#I've really wanted to do this cosplay for forever but like. the armor really needed to be 3D printed. there's no other good way to do that.

[isan0rt]

-whispers- new cosplay time.

(I got a 3D printer for Christmas which means I'm going to actually make the Aloy costume I've been planning on since Forbidden West came out).

Some interesting observations having really started investigating how the Nora Anointed armor is assembled;

- there's a LOT of sherpa on this and all of it seems to be padding. The shoulder straps and upper arms on the sleeves are absolutely lined with really thick sherpa and it seems intended to cushion the weight of the armor (the shoulder straps) and absorb shock (the upper arms) given that the sleeves are open under the arms almost to the elbow for breathability. The fur on the boots is pretty ideally positioned to cushion the lower shins. I'm also going to quilt the front shell of the chest plate onto the hair side of sherpa to get that deep quilted look.

- the round pieces on the front of the shoulder straps kinda look like they might be speaker covers. I gotta think about whether I'm gonna actually use speaker parts for real or fudge it.

- the cord tied around the ankles is functional actually. These boots shift like crazy without them, but with cord wrapped around the ankle the leather stays snug to my feet and the insoles stay in place. Presumably all the cord around the wrists and forearms is also functional, to keep the sleeves from fouling a bowstring. Also the boots are hella comfortable (I used economy buckskin with an insole of the same heavy suede I'm going to use for the skirt).

- The skirt designs really seem like a mixture of dye, paint, and decorative stitching. It looks like the darker blue on the edges of the panels is dye, the lighter blue is paint, and then the details on top are a decorative zigzag saddle stitch done with sinew. Then the red is cord, but it is way denser than you could stitch into leather in real life without absolutely demolishing that part of the leather. I will probably have to punch a bunch of offset stitching holes for that to get the look.

- I thought the sleeves would be laced in on top like a pauldron but they're actually stitched directly onto the upper back portion of the shoulder straps, which wraps around the back of the neck and supports the shoulderblade armor. I assume this is for better range of motion, it would definitely be easier to draw a bow with the sleeves stitched on in the back as opposed to on top of the shoulders.

- I'm going to need to spend so much on cord and by-the-foot electrical cabling at Home Depot lmao.

[velvetvexations]

i feel really selfish saying this, but i really wish there were more general trans movies with characters who aren't trans women. like, i'm really glad that they're there and there should be more, but on the other hand, its kinda all thats there? obviously there ARE movies like this, but 9 times out of 10 when there's a recommendation to go see a trans movie, its either a trans women or a character heavily implied to be a trans women there. and i'm really glad those movies are there! but i'd just wish there could be a big discussion about movie and there would be a trans man or a nonbinary person representing the community.

(this also goes for other types of media too)

i sent an ask complaining about how the majority of trans movies that the community talks mainly show trans women and i wanna take that back cause a lot of those media are shitty towards trans women. i dont think its fair to complain about that when those media are awful towards trans women. i apologize

anon of the trans ppl in media asks you can publish them! i retracted it cause im kinda emotional rn and i couldn't really remember if i was being fair or shitty

I think what you're forgetting, anon, is that while trans women are depicted badly in a lot of places - less so over the years, people mainly reference things from the previous century - there's still way more positive transfem rep than there is of anything for transmascs, and that doesn't mean transfems have it better, but as always hyper-visibility and invisibility are two sides of the same coin. It's okay for invisibility to not feel good. There should indeed be more media about transmascs.

Now I'm finally doing that. This year I made my first ever hand sewn cosplay. There are definitely mistakes, but it's pretty sturdy and I can't express the sheer sense of pride I got from wearing something I sewed myself. There are some things I wanna tweak on it, like I must have made a mistake when measuring the waistband because it's WAY too thick. But it's functional, it's accurate, and it even has a zipper! It was expensive because of course for my first ever sewing project I picked a character with a pleated skirt (you need 3x your waist in fabric and im fat which definitely adds up lmao, plus i got the fabric custom printed from a print-on-demand company) and the pleats took forever to do. But I'm so so so proud of it. I'm looking into armor crafting with EVA foam for a future cosplay, and it's intimidating but I'm really excited at the idea of working with it. I've seen so many amazing armor sets and props made with EVA foam and I can't wait to make my own. I'm thinking I'm gonna cosplay Maple from BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense.. Then again, that might be jumping off straight into the deep end again like I did for the last cosplay since she has a GIANT shield. At least I'm sticking to her main outfit, not the one with giant angel wings lmao. I may have watched several videos on wing crafting but even I'm not brazen (or stupid) enough to try making those for only my second real cosplay lmao. Anyway this has been your regularly unscheduled cosplay info dump. Thank you for tuning in, we'll see you next time!

