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> Cosplay Masterpost: http://pastebin.com/ekZP1fhg
- Tutorials and links that can help with Homestuck cosplays. Refer to it if you need help. Any contributions welcome.
> Crunchy Cosplay List: http://i.imgur.com/QRRWqRn.jpg
- A list of suggested Homestuck cosplayers to follow and check out, as they have great cosplays and some also have good tutorials on their blogs.
To discuss:
> The end of the comic seems to finally be in sight. Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
>The end of the comic seems to finally be in sight. Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
Hard to say, really. I was just at wondercon and the only homestuck cosplay I saw was a single Jade. I think it depends on the quality of the upcoming sequence of panels--if they're good, I could easily see a revival in enthusiasm fueled by the ending of the comic. If not, I think the community will continue to die down.
>Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
I probably will, because I'm a filthy poser and haven't actually done any Homestuck cosplay yet. One of these days, I will, and the end of the comic might be the ideal time to do it.
> The end of the comic seems to finally be in sight. Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
I think that the people who have been fans of the webcomic for a while will use their old cosplays one last time in loving memory of the webcomic. In other words, a mild boost of homestucks summer 2016.
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
I don't think homestuck cosplays are something I will continue doing. I might have one last photoshoot as Tavros or something (It being they favourite out of my three homestuck cosplays). But my passion for homestuck is just not as grand anymore, and the people I used to cosplay from homestuck with no longer cosplay from homestuck.
But if I were to continue making homestuck cosplay I would definitely do Rufioh and Nepeta.
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
The ending of the comic has really encouraged me to start some new Homestuck cosplays, actually. I haven't cosplayed from it in years, but I've improved a lot, and I'd like to bring my new skills to costumes that were previously too much for me. I'm planning on making some, if not all, of Rose's outfits for a start. It's convenient that I was also looking to make some more comfy outfits to wear to meetups and conventions anyway. Also looking at a maximum effort God Tier Vriska sometime this year.
>Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
I have no intentions to stop cosplaying Homestuck. I have a big list of characters I want to cosplay and even if it's just me cosplaying it once HS has died I could care less. It won't be as fun obviously, but my love for this stupid webcomic hasn't diminished over the years, even when it was just me and none of my friends no longer liked it, and I don't think I'll stop loving it any time soon.
>>8945832
I've seen them attached more towards the crown of the head (kinda Peixes) a few times and I kinda prefer that in all honesty. It's less canonically supported, but just more attractive aesthetically.
But then again, the Megido horns shift directions, proportions and placement all over the place. A better measurement of what'd be canon would probably be to look at the Handmaid's horns and scale them back a few centuries.
is anyone else making a cosplay specifically for 4/13? i've been pumping out this rose asap. it's actually the first thing i've sewn so i'm a little proud of it despite its shittiness in some aspects (pic-related)
>Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
nah. ive been in the fandom for years and i think its probably finished at this point
>Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
yeah! i wanna do dreamer aranea or something. or remake some of my outfits from when i was younger. i love homestuck too much to stop
I still have quite a few cosplays I would like to do from Homestuck. Mainly all of Jade's outfits so I'm not stopping anytime soon
>>8947274
looks good so far
im working on a cosplay for 4/13 but ill keep it secret since people follow me here and im not totally sure i finish on time anyway
> The end of the comic seems to finally be in sight. Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
a little bit, but not too much.
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
yeah theres still some stuff i plan to do
![tumblr_o54p5jco5a1s290b4o1_540[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PpyZlQO.jpg "tumblr_o54p5jco5a1s290b4o1_540[1].jpg")
Homestuck is almost over and I still see people make these kinds of decisions in cosplay.
>>8947971
what's with... that forehead though
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends?
Yes, i've been a lone homestuck for this long the comic ending isn't going to change that. I have so many HS cosplays that i've started and never finished.
>>8947971
This kid went and did some nice neutral eye make-up and then said, "Fuck it! I wonder what Dave would look look like with the eyebrows of a basic ass youtube guru."
up8, motherfuckers
it's a doozy
Kinda feeling like doing a John with like a week left to 413. How accurate is the WP tee to colour?
Also good places to buy glasses.
>>8948374
It was crazy, though i didn't like the music in the beginning too much. Though that's just imo.
>>8948852
I don't know how accurate the t-shirt is, but i know eBay is pretty good for fake glasses. And if you can't find something that will ship in time, look at reading glasses in grocery stores (and i think dollar stores and 5 below too) and pop the lenses out.
Is anyone else's update notifier broken? Pic related, i have negative two pages to read
>>8948374
Holy shit I've watched it like 8 times and I still love it?
I somehow ended up with 3 people over and rewatching with me at 2am as a mood booster for one of them, and it gave them quite a bit to discuss.
>>8948852
If they've not changed it at all in the last year or so, its the colour of his hood instead of his actual shirt. So it'll be much to dark. Go to walmart or a thrift store- you'll have much better luck finding the correct colour and just painting on the symbol, or using an iron on transfer.
>>8948869
Mine was fine until last night. It didn't go off at all and my girlfriend had to alert me instead ):
>>8948852
>>8948958
I'd say just buy a shirt and use an iron-on transfer, like other anon said. Especially if you wanna be more accurate and use a long-sleeved shirt instead. (depends on what john you're doing though since there's a lot that use a t-shirt)
>>8948869
I agree with you about the music... a lot of it was just remixes of stuff we've already heard so it kind of bored me...
Here's a Jake in honor of that one frame in the update where he was doing this pose.
well guys, since the end of homestuck is drawing more and more near as the hours go on, i have one question to ask...
what are some of your favorite memories in seagull homestuck history? as far as drama, shenanigans, or just threads that made you smile.
i think one of my favorite memories was that really shitty fancy kanaya cosplay that got passed around a lot, i think that person even came into the threads and got assmad over it too. stuff like that just sticks with you, yknow?
