How does a seagull find a con party? I'm going to a con that's coming up and don't know many people there and they deff aren't the kind that party. Any tips on finding one?
Keep an eye on the threads for the con. See if any seagulls selfpost, that way you can recognize them. Go to seagull meetups and make connections.
>>9064998
>How does a seagull find a con party?
Pay attention to the thread a few days before or during. Most people only post about parties day of or during to avoid idiots.
Ayy its nice to see my picture floating around. Ask around where it might be, check online or if you can, listen for music to play. On the note of con parties, anyone know of any 18+ or 21+ after parties/con parties at nyc comic con?
I really enjoy these threads every time they come on. While identifying a dress on Lolibrary I came across this lace monster from AP. Will post more if I find some, feel free to post gross brand.
>>9062487
Terrible fabric choice, also AP
>>9062487
>lace monster
Anon, please.
>>9062487
There's almost no lace on this dress
post coords that make your heart skip a beat
>>9060975
>>9060976
Previous Thread: >>9055379
Previously, on Dutch Thread...
Anon proved to be the real MVP and shared links to Animecon videos and pictures (>>9055933, >>9055938), Shy Femanon failed to meet a cute guy while Anon looked taken by walking around with lady friends, Alcoholic Anons shared what they were drinking, J-Fashion started to gain more attention, and a bunch of summerlicious newfags reminded us why we can't have nice things.
Convention news and agenda up to October:
>Tomoplay (July 2nd & 3rd, Berghem) is a retro video, card and board games related meetup. Tickets are €2,50 (€5,00 incl. bus).
>Castlefest (August 5th - 7th, Lisse) is an outdoor fantasy convention. Tickets are currently on sale starting at €21,95 per day.
>Abunai (August 26th - 28th, Veldhoven) is the other big Dutch anime convention. Hotel rooms are sold out and day tickets are running low, so make sure to buy your tickets while you still can.
>Amsterdam Comic Con (August 27th - 28th, Amsterdam) is a comic convention much like DCC, only Showmasters quality which is still an improvement over DCC. Tickets start at €15.
>Elfia (September 24rd - 25th, Arcen) is an outdoor fantasy convention held in Arcen. Tickets are €29.95 for the entire weekend.
>Tomofair (October 1st - 2nd, Nijmegen) is an indoor market with bootlegs, cosplay, and overpriced snacks and will be held in Nijmegen. Tickets are €4 for Saturday and €3 for Sunday.
>First Look (October 7th - 9th, Utrecht) is a gaming con. As in, the biggest in the Benelux. As in you already know what it is.
>Imagicon (October 15th, Ede) is a Sci-Fi, horror and Fantasy convention and that's all I really know about it. Tickets are €17.50
>Animecon 2017 will (probably) be held on June 9th till June 11th, Novotel rooms ales will start within the next three weeks.
>If there are any conventions or events I missed, which I did, feel free to post it in the thread and I'll include it in the next OP
excellent image OP
>>9059977
Who comic con damsko
>>9059961
As long as it has the same vibe and tends to be bigger, I think I'll go
Let's have some fun.
Tell us funny stories that happened to you in lolita/cosplay/...
Share funny images/greentexts/... that are /cgl/ related. Let's just chill.
>>9050360
No she'd always be our glorious Queen. May we all be as blessed as the fish she kisses.
>>9050351
I tried using a tripod to do pictures of myself and it's hard. Newfound respect for our queen.
Let's try and not get the thread deleted this time.
Showing boobs in general for gaining popularity?
I don't know what to think about this.
In one hand, I admire girls that don't give a fuck about showing their body, but at the same time, I think is so trashy to show them just to achieve your goals faster, aka the easy way.
For example, I have followed girls that started doing nice cosplays but at some point, they had the need to do "sexy versions" of character in order to gain popularity. Or this Patreon trend of 'give me your money and you'll see me almost naked'.
I feel like this topic is going to get the thread deleted no matter what.
>>9070667
I agree with this. If the cheracter is already pretty revealed or sexy I'm fine. But people trying to do the Nigri thing is down right annoying. But it works. It gets them attention they want. But you really had to go the level of revealing more skin just to get more noticed is quite sad. Yeah it worked for Nigri but she also did it in a time when it wasn't all over the place. It's like 1% of people or less get to nigri's level of popularity. I would t say fame since she's only famous in a niche group of people and can walk out to the store without paparazzi on her every move. But the same can be said about gaming and MLG. Ever since e-sports became more noticed, people think they can turn that into a career when it's only 1% that actually make it.
I'm working on an Eruka cosplay, and it's really putting me in a Soul Eater mood, so let's have a thread!
>>9066894
what is with this wig?
>>9066910
Is that a woman as Stein or just a man with a feminine face?
I just went to Anime Mid-Atlantic over the past weekend as Stein and there were a few other Soul Eater cosplayers there. I'll post what pics I know of.
Almost 2 weeks away. Any Gulls attending?
I may be headed up. No guarantees of yet. Never been before, any draws/things to stay away from?
what are seagulls/gulls? lol
What are seagulls/gulls?
Do you think its possible for a con's reputation to tank or do poorly despite the fact the con itself does everything right?
Sac Anime is looked down here and the community. However the con draws good guests, runs on time, getting information is easy, badges and other registration areas run smoothly.
On paper the con should be doing decently or at least looked favorably upon. Some of the best cons out there are the best due to the fact that con staff doesn't shit itself and just provides a pleasant experience.
Sac Anime appears to be doing just that and goes above and beyond in certain areas yet no one seems to care about it. Why so?
Because it's a local con that mostly just brings in local people, which, if you know Sacramento and the central valley, isn't saying much.
