#budget cosplay

[kpop-bbg]

[somelocusts]

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

[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!

[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

[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.

[teenyeepyelf]

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

🎃🍂.

[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

[fukia]

Ms. Fortune on a Budget

,, i was on a budget of mostly time and just NOT BEING TOLD I COULD ATTEND ANIME EXPO W/ MY WORK BADGE — cosplayed in the middle of my off-stage shift and had to hide this unprofessionalism lmao ,,

• materials: cardboard boxes (waist bags), tape, blue paper towel (halter top), sharpie (skin lacerations & gloves), lanyard (belt), bracelet, bedding packaging velcro band (tail)

[kpop-bbg]

[thechickwith-add]

Low-cost 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!

[clyde-8877]

Here’s something new to post after being long gone might as well post something new and for my recent hyper fixation on DHMIS a nice red guy cosplay slay !!!! I’ll maybe do a little revamp on the eyes and the body it would look better if it were a red sweatshirt instead anyways enjoy the eye candy.

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Some tarot card concepts, the hands are supposed to look like they're imitating teeth but I kinda messed it up :(

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