Author Topic: Cosplay Misfortunes (Read 15081 times)

~X~Hyuuga Neji~X~ · « **on:** August 26, 2008, 01:16:28 pm »

Basically XD What misfortune involving cosplay(Such as preparing it, something bad happening to you in it, etc.) has fallen upon you?

I, for example, just found out today that the wig I ordered a couple weeks ago for my Medicine Seller (Mononoke) cosplay will most likely not be here until September 2nd. Day right after the con. *Sighs and goes to emo in a corner..*

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:20:34 pm »

Every time I put Esther on something breaks.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:25:16 pm »

I burnt my hand molding the plastic for Albel claw and he just happens to wear that claw because he burnt his arm when he was young XD

Lin · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:26:44 pm »

My Tsunade wig seems to be lost in the post...

Darknight2433 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:37:55 pm »

Um, I tripped in my Kakashi costume on a pile of hay and bent my metal glove against the ground. XD

Also, my secret cosplay seems to be enjoying taking forever to ship to me.

And when in Kakashi, I have a habit of bumping into people. XD

nikkiolie · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:40:57 pm »

I also have a hard time keeping things glued to my Albel costume v.v

oslapedo · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:41:29 pm »

I haven't really had any misfortunes thus far, snce KCon is my first con!

katayamadono · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:42:07 pm »

I past out because of chest binding during my Edward (cowboy bebop) cosplay.

myalchod · « **Reply #8 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:44:49 pm »

Worst to date was for my first con, when at about one in the morning the night before I was supposed to fly out, I'm trying to hem the skirt for my Road Kamelot cosplay. (Never hem your own skirts. Srsly.) Anyway, I get it all pinned, and then I go to cut down the fabric so the hem's less crazy-huge, and SLIP go the scissors, up high enough to basically make it the kind of error I can't fix. (I was Road in pants for that con. Much vexation.)

Minazuki's first tsuba broke not once but twice at AX last summer.

I somehow managed to make the collar on my sister's black shinigami kosode wa~y too short somehow. This was -- once again -- at the wee hours of the morning the night before going to con, only this time I was the driver, so I didn't fix it. It turned out to look okay because she's tiny, but I'm definitely fixing that for next time she wears it! (I also, same AX that destroyed Minazuki, managed to faceplant the Tenipuri plushie I was making her into a puddle of paint. There were jokes all throughout con about how I'd decapitated her doubles partner.)

I guess the only good thing I can say is that I've never really injured myself making cosplays, aside from the usual minor oven burns and pinpricks.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #9 on:** August 26, 2008, 01:46:02 pm »

yeah I found a good way to bind my chest but it is hard to do by yourself. Tape your boobs up then move the tape around your back from one boob to the other. The tape doesn't go across your chest so it is easier to breath....I have a link describing how to do it.

http://www.cosplay.com/showthread.php?t=15709&page=5

Runa · « **Reply #10 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:05:46 pm »

The armor for Sesshoumaru costume (which my husband cast in aluminum) will seriously bruise my chest if I wear it for more than 3 hours.
Also, the first time I wore it (SakuraCon '02), it was so popular a photo costume that it took me 3 hours to walk up one hall, and I was ready to collapse.

I think the worst things that happen to me in cosplay most of the time is when I forget to grab stuff to drink and get dehydrated.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #11 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:07:34 pm »

yeah I have a feeling it will be hard for me to get places as Temari......maybe even Albel >_>

Serika · « **Reply #12 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:29:41 pm »

Guys, you're supposed to breathe through your STOMACH! D8

Uhh, as for me... I'm making boot covers and we pinned the fabric on with the wrong sides together, instead of right... And since we had limited time, we couldn't go back and redo it. 8D;;; I'm still not sure how to reverse it, since the base shoe we were using is still in there... Ooooh well... I'll figure something out.

risotto · « **Reply #13 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:31:16 pm »

