice to be able to glue it all indoors in the air conditioning 🥵

Huge thanks to Tango Gameworks for adding in a photo mode. Without that, I’m sure the modeling and painting would’ve taken much longer and ended up less accurate