Your First Cosplay?

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    • January 6, 2012 at 10:44 PM
    Kiyami
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    As the title says. Talk about your first cosplaying experiences, no matter how embarrassing or awesome it was =D.

    Sooo, when I went to Manga Next in Fall 2008, it was also Halloween and I had pirate-stuff so I just threw that stuff on. And, another cosplaying attempt I cosplayed as Washu with a $15 wig I bought at Party City… I didn’t really have experience with wigs up to that point so I guess the first time it’s okay? Lol.

    Technically I dressed up as anime characters twice for Halloween back before I knew what cosplay was. First I was Sailor Venus (If I find the picture I might just share it with a select few of you but no promises. Apparently everytime I find the picture I then hide it from myself), and I was also a character from Pokemon once.

    *passes the mic

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      • January 7, 2012 at 2:34 AM
      jgzinv
      Member
      I was Dr. Sanada for a Mardi Gras party thing hosted by friends of my parents.

      Had the boots, we had a gynocologist lab coat, that I created a label over the top for that said Commander Sanada.

      Grew my hair out long and soaked it black with stiffener, pulled it out in all directions.

      I took a glow stick, and dropped it in a short test tube like flower vase, and put some concoction of like lime powerade

      and stuff in there… and I had a alka seltzer handy that made bubbles and foam all over… so it looked like I had a glowing

      radioactive bubbling test tube of stuff… and any time someone asked I’d say IT’S AB-SOLUTELY AMA-ZING TECHNOLOGY!!!

      Yes my name is JGZ and I’m a Dual nerd…

      I went as the Anime Expo Magician mascot the first year he was unveiled. Before he had a name and anyone else was doing it.

      Had a lot of staff ask me if they could get my hat and had shots taken by the AX promo department… as well as several people that stopped

      me cause they figured out I “wasn’t” Tuxedo Mask. Never did get to see any pictures though… so I’ve got nothing from either cosplay.

      • January 7, 2012 at 5:36 PM
      Kiyoka
      Member
      My Evil Kiyone >v> *points to avatar* waaaay back in 2006 at Amecon
      • January 10, 2012 at 9:32 AM
      Tearatone
      Member
      My first costume was of Azure Flame Kite from .hack//G.U.

      I chose this because I wanted my first venture into cosplay to be a challenge (at least at the time it was,) though I was also genuinely fascinated by the character.

      I debuted the outfit at AX06, and I couldn’t move five feet with out being assaulted for pictures. I guess you could say it was a hit, though looking back I cringe at all the inaccuracies. I have been meaning to remake the outfit for some time now, and given my ever shrinking budget for costumes these days, it might happen sooner rather than later.

      Here are some shots of the costume… *Shudders at how bad it is now he is reviewing it.*

      http://images.cosplay.com/photos/14/1482406.jpg" />

      http://images.cosplay.com/photos/73/738766.jpg" />

      http://images.cosplay.com/photos/14/1482407.jpg" />

      http://images.cosplay.com/photos/14/1482404.jpg" />

      • January 10, 2012 at 5:54 PM
      Ryokos Stepdad
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      • January 10, 2012 at 5:59 PM
      jgzinv
      Member
      Hey Tearatone I was at AX06 too. Shame we didn’t run into each other somewhere along the line. :)

      Your links are broken btw…

      Stepdad… I hate to say it but Ryo-Ohki just screams out of the picture… “Please take me with you! He’s planning to do this and that to me! Nooooooo!”

      • January 10, 2012 at 10:27 PM
      Tearatone
      Member
      Links are working fine for me… Don’t know what is bugging out.
      • January 10, 2012 at 10:37 PM
      Kiyami
      Participant
      none
      Right now I’m trying to decide if I’m going to Otakon in July… and what I could cosplay as.
      • January 10, 2012 at 10:47 PM
      jgzinv
      Member
      Kiyone?

      I’d like to see a hair up Kiyone GP. Been going through TU again and think she’s more pretty with that style than the

      typical over the shoulder look she’s know for.

      and T – all I get is a bunch of

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      • January 11, 2012 at 1:59 AM
      Kiyami
      Participant
      none
      The only issue with trying to cosplay Kiyone is that I can never be 5ft 9 />.>” title=”>.>” class=”bbcode_smiley” /> Most I can get with heeled shoes is… maybe 5ft 3?</t></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></li> <li> <div id=
      • January 11, 2012 at 5:55 AM
      jgzinv
      Member
      It’s how you play the character, not that you’re the exact likeness.
      • January 12, 2012 at 4:38 AM
      Tearatone
      Member

      Try those?

      • January 12, 2012 at 8:03 PM
      jgzinv
      Member
      well the links are there…

      but…

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      • August 27, 2012 at 10:41 PM
      Thorn
      Member
      My first cosplay was actually last Halloween. Technically it wasn’t a convention, but I still count it. Anyway, I went out dressed as Roberta the maid from Black Lagoon after I found a maid outfit at the Halloween store that wasn’t skimpy. A Then, earlier this year, I went to a Xena convention.
      • September 27, 2012 at 1:25 PM
      DarkPatu
      Member
      I’m sure it’s not my FIRST first cosplay, but the most memorable has to be the year me, my sister and a group of our friends got together and did a Naruto cosplay.

      http://animebelle.com/galleries/v/abcosplay/classic/album52/album56/PICT0058.jpg.html

      http://animebelle.com/galleries/v/abcosplay/classic/album52/album56/PICT0059.jpg.html

      I’m our Kiba, right there in the middle, baby-faced as all get-out.

      The following year I went as Jiraiya to much better results. Still clean shaven (ugh) but looking better.

      http://animebelle.com/galleries/v/abcosplay/classic/album98/album102/PICT0203.jpg.html

      I haven’t really cosplayed much recently, though I was a vault dweller at D*C several years ago but I can’t find any pictures of that. ^_^

      • November 9, 2012 at 8:27 PM
      Nerevar
      Participant
      Good job on all of them.
      • January 21, 2013 at 6:47 AM
      chucklocker
      Participant
      none
      Well, I finally did my first cosplay! I was Leader Desslok of Gamilon, my favorite anime villain/anit-hero/reformed bad guy!

      http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff178/chucklocker/2013-01-18205652_zpsac49ee3c.jpg" />

      http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff178/chucklocker/2013-01-18205726_zps904dd425.jpg" />

      http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff178/chucklocker/2013-01-18205713_zps9c6095c2.jpg" />

      And now for a comparison pic:

      http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/leader-desslok.jpg" />

      It was a lot of fun, and more than a few people recognized me, although one person thought I was Grand Admiral Thrawn! lol.

      • November 20, 2014 at 7:28 PM
      ookamilord
      Participant
      well i found out it doesnt pay to be a D rank hero in this generation where kids dont read comic. yea the EIU homecoming parade was fun. got lost going to the float because no one except the army personell who helped me more than the actual parade cordinators. i went as the DC hero the question and i was called all but one fat guy in a beard the slender man. and to top it all off the morning when i was trying to put on the costume apparently the puppy hid my belt for my pants so i had to walk around the whole parade holding my pants up. but far from that it was a fun time will post pics when i can.
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