Tried to set up my wig in a ponytail, but that turned out exhausting and epically bad. I still have problems putting on wigs (its a curse). At this point I'm resorting to using my own hair plus some black hair wefts =_=

Sayda · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:39:04 pm »

I have issues keeping food off of my cosplays for some reason. ~ ~ I usually end up staining them somehow.
For Sakuracon last year I was Kyouya, and was having a friend make the jacket for me. He put it off until right before the con, in which both of us were freaking out.
My current dilemma is whether or not to Cosplay Cloud for Kumoricon or wait and not have to rush things.

tofutakeout · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:47:33 pm »

last year my dress was too short and I wasn't wearing shorts so I couldn't bend of ever. someone always had to do it for me. and I lost one of my elf ears. 3: *tear*

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2008, 04:54:13 pm »

ah well most of you have read about my Kairi misfortune.... u.u (thanks again dana) so ill just not mention that one

uh lets see not sure if this counts or not but i have an evil science teacher named MacDicky. Hes form of extra credit for me was to dress up like a bird.... Well I put it off and put it off till the day before in which my friend Kenzie spent the night at my house and we were up in the wee hours of the night sewin feathers onto my skirt. it turned out great and now we have run into the diaster again as tonight we are changing it into a blue chocobo costume xD i get to pretty much stand still while she sews

Chek · « **Reply #17 on:** August 26, 2008, 05:26:36 pm »

A couple years ago, I was hallucinating because the helmet on my Jenova cosplay was way, way too heavy. And when you're wandering around a anime convention seeing things too weird to be real...it's pretty trippy.

Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out how to fix that helmet for future usage.

Kamisan · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2008, 05:29:02 pm »

I dunno if my costume will be done by the con T_T

I have to make ears and cut my shirt and get crap for school and I have a party during the con. My money is already going down the drain XD

antibishie · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2008, 05:41:09 pm »

I think my worst "misfortune" so far would be what resulted in a scar on my hand. I was making a pair of robot-hand gloves and ended up with too much glue on the cheap gloves I was using for a base. The glue ate through the cheap fabric and into me and by the time I got the glue gun put down and started pulling my hand out of the glove the whole mess had merged rather nicely. Came off with a lovely little tearing sound, I think.

Let this be a lesson to always be careful with hot things.

Kamisan · « **Reply #20 on:** August 26, 2008, 05:43:15 pm »

Quote from: antibishie on August 26, 2008, 05:41:09 pm

I think my worst "misfortune" so far would be what resulted in a scar on my hand. I was making a pair of robot-hand gloves and ended up with too much glue on the cheap gloves I was using for a base. The glue ate through the cheap fabric and into me and by the time I got the glue gun put down and started pulling my hand out of the glove the whole mess had merged rather nicely. Came off with a lovely little tearing sound, I think.

Let this be a lesson to always be careful with hot things.

o.O geez. Thats so bad I cringed haha Hope your handis okay and that you dont have permanent Robot hands for the rest of your life

nyahaha · « **Reply #21 on:** August 26, 2008, 05:48:51 pm »

i worked for 2 hours on rikku's shorts, and the were too small...they might have ripped at the con...that wouldn't be good

CharlotteElbourne · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2008, 07:16:11 pm »

I don't think I have ever had a misfortune in my cosplays... save for my Misa skirt >.> It was really short and I had to use my death note to keep people from seeing my undies when I walked up the stairs x_X That and trying to play the glomp circle without people seeing them when they picked me up like crazy xD

BlackjackGabbiani · « **Reply #23 on:** August 26, 2008, 11:29:54 pm »

I spent 40 bucks on the boots for my Kaede costume, wore them for ONE DAY at Anime Evolution, and got a blister, so I spent the rest of the con in my gym shoes.

tofutakeout · « **Reply #24 on:** August 26, 2008, 11:32:28 pm »

Quote from: BlackjackGabbiani on August 26, 2008, 11:29:54 pm

I spent 40 bucks on the boots for my Kaede costume, wore them for ONE DAY at Anime Evolution, and got a blister, so I spent the rest of the con in my gym shoes.