Ambitious! I hope it all turns out great, it sounds like a lot of big projects to have on one's plate.

My opinions are a lot more nuanced than most takes on 'shipcourse' that ive seen, but I've gathered that im generally included when people say 'proshippers dni' based on how people define it in said dnis. I'm not gonna purposefully interact with someone who obviously doesn't want me there. But that makes it frustratingly difficult to find people to follow who also believe in things like transandrophobia. It happens all too often that I find someone with great takes and go to follow them, then see that they have a dni that includes me. It especially sucks when all the other things in the dni are things like "racist" and "transphobic". I'm sorry, but I just can't see having a nuanced opinion on fiction as being on the same level as being a bigot towards others. It sucks to be put on the same level as actively hateful people because I have concerns about the normalization of censorship. I believe that when you open the doors to censoring media because of morals, you set the groundwork for things like the Hays Code. Censorship has always been disproportionately used to silence marginalized groups. I just can't get behind that, no matter how 'noble' the intentions behind it might be.

If it helps any, I'm also what one would call a pro-shipper but find the word itself beneath my dignity because I think it's ridiculous it's an argument in the first place.

[diah-the-demon]

yeah this really feels like we're somewhere on stage talking into a microphone as people pass by and can listen, but yeah agreed, it feels weird when it's not tumblr skljdlsk

ooh I hope you can go there then!! I've had one in my area for a few years that was star wars, star trek and doctor who focused and it was so much fun,, unfortunately with covid coming around it has ended </3 missing it greatly

and oh no D: yeah unfortunately the kids toys break so easily which surprises me ngl,,, you'd expect kids toys to be a bit more sturdy given that kids will play around with it wildly and ksljdslk omg that sounds adorable ngl!! I think I know which masks you mean, I still see kids wearing them every now and then around halloween or carnival

yeah,,, I've gottten a tiny bit better by now (and by that I mean: I will get it but feel bad about it instead of not getting it and feeling sad about that klsjdlsk) I hope you'll eventually get better with it as well! it's so sad how much stuff like this can linger on your brain TT-TT

yeah I think it said 7 more days, so I hope I'll have enough time bcs her shedule changed and now she's at work so I can't ask her TT-TT hopefully it'll last til the weekend when we could order it (if she says yes skldjslk I doubt she wouldn't but still skjdlsk)

okay, yeah, your bookshelf is definitely already cool! But yeah the helmets are going to make it even better, no matter where exactly they will be placed klsdjl

yeah you coudl probably figure it out on your own once you get the basics, even if it is for another set of armor at first! With the basic understanding that should definitely be doable!!

and hmm, I've not build armor yet myself (will have to do so eventually tho,,, I wanna cosplay one of HI3 Himekos battlesuits after all ksjdsl) but it does already sound like a solid idea!! but yeah until you know if it works or not you have an idea at least so that's a good start!

yeah im still not used to it but i think its quite nice to have smth like a constant conversation like this thats lasted almost a full day now jdsljkds, i think its a nice change of pace jdsklkjds

hopefully i can get there when its being held! im not sure when it happens each year but il look that up later and see if i can find dates (hopefully im not gonna be busy when it happens dsjlkkdsj) and awww that sucks, i hope they come back eventually it would suck if it died off forever </3

yeah idk why they were so fragile, they weren't big so i think they were probably childrens sized ones that we had, it doesnt make much sense to expect kids to not hit 2 lightsabers together in a duel like come on