>>8949172
Urchintier!! Bless her.
Remember when Rachel called Mostflogged a slut on Twitter? Good times.
>>8949364
holy shit, i think i do. it isn't very surprising considering rachel herself is a massive bitch anyway
>>8949364
screencaps pls omg
>>8949424
i couldn't find that exactly, but i found rachel getting mad over mostfloggeds bunny group. the old drama is a breath of fresh air t bh.
>>8949441
Someone explain to me what's even up with Rachel christ
>>8949453
hussie's girlfriend, maybe wife now or whatever. she was a big sjw bitch and was the one who spear-headed the movement for no unofficial homestuck merch in the first place. i can't remember much more about her but she's just an unpleasant person in general. glad to see she's kind of faded into obscurity
>>8949453
Well, she's against con cheesecake, so she's against basically everything that I stand for.
>>8949455
i thought they broke up or something?
there was a period back this past summer where she like scrubbed every last part of her presence off the internet
or that may have been part of the whole WP mass exodus and the game going back to formula again
I remember a long time ago when I was doing arcadestuck my event ended up on here actually. At first I was a bit upset but now that I look back to it, it was kinda funny and I don't really care about that anymore.
I haven't cosplayed Nepeta in a long time, but she's one of my fave trolls. I'm not so hyped about hs as I used to be but thank god it's finally ending, I'm just glad I was a part of this.
>>8949530
would kidnap and force feed mcnuggets 10/10
>>8949441
There was definitely more of it but a lot's probably deleted at this point
>>8949441
Speaking of super old drama, what ever happened to Horn anon? the one who was the only officially allowed horn commissioner, and was sending like 60% of her cash to Hussie? That poor girl.
>>8949891
Oh, fuck. Didn't they always upload Pusheen images whenever they posted here?
>>8949891
They were lambency on Tumblr, iirc.
>>8950003
probably assassinated by what pumpkin agents. no doubt in order to make way for the merchandising push for the plush horns.
>>8949492
I think they broke up and Andrew is dating ipgd now
>>8949172
I mean, I fucking love yarnidan for something new and hilarious...
But fond memories from this hellhole would def be Rachel's angry letters to 15 year olds on deviantart.
Urchintier.
Haven's crying Meenah pics.
Really bad nudestuck from back in the day still makes me laugh. Same with awful strider gif compilations.
The Eridan cosplayer who wanted that one photog to come to them for a free shoot and to shop them grey because they didn't have paint.
>>8950076
>Heaven's crying Meenah pics
Refresh my memory, will you?
>>8950076
I think i saw Urchintier once in person, maybe at Katsucon 2013? Me and a friend were going down an elevator and saw her from a distance and the lower and closer we got the more our faces switched to horrified curiosity.
Hey so I want some opinions here. For the bots(aka Aradia,Jade,and Dirk) which do you think would look better? A foam(or other material) sculpted to the general shape and painted to look like metal or a wig? I know a lot of people go with just a grey wig but idk just seems off to me
>>8950753
I think Aradiabot would definitely have hair, since Equius made her and Equius is a fucking weirdo. Jadebot I don't really have an opinion on, but I think Brobot's "hair" would be metal that matches the silhouette of Dirk's.
>>8950076
Rachel was such a cunt. Heard she broke up with Huss though.
>>8950753
i think gray wigs would look better for all of them just because foam/a solid material has a really big chance of looking awkward and helmet-y. i'd support that idea if i could foresee it being done properly, but i can't really so wig seems like the best option.
>>8950228
fuck i really like this
>>8946434
> The end of the comic seems to finally be in sight. Do you expect a revival of Homestuck cosplays or will it mostly just be the same as the past few years?
Probably the same. I think a lot of people are just keeping up for closure.
>> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
Nah, I'm pretty much done. Might rehash an old one for nostalgia, but other than that, no.
>>8951028
I'd like it more if it didn't have those terrible fins.
>>8951268
And those awful boots.
>>8949530
Cute. Did those shoes come in blue? My Nepeta bought very similar slippers but in grey for a different cosplay. Nep is the best troll by far, I wish she had a bigger part but oh well.
I will cosplay Homestuck for a while. I just haven't found any other characters I like enough to cosplay.
>>8950318
http://amazinghomestuckcosplay.tumblr.com/post/27895982864/dirktier-hey-homestuck-fandom-id-like-to-tell
>>8953536
holy shit, the memories... thanks anon
>>8952201
Yep! I bought them at aliexpress years ago, maybe try blue paw slippers. If not maybe look for stitch slippers ( they're lilo and stitch merch).
I would recommend they just wear them in picture because slippers are the best for walking around for long periods of time.
I used to hate nepeta because I thought she was annoying when she shipped other trolls and kids, but then I started to slowly love her more and more. I just couldn't hate this cute cat troll anymore, and besides she's really strong and badass.
>>8953923
***I would recommend they just wear them in pictures because slippers are not the best for walking around for long periods of time.
sorry made a mistake, don't want to cofuse anyone
>>8949172
i wouldn't say any one time really, so much as the journey. seeing my cosplays go from despised here to accepted as iv improved. iv learned a lot just being here in the threads. still a ways to go.
https://youtu.be/ngYYZchyqmY JJ posted a tutorial on troll teeth. Nice to see that she isn't dead yet.
>>8950753
I would do hair for the girls.... long foam hair would probably look weird i.m.o. Foam only works for AR cosplays because it's so short.
