It's a bunch of nerds playing dress up meeting other nerds playing dress up. If no one is having fun and everyone is being elitist, wtf are we all doing then.

And I don't mean just at con. Cosplay exists in so many forms and not everything is content, especially when you fall in love with one aspect such as prop making, makeup, photography, sewing, wig work and you specialize. It's for fun, not clout, not a beauty contest. GTFO with that shit.

fucks up the man's entire hairline, or just the length of some of the layers, and the *direction* in which wefts are sewn for some goddamn reason, all fuck me up, man.

And for a character I *love with my entire heart*?
That. Shit. Is. Not. Good. Enough.

You either get that, or you don't.

being able to get base pieces has become such a pain in the fucking ASS

Take Kunikida for example. I have been looking at every single premade one I could, both in person and online (bc lets be real there's really only like 2-3 out there) and none of them hit the right shade or the factory teasing-

I love how many options there are for pre-styled/pre-cut stuff, but there's always certain wigs that no matter the maker, it's best to start from scratch bc I am NOT SATISFIED AT ALL with the stock I've seen.

So for basic Isekai Mobs, phenomenal! But others....

Sometimes it's simply a stock issue. The one thing that I love about CosCraft is that they are actively trying to keep a set number of colors in basic styles, and adding products like laced pieces at extremely reasonable prices, which I've only seen from Assist.

"you can just order off taobao-"

Listen. I do NOT want to be playing Tariff-and-Service-Charge Roulette, and it's the primary reason I haven't ordered wigs. I haven't heard many straight answers to my concerns so yah the appeal of a Toku Suit Era until the end of the fat fuck's term is lookin swell

I guess I'm lucky my main sphere of influence/attention tends to be costumes that range from late Victorian to 1940's, or those that take inspiration from those periods. I do love the flashy new things but, Jesus Christ I don't have the skill level here....

How.... how am I going to make Kamen Rider suits like this..... Ngghhh...

if it passes the 5-foot rule, I'm going to be very happy and call that a win.

You shouldn't be that close to me if you're not my handler (@ptoughneighpjs.bsky.social) anyway, what are you doing bruh~ 😤

context: given how many failures I've had (and the time cronch) we're gonna do this a little diff; I need to sketch out the stuff and switch to papercraft...

this is entirely an issue of misunderstanding settings as well as using the wrong model due to what is available to me.
especially bc I can't do rapid prototyping, I can't do much about the original model I was using: www.thingiverse.com/thing:5902201

I'll probably test the simplified one soon™️

I'm fairly new to 3D printing as a technique (I've given all my skill points have been towards Fabric Meistering); trying to get the cufflinks made through exclusively public services (via libraries) has been a fascinating journey this year

All my prints are failures so far. #🪡

actually I lied, like a liar. there was 1 mid progress pic. LMAO

now if only the blood sacrifice was taken earlier I wouldn't have as many issues perhaps with the Printer Gods...

Getting the strips on was a pain in the ass, and most of it had to be tacked by hand. No pics of that process because I kept bleeding all over EVERYTHING despite having thimbles and whatnot.

Meanwhile I vectorized and scaled the Bridges logo, used a freezer paper stamp method to stamp #🪡

what I found the most annoying was the ratio of the width of the stripes on Bridges uniforms. I thought I could get away with some left over ribbon, and then cover that in a layer of sparkly vinyl. It was too much of a hassle and I ended up going "meh" and cutting corners. It's not that deep. #🪡

Whatever compounds and dye process that Lee's jean coveralls go through, despite every tag saying 100% cotton, I could not bleach/lighten the twill, even with direct bleach on the thing. I spent SO MANY rounds of lightener ratios, tea baths, sun... the only thing that kinda worked: iDyepoly