IT WAS! i dont think i have any pictures of it sadly </3 i wouldnt have even had a phone yet probably i think so pictures would probably be on my mums phone

the mask was so cool, it even had a voice changer in it! it was fucking awesome, when you breathed it would replace it with the darth vader breathing sound AND it would even make you sound like vader when you spoke!! idk how something from when i was a kid was able to do something like that but it was awesome. sadly the voice changer in it died a while ago, it still slightly worked but not consistently last time i put it on D:

yeah hopefully we both fully get over it eventually, i probably start to until either her or i move out, but yeah its so weird how it stick in your head so long, i need to refresh my brain so i can get it out lkdsjdjsl

dont want to make you feel like you need to do it sooner but it said 7 days yesterday and also today.. i didnt check how long it was when i bought my stuff (i bought the stuff on the 5th) but it might've been 7 days still.. altho i guess by the weekend it would still be 7 days after that.. hopefully it is still on by the time you talk to her!! (just checked and it might be going on until they completely sell out?? its a clearance sale so maybe? idk id probably do it sooner rather than later just incase tho)

Oh btw when you do place your order they will email you to verify the card (send a picture of the last 4 digits to confirm. It is a little bit sus but ive seen no one say this one is a scam so i dont think it is, plus they cant rlly do much with only the last 4 digits)

thank you!! it will def look so much cooler when i get the helmets in! still need to figure out where i can put the 2 extras apart from ontop of the bookshelf cause too many on there doesnt seem too good idk

yeah that sounds like the plan il do for this, try the basics, might try doing clone trooper armour to begin with if its not harder than mandalorian cause il have captain rex's helmet! imagine a female clone trooper tho that'd be so cool (totally not so i can check out her tits shush jdskls, i mean there was a female clone of jango but she isnt a trooper, and is a child since i dont think she had the accelerated growth the others did? idk not that caught up in that bit of lore)

i think its probably what they are going to say to do, i doubt they would stitch/pin it right to the bodysuit cause that would be a pain to take off (imagine having to go to the toilet after putting it on that would be so annoying to take off skdjdslkj) if it all goes well il share the progress so you can take some tips on building the armour for himeko jlsdkdjs!!

[the-overanalyzer]

deep sigh. gotta do it to you, man. either batfam specifically or dc as a whole. perhaps even both separately. your choice.

Oh, you know me well enough to know I'm gonna do both. I'm drowning in opinions and need very little provocation to share.

For the Batfamily:

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

Tim Drake. He and I have been around for about the same amount of time, he was the Robin I grew up with, he's got more issues than Us Weekly...love you, boo, hope you get a new name and costume soon <3

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

Colin Wilkes!

He's a bit like if Captain Marvel's origin story involved kidnapping and medical horror instead of magic. I really hope he starts appearing in things again at some point (and that they finally admit he's Hush's kid).

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

The cast of Gotham Central. Aside from Renee, it seems like they all just disappeared after the book was canceled :(.

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

The Carpenter

One of my favorite things about how prolific the Batman books are is all the little side characters that go into keeping Gotham's crime economy running. So you've got the evil carpenter, the evil real estate broker... Jenna's not all that villainous, she's strictly in it to get paid. She'll happily join the Wonderland Gang to rip off an armored car, and she'll just as happily renovate your kitchen, money is money.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

Ulysses Hadrian Armstrong (Rebirth version)

I've always had a soft spot for Post-Crisis Ulysses as the eight-year-old George Patton-cosplaying gang leader (comics! :D), but I recently reread 'Tec Rebirth and it has rekindled my love for this teenage dirtbag. From the moment he showed up on the Colony's ship I could not stop laughing. He's the homoerotic adversary for Tim that we deserve and I want him to continue being exactly this creepy and annoying forever.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

It's a bit basic, but nobody in Gotham suffers like Bruce Wayne, whether it's because of criminals, his kids, his teammates, his exes...in all ways, and with nothing but love in my heart, hit him again.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

Tarantula, and the great thing is, I'm pretty sure that's exactly where she went.