Now that everyone's dredging up old HS stuff I'm almost tempted to refurbish Equius and finish up Mituna. You know, for closure or something.
>>8953923
She actually didn't have issues walking in slippers the whole con. I think she wore shoes under them or something, I know my feet would be fucked without muh inserts. I'll recommend those stitch slips, her head Canon Nep has clawfeet.
I hated all the trolls at first, except Equius. Nep grew on me, still don't care much for the other ten. It's probably jealousy due to the only two I found interesting were written out so fast. At least the cherubs are both 10/10
>>8955499
go for it, anon. i'm gonna remake a huge portion of my costumes just because the ending is finally motivating me to get my ass in gear.
>>8956124
I am also considering doing some more HS cosplay this year now that it's finally concluding.
I heard this is a good place to start if you want to learn how to sew simple things, like God Tier outfits.
>>8956588
>I heard this is a good place to start if you want to learn how to sew simple things, like God Tier outfits.
We have a category called urchintier for all beginners to look up to and aspire to be like. I recommend looking into it.
time for fond memories!!!
>>8957055
>>8957060
>>8957071
the true queen of HSG
So did HS just end of something? I need to catch up but I forgot where I left it.
>>8957109
last two updates are tomorrow and wednesday (4/13). then it's over forever, thank god.
>>8957116
Wow seriously? Then that's it? That dropped real fast.
Now I kinda wanna do a HS cosplay again.
more gems from the past
rereading old threads on rebeccablack and wow, you guys, we've been through some shit. what a ride.
remember nudestuck?
>>8957161
>remember nudestuck?
I try not to.
>>8957055
>>8957060
>>8957071
>>8957080
thank you anon :')
dumping a memory of my own, anime north 2011... what a shoot
>>8957287
I'm so glad you have pics because mine all start at FanExpo 2011... I've got every con after that though.
>>8957287
>>8957424
Here's the trolls from AN2012, when the canon godtiers hadn't been released yet.
Pretty sure we didn't move to TCC2 or that back patch of grass at AN until 2013, after 300 people showed up to one of the smallest photoshoot spots in 2012. I remember being yelled at so many times for spilling out onto the road.
>>8957450
Is there a Homestuck shoot for Anime North this year?
>>8957591
One each day.
Friday at 6:12
Saturday at 5 (I asked for 4:13 but onepiece snagged it iirc)
Sunday at 2.
>>8955457
>OH NO THEY'RE CUTE
>>8958777
It's been one hell of a ride, friends.
Hey, idk if this is really random,but does anyone have any pics of the HS shoot from Megacon 2014?
It's just that it was my first (and currently only) time cosplaying HS and I just realized I don't have any pics from it
>>8958781
>one of trickster dirk's legs is as wide as hussie's whole body
Something just occurred to me after Collide.
Would... a Shrek cosplayer belong at a Homestuck cosplay meet? Shrek did show up in the flash after all.
>>8958997
No.
>>8958997
People cosplayed that security guard from the background of that one pic so may as well
I was saving this for tomorrow but... a heartfelt note to all you wonderful assholes. It's from me, your loving father.
>>8959134
It's been a great ride.
>>8959160
The end is upon us. /r/ing group shots, as it seems appropriate.
well that was a crock of flapjack bullshit on a horse fucking cracker
fuck this shit forever, i'm out
>>8959305
That's what they all say
wow fuck that
fml
so who's seen that post about problem sleuth's epilogue? you guys think he's really done?
>>8959360
unless the epilogue is ACT8 and 500 pages long of text for development, closure, and an actual ending, i don't care
>>8959377
I'm...trying not to get too hopeful for this epilogue. Fuck knows its not going to be enough to fill in all the goddamn holes.
homestuck fandom currently, eh?
>>8957161
Who is this? I completely forgot their tumblr, but didn't they have a bunch of Jane pictures, despite being 30?
so...is anyone here gona cosplay homestuck again after that....ending?
>>8959860
Yes, it's anime now. We can officially wear it to anime cons without being awkwardly out of place.
>>8959860
"Ending"
>>8950054
No fucking way.
This like OTP confirmed, only IRL.
>>8959860
I'm not making any new plans, but I'll be finishing up and probably rewearing for a while so long as there's some form of con meets to go to. The comic may be dead, but hopefully the community will live on for a while. At least we can all bitch about it together.
I'm grateful for the memories and excuse to get better at cosplay, but >>8960341 says it best. What a cop-out.
>>8959860
pic related my next planned cosplay
>>8947274
hey, i'm this anon! i actually finished my costume... (pic) happy 4/13 homestuck thread. i'm glad to see you're as salty as ever. though very rightfully so in this case
>>8959860
yeah. i didn't like retcon that much either, but i'm not going to stop cosplaying something i love just because something i didn't like happened in the story. this has given me more plans than ever, really
>>8960453
kek
As someone who hasn't followed in years, what did the ending do that made people so upset? I've been seeing people's reactions but not anyone actually talking about what happened.
>>8960465
basically, there was no ending
>>8960465
"Ending" basically tells you all you need to know. Essentially Hussie was like 'fuck this' and stopped.
>>8960465
A cop-out ending where absolutely no risks were taken and no arcs were finished. It looked good, but that was about it.
Imagine if JKR had decided halfway through the Deathly Hollows that whatever, and ended it by Harry killing Voldemort instead of the whole "inner horocrux" thing and the fight at Hogwarts never happened and everyone survived.
>>8960541
this except just ending half way through without harry killing voldimort. like the book just stops half way through mid sentence. "the end"
Any 4/13 or ending cosplays?
>>8960640
Of what? Literally nothing happened.
