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Choice of cosplay By TinTango. 06/11/08, 07:35 pm |
| As a newbie, I just wanted to collect a few people's thoughts on what is their main consideration(s) in choosing to cosplay a character. This is really just an expansion of Static's thread of "Character vs Sweet Costume" which I found really interesting, but then I thought of why I'm considering doing Rude from FFVII, and my answer is that I could cosplay him very easily -which didn't ofcourse fit Static's thread. Then I thought maybe there are other reasons that affect choice. What are yours? |
| TinTango LEVEL UP!
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Re: Choice of cosplay By IcyRose. 07/11/08, 04:24 am |
| My biggest consideration of a cosplay is "Do I like the character?" It's no fun dressing up as a character you despise in my opinion. After that it's "How possible is it for me to make this cosplay?" or alternatively "Can I find a decent looking commission that's also affordable on eBay (Damn you Dynasty Warriors cosplays! Too difficult and too expensive!) or can I make this up from clothes I already have?"
So really for me it's a mater of liking the character and being able to make/find the costume. I suppose the final part of my consideration is whether I can find another person who would cosplay another character from the same series. Cosplaying in a group is just more fun. |
| IcyRose lucky*
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Auroa. 07/11/08, 06:59 am |
| IcyRose pretty much spoke for me as well, though I have cosplayed a couple of characters I didn't really like only cause I was asked by friends to cosplay as that character for their group, (peer pressure, well not really,) I accept cause its really fun to be in groups =3 Usually the most important is if I like the character, since I like to act rather then make =P at the moment anyway. |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Riven_. 07/11/08, 07:49 am |
| I'm with Aura on this one!
At CHCHGeddon I cosplayed the oh-so-wonderful undead Kikyo-sama, who has no emotions and is oh-so-evil as fun as a dead fish. This was next to impossible for me to keep in character with. I am just not that kind of person. and I even hope that I'm slightly more fun that a dead fish at a party. XP |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Static. 07/11/08, 02:32 pm |
| Yeah, I'm with Aura mostly too lol. Im only i the Sailor Moon group forAuckgeddon next year 'cuz I love group cosplay - the fact that I quite like the costume/character is a bonus. Although I do have to say that if I'm the only Starlight, I quit...I refuse to be the only one showing belly. I'll get abused by small children again, and nobody likes that... |
| Static Souperman.
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Suixelo. 08/11/08, 03:18 am |
| Hmm... I hate crossplaying. Like hate it. If I had the money, I'd buy proper equipment and see if that makes any difference, but for now no male cosplays for me >>; So generally, I've been looking at the group threads and picking the female characters I like, with costumes think I can make. I like being in groups haha, I think it's more fun! AND PEOPLE -- BE A STARLIGHT WITH STATIC? PLEEEEASE? ;A; |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By PinkGoggles. 08/11/08, 03:41 am |
| "Does my body type suit the character?" Is my first question followed by, "Do I look like them at all?" and then it goes to "Can I make their outfit???" I don't mind cosplaying characters that I don't know much about 'cause I always have research but I prefer to choose characters I'm fond of. I also take "Would I make the character look bad?" into some consideration LOL I'm quite flexible with the price but of course, I don't SEEK expensive cosplay. Male characters are though for me because of boobs... but I will crossplay anyways.
* I WAS going to go as Starlight Fighter but was like "NO MORE SHINY VINYL PLEASE TAT!!!" so yeah ^^; |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By TinTango. 08/11/08, 06:20 am |
| I so know what you mean about body type... I am big-boned by nature, and slightly older than most people here so when looking at the groups, I am currently looking for characters that match this- but there doesn't seem to be many. That's really why I picked Rude. But I hear what you mean about group cosplays... they sound so much better. |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Suixelo. 08/11/08, 06:26 am |
| Hehe yeah. Where as I'm the shortest person on the forums. I BET. |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Pyro. 08/11/08, 06:49 am |
| HO-HO! YOU AREN'T. PWN'D. Suixelo, your shortness is beaten by one person... Li-Bai is shorter than you are. ;O |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Suixelo. 08/11/08, 06:50 am |
| ORLY? I NEED TO MEET HER. |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Xinaliia. 08/11/08, 07:04 am |
| myeahh i think its quite important that you physically resemble the character in some sort of way~ thats an important aspect of a good cosplay lol xD
and then its whether you like the character or not, and is the costume makable / affordable xDDD
and when crossplaying...its kinda tricky xD coz some girls can make really good guys and some girls cant @w@ and vise versa with guys xDD |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By whirlgirl. 08/11/08, 07:18 am |
| It's good to have some sort of resemblance to your character. Cuz there's some character's some people just shouldn't cosplay, no matter how cool/fun they are.. DX Also how comfortable you are with the character. I wouldn't be able to cosplay someone showing lots of skin. >.< |
| whirlgirl Banana
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Re: Choice of cosplay By jpwise. 08/11/08, 07:21 am |
| Suixelo: you coming down for Wellygeddon? She'll no doubt be around. :) |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Suixelo. 08/11/08, 07:32 am |
| =D Definately coming down! Only been there once, when I was 10 haha. |
| Suixelo Souperman.
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Pyro. 08/11/08, 07:34 am |
| Yay, then you'll get to meet her~~~ Heheh, it's a pity you aren't bringing your Nia cosplay to Wellygeddon, since Li-Bai and I're cosplaying Simon and Kamina on the Saturday. ;O |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By jpwise. 08/11/08, 07:36 am |
| Sweet. :) |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Suixelo. 08/11/08, 07:37 am |
| Wahhh... wait. KAMINA? What version, you crazy girl lol. I'm pre-timeskip~ I may bring it then, since if I remember rightly the CCS group is on Sunday? lol could be wrong XD |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Pura. 08/11/08, 01:50 pm |
| Yeah, Madja/Li-Bai is epically short. Makes me feel good :> She chibi cosplays. Her Genesis was so cool xD. |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Tails. 09/11/08, 04:20 am |
| I agree with what most of you are saying, I think it looks waaay better if you actually have the same height/shape/looks of the character you're cosplaying. I'm happy with being short so I can cosplay all the cute short characters ^^ |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By Kimusafox. 11/11/08, 12:12 pm |
| - IcyRose wrote:
- So really for me it's a mater of liking the character and being able to make/find the costume. I suppose the final part of my consideration is whether I can find another person who would cosplay another character from the same series. Cosplaying in a group is just more fun.
This pretty much sums up my Reasons too. xD |
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Re: Choice of cosplay By CMKMStephens. 11/11/08, 03:31 pm |
| My three factors are: Looks/Likes/Obscurity
Like said the first step is really 'Do I look like the character at all?' Having very long wavy brown hair meant that Nephrite was quite doable(Unfortunately I am not anorexic and tall like all the Sailor moon characters though). Otherwise, Mask/wig/hat = Red Mage. No much ressemblance necessary
The other main factors are 'Do I like the character enough to want to cosplay them?' followed by 'How can I be different? How can my cosplay be special?'. Those last two are my reasons for working on my Alex (Golden Sun) cosplay this summer. Golden Sun is fantastic, Alex is fantastic. |
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