What was your first cosplay?
>did a closet cosplay from a hotline miami mod maybe 26 people played
>most work I did was dyeing a stupid hat

>>10841915 (OP)
ohhhhhh yeah shes hot hot hot

A gopnik. Barely anyone knew at the time, and the one that did immediately told me where he learned about it (here, obviously). In the years since, they've popped up more and more. It's extremely versatile and can be customized in almost every way. Mine was full Adidas, so TOO authentic, and also had a flask that had three strips of white tape on it.

>>10841925
You definitely watched Life of Boris at some point. Also impressive squat technique

>>10841928
Not a self-post, but I can do the squat
>You definitely watched Life of Boris at some point
Da

>>10841930
>the sign with the aks
apocaliptic, may something good happen to eastern europe or we're all going into this fire hellhole

>>10841930
would be improved if it said skwat klub.

The first thing I made was a generic Harry Potter scarf and cloak, but that wasn't any specific character.
I'm actually not sure what my first proper character was, but I think it may have been Ryoga from Ranma and Derpy from MLP, both at the same con. Ryoga was the more proper cosplay of the two.

I did Claude from GTA.
Had me some OD pants and a old police surplus leather jacket.
Dye my hair as i was going to shave it for the summer later.
Bam just hold a bat over my shoulder and not say a thing.

a very shitty closet cosplay of rin from love live
i had a 13$ shiny wig, a barely accurate outfit, cat ears and u couldn't tell me shit

>>10841916
That my friend. Is a man.
Are you blind
Nigga could be my brother

>>10842833
looks like a handsome girl to me

>>10842829
Sounds like fun and simpler times. We were all baby weebs once. Remember what got you to love this shit

Ryu from Street Fighter 2.

>>10842833
My friend that's a man.
Nigga could be my brother
Please tell me you're blind.

Fixed it for you. Now it's a haiku.

The Riddler from Arkham Asylum. I remember drawing a bunch of question marks on an army surplus dress uniform because I had no idea where to find a green suit.

>>10841915 (OP)
L from deathnote EZ
>>10846608
>Army riddler
Thats actually a pretty neat idea.

>>10842833
Your brother is cute and i am assuming you do too, please wear a dress. Thank you.

>>10841973
>>10846580
Le mao. What's with all the ponyfuckers.
My first was Fluttershy. Took a yellow shirt, ironed on some big cutie marks, and stitched some foamy wings on the back. Made ears out of craft foam too, and actually used a pink wig as a tail

>>10841941
It's a bullet club parody sign, anon

>>10847318
Look, I was just a very autistic retard back then that had a G4 pony fig still “ruling” over the other toys in my basement. I try not to think about my Twilight Sparkle chemistry notebook that no one had the balls to confront me on

Today actually, I dressed up as the terrorists from csgo

Squall from FF8.

>>10841915 (OP)
A plague doctor
Surprisingly a lot of people found it amusing and wanted thier picture taken with me. There was even one dude who wanted to blast gangster's paradise while thug walking with me. :D happiest moment of my life
Even the girls cosplayers liked it. I had one dance a waltz with me. I ought to cosplay him again lol
>>10841925
Cheeki breeki
>>10842652
But did anyone know? Gta3 has been around for decades anon
>>10848155
Please tell me you blasted CSGO announcer lines wherever you went.

>>10841915 (OP)
wow aren't you special liddle snowflake! LITERALLY no one knew? :OOOO such underground mod wow!

>>10852743
nah it was a public place and i didn't want to make too much of a public nuisance. two people did recognise me.

L with cat ears. mom dropped me off at the con from the minivan... good times

I cosplayed as Zelda from Twilight Princess in 2008. A bunch of people took my photo and made me feel like a celebrity but the costume was trash lol

>>10853507
It would have been cool if u did but oh well
>>10853526
>Made me feel like a celebrity
Lol. I get that feeling

>>10853088
Lose weight.

Cosplayed as Pink guy from filthyfrank last year for supernova sydney which was pretty hot, i'm going as red guy from dhmis this year

This dude

>>10841915 (OP)
Macross Frontier was the first serious one I put effort into.