>>8960649
In general? For celebration? It's not that out of the blue to think people might have done cosplays for 4/13
>>8960654
I'm seeing lots of posts where people are posting compilations of their past cosplays, but not so much anything new.
>>8960649
Any tadpole cosplays yet?
>>8960654
honestly, i've only seen my own gt rose uptread and miwa's gt rose. people are just burned out i guess
>>8960747
kidbunni did a new prop for 413 it looks good
Is anyone going to Fanime 2016?
>>8960654
Sarahndipity did an impromptu Jade cosplay I think
>>8960777
who
Goddamn I'm going to miss this comic
I reckon a lot will be cleared up in the epilogue, but it's Hussie so of course there will be some level of ambiguity.
It was always going to be difficult to end homestuck.
Anyway, here's my favourite HS cosplay I ever did. GT Kanaya
>>8960784
Diff anon but she's more known in the mlp and gravity falls fandom than homestuck
I'm a friend of a friend that's how I know her
>>8960777
A couple grainy selfies is not anything worth writing home about, fyi. Also:
>Go to FB page
>First post: "Here is my mailing address, mail me free stuff!"
..What. Is this the newest cosplay trend?
>>8960899
Was she at least smart enough to use a PO box?
>>8960904
Yes which means she's paying money to keep one open in the hopes that people mail her presents. What the shit.
>>8960967
tysm for the compliment... also congrats on finishing your costume too! homestuck end crunch is real. who are you, btw? i'm genuinely curious now
>>8960969
i could tell you but then id have to kill you.
my post's pretty high up in the tag atm so its not hard to find, theirs not a whole lot of people who made new stuff for the end it seems? but yeah i do like to try keep a low profile.
>>8961007
understandable, understandable. i like to keep a low profile too, so it makes sense. nevertheless, i hope everything turned out well
(attaching random pics just because this thread needs more)
>>8960541
harry doesn't even kill voldemort on screen, voldemort presumably dies because you see the cast living happily ever after in the last scene
>>8960541
Hell that's being generous. I'd say it'd be more like halfway through looking for Horcruxes, Harry and Hermione leave Ron behind and timeturn back to book 4. The Horcruxes are never mentioned again because Cedric Diggory is alive again, so the day is saved. Cedric goes to fight Voldemort during the last tournament and the rest of the book only shows Harry beating on Draco. The epilogue then happens, implying that Cedric must have killed Voldemort if the world is happy now. Books 5-7 didn't actually happen, and Ron is working in a 7-11 somewhere.
Is it bad that the ending rekindle my desire to cosplay godtier Jade? I was still a newbie cosplayer back when I got into Homestuck so I was too intimidated to try and then I eventually forgot about it. But now I want to try doing it.
>>8961295
Hhhhammy, is that you?
Jokes aside, this made me feel genuine emotional distress. It was such a good story, and even with the retcon it still retained some of it's thematic ground. Homestuck did so many interesting and innovative things with storytelling and then we get this...
I'm sad now ):
>>8961326
Nope but I know her. :3
My expectations for this comic have been in the ground since the second hiatus, so I can't even feel disappointed.
>>8961326
pretty much everyone is salty now. there are a few who are trying to justify the ending but their just in massive denial for the most part. trying to convince themselves it was good to escape the pain.
Not quite 413, as I did it during Tekko three days before, but I reprised Roxy after not wearing her for easily 3 years or so. I felt so old when the majority of people who talked to me about Homestuck were (presumably) high school aged kids.
I think my final costumes I'd want to do would be Roxy's godtier, 3AM Jade, and the Condesce but I'm unsure if I'll have the motivation. I'd love to do them with groups but even as my friends are kinda excited for nostalgia's sake I think that'll go away rather quickly (read: it probably already has).
I'll keep the cheese short but I've always loved these threads! I've been lurking for years. Thank you all!
>>8961420
I have my own interpretation that makes sense so I thoroughly enjoyed the ending. I am pissed we never found out what a Knight of Blood does, and etc.
Either way we're getting an epilogue the same way we did in PS.
>>8961401
Did you by any chance ask for photo advice in one of the Katsucon threads?
>>8961976
Sorry anon, not me.
So, comic is over. Epilogue and the game are coming.
What are you gulls' predictions on how long these two things will take to come out?
>>8962011
i'm guessing, or, well, hoping that the whole thing will be done on 6/12. if not, then we'll probably have to pray for the best.
>>8962011
Game: fall. Production team had a bunch of assets, it's already written, there's at least three different people who aren't hussie working on it.
epilogue: considering this feels like something he whipped out as a way to stave off the wailing of the damned post-act7, he has no idea what it'll look like, and won't give even a hilariously-wrong hussie estimate of time: never
>>8962011
Six months minimum.
Also, could someone post the early versions of the list? For Reasons?
>>8962027
sorry, anon, I really thought I still had an original copy, but doesn't look like it. have this gem instead.
>>8962027
This is the oldest one I could find.
Gotta say, it makes me nostalgic going through the archives and seeing the days when we used to make it through a thread every few days.
Does anyone know what happened to Cod-tier? I remember her being such a source of shit cosplays in the past. One day she kind of just slipped under the radar and faded into obscurity.
>>8961478
you're a really cute roxy! O:
Almost went to Tekko, but the trip down was going to cost more than i'd likely make at the con- otherwise i'd at least have been one 20+ homestuck who'd chitchat. Hitting any other cons this summer?
>>8962084
god this is so nostalgic.
the photos on the newer list layout make it look so much cleaner though. Nicer to look at.
>>8962539
I originally followed her for art, because i'm shipper garbage and we shared an OTP. after she slowed down on cosplay, she slowed down on art too, then literally just disappeared one day.