[the-firebird69]

So I was listening to my husband and he just started rattling off a bunch of ideas he said BG can grab them and assemble them if they're partially assembled and have like a little business and use crappy warehouses so I've been trying to do that forever and we're going to try and make a deal with him and he's placing an order Sarah wants to place an order started threats cuz he's busy trying to fix his stupid pouch and he had an idea about a helmet like a Galactus helmet it was smaller wings on it but you could use it for like a radio to talk to each other and be like longer range something like miles away and Paul builders can tell you that about that because if you're like 5 miles away because you kind of lame even like on the trail you can turn it on and turn it up for distance and I'll call your friend on your integral radio set on your helmet a lot of people want to do it you would not believe how many more locks are excited they have Batman ones with the Batman look in the bat man insignia and we have all sorts of avenger looks, it's really like cosplay it's not like a look but the real dot will be real dot how much approved and the granted the adornment won't be as huge on the Galactus cuz your head will push backwards you might make it vented a little actually my husband says you can make it vented so it goes in the helmet when it stays dry and you can do that with Gore-Tex can channel it from the top it's going to be fun I thought it was a great idea it is he says you got cosplay suits too for Motocross because cosplay Motocross is different because Motocross you're wearing armor you can do all sorts of armored as like iron Man and with just a pressure suit you can do iron Man and I know he's talking about cuz it looks looks like it's really easy cuz instead of a certain color now she just make it red and actually BG wants to do that so we're going to send him a contract and see if he can do several of the avengers outfits and try and keep up production cuz he needs to make outfits for his people maybe the same thing except they'd have rank and stuff on them. Rebel stuff too my husband says to me he came up with a rebel outfits and rebel colors on the bikes and really it's not hard rubble color is like it's like a light brown and tan and that's kind of the colors and you can have a mix and it's really their colors and you can order special order camo but people don't like those it's really rebel colors and rebel riding jackets for enduros and they're lightweight leather and it's really nice I mean it's fun and their armored some of them have armor and they have in them and Kevlar. And they're not pricey like 30 bucks for the jacket and $20 for the pants and they match and it's all rebel wear and then we can all we can do all of cosplay so we're sending BG a contract to see if he wants to do it and if he wants to assemble the bikes and see if you can get my husband in here and to for the cash it's going to be great this sounds like a lot of fun and his ideas great I'm going to open mine up my company is going to do it now and we're going to introduce a Chinese cheapo Depot version of my my Janus it's not necessarily a carbon copy of the old one which the new which these are it's going to be I'm not a pure replica which is what I'm building it's going to be at like a Chinese version which looks like it pretty much real close but you'll see differences and it'll be cheaper it'll be like $1,200 instead of $2,000 or even a thousand if I can get it there we're going to start doing this now

Hera

Zues

We were watching them and having fun but it's real so be careful everybody I'm making my own version Chinese bike I've got ideas so it's really a little more rugged and can hold people or heavy 400 500 lb that way to do it too and you showed me you just put a piece of metal inside the frame you're welded together you don't have enough material but he says that we hire more people and Chinese weld all the frame still so I can have him do that on mine and he says he'll probably do it on his but just with the pipe and they do that too on some of them that's why they make the frame stronger

Thor Freya

I think it's a great idea it keeps it light and when you have pipe and pipe if it bends it's going to bend with it instead of breaking it somewhere

Zues Hera

Well my friend material is going to be heavier will be a little bit more but you'll see the bikes bigger

Thor Freya

Olympus appvf

[dangandidlyronpaimgines]

Happy October! Could you do the DRV3 guys doing matching/joint halloween costumes for a class party with their S/O? :D I've got them spoopy vibes ;D (Btw I'm sorry if I do too many asks, I just love the headcannons you come up with, let me know if I need to stop :) )

Gonta Gokuhara

He is so excited for Halloween!!!

(After you explained to him what Halloween was)

When you asked him what he wanted to be he simply answered a true gentleman!!

So with Tsumigi’s help you two had the perfect couple costume

Gonta was Tuxedo Mask while you were Sailor Moon

After you explained to Gonta who Tuxedo Mask was (and even showed him a few episodes) he was so excited

(You two have a Sailor Moon marathon and he is in love)

Gonta plays around with his cape excitedly as you got changed

When you finished he can’t help but pull you into a big hug

“You look amazing S/O!! Real pretty!!”

You blush slightly and you two walk towards the class party together

(Tsumigi totally takes tons of pictures of you two)

Kokichi Ouma

Nishishishi~

Your talking to the Halloween king right here!

