LEAST favourite part of Cosplay?

By Mandie_Chan. 19/03/10, 09:06 am

can I ask what do people find so hard about sewing sleeves? o.O
do people use the patterns that have slightly gathered ones and you have to ease them in?

*is curious*

By CMKMStephens. 19/03/10, 09:10 am

for me it's the gathering and easing. I've done it once right before, but the current one I'm having difficulty getting it right.

It's supposed to be:

1. Sew two lines half a centimetre apart near edge
2. Pull on inner threads to gather
3. Evenly spread gathering
4. Sew onto body
5. Profit.

3, along with tidying and getting it to sit/look right worn is the problem.

By Mandie_Chan. 19/03/10, 09:15 am

ahhhh just making sure~

Guess I'm kinda lucky that I did sewing all through high school then coz I got TONNES of practice sewing (unpicking then RESEWING) sleeves sweatdrop

Also I really cant stand dealing with Wigs >_<;
like... I think they hate me AND I ONLY USE SHORT HAIRED WIGS!

By Pura. 19/03/10, 09:23 am

Icarus wrote:: SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVES & ANYTHING TO DO WITH WIRE!! ARGH
even the thin stuff that I CAN bend is a ho, I cut some yesterday and it flicked backwards, the sharp end cut into my hand.

One piece nearly got my face grrr

THIS. If I didn't wear glasses, I think I would have got wire IN my eyes by now Dx. My hands have wire attack marks too.

I don't like trying to sort out how something works.

UNPICKING. OHGOD. I HATE IT SO DAMN MUCH.

... Sleeves are easy. I don't get why people don't like them xP.

By Tails. 19/03/10, 09:24 am

I also hate when you get back from a MASSIVE cosplay shop (over $100-$200) just to find you missed something very small & important like thread or glue.

ARGHHFXNS;DFNZSFNSND

By damian. 19/03/10, 09:29 am

(lack of) money;
sewing. SEWING. i just hate sewing;
unpicking.

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By Squishy blob. 19/03/10, 09:32 am

Procrastinating. Even though I know how good progress feels I'm a "Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow." person....

And yes having to unpick things you do wrong, and then being worried you'll screw up again....

Left-over fabric. Especially in colours you'd never use again. Like dirty yellow.

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By vefalasiel. 19/03/10, 10:23 am

I hate when you've thought you have finished for the night and then realise that you have sewn something inside out etc. and can't be physicsd fixing it at that point.

By Static. 19/03/10, 10:27 am

I hate running into things that I have no experience with. I have a big enough pattern collection that *most* things can be based on an existing pattern and modified - but when I get something that is completely alien to me, I HATE IT.

Also, when you can't find the pattern you're looking for. I know it's THERE why can't I FIND IT.....

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The money issue. Buying some of the costumes are alot of money and being a student makes it double hard lol

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I dislike the initial research stage, where I have to source tutorials or gawk at patterns and think about how I could modify them to suit what I'm trying to make. Basically, figuring out *how* to make something hurts my brain much more than any aspect of actually making it.

I have no experience with sewing, so EVERYTHING is unfamiliar territory. Everything I make has that "Oh gosh, I've never done this before! *HESITATION*" thing going on, so I usually end up asking a whole bunch of people for ideas and picking the one that makes the most sense to me.

I also have trouble deciphering the jargon in sewing instructions, so that makes life a pain in the ass too. X_X

By RainbowMoonDust. 19/03/10, 03:05 pm

Wigs! They itch like crazy! Drives me insane! gonk

Does anyone else get this? I think I have a sensitive scalp or something. stare

They also tangle, move about, annoying to style and are just a general pain in the butt! stare

I do have one wig I love although most of them are a pain. nodnod

Oh yeah that's right, I still have to fix my Euphemia wig as one of the buns has started falling apart, I hate brushing that, it's ridiculously long and takes hours to get all the knots out of it, looks like candy floss too. stare

Oh and when you put the buns on you have to slide the metal combs through the wig and into your own hair otherwise they won't hold, hurts like hell! >_<

By Pyro. 19/03/10, 03:15 pm

Having to put up with those weird cosplayers hanging around me all the time.

... I jest~

(my real least favorite part is looking at photos of my cosplays-- I get all worried like 'no, I forgot to put on my gloves!' or 'fff-- THAT POSE LOOKS TERRIBLE')

By angellsnz. 20/03/10, 01:17 am

Motivation - knowing that you should be working on something, then leaving it for the last minute.

Oh and that first cut into the fabric. The fabric is so pristine, and pretty, and that first cut means you are committing yourself to something, for x amount of hours. Sometimes it's scary stuff.

By kyokyogirl. 20/03/10, 01:38 pm

I hate designing patterns. I've had to do it for a part of almost every costume and it never gets any easier.

By demon-girl. 21/03/10, 09:45 am

I hate deciding who to cosplay for expo's snice I only go to ones in auckland. so I only get to cosplay like 7 different characters a year

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my least favourite part is finding cosplays I really want to do and then having no space for them o_o

By **Duckeh**. 21/03/10, 10:01 am

Trimmings. A little amount of trimmings is godly, all through out the costume is not. ;-;

By Ninaarrx3. 21/03/10, 10:07 am

Money. ): POOR STUDENT.

By Li-Bai. 21/03/10, 10:10 am

demon-girl wrote:: I hate deciding who to cosplay for expo's snice I only go to ones in auckland. so I only get to cosplay like 7 different characters a year

Only??

By chiken_skratch. 21/03/10, 10:27 am

the freakn cost of everything
not to meantion trying to find the motivation for everything

By demon-girl. 21/03/10, 10:59 am

@ li-bai. well if you put it this way
auckarmgeddon - 4 characters (mon sat sun ball)
DO - 1 character
ACB- 1 character
ACP- 1 character
( dont know if anymore)
and that im moving to aussie so yeah..

By Li-Bai. 21/03/10, 11:02 am

I'm not sure if there was a miscommunication here, but I only get to cosplay two or even three (at a stretch) new characters a year. P:

By damian. 21/03/10, 11:04 am

demon-girl wrote:: and that im moving to aussie so yeah..

if you move to brisbane i'll love you and be your bffl LEAST favourite part of Cosplay? - Page 2 352708

/GETS SHOT.

na jokes. but it would be awesome to have a friend in the same city LOL.
/syn fails.

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