>>10841915 (OP)
Hiro's P2 skin from Bust A Groove on the dreamcast

>>10841915 (OP)
My really first one was Harry Potter when I was younger during carneval

But I don't have any pictures of that

My first one I wore to a convention was pic related

It's ok
Saw someone else who did it better

>>10852743
>A plague doctor
Mom got angry when I got a plague doctor mask at the beginning of the pandemic
(I unfortunatly missed to use it once, when masks were still mandatory)

my first convention cosplay was really bad it was earth-chan. i'd like to do it again but better. i want to go again as other characters but i'm too poor and wonder how weird it would be if i went alone as a woman. i really need to go to conventions i don't have any other way to make friends. i wish i had a boyfriend to do cute stuff like that.

>>10841915 (OP)
First cosplay was Mariko from Elfen Lied. Bought a skirt, shirt, and cardigan from Goodwill, and had my mom hem up the skirt and add lace and a bow to the cardigan. The wig was a shiny hideous monstrosity, my makeup was a mess, and the horns were some ugly flat foam creations sloppily bobby-pinned to the base of the wig. Absolutely awful. I'm not showing any pictures here.
I really like the character, so I want to revisit cosplaying her again someday. I'm sure my friends will be happy to hear about that after having to wheel me around in a wheelchair the first time.

>>10859701
You cosplayed son of police station chief from Hot Fuzz?

Batter from OFF.

>>10841915 (OP)
hime arikawa from himegoto

Scout from tf2! I hit the goodwill up for the outfit and my parents had old headsets from the army. Got a bat and headed out. I got to meet Voltaire, he recognized the character and told me his son played, which was cool to little tween me.

>>10841915 (OP)
Iruka
>no wig
>no vest or sandals
>borrowed friend's shirt and headband
>enjoyed the last Narutrek

TF2 Scout

>>10860191
>>10860317

Dante, Devil May Cry 5

It will be the first one I've done and the first time going to a convention dressed up in full gear.

>>10846483
nice

The MK1 Scorpion, as in the arcade one. I loved that game growing up, and it was a pretty easy cosplay to make.

>>10853526
in 2008 people didnt care about costume quality it was just all bout dressing up and having fun

>>10841915 (OP)
Jessica Rabbit
>Completely made from raw materials
>Everytime slipped from me cuz made cup holders incorrectly

>>10866041
your boobs kept falling out?

>>10841915 (OP)
Kazuma from Konosuba. I bought a cosplay on amazon and swapped every part out with higher quality pieces except the cape. Made a fully 3D printed chuchumaru as well. The cosplay is still holding strong 3 years later.

>>10866093
Yes

>>10866103
My first cosplay was going to be Kazuma when I just started sewing, but I fucked up the trim on the cape too many times and ran out of time.

In the end my first cosplay was Laois from Dungeon Meshi this year, like three years after I started going to cons.

My first cosplay was Deidara, I think this was in 2007. My mom made the cloak, my grandpa made the headband and I made everything else to the best of my abilities. I didn't use a wig or makeup, and I had the time of my life.

>>10866511
It was. I made it from scratch.
Also it was my first photoset.

>>10866776
thx

Unless wearing THIS shirt counts...

>>10841925
>had a flask that had three strips of white tape on it.
fucking lol'd
>>10841915 (OP)
Undyne. I was grateful to already having known about proper application/sealing from the sins of the Homestuck fandom.

>>1084191
Carton of Milk

>>10841925
i can't make out the packaging but it looks like they're eating tide pods and dog food

>>10872498
The one with the wolf on it definitely say says "Semechki", so it's the Slav-approved snack of sunflower seeds

my first cosplay at 15 was a homestuck fandom troll and i didnt wear deodorant and rewore the same costume for two days and i had no friends so i walked around alone for 8 hours but still cringe but remember it fondly

>>10853088
You seem upset

>>10841925
gopnik "cosplayers" are the cringiest shit imaginable holy fuck

>>10875852

>>10841915 (OP)
LOL hey sailor moon

I did the Guardian of Metal from Brutal Legend. Of course no one got it but I still enjoyed the shit out of it and Tim Schafer thought it was cool as well.