As a short chubby cosplayer, she was actually kind of an inspiration for me as a babbystuck? She managed to make a lot of things look not terrible and helped with my own body image issues. Gave me some hope in my early homestuck days.
>>8962686
Thanks a bunch anon! That's totally understandable -- I'm happy I started there (haven't tabled in years) but I didn't make the biggest profit I wanted for what I spent. You didn't miss much. Everybody there was super nice at least.
I (might) be at Yeticon in Ontario because a friend asked me to share table space with them) but I'll definitely be at Otakon this year! I'm debating maybe doing Condy for that because Otakon was always one of my bigger HS party cons back in the day. But the heat and the makeup and the outfit itself might just be the kiss of death.
>>8963190
>Kiss of death
I wore a Bec Noir fursuit to Otakon one year and if wearing a couch in the summer isn't a kiss of death then idk what is. I only lasted 4 hours until I was minutes from passing out from the heat. Definitely not the smartest thing I've ever done; if there's anybody who feels your pain it's me.
Found a Otakon 2010 John. I was so excited to see a MSPA fan at my first con. Unfortunately, looking through my AN 2014 album, I apparently gained cosplay standards because I have 0 homestuck pics from that photoshoot.
Are the meetups worth going to? I really want to finish my GT Jade now that I'm more skilled. The NYCC meetup I saw in 2012 was so embarrassing I skipped it entirely.
>>8963537
That's nuts! I had a pair of friends who did bec noir/blanc and had a similar bad time. They only did suit heads/bodysuits and were still dying after a couple hours. I think on top of a longsleeve mostly black bodysuit and crazy hair the makeup sweat would drive me insane. I only ever did grey for cold conventions back in the day.
Related, does anybody have any Condy hair tutorials saved? I remember seeing some ages ago (more than just "put two wigs together and tease!") but if I saved them, they'd be on my old computer.
>>8963550
I haven't gone to one for a few years, but the last time I went it was pretty tame. Just try to single out the outer Homestucks if there are any and talk to them instead of the young'uns.
>>8963911
>>8963550
Holy shit, I just noticed this typo like nearly two hours later, but *older. Anyway best of luck.
cosplayanons, thank you for looking wonderful all these years.
it's been alright.
>>8963190
oh no, sorry in advance for Yeticon. Its trying so hard to be Canada's Colossalcon, but hardly anyone in Ontario actually knows how to run a convention. ):
I'm likely not going so you may to have to witness rampant chaos on the homestuck front... the torontostucks are usually well behaved, but I know probably the cringiest ones are attending, and they'll not have a lot of supervision.
also,Canadian cons, especially Ontario ones, tend be very disappointing for AA sales unless its AN or Otakuthon.
Ota was great last year, I'll definitely be down for that again. Barstuck was a good time and so was the draw meet. Though, I think cosplay plans are still up in the air aside from 'more godtiers'. I'll keep an eye out for you, and if I'm really fond of your condy, I'll likely ask for a picture haha
>>8963550
you might not have AN 2014 pictures, but I sure do. That was the last AN with photoshoot drama, thank fuck.
Here's Saturday. I fucked together two images for this- you can barely see the awesome lightup Bec's wings in the back there. I'll post a pic of him alone because he was my favourite that weekend.
>>8964125
aaand i dropped my image. incredible.
>>8964125
>>8964127
>>8963537
Was that in 2013 or so? I remember a Bec cosplay and they were fucking awesome.
>>8964127
Oh hey my friend sent me a Rose group shot since she was in it! I never noticed the Caliborn at the meet, but we bailed kind of early.
>>8963911
Yea I think my SO and I will try to stick to the older crowd and tag along for a barcrawl if that happens at NYCC.
I was wondering what materials people like working with for god tier cosplay (the guide seems bare bones)? The kona cotton ones look like they don't drape well imo; I saw someone recommend knit once which sounded a little more comfortable.
>>8964125
After having been to NYCC and Otakon, AN's cosplay quality was kind of lacking, but seeing that Bec was definitely a highlight. What was the photoshoot drama?
>>8965374
I like knits. Heavy knits and/or lined knits so it has weight and flow. I've used rayon/viscose knit - it's soft and drapey (and absolutely needs to be lined in a similar material). Weight pulls that one down, so if you're making a longer tunic (like Rose's dress), let it hang for a while before hemming and applying the decorations.
Drapey fabrics tend to show whatever's under them for better or worse. Consider shapewear and beware of pants waistbands and underwear.
Really, I think the biggest thing is to fully line the body of the tunic. It will have more weight and generally looks better and cleaner.
>>8965374
Canadian cons in general are usually lacking for cosplay quality. Mostly because the average age of attendees is much younger, and public transit makes attending possible for people who dont have the money to put a lot into a cosplay.
On the plus side, this means mediocre homestuck cosplay looks fucking amazing to them and Torontostucks lose their minds over just about anything...
It's part of why I prefer going to US cons, even though there's 10+ cons a year i could go to within an hour of my house. American cons just have better cosplay for me to shoot as a photographer. The other reason I don't attend is just straight up lack of organization and quality programming in most Canadian cons.
It wasn't until more recently that I made a few US friends who are a blast to go see. They're just encouragement for me to stay out of my own country's cons.
here's an old MTCC Torontostuck photo.
>>8965322
oh! And the Caliborn was running around with the one LittleCal all Saturday. He's actually a buddy of mine, and lives across the road from me. Kid went all out that con, wish I'd gotten decent pictures of him.
>>8965374
Photoshoot drama was actually something that'd been happening for ages with AN and Homestuck. AN takes place in Toronto, but two years in a row Ottawastuck dove in and 'called dibs' on running the photoshoot. in 2013, they ran the Saturday shoot very poorly, didn't do the whole 'cosplay is not consent' talk, a bunch of young kids got touched on, and then Torontostuck was left to take blame and clean up the mess.