He is super excited and coming up with tons of costume ideas

(Some of which.. you have to immediately shot down)

After you two spend some time bouncing around some ideas you both had something you both enjoyed

He was (what else) but a Devil, with a cloak and pitchfork and even small bat-like wings

(He didn’t want to wear a mask though so he used red face paint instead)

(He whined the entire time you painted his face)

While you were an Angel with huge white wings that could get a bit annoying but Ouma enjoyed them so you could deal with it

And everyone agreed that your guys costumes made perfect sense

Ryoma Hoshi

It was hard to find a costume for Ryoma for.. various reasons

(Mostly because if you wanted to get a costume for him you would have to shop in the kid’s section.. which embarrassed him to no end)

It took a while but eventually he cave in and said yes to a couple costume

(Which caused you to let out an excited squeal and hug him)

It took a little bit of trial and error before you two found a costume that you both enjoyed

(And lot’s of embarrassing trips to different stores where they ask what costumes are you looking for your son)

Everyone was surprised to see you at the party in a Red Riding Hood costume with a long and flowing cloak

And when they asked where Ryoma was he would pop out from under your cloak dressed up as a Wolf

(He did give quite a few people a scare)

(If anyone tried to say anything about why he got his costume was he would glare darkly at them while clinging to your leg) 

Korekiyo Shinguji

He was rather intrigued by Halloween

The differences of Halloween then and now are rather surprising

So when you said you wanted to dress up together as a couple he simply nodded and helped you search

In the end you two came up with a rather unique couple costume that you two had to kinda make yourselves

He was a Shinshoku (a male Shinto shrine maiden) and you were a Kitsune

(He still wore his mask of course)

(Though with how long Korekiyo’s hair was it was rather easy to mistake him as a shrine maiden)

(It took forever for you to make your costume and decide on makeup.. thank god for the internet)

You two got plenty of compliments on your guys’ costume which made you both smile

Shuichi Saihara

He was rather embarrassed to dress up for the party

But you were so excited for it that he couldn’t say no

You noticed his embarrassment and decided to go with a simple costume

A simple role reversal if you will

You walked in dressed as a stereotypical Detective, wearing his hat

(And not the sexy one a regular detective.. i think Saihara would die if he saw you in one of those)

And by your side was Saihara dressed as a stereotypical Prisoner, with fake handcuffs and all

Which earned a small laugh from everyone else

And while Saihara was embarrassed.. he had fun

(Though he did blush when Iruma made a certain comment about the handcuffs)

Kiibo

It was kinda hard to find a costume for him tbh

Since it would have to go over his armor.. and paint would be a tad difficult to get off of him

But you were determined to find a costume for him!

In the end you two decided a simple costume would be best

He was a knight (in literally) shining armor and you were his prince/ess

He was the one to suggest the idea actually, he had a soft spot for this type of cliche

He blushed immediately when you got into your costume and when you questioned him he looked down embarrassed

“I-it’s just that… y-you look so beautiful in that outfit.. like.. straight out of a fairy tale.” 

Which made you blush and give him a peck on the cheek

You two walked to the party hand in hand, a small blush on both of your cheeks

You both had fun at the party

Rantaro Amami

Bro he was ready for Halloween

He had tons of ideas to talk to you about

And you and him decided to do a classic couple costume but with a twist

So when he walked in dressed in a fancy golden vest with a rose in his pocket people were slightly confused

What was he suppose to be

And then you walked in and suddenly it all made sense

He was male Belle and you were the Beast

(Rantaro really outdid himself with the make up on you to make you look more beastly)

When people ask you why you chose to be the Beast you simply said, “I mean look at Rantaro there is no way be could be anything but Beauty right?”

And you two had so much fun at the party and danced the night away

Kaito Momota

He immediately knew what he wanted you guys to be

He just had to convince you to wear full body green body paint…

It took him a while to convince you but when you agreed he couldn’t help but pull you into a kiss

The day of the party you both to wake up a bit early to start on your makeup

It was all worth it though to see Kaito’s happy expression

After you were done with your makeup he got ready himself

 Your guys’ couple costume was a bit of a surprise to everyone but it made sense once you actually thought about it

Kaito was Starlord while you were Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy

(You can not tell me that Kaito wouldn’t be a huge fan of the series)

Kaito took tons of selfies of you two in full costume

(And Tsumigi took ton of pictures of you two because your guys’ cosplays were just amazing!)