I hate it when you gotta buy something and you only use it like once or twice. >_<

nikkiolie · « **Reply #25 on:** August 26, 2008, 11:47:57 pm »

That's why you wear the shoes a whole day before hand to break them in and get used to them. I am very glad I didn't wait to wear my home made naruto shoes. Because if I did I would have very nasty blisters but now the shoes are comfortable and stay on my feet well. ^_^

TohmaSeguchi · « **Reply #26 on:** August 26, 2008, 11:48:46 pm »

Whenever I wear my signature Shuichi costume, the black shirt *always* seems way too small and keeps riding up, no matter if it's a different shirt each time or not.

Props too- some component of a prop, no matter what costume, always seems to break or fall apart in some way......*sighs*
-Yami/Shu

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2008, 01:23:58 am »

The rubber tracking I ordered for my Azul cannon is just now shipping even though I ordered it August 1st.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:59:41 am »

That sucks that it is just now being shipped.....do you think it will get here in time?

Lin · « **Reply #29 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:24:44 am »

My blonde wig for my Integra and Tsunade costumes has yet to show up... I have a distressing feeling it will show up later next week... Faye costume for the weekend it will be... Atleast people will be able to find me!

sushiglomper · « **Reply #30 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:40:37 am »

My sewing machines never make it through a project without something going wrong. Ever. I've hand stitched, or glue gunned in many desperate attempt to finish costumes. *sigh* One day....one day I'll get through a project. I may be taking the latest machine to the sears center today.

makichan · « **Reply #31 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:50:02 am »

I've had my pants rip at the seams. Not noticeable to anyone but me who was wearing them. Man, those were uncomfortable. Finally, I just tore them off back in the hotel and went in my maid outfit the rest of the time. T'was a bad year for cosplay. I've also had someone purposefully try to break my weapon (Reno '06) because apparently they were the only person allowed to cosplay that character (and, might I add, he had a reason to feel insecure. His sucked pretty hardcore lol). He also went around breaking other people's stuff who went as that character but he couldn't break mine xD
I was like, "IDIOT" T__T ::smirk::

AAAND in the end, he was thrown out of the con.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #32 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:51:49 am »

Quote from: nikkiolie on August 27, 2008, 09:59:41 am

That sucks that it is just now being shipped.....do you think it will get here in time?

I'm hoping it will because the company (when they finally responded to my thousand emails) said they were going to ship it out overnight, from PA. So, hopefully it will get here.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #33 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:57:16 am »

I hope so too.....man this costume has hand everything against you it seems like.

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #34 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:01:52 am »

haha, yeah, no kidding. But, in the words of Freakazoid's Astroboy-knock-off-hero: "I MUST SUCCEED!" If it doesn't get here in time I already have a backup plan, I just want it to get here since I paid for it and all.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #35 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:10:12 am »

Well thats good that you have a back up plan. I hope it gets here in time too....next year don't wait so long before ordering stuff >_<

EveofAbyss · « **Reply #36 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:13:11 am »

Yeah, although in my defense, I gave myself a ridiculous amount of time for this product to get here. It was supposed to ship out on the 1st, I got an email confirming the order and telling me it would ship out. So, the fact that the company failed....I can do nothing about that, lol.