2014 rolls around, and i go to apply for the photoshoot, and low and behold, there are not one, but TWO different groups already 'calling dibs' to the AN shoot organizer. One of them was ottawastuck, and fuck if i was letting that go as it did the year before. The other group was a guy I knew personally and had ended up running fandom shoots he'd bailed on in previous years. He's bad at everything, is known in the Toronto comm for being a shit disturbing moron, and he'd been arguing with the shoot organizer over locations.
I explained previous experiences to the organizer, and bless her, she agreed Torontostuck ought to have a part in each shoot to make sure the mistakes of the past didn't happen again.
Saturday was a disaster before the shoot because the Ottawastucks really didn't want to tag team anything, then refused to listen to any sort of feedback. Half the crowd of homestucks fucked off 20 mins into the shoot because all the girl was doing was yelling garbled demands into a megaphone... If you saw a tiny godtier Karkat running around trying to keep peace.... that was me.
I ended up running Sunday's, and the shoot organizer stopped by and asked me to run all of next years shoots. She even booked my homestuck shoots before opening it to all fandoms because I mentioned Katsu was on the same weekend as booking started.
>>8965506
man, i just keep dropping pictures. sorry about that.
>>8965527
How did the 2015 photoshoots go?
>>8965275
2014. It was a fullsuit with massive wings and digi legs and a tail because I used to be a huge furfag. Unfortunately I didn't get to see/hang out with many Homestucks before I had to call it quits because my friends at the time wanted to stay away from HS and sit on the floor the entire con instead :/
>>8965537
fucking flawless. I had no voice for a few days after, but zero issues, no bad touching, and everyone cleaned up after themselves.
I only heard about one spin-the-faygo circle for the whole con, and it was from a younger torontostuck who told me she broke it up and explained to the babbystucks doing it why it was such a bad idea. I was a proud con-mom that weekend.
>>8965554
And how do you think it will go this year?
>>8965543
Yeah! You looked incredible at least. I do remember you and your group sitting a lot, and I think my gf or I pat you. Too bad they were so lame. I've had friends who just wanted to sit around all weekend, what's the point of going to a con if you don't do anything?
>>8965556
I'm hopeful it'll be just as good this year. Everyone was well behaved at MTCC last month, and when I proposed not having a sunday shoot they all insisted there was more than enough people going in Homestuck the sunday. MTCC is fairly small con, but there was still a decent turn out all weekend, so I'm not even really expecting much of a drop in numbers come AN.
And if everything somehow goes to shit? Fuck it- I've got Colossal the following weekend, and can get drunk enough to forget whatever bullshit goes down.
god, I'm filling up this thread with all my Torontostuck talk. Quit encouraging me, i'm a chatterbox when you let me get going!
>>8965561
Thank you! I hang out with new people who actually want to walk around and interact with people at cons and now I have a blast at them. Last I heard my old friends still sit and do nothing. Their loss I guess.
>>8965568
Nah, it's interesting to hear about how Homestuck cosplay groups are coming along. Especially since, from the sounds of it, they seem to still be going strong. So, keep up the good work, CB.
>>8965582
bawhh, well thank you! Will do!
We had a pretty neat turnout to our 413 meet, something like 30-40 people (last year we were a total of seven). Weather wasn't too amazing but it was alright.
Pretty much no one had read since before 2012 and the majority began in mid 2013 and later, lots of young teenagers, too.
I'm going to pax prime in august with my brother, considering getting together a knight of doom costume. I have a feeling it'll be very crowded. This'll be my first actual cosplay style thing that isn't just lol wear a a shirt and jeans
What are some cape safety tips?
Shouldn't be too hard to make either. I'd just have to be very careful about matching colors
>>8966055
Find a way to keep it in place; I've seen weighted fronts, velcroed shoulders, attachment to the shirt, etc. Just make sure it's attached by the shoulders and that the back doesn't go past your calves. You don't want to trip and if someone grab it you want it to pull on your shoulders, not your neck.
>>8966062
I'm about 5'10 so knocking off ~a foot I should have about a 4 foot long cape then. Definitely won't have it as long as it is in canon with it touching the ground.
>>8965909
So did anyone who hadn't read for a while finish it in time/discuss the ending? I wonder if there will continue to be 4/13 meetups.
As a Feferi fan I feel incredibly shafted.
>>8966055
Even if it's not floor length, if you go down escalators the stair behind you can catch it. General cape rules are if you're moving, you may want to hold the end or tuck it over your arm.
>>8966055
As a Caliborn cosplayer. Pick up your damn cape. Someone WILL step on it. Only accept photos where it is safe to deploy your cape. Escalators and stairs are a lot scarier. Secure that shit with Velcro, snaps, sew it to the shirt if you have to. Carrying the cape around looks a bit lame but it is way worse when someone trips on it, possibly fucking up your costume and theirs.
>tempted to do a God-Tier John after seeing that ending
>realised I haven't cosplayed from HS since 2012
Christ it really has been 4 years
Hold me guys, I feel old
>>8966313
We had a few ones who've been reading it since long but took a pause from the fandom/only recently got involved, my general impression is that most of us agreed that in and of itself act 7 was fine, but that in the context of the last few acts/subacts it needed a lot more to stand on to work. That and that Collide was really fucking awesome.
>>8966565
i feel you anon... i haven't been to a homestuck meet since 2012... feels bad that they're almost dead now
>>8964105
Shit is that so? I'm still weighing my options and will definitely consider your input. I figure at least it's fun to drive to Canada/I won't be selling in AA again until September/October so why not give it a go, right? Still, yikes. Disappointing!
