#pain cosplay

[kantasea]

My PAIN cosplay from NARUTO!

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Pain {cosplay}

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It's "bully Azul" time !!

(Og post here)

[anothermisanthropist]

'Моя кожа уголёк-лёк меж лопаток Кровавый вензелёк-лёк Льётся патока из под плётки Льётся песня из глотки Но моя душа нема Моё тело – тюрьма' photos taken by Franzi and edited by Jul and me <3

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE SPEARMASTER!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!

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🪩 playing LISA: The Painful as Widdly 2 Diddly 🕗 8p ET: https://twitch.tv/discoholic (fair warning, this game can get disturbing)

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OKAY TIME TO ACTUALLY POST SOMETHING OF MINE INSTEAD OF REBLOGGING

I’m making a ✨PERI COSPLAY✨

For Halloween!

Floaty crowns things!

I wanted to make the wings big and detailed.

I took inspiration from cicada wings.

Reference, trace, simplify, and then enlarge

I’ll share more updates when I make more updates. I sculpted the wings from wire and hot glue. they are not finished yet, this is just the base.

Oh, uhh, I guess I kinda just revealed what I look like (other than the face) something something reveal I guess? I actually got a haircut yesterday, I’ve never had short hair before, I used to have super long hair so this is a big change for me.

[bartimaeus]

Guess who just watched season nine of Doctor Who I'm deeply unwell.

[transmechanicus]

Still need a tie but otherwise Fem!Denji is ready to go~

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why is my doritofucker coat one of the most chronic pain-friendly things i have 😭

i got this for a ford Halloween costume/cosplay but my AMPS is fuckin with me today and now I’m walking around the house with this thing bc it’s sensory friendly WHAT IS UP WITH THIS YALL

[britcision]

Regular reminder that sudden and severe weight loss is a pretty serious sign that something is very, very wrong

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hi I’m a very long time cosplayer (20+ years experience) who has chronic headache and migraine problems and this is a post about how to prevent your cosplay wigs from giving you painful headaches! Nobody likes wandering around the con in blinding pain and so hopefully this post will help you reduce the chances of this happening.

1. If your wig is way too tight, don’t use it. Get something with a bigger cap. tbh I often wear slightly too big wigs to reduce the pressure! Find out what brands and sellers sell wigs that are comfy on your head and prioritize buying wigs from them! I made a big master list of cosplay wig sellers a while back so here’s a few you might not have known about. Arda (and its Canadian and European sites) sells by far the biggest wigs, but I personally find Classe the most comfortable for my specific head. It’s all very YMMV and it’s totally possible for a wig to not actually be too small but fit your head in an uncomfortable way (Blue Beard on taobao does this to me every time), so just don’t buy from suppliers that do that. Also consider resizing wigs to be larger! For wig clients with extra large heads I like to nip the edge of the wig right behind the ear where your ear and hair from above will cover it and add in a little godet of elastic.

2. Reduce weight! A heavy wig will make head pain much more likely, so here’s a few tips on wig weight reduction!

A) if your wig doesn’t need a ton of volume and is already very dense, rip out some wefts in the bottom half. Anything on the part of your head from the ridge where your head starts going in towards your neck won’t really show unless your wig is very short and it’ll obviously reduce weight instantly! You can replace any missing volume with light crimping or light heat and tease, or leave the wig as is for a natural and silky look without the unnatural volume of a cosplay wig.

B) if you need more volume in your wig, instead of going straight to adding wefts for more volume, see first if combining crimping with heat and tease at the roots will give you the extra volume you need! Crimping or heat and tease adds volume and if you straight up destroy the fiber in the first two inches from the scalp by doing both repeatedly, it’ll add huge volume without you needing to add extra hair! When I do this I like to heat the fiber near the roots, tease it, let it cool, crimp the teased part, let THAT cool, and then brush it out. You can flat out double the perceived volume in the back of the wig this way!

C) if your character has a high ponytail or high pigtails, consider using clip on ponytails that you can easily remove if you need the weight off your head right the fuck now. here’s two tutorials I swear by for making a short wig + clip on combination look more natural! They’re in Japanese but easily comprehensible if you use machine translation thanks to the clear photography. They also help with spreading out the weight on the wig itself, and if your hair is long enough, using a clip on with a fishnet wig cap and clipping through the wig and into your real hair will also he lp make it more secure and distribute weight more evenly.

if your character has high pigtails

if your character has a high ponytail

D) when you need extra wefts, opt for sewing in wefts rather than gluing whenever possible. Glue doesn’t seem heavy but enough of it can make a wig get real heavy REAL fast.