It's kind of the opposite of fanime, which will always do well despite the con itself being an utter trainwreck. Despite the con itself, fanime brings in a lot of people, parties, socializing, and fun times that are not dependent on the con itself. Sacanime is the opposite of that.
If it can get itself out of this rut and somehow attract attendees other that 15-year-old's-from-tumblr, I can see it becoming a little more like fanime and a little more fun.
>>9066711
how would sac do that? It seems it does a lot of things that fanime programming does (minus 24 hour con hours) pairing with timely updates and staff that is not super pants on head stupid.
It seems like a lot of issues that sac anime has: young people, tumblr tier panels etc. would be fixed simply if more older people entered.
No one wants to go to Sacramento. That's going to be its main problem til the end of time
ITT: popular lolitas bitch about problems centered around their popularity.
>people I don't know thinking that we're friends just because they follow me online, even though we don't speak
>sometimes newbs are awkward AF around me and some have even gone so far as to call me senpai the first time I speak to them
>there is always at least one jelly sandwich that throws me massive shade at meets anytime I show up in something rare and/or pricey
>people trying to be friends for the sake of becoming popular themselves or because they think I'll buy them shit
>>9065941
that's the price of popularity. get used to it.
>>9065950
Or maybe people should stop using people's efame as justification to be shitty?
Don't make fan pages about yourself.
Keep your SM sites private.
Only friend lolitas who you have met before.
Limit what you post on the SM sites.
Post feels. They can be happy, sad, whatever. As long as they're cgl related.
Previous thread. >>9059610
I was so excited for Anime Blues Con, but then my dog died. Some rando ran him over. I don't wanna go to con now.
>>9065712
My very first lolita dress arrived!
>tfw holy shit how do I coord
I'm getting really frustrated waiting for NYCC to announce their ticket sales, even though I know it's going to be a chaotic clusterfuck, and I'll be lucky to get even one day pass again.
The whole con has become a mess, but I've just gotten so old, and don't find traveling 3+ hours to other cons and/or having to stay overnight fun anymore. I still love making cosplays, but I hate the lack of local opportunities to show them off.
I really want to work on a new costume, but if I can't get tickets, I feel like all of the work would be for nothing, as it's pretty much the only con I go to nowadays. I suppose I would end up with one extra snazzy Halloween costume though, so that's a possible consolation?
Hi
I'm a beginner cosplayer, only did casual cosplay, but want to do Ramsay Bolton.
The issue is, I don't know how to make or even call the pieces of his costume. For start I want to make the thing he wears under the vest.
I thought it was some kind of gambeson, but those are too thick.
Could someone point me in the right direction please?
Also GoT cosplay general
It looks like some sort of gambeson, but obviously not period accurate thickness. I'd make the basic shape out of at least two layers of fabric and then carefully do the quilting. Quilting on the sleeves is best done while the sleeve is flat. It looks like the gambeson laces up the front and there's a light weight undershirt/collar under that, but it's hard to tell from the pic.
I'm planning on a Brienne cosplay for a con in the fall. I have a friend who does a pretty good Robb Stark that I might drag along with me.
A possible issue is that I'm 5'6" whereas her actress is around 6'3". But screw it, I'm not going to let 9 inches stop me from dressing up as my waifu..
>>9064671
Brienne best waifu
Spooky cosplay stories?
I'll start
> went to con 2 years ago
> saw a realistic looking bubble-head nurse cosplay
> takes picture of her
> fewhourslater.jpg
> she's not in the fucking picture
> ask around to see if anyone saw her
> no one saw her except me and my friend
This shit still spooked me out till today.
A friend and I went to a convention but our hotel was about 10 miles away. Really small, really quiet and near an old neighborhood.
There weren't many people in the hotel, maybe 4 or 5 other parties.
The first night we turned out the lights and went to bed since we had to get up rather early for the public transportation to Downtown.
All night we kept waking up to the sound of someone running up and down the halls. We peeked out and no one was there.
When we closed the door and got back in bed, the running happened again but this time we heard talking and a giggle.
All night we heard running then knocking, then we heard the running coming from upstairs.
The next night, as soon as we turned off the light in our bathroom, we heard someone running past our room again.
I was already pretty scared so I asked if we could leave the bathroom light on and just crack the door, which we did. When the light was on, we didn't hear anything but the moment it turned off is when we'd hear footsteps.
It could of just been other rooms echoing, pipes, all sorts of things, but in the moment, we were pretty freaked out.
>>9062703
Mind if I ask the hotel name and area? Love that kind of thrill.
How does everyone feel about this?
I for one want the sweet embrace of death.
Why NYX? Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir2LqRJwXVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSGf7RMm8qI
wah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_-yiRXpaag
>>9059911
This is hell
Will she ever make a return into the anime fandom and cosplay/convention world?
Or maybe not?
Last thing I've heard her do was hold a dance school in Connecticut.
Your thoughts?
She is gonna be up here in Alaska at Senshi-con this fall.
http://senshicon.org/jessica-nigri/
What was her connection to cosplay?
>>9050932
Apollo Smile.... She was a voice actor in the 90's who did dubs for Central Park Media and Manga Corps I believe. Lots of OVAs and anime movies. She also learned Japanese and did some work overseas.
She billed herself as "The Real Life Anime Girl" and did panels at conventions, and martial arts demonstrations. She even tried to do a comic; holy shit, the art was horrible. If you think the shit on the ass end of Deviantart is something, you've yet to see that comic.
Some dirt on her revealed that she was a pop singer whose only time in the spotlight was that of her song Dune Buggy being in a Tom Cruise movie, and that it was really popular for convention goers back then to bash her as a sign of being a "true anime fan".
She's a really interesting but really tragic case.