And I really love Otakon. I've got my fair share of complaints but it's always been such a fun con for me. It's probably just because I've been going for so many years and the people I go with are just the best but who knows. If I work on Condy I'll likely post here before the con so hopefully I'll get to meet you!
>>8966930
my last meet was 2013, then my local com died as the various factions lead by their drama kings and queens finally devolved into open war. rip. and then i was alone....
>>8967131
>>8967131
honestly, if you're looking to table at a Canadian con that might make a bit of money, FanExpo is very busy, and very full of muggles who'll buy whatever.
I did rather well at their single day Christmas event? Their tables are super pricey, but FE gets a lot of attendees looking to purchase things. It's also not in buttfuck nowhere, nor in its very first year of running. Expo has history, and everyone in Toronto knows about it.
Canadian cons tend to open AA registration much later than US cons, but usually the turnouts and AA sales can be disappointing. Avoid ConBravo, Frostcon and Unplugged Expo for sure, even if their low priced AAs are tempting.
Unfortunately for me, its the same weekend as Dragoncon...and after how much fun I had at D*C last year, FE isn't even comparable.
As much as I love my torontostucks and the whole community, our conventions mostly just suck up here, and I'd rather go see my American friends.
>>8965909
Are you referring to the meet in Manchester this weekend just gone? Because I was there and this sounds like the same meet I was at, including the crappy turnout for last year due to all the plans being published at the last minute.
Either way, the 413 meet I was at this year was fucking fantastic (both my legs and voice are knackered from partying like an idiot) and I'm really hoping for a continuation next year even though the comic is dead.
>>8966313
When I was asking around the meet this year, there were a bunch of old stucks alongside people who had just gotten into it in the last year and hadn't yet caught up. Heck, I ended up getting my ears talked off by an 11 and 12 year old who were incredibly enamoured with the HS vibe; they were really excited to be at the meet. I think we're gonna have HS lingering for a little while yet, even if only off of the backs of the ones who bothered to stick around during the game/omegapause nonsense and kids just finding it now.
>>8967978
Stockholm. We had a potluck style picnic and played children's games. Pic related was taken during one of them.
>>8967978
>if only off of the backs of the ones who bothered to stick around and kids just finding it now
I'm fine with that. I've been around for 6 years and never bothered with meetups at cons since it seemed cringey and overcrowded. Hopefully since the comic is technically done and the hype has died out it'll be less embarrassing.
Does anyone have any 413 meetup stories/photos from this year?
>>8968006
You have a lot more cosplayers there than Manchester did, Jesus. I was one of three people who bothered to grey up and there were no Alpha kids whatsoever, which was damn weird for a meet with a turnout of about 45 people at the busiest.
We didn't really have games at ours (unless you count the yu-gi-oh games me and my mates played on Sunday), our lot ended up in the basement of a pub for six hours having a rip-roaring party and karaoke. Sure, the whole event may have seemed pretty cringy and stuff to outsiders (I acted like a fool all weekend) but damn if we didn't have fun.
>>8968017
I'd post pics but armsocks make it super hard to take photos on a touchscreen phone so I don't have anything good, unfortunately. With any luck someone else who was there will turn up here and share some photos, hopefully not of me because I looked bloody awful.
The cosplays scene at the meet was /much/ better the last time I went, which was back in 2014. The average age there this year was 18, though, and everyone at that age in the UK up to about 22, 23 years old are coming up to either exams/coursework deadlines, which may have contributed to costumes being rushed, half-arsed, etc. I made mine in a week alongside manically typing coursework and finished it at 2:30am the day I went, which explains my crappiness at least. I can't speak for everyone there, though.
As for stories, me and a group of about seven other Homestucks on the way to the hotel the meet booked ended up in a party taxi with disco lights and a boombox playing at about 110 decibels, which was constantly was doing 60mph in 30 zones, kept running red lights and overtaking around road islands and speed bumps as we were singing Hips Don't Lie and head-banging. This was the highlight of the meet for my boyfriend.
TLDR; to those interested Homestuck meets are totally still a thing, for now. Ages seem to be either 18+ or under 13, generally.
>>8968034
Our average age is around 15-16 and we usually have quite a few at 13 and below, so I imagine our meets are quite different. Our oldest participant was 24, if I remember correctly.
>>8968049
As far as I'm aware, our oldest was 29, who was one of the organisers who's been doing it for 5 years. Out of about 45 people, 30 odd were 18+. The youngest at the meet was 11 (who didn't participate in the basement party, don't worry, that was 16+) and everyone else in between seemed to be skewed towards the 16-17 range rather than 13-15.
>>8968067
How do you even get hold of a basement to party in? Might just be Stockholm being balls expensive but we've always had a hard time finding venues to stay in and it severely limits our options as for what we can do /:
>>8968071
Our meet was all pre-organised, with anything other than the picnic at the beginning requiring you to pay at the latest a week in advance. The organisers booked the basement in advance and everyone going to the party paid £5 each to cover the renting fee, since the place's rent price was based on how on how many people there were.
This is probably the main reason why the age was so skewed to the older end, since otherwise you'd have to have quite a nice parent to pay for you to go to piss about by yourself.
>>8968071
>>8968082
To elaborate more since I messed up answering that a little, I think we advertised ourselves as a fancy dress party to the venue, limited the party age to 16+ and booked it ages in advance, but I'm not totally sure because I wasn't one of the organisers. I'll see if I can ask about to get a more certain answer.
What do you guys think will be the turnout for HS costumes this season? I got a feeling it'll be a bit livelier than it has been for the past year but after a few more months will likely die down.
