Costumes at Anime conventions always astonish me.

Links234

http://imgur.com/a/QJ5KH

Seriously impressive and makes me wish I could do something half as creative. Those folks put so much effort into really amazing costumes that they wear for like a couple of days a year, and it's just something else entirely.

No clue what some of them are meant to be, but amazing!

Dravokivich

At Acen there's this old bloke who always dresses up as a schoolgirl from Sailor Moon.

danger mouse

Yep me too.

Zen65

Links234 wrote: »

No clue what some of them are meant to be, but amazing!

Apart from Iron Man, Spiderman, and R2D2 I don't have a clue who any of them are supposed to be. Brilliant outfits though! Some serious fans (of something) there!

Z

seven_eleven

tbh http://i.imgur.com/cHgU6mS.jpg

Doesnt get better than that

Peregrine

And we have a winner

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/107/6/6/con_nichiwa_anime_convention_cosplay___lucy_by_taophotography-d622ui5.jpg

If you don't know who that is..well it means you didn't spend hours of your life watching anime and you probably did something productive..

cassid

Impressive stuff.

syklops

Pretty sure I'd get arrested if I went there. Some of those girls....

:eek:

shruikan2553

I must go to these things if the girls look like that...

On tablet so have to just link it.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N1JrXMted8Q

Someone created a giant moving turtle mount from world of warcraft for the costume contest

Links234

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

And we have a winner

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/107/6/6/con_nichiwa_anime_convention_cosplay___lucy_by_taophotography-d622ui5.jpg

If you don't know who that is..well it means you didn't spend hours of your life watching anime and you probably did something productive..

NYU!

also, I have those same shoes

Links234

Here's some more: http://imgur.com/a/UfWXx

mawk

Conventions definitely bring out some really dedicated cosplayers but even Halloween in Ireland, or at least cork, has some great builds.

People love building costumes

Ruudi_Mentari

that one in the ginger wig :eek:

in particular. fairly certain it's not just the outfits I mean she'd even look good in a pedobear suit right orrr is it just that they're Japanese..

ohhh dear Fetishes eh. That iron man makes Robert Downey appear 6" at least

Dartz

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

And we have a winner

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/107/6/6/con_nichiwa_anime_convention_cosplay___lucy_by_taophotography-d622ui5.jpg

If you don't know who that is..well it means you didn't spend hours of your life watching anime and you probably did something productive..

Luuucccy! You got Some 'splainin to do!

the_syco

Really kicking myself for forgetting about this; was meaning to go and take photos!

Dartz

the_syco wrote: »

Really kicking myself for forgetting about this; was meaning to go and take photos!

There's Nom-Con and Eirtakon to come.

Peregrine

Dartz wrote: »

Luuucccy! You got Some 'splainin to do!

Oh I don't think so

Links234

Zen65 wrote: »

Apart from Iron Man, Spiderman, and R2D2 I don't have a clue who any of them are supposed to be. Brilliant outfits though! Some serious fans (of something) there!

Z

of the ones I recognise, there's some Borderlands characters, the X Men, some Attack on Titan characters, Princess Peach, Tifa Lockheart, Tyrael from the Diablo games, a Warhammer space marine, Deadpool, some Naruto characters... that's about it maybe

krudler

Some serious talent goes into those, you'd see movie quality costumes at things like ComicCon and WonderCon.

Links234

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Oh I don't think so

Me and herself are watching through Elfen Lied at the moment, and although I had seen the first few episodes already ages ago, it still shocks me. that is one very, very dark show, and it is very disturbing.

Clandestine

I've thought about going to Eirtakon later this year, but I know zero people IRL who'd ever go to something like it. I don't want to go alone...

Links234

Clandestine wrote: »

I've thought about going to Eirtakon later this year, but I know zero people IRL who'd ever go to something like it. I don't want to go alone...

Go! You'll have a great time even if you do go alone, and you can always arrange to meet people you know from boards or something

hell, I'll be in London next week and I've got loads of time to kill because herself is gonna be in hospital, and I'm probably going to be going to the London Anime Con alone. nothing wrong with it, and you shouldn't miss out on doing something you love

Peregrine

There's also Comic Con on in August. Maybe your friends would be a interested in that?


http://www.dublincomiccon.com/index.html

Wacker The Attacker

I'd bang the Japanese girl with the blue wig.

I'd screw her to the bed.

BeerWolf

Dravokivich wrote: »

At Acen there's this old bloke who always dresses up as a schoolgirl from Sailor Moon.

Nemeses

Links234 wrote: »

of the ones I recognise, there's some Borderlands characters, the X Men, some Attack on Titan characters, Princess Peach, Tifa Lockheart, Tyrael from the Diablo games, a Warhammer space marine, Deadpool, some Naruto characters... that's about it maybe

You forgot Left 4 Dead....

Poor Bill, He eventually got his pills

Links234

Nemeses wrote: »

You forgot Left 4 Dead....