>>10841915 (OP)
so do I just hide the fact that I bought my costume online because REAL cosplayers will sperg out on me otherwise?

>>10878100
what a dick lmao

>>10857007
did you harrass people with 'ey b0ss' and 'hambagah plz'?

My grandma bought me a pale green striped shirt a few months before. I didn’t really like it. But it was nice.
Fast forward, I was going on a date to a local con. I needed something decent and clean. I found the pale green striped shirt. It passed the sniff test. I threw it on with some light brown khakis pants.
I walked up to the front desk, the desk jockey was excited to see me, never met him before. He told me funny cosplay.
I had accidentally dressed as Steve from blues clues in a 1:1 outfit.

>>10841915 (OP)
2B

2016 Yosafire. Barely a teenager very DIY Only had 2 people recognize me and one person mistake me for another character after we took a photo, I still die of embarrassment every month thinking about it

>>10841915 (OP)
im so ashamed

>>10841915 (OP)
Alien.
THE Alien.
Back in the 1980s, pre-3D printing, pre-EVA foam, pre-superglue, etc (so built mostly with papier mache and corrugated tubing).

>>10866676
your rack sucks. now fuck me

>>10858308
based

>>10881524
anon, thats adorable! I cosplayed a fail attempt kclab, would probably revisit it some day. I still cringe in my horn making

>>10882244
If you did it while he was at the peak of his popularity, there's no shame.
If you did it in the past few years, there might be some shame.

>>10884610
You lost, anon?

>>10881005
Saw a femboy at ACEN dressed as 2B, that you?

>>10884065
I know

>>10888430
Fake tits

>>10888434
Jealous?

Raven from teen titans
It was freezing when I put it together so I barely wore it lol

cheap ebay cosplay of yuna from ff10. sang suteki da ne in it and won the karaoke contest at a smallish con. prize was working with a local producer at his studio, but it was just some dj who rented out a guitar center studio for a few hours.

>>10841915 (OP)
>did a closet cosplay from a hotline miami mod maybe 26 people played
I did something like this too, but just as jacket with one of the cat masks. Nobody got it, but I really enjoyed it

>>10841915 (OP)
Okabe RIntarou from Steins;Gate. Ran across a couple other guys who were dressed the same. It was kinda fun.

>>10841915 (OP)
heavy for a halloween party

The closest before this was wearing cat ears and a collar for some Halloween thing in college

>>10878100
Yeah. Do that. The ‘tism innate in cosplayers is simply not worth the trouble.

>>10884030
>>10750695?
>>10886903?

My first and only cosplay was Alexander Anderson from Hellsing one year for Halloween when I was like 16. Mom bleached my hair, I drew his signature scar on my face with a marker, cobbled together his outfit (based off his appearance in the Hellsing TV series) with clothes from my closet (I actually had a grey trenchcoat that was perfect), and made a pair of his knives out of cardboard. Pretty much did as well as I possibly could with what I had at the time. It was fun, I should cosplay again some day.

>>10891102
cute

>>10896246
please do, i never see hellsing cosplay anymore

>>10896240
yes.

Snufkin
>sewed a cloak, fucked up the machine a few times but it still looked nice enough despite the sleeves being a lil short
>made a hat by hot gluing fabric to a skeleton
>no craft stores had a fucking craft feather
>still rock it
>Walking around I see at least six Tumblr gals recognize me and get pics
>one of them hands me a juniper branch from her bouquet and I stick it in my hat
>get some good photos of my own
What a lovely time it was. The rave was a good time.

>>10878100
Tell them "that's fine and all but I'm new to this and not comfortable trying to hammer something out when I can source it from somewhere else and focus on other elements that I do know how to scratch make, and I don't really care about your elitist attitude because ultimately I'm here to have fun"

If she presses the issue don't make a big deal out of it and continue to express your disinterest in making a fuss out of having fun while you're just starting out, and tell her she's being a gatekeeper that's poisoning the community for basically no reason except personal preference.