But yes, advice noted. I did definitely have to wait way way longer in general than I would have liked to start and get this costume finished. Normally, this would never happen and I'll be sure to work better next year.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #37 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:28:09 am »

Maybe next time you can order it the 1st of June? That way it will be here with lots of time to spare ^_^

YamiNoKaze · « **Reply #38 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:35:21 pm »

Last year no one even knew who I was cosplaying and that was sad, but this year I had to order alot of custom stuff for my costume because I couldn't find it in stores and none of it arrived ok, first the pants had a waist that was 10 inches too big then the next one sent was 4 inchs too small. My coat is too big but I'm just gonna have to live with that and I can't seem to get the snaps to work right. It's been I nightmare but It should be worth it in the end.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #39 on:** August 27, 2008, 08:36:02 pm »

wow sounds like a pain. Another good reason to make your costumes yourself. You wont get stuff that doesn't fit right

sanamanabobana · « **Reply #40 on:** August 27, 2008, 08:44:04 pm »

The skirt for my Mion cosplay didn't fit and the hat for my Urahara cosplay didn't fit either! D:

CC3 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 27, 2008, 08:48:17 pm »

Ello. I had a kind of awkward thing happen last year. My friend and I were about to go to the place that had the artist alley and such. So we turn the corner and there in front of me is a GIANT Gai-sensi cosplayer. (I was dressed as Tenten btw.) He said "Tenten, my student" then gave me a massive hug. It was kinda scary but looking back on it it was hilarious. After he left my friend and I just kinda of stared at each other like " What just happened and was I just groped by a random stranger?" That was my first year to.

lychee-twist · « **Reply #42 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:06:06 pm »

Quote from: ~X~Hyuuga Neji~X~ on August 26, 2008, 01:16:28 pm

Basically XD What misfortune involving cosplay(Such as preparing it, something bad happening to you in it, etc.) has fallen upon you?

I, for example, just found out today that the wig I ordered a couple weeks ago for my Medicine Seller (Mononoke) cosplay will most likely not be here until September 2nd. Day right after the con. *Sighs and goes to emo in a corner..*

Ok, I'm sorry. That really sucks, but I'm hearting you SO BAD right now because I love the Kusuriuri! *dies* Oh man! I feel for you. I would've loved to see that costume.

nikkiolie · « **Reply #43 on:** August 27, 2008, 09:25:58 pm »

Quote from: CC3 on August 27, 2008, 08:48:17 pm

Ello. I had a kind of awkward thing happen last year. My friend and I were about to go to the place that had the artist alley and such. So we turn the corner and there in front of me is a GIANT Gai-sensi cosplayer. (I was dressed as Tenten btw.) He said "Tenten, my student" then gave me a massive hug. It was kinda scary but looking back on it it was hilarious. After he left my friend and I just kinda of stared at each other like " What just happened and was I just groped by a random stranger?" That was my first year to.

That can be a normal thing though >_> Normally they ask before they hug but meh

Dae · « **Reply #44 on:** August 27, 2008, 10:26:31 pm »

My misfortune: I'm not dressing up, because my costume isn't going to be here on time.
Though, seeing as I have troubles putting pants on before shoes in the morning, that may be a mixed blessing.

lychee-twist · « **Reply #45 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:14:52 pm »

The only misfortune I can think of is when I was sewing my giant, plush blue goat from LoZ: Twiilight Princess, the fur would get caught under my sewing machine or cover the foot completely. I got my finger under the needle and totally punched a hole in my fingernail. It hurt and bled so bad. Aaghhh

nikkiolie · « **Reply #46 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:18:14 pm »

ouch that sounds so painful.....why I stay away from sewing machines >_>

I like glue guns

Sayda · « **Reply #47 on:** August 27, 2008, 11:31:37 pm »

You glue everything. Which is why you'd be the Miss Glue Kid '08, along with your other title that you were talking about. XD

lychee-twist · « **Reply #48 on:** August 28, 2008, 12:08:58 am »

Hot glue is definitely amazing. I sew because I think it looks a little nicer, but I hot glued my hat. Hot glue definitely gets some love from me, nonetheless.

LtCommanderRichie · « **Reply #49 on:** August 28, 2008, 12:15:27 am »

Hot glue melts in end-of-August Oregon heat. That's why all my throwing star's tips are held on with silicone, now!

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