>>8968893
Depends on when/how awesome/shitty the epilogue is. If there's some shipping or any dramatic reveals expect a lot of people to cosplay especially if it happens near a con.
I'm hopefully going to do my first Homestuck cosplay this year as Aimless Renegade, and I'm just waiting for my morphsuit to arrive before I pick up a roll of caution tape. A quick question because I'm a newbie, but how would I go around making the distinct head shape thing? I would think it would just be making it with the tape itself? How would I go about that?
>>8969355
you'll probably want to use some type of interfacing. i'm not exactly all too sure how to pull it off either, but i think there's some tutorials out there for him specifically if i'm remembering correctly
>>8969362
I looked up for tutorials and there's nothing specific for him, but it's given me a few ideas, thank you! I might go with making+setting the tape itself into the shape and making it a helmet-ish kind of thing that I can just slip over my head and can be adjusted as needed. This shouldn't be too expensive 'cause I can pick up a 100m of tape for like $11 or something.
Now I'm just hoping that public transport won't become a problem with the toy gun lmfao
>>8967978 >>8968034 Anon here again!
I managed to get my hands on a bad quality photo of the crew at my meet where everyone looks worse than they did in person. I'm the derpy looking Nepeta getting a piggyback in the centre. Feel free to rag on me for being crap, but please be nice to the Horuss and the Meulin - they're only 11 and 12 and this was their first time cosplaying.
>>8969896
I also have this photo of when a dog came up to the meet and everyone lost their shit; the pup tried to AT-AT the Spades Slick and me with her lead about three times. She was a very waggly dog, bless her little pink jacket.
>>8969383
you can put a layer of posterboard (the thin flexible kind) under the tape to make the cone shape too
A former sandiegostuck mod leaked some old drama
http://pastebin.com/KKmS2ZAu
http://pastebin.com/k5NhnfWD
http://pastebin.com/A7zwRTjp
>>8970347
this is gon get good
>>8970910
>>8970347
>current comm drama
aaaand end dump. I had to go a ways back to find decent photos.
>>8971250
Sauce? That Dolorosa is a babe and I've seen few canon-accurate Dualscars who aren't shit. Or is it super old?
>>8969355
Build it out of a thin cardboard or cardstock, maybe reinforce it, and then id wrap the caution tape in strips and tape it all down so it doesn't move and you'd never have to redo it.
>>8971349
http://steamshade.tumblr.com/post/142860881469/some-selfies-with-my-babu-pinkcuttlefish-as
I actually already followed them for their art and was surprised they made rather decent armor too!
>>8971597
That is a very nice chainsaw she has
>>8971603
NGL, I like this Dolo a fair bit more more than Yaexrae.
>forgive me mother for I have sinned
>>8971597
So good and then
>The shitty beard God is pleased
>>8971803
Both of them have lovely other cosplays too but.... the shitty beards.... someone gently tell them 'everything but that'......
So I currently cosplay as Doc Scratch mostly- and in all my days I've only cosplayed as characters from things that usually wear some sort of helmet or head-dress sort of thing.
I believe it may stem from my fear of thinking I don't have the face or hair to match any character..
So I guess what I'm wondering is- should I muster up the courage to actually cosplay something with my face being used? Or stick to mastering the Doc Scratch?
Also..
> Will you still cosplay from Homestuck even after the comic ends? Are there any outfits you still want to do?
I'll always be here, I'm going to rot in Homestuck hell.
>>8972546
>not posing with your hands behind your back
You need a better fitting suit. That coat's really baggy on you.
>>8972591
I posed in many different ways, this was one of them. I didn't want EVERY picture of me to be with my hands behind my back, that gets a tad tiring.
Also yeah I do need a better fitting suit, something I'll be taking note of for next time I do the cosplay..
I also did a CrockerTier!Doc Scratch, because I thought the concept would look nice.
>>8972611
Are you that guy who had like ten different Doc-cosplays?
Can I request some good Kanayas? I'm gonna be cosplaying her basic outfit soon, and really need some inspiration on where to take my skirt and wig and stuff. Thanks in advance.
>>8972546
Unrelated, but this reminds me.... does anyone else remember the anon that used to post progress about how they were constructing a Doc Scratch head that would fill up with gas? And then wanted to somehow walk around with it at a con?
>>8972904
Oh, yeah. I still think it's a really cool idea, just... More photoshoot, less con.
>>8972946
If that anon is still in this thread, I'd love to shoot that. Though they'd have to bring their own fog machine haha
DocScratch talk has reminded me of the one from Colossal about 2 years ago who used one of those foldout lanterns.
"Ribbed for no ones pleasure" still makes me fucking laugh.
>>8971259
In retrospect those cosplays weren't that good.
>>8972899
heres some kanayas for you anon
these kids all look really young, but they're pretty good!
as much as I love Sharkboi's Kanaya, the back of their wig is a DISASTER. I've seen it up close and it's such a gross wad to keep that shape.
I know Dajra's wearing godtier here, but it came up in the tumblr results and she's just so darn pretty.
and i'll stop on this one because her wig is pretty cute.
This is my threadwwalker from a year ago. Considering it was my first real cosplay and I had started it two days beforehand, I'd say it's pretty decent.
I made a guide for how to make the horns, if anyone's interested
>>8973034
Why did it not post the image
Crowbar or pimp cane for GT Caliborn? Or maybe both.
>>8973037
>>8973034
No one is interested in a guide to those horns, jfc. Looks like you need to go tutorial hunting yourself...
Keep improving anon, because that's far from awesome.
Get yourself a wig. Look up some makeup tutorials. And use a decent iron on transfer for your symbol, whatever you did is way too thin.