Then accept her apology and smash that pussy into the mattress.

>>10896533
you the guy with the british business man story?

>>10899793
Kill yourself
https://desuarchive.org/cgl/thread/10841915#10899793

>>10900694
Yep
No one knows their Snuf

>>10891139
Still cool.

That purple haired girl from FLCL. Except I made a hugeass hat in the shape of the monster that grows out of her head. The costume was all self-made and looked like shit but I was like 13, people took pics. I was really embarrassed once I actually got to the con.

My first cosplay for a con I'm going to in about two weeks.
This is my attempt at Naked Snake, how did I do?

>>10909804
>naked
>clothed

I always wanted to do cosplay and lolita but felt I was too fat. I lost a ton of weight in my freshman year and did a yun jin cosplay as my first after dropping down to a medium.

>>10909816
Haha fair enough anon, I wanted to do the naked version, but
-overalls were cheaper
-I don't think I've got a good enough body for Snake(yet)

>>10909804
Fucking kek I have those same fingerless gloves from another cosplay
Nice work though

>>10857238
happy 413 bro

>>10878100
LOL i completely understand this dude. I end up having to talk like this to explain any topic to people who are stupid. I mean i agree with the person bitching honestly. They put all that work into their shit, they have a reason to be upset when someone else waltzes in and pretends its amatuer hour.

>>10897503
she probably wasnt going to say the other person isnt ALLOWED to cosplay, just to not call it cosplay when it isnt, that he's just putting on a costume. Long as he doesnt say that it IS cosplay I can imagine she would be like "ok good" and could move on. but people get a bit irritated when they have to explain shit to clueless people. This is one of my biggest pet peeves desu, people with this stupid carefree attitude. If I'm talking to a rando online and its just casual normal convo, and they start having this lackadaisy attitude about something im actually informed about AND they argue with me about it, ill straight up block them on the spot lol. I had a different friend who would pick fights with me about astrology and mbti and why it was bullshit. I like astrology, thats my defence lmao. But when he would try and tell me that mbti is bullshit because its entirely a binary, he would just bitch for hours, and REFUSED to watch a ten minute (or even the first 30 seconds" of a video that literally explained everything and wouldve answered all his questions, but he just refused. Those people dont want to learn, they just want to inflate their own ego at the expense of yours.
Sorry thats a bit of a tangent but like i said, its a pet peeve

Judge Holden. Me and my buddy both read it in 2015 and he dared me to do it. I did, worked pretty well. (I'm already 6'5 and have the build) Nobody knew who the heck I was. It was great just standing there, laughing in my head as people looked him up.

>>10841915 (OP)
Kondo Isao from Gintama.

I couldn't and cannot really do twink characters, I'm too manly and old for that.

And I relate to Kondo.

>>10852743
With a slight alteration you could go as SCP-049, assuming you haven't already done that.

Thanks to the vidya Secret Laboratory, there's lots of meme potential.

>>10896396
pics or didn't happen

l4d hunter in a 2010 zombie walk

>>10841915 (OP)
Ooh, boy had to do some digging to find pictures of it. The first cosplay I did was one of the masked mercenaries from Atlantis the lost empire. The mask was heavy, uncomfortable, and near impossible to see out of. I nicknamed it the boiler suit for how ridiculously hot it was.

>>10913693

>>10866041
Cheers love just rubbed one out, got anymore?

>>10910228
that's funny, when I look it up it doesn't really mention anything about materials workmanship or sourcing

The merchant from RE4. I used a tool belt and a bunch of Halloween props for all the stuff. I think I used an old camera bag for one of the coat pockets.

>>10891477
suit cosplays are best cosplays for me desu
also
>dorohedoro cosplay
BASED

>>10910228
mein negger, cosplaying IS putting on a costume. MAKING a costume is called "sewing" or "tailoring" and is an actual trade. Don't make the mistake of coflating your hobby and my profession.

t. taylor (AND cosplayer).

