#budget cosplay

[kpop-bbg]

[somelocusts]

My ultra low budget Clover Undertale Yellow costume. Happy Halloween!

[denpadokei]

melty cosplay (keep reading to understand why this is tagged with Kayano Mikoto. Or don’t)

context tomorrowWHAT FLIPPING CONTEXT WAS I TALKING ABOUT LMAO (with a straight face)

Here’s some bullet points

- yes this picture is stretched

- thanks Blahaj enjoyer for reblogging

- also these aren’t bullet points these a dashes wtf fake advertising.

- sorry this is such an ugly photo

- hoodie I saw in shop

- I bought matching tights for it

- spur of the moment wold book day fit

- I did not have the skirt. I did cut up a scarf and wrap it round my hips but that didn’t work out

- very ugly very bad very bootleg melty

- it was actually very uncomfortable (I don’t wear tights or slippers at all usually I live in a dressing gown)

- I wore ruru artiswitch shorts with it. I’m sorry ruru you didn’t deserve that.

- it was for this years world book day

- the book was her section at the end of the envy phantom art book manga thing that I got for Christmas solely because I needed to know when exactly Yuuhi ripped off the phantoms arm and wth it looked like

- my oomphie sewed on the buttons (COME BAAAAAAAACK)

- I’m not sure how much he’s okay with me sharing here tbh I’m sorry

- my freind also sewed on some buttons on the slippers I wore to school

- I remember that day he just sat there sewing various silly things for me and I probably cried (mentally weird 🔥) and then sung marui unabara for him and it was probably very strange and uncomfortable I’m glad he’s forgotten everything about me now lol (said with a mentally weird face)

- I kept asking him to sew on buttons because I didn’t want him to leave

- he gave me a long red ribbon (I like ribbons) that I then used to kinda reference the figure of her. There were some bear shaped buttons in the button pot which I thought we should use.

- all the buttons had cool designs on the other side. I think there were two Christmassy ones and one with music notes I put that one at the top

- for his world book day he made a kayano mikoto cosplay (prison fit with the MeMe fit underneath) which was really good-

- a while later we made melty and mikoto meet

- we lied on the floor and admired my cool light projector/speaker as it played played MeMe and I managed to make it go red and blue. Fyck midokoto’s drag ig.

[leafnincosplay]

My sister's ODM gear is done! Would you believe that the back piece and swords are made of 2L soda bottles, a cap from a peanut jar, bicycle break handles, and aquarium tubing? Because it's true! Goes along with the boxes using paper towel rolls. All the other details are foam core board with backpack straps for the full rigging. Cosplay doesn't require expensive materials. Just have fun building!

Overall, this build weights about 2lbs and fits into my large suitcase. This was a fun build to engineer. Now all the recycled materials are finally off my floor!

I can't wait to see my sister wear these at ALA!

[lunaghost13]

Didn’t have a red cloak or her blades, but I made it work! 🖤⚔️

[fromashesweriseuphiddenones]

Cosplay on a dime

So, I have gotten a lot of compliments on my Jacob Frye cosplay I did this Halloween and I wanted to share how I put together a cosplay like that.

1) the most important step is to pick who you want to cosplay as. A general rule of thumb I use is that I try to stick to my height, hair color, eye color and skin tone for the easiest cosplays. Then all I have to focus on is my outfit. However you can find wigs that help give you a different color of hair if that's the only issue. Same goes for eye color but I don't do contacts so I try to stick with blue eyed characters, that said as long as you love the character and do your best to capture the essence of the character it shouldn't matter if you're not six foot eight, and built like a brick.

2) locate good reference images. I can't stress this enough. Don't just grab the one image of the outfit you are going for, grab other outfits and if you can find rigs, face models etc it will help you pull the entire look together.

3) start in your closet and other previous costumes you may still have. Ever since I was 13 all my costumes have been sustainable and reusable. I don't often buy actual costumes the one exception is Scorpion from Mortal Kombat because of how rare it is.

4) after seeing what you have put together a list of what you need. So in the case of my Jacob Frye cosplay all I wound up needing was one additional belt, a tie, and a pair of boots as I picked up the hat trying to do a different costume of Dr Faciliae from The Princess and The Frog.

4a) that being said sometimes grabbing something for a different costume may inspire something new.

4b) if you have family members that can help you ask. Is dad weeding out old ties, ask him if you can have a look before he donates or throws them out you can save your self a few bucks here and there.

5) always keep an eye out. I shop year round at stores like Salvation Army and St Vincent De Paul where I constantly pick up belts, pants, tops, and scarves for cosplay. I once built an entire cosplay at St Vincent De Paul.

5a) also it helps sometimes to go in what you have already to match what you need to what you have, and don't be afraid to ask for help.

6) okay so you have the costume now look back at your reference photo, does your character have scars, tattoos, anything else that you need make up or wigs for? Great!

6a) for scars and tattoos I recommend starting with the temporary tattoo pens Spirit Halloween sells, or if you are doing this after Halloween Bic sells body markers. If you are more skilled with makeup then with the scars I would recommend scar putty, it's a clay like makeup that you can use to make realistic scars and such but I suck at makeup so I cheat.

6b) with tattoos I recommend the body markers or the fake tattoo sleeves that Spirit Halloween has in one of three sections, Military, Cop or the Punk section. Party City can be hit or miss depending on when you go.

6c) there is a tutorial I found right here on Tumblr for making your own tattoo sleeves, I have a photo of my Desmond Tattoo Sleeve right here on my page as well.

7) now that you are already, it's the day of the event do yourself and anyone else who is curious a favor and take a picture of you in full get up. Yes including any makeup and extra props you need. Also keep your main reference photo on hand so you can show people the inspiration.

Lastly truly is to have fun. If done right you can have a costume/cosplay you can continue to bring out for many years to come and hopefully you didn't break the bank. Honestly the jacket for Jacob Frye was my most expensive piece this year. But the compliments were well worth it.

Also please feel free to add additional information in the comments that I can add to this post or to ask me questions about anything in specific. Like I didn't get into too many details but I can help with sizing, look, proper wearing of a wig etc.

[pokopippitypop]

emo vi truther

[solarpoweredwolf]

got this white ralph loren blouse and realised i accidentally created this budget transfem jack slash cosplay

in my haste to shave myself to get a proper picture i also cut myself in like five places but it probably adds to the effect

[doriandreamz]

We have Jack Torrance at home!

Jack Torrance at home

[obi-troll-kenobi]

sometimes i play make pretend games when a bunch of 30+ people dress up and pretend to be vampires for 5 hours

[strickenspirit]

How the gentle wind

Beckons through the leaves

🎃🍂.

[kpop-bbg]

[x3no9]

I FINALLY am doing some cosplay! I have no budget for it, (commissioning others lol) so here is budget Ghost!

I just manip'ed the background because who the hell wants to see my house. And then use a blur or saturation effect filter. Not sure why, but I look small in the large tactical vest....

What do you think?

WAVE 1...

[sephinot]

Didnt know what to wear tonight so I just kind of threw together an improv luke cosplay

[leafnincosplay]

Right bracelet now done!

This one took so much time with all the braiding and planning those chains! I had to modify the original design to cover the lower half of the brace more and make it easier to get on with one hand around a bunch of scythes!

Now time to sew!

[lunaghost13]

Did a thing today!! It was so windy