E) redirecting the weight to your entire head and not just the front hairline will feel lighter and give you less forehead tension, which is one of the biggest causes of wig headache. Toupee clips sewn evenly around the edges and a Wig Fix https://therenatural.com (the name brand one, the knockoffs genuinely don’t work half as well) can help with doing this. A Wig Fix will also let you use fewer pins to keep your wig on, which is another cause of wig headache. Can’t suggest trying those enough. There are also some velvet wig grips out there but I find those don’t work quite as well, but they’re by far better than nothing.

3) make sure your wig is easy to remove. A lot of characters have horns or veils or other head things on top of the wig so make sure those can easily come off if you need a wig break! I’m a big proponent of using wig glue or double stick tape to glue strands (face framing layers etc) to your face for a more natural and more flattering look, but if you get headaches from wigs, keep that glue or tape in your bag so if you have to de-wig for a bit, you can get it back on!

4) take the ibuprofen or whatever BEFORE you put the wig on, and not when your wig is already making your head miserable! It’s like taking the ibuprofen before you wear the horrible shoes for a special event; it’s more effective in advance.

5) what are your normal headache triggers? Make sure you’re doing the work to EXTRA avoid them before wearing a cosplay wig. Stay hydrated. Keep up with your electrolytes. If you have any food triggers, make sure you’re managing them properly.

6) try multiple types of wig cap before deciding which ones to use! I’m a big fan of the fishnet kind because I’m in agony every time I try to use the stocking kind. Some people find relief in doing pin curls under their cap, and @/battleangelgif on twitter suggested doing this with damp hair the night before you wear the wig. There are tons of methods! Stretching out fishnet caps can be done more effectively when they’re slightly damp and that’ll make them pinch less. Experiment with what you like best to keep your irl hair in place and once you find a method you like, go for it! Make that your go-to!

7) always remember: wearing a short wig is less miserable than wearing a wig to your ankles. consider very carefully whether or not you can actually handle that wig that’s as long as you are tall. sometimes you just can’t and that’s okay! reduce the length of any super long haired character to hip length and it’ll be FINE. I swear. It’ll still read as super long and it won’t be as terrible.

8) always remember you can just. take the entire wig and cosplay off if you’re in agony. it’s not worth it. don’t do that to yourself. If the migraine hits anyway, just take it off.

Hope some of this might help you out! Focusing on reducing and redistributing weight is what helps me out the most 😌 feel free to reply or reblog or message with questions and I’ll try and get back to you ASAP!

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more Milly & Meryl 💖

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[pintsofguinnesmakeyoustrong]

i need to gush abt rouge unfortunately. because if my little baby gay, deeply closeted 10yr old self had watched that it would've been a game changer. genuinely it would've transformed the way i looked at myself. if the doctor can be gay and still be brilliant and clever and all the amazing things he always was, and still be loved by his friends, then maybe so can i. and there's going to be thousands of queer kids watching today who will get to live that. so thank you Ms herron and ms redman 💖

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OKAY

I got harassed at lunch today while running the GSA club table and I reported it to the administration BUT I think my mom finally realizes the extent of my pain ("so... it's constant at this point?" me: "it's been constant pain for three days." "hmm.") hopefully we can get this figured out.

IN THE MEAN TIME

I'm running on hours of sleep and a rice crispy treat and somehow I have ENEGRY

hold me to the game plan for today (also because I have the energy but motivation is gone)

finish the sociology presentation; turn in (5 notes)

clean the cat puke (10 notes)

write one-page history essay; turn in (15 notes)

start on GSA presentation (20 notes)

post pictures of my cosplay right now (25 notes)

figure out how to make sleeves. the goal right now is to finish the tunic today, then tomorrow and Saturday work on the robes (30 notes)

oh, and get food. at... some point (35 notes)

[anothermisanthropist]

kouj.cosplay made a fine little video of my Nara free style at Elfia Arcen so I had to make a TikTok and show it to fellow Pathologians.