Yotsuba, when I was maybe 7 or 8 years old.
My hair was a dark brown at the time, so we had to "dye" it green with this chalky paste, it stained my pillows for weeks afterwards lolol.

i did kino

Dressed up as Iruma from Welcome to Demon School. Underestimated my dad bod and should if got a size bigger

Bumpy

Houraisan Kaguya lol.

A rookie stalker from, well, STALKER. I was pretty satisfied with it, only thing I would change would be actually checking out the jeans i'm taking with me because these were way too tight. Luckily most things I already had on me, I only had to look a bit for the Bundeswehr parka

>>10841915 (OP)
what mod, Midnight Animal? (god why tf did that mod author have to become so lame and wanna make a persona game instead)

I want as The Anger from the game Brink, it was my first time going to Goodwill buying the crappiest clothes I could find and trying to use a needle and thread. I went to a gaming convention and I remember people recognizing me, but also noting just how much the game sucks.
Good times
>>10910229
I wish I could see that, it's funny because right at that time there were a lot of book cosplays. It's weird seeing GoT cosplays from way before the show was a thing

>>10930946
Brink, man that takes me back. Still got some of the parts from when I was going to make a security cosplay. Brothers and I were going to have our own little squad patroling the con. Went on to other cosplays, but man did we have a blast talking about it.

>>10910229
This anon will never die

>>10841915 (OP)
I want to start cosplay aaah but idk which character. I am not white so

>>10930810
It was Make Me Real. Also I'm still amazed this thread is still up. I actually made this thread to slide some creepy troon's thread off the board kek

>>10932797
>Check archives
>Six consecutive threads of the same Persona porn screencap
Was it one of those?

>>10866676
Onlyfans?

Squall from FF8.

>>10853509
Reading this gave me so much nostalgia. Thank you

>>10841915 (OP)
Actually planning out my first ever cosplay right now with my best friend, it won't be good but hopefully we'll finish Thiollier and sir Ansbach by spring/summer.
We've done quite a bit of larp-related crafting ( sewing costumes, making foam armor and weapons, leather stuff, latex works etc ) and he also has some basic cosplay experience and decent 3d-printing skills.
Still, I don't have any hopes for an actually good first cosplay for many reasons, Thiollier's fucking hair cape and just-fuck-me-up detailing included.
Regardless, this should be an educational crafting experience and we'll have fun along the way.

>>10910430
bear in mind the time and age the thing was made

>>10938914
Any pic of the mounted head?

>>10938914
neat!

>>10841915 (OP)
My first cosplay was a shitty Asuka, my first one I made myself was Teen Titans Starfire.

>>10942008
pics?

>>10841915 (OP)
cute!

nepeta from homestuck lol. i made the tail and horns myself, but threw them away after bc my parents didnt know about the cosplay

>>10948010
quality post

now I practically just dress up as a Saber or a Rei since I'm an egg, but my first cosplay was as chud school shooter

super sonico in like 2010? got custom-made headset, pink contacts, and wore a megamilk shirt. brought a lil plushie of her with me too.
i thought it was really cute and the people who were in the know were really excited.
simpler times

>>10949016
pics?

>>10913693
That looks so fucking cool

>>10841915 (OP)
When I was 19 I did Sakuya from touhou crossplay with a really shitty maid outfit I found on amazon a week before the con. At the photoshoot I felt super awkward next to the other sakuyas who had sewn their dresses from scratch. Also I had never shaved my legs before so I ended up with irritation so bad it took several months to go away. It was fun though and a few people asked for photos

>>10950714
Thanks! I've been updating it over the years. I think we're at version 3 or 4.

Crowsdressed as Len Kagamine, first and last time I crossdressed. Im pretty sure the experience solidified me as homophobic and fatphonic. It’s always the landwhales that never understood cosplay != consent

>>10841915 (OP)
kagamine rin in middle school to my first con. only when con day arrived did I realize I forgot to get a wig too. I felt so ashamed

Wow