Poor Bill, He eventually got his pills

Never played Left 4 Dead I'm afraid

mike65

Don't forget the slave Princess Leia crowd (I try to!).

Nemeses

Links234 wrote: »

Never played Left 4 Dead I'm afraid

Ah what?

And you're a gamer ? Get outta here!

Links234

Nemeses wrote: »

Ah what?

And you're a gamer ? Get outta here!

it sounds odd, but I get scared really easily so I tend to avoid horror games because I just end up getting scared and not playing them the Metro games freaked the ever living crap out of me. they're amazing but I've not played them much because they freaked me out so I couldn't go on. don't laugh

Nemeses

Links234 wrote: »

it sounds odd, but I get scared really easily so I tend to avoid horror games because I just end up getting scared and not playing them the Metro games freaked the ever living crap out of me. they're amazing but I've not played them much because they freaked me out so I couldn't go on. don't laugh

Trying not to point fingers and shout ha ha ....


Trying, resistance is futile...


I get ya man This guy is similar to you on how you feel about them games..

Links234

I should've just said I never got around to playing it

gobnaitolunacy

In Ireland, hen party devil horns/bunny ears, feather boa and flashing xmas lights counts as 'dressing up'.

Nemeses

Links234 wrote: »

I should've just said I never got around to playing it

I'm sorry, I couldn't resist lol

Links234

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

In Ireland, hen party devil horns/bunny ears, feather boa and flashing xmas lights counts as 'dressing up'.

not true, going to anime cons in Ireland, you still get some amazing costumes just looking at some of the pics friends have posted from Arcade Con, or some of the costumes when we were at Akumakon this year. it's still pretty awesome

Reoil

Links234 wrote: »

http://imgur.com/a/QJ5KH
Those fools put so much effort into really amazing costumes that they wear for like a couple of days a year

Corrected that for you so.

Links234

Reoil wrote: »

Corrected that for you so.

:rolleyes:

Wibbs

I suppose you either get this kinda thing or you don't. I don't, but figure fair play if people get some pleasure from it.

Dravokivich

BeerWolf wrote: »

Well... you asked for it. photo of him here

Links234

Dravokivich wrote: »

Well... you asked for it. photo of him here

is it bad I knew exactly who you were on about? he's been at it for years

http://etakeh-oh.net/pic/bad%20cosplay%20sailor%20moon.jpg

I think it's hilarious, and kinda highlights some of the awful costumes female characters often wear. there was also a guy who used to dress up as Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop a lot

ScumLord

Links234 wrote: »

Seriously impressive and makes me wish I could do something half as creative.

I'm slightly disappointed buying some airsoft gear and copying something is considered creativity now.

I know some of them are impressive and somewhat creative like the iron man and transformers guys but for the most part it's just copying something using basic sewing/gluing skills.

Dravokivich

AFAIK, he's done it since the first Acen he went to. Possibly even since Acen itself started.

Not sure if I've seen him at it though.

Links234

Dravokivich wrote: »

AFAIK, he's done it since the first Acen he went to. Possibly even since Acen itself started.

Not sure if I've seen him at it though.

What was Acen like? I'd love to go to some of the big cons overseas, London Anime Con will be the first one if I have the time for it. I might be looking at Eirtakon this year too, but I don't know

cherryghost

Thought I accidently hit the Anime & Manga forum

I love cosplay, it's really awesome. Brings out the creative side of many people who normally wouldn't venture out in public dressed as they are. I done cosplay for a few years at Nom-con and Eirtakon. Managed to hook up with pretty much every other character from the show, some of them had put their heart into their costumes. Group photos were awesome xD

Links234

cherryghost wrote: »

Thought I accidently hit the Anime & Manga forum

I love cosplay, it's really awesome. Brings out the creative side of many people who normally wouldn't venture out in public dressed as they are. I done cosplay for a few years at Nom-con and Eirtakon. Managed to hook up with pretty much every other character from the show, some of them had put their heart into their costumes. Group photos were awesome xD

wow, what characters did you do? and can we see some of those pics? especially the group ones!

cherryghost

Sure, will dig them up later

Was Death the Kid out of a show called Soul Eater.

Links234

cool!

I'd love to do some cosplay at some point myself, but I'm not sure what character I could pull off

GalwayGuy2

Anybody got any good Animes to watch?

keelanj69

Links234 wrote: »

cool!

I'd love to do some cosplay at some point myself, but I'm not sure what character I could pull off

I visualise you as very Trinity-esque.

GLaDOS

Wibbs wrote: »

I suppose you either get this kinda thing or you don't. I don't, but figure fair play if people get some pleasure from it.

Can't say I 'get' it either (Wouldn't have any interest in doing it myself), but I definitely appreciate some of the work that goes into the costumes, some are really impressive.

The fact there tends to be some good looking women included is a bonus :pac:

Links234

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Anybody got any good Animes to watch?

currently watching Attack on Titan which is particularly awesome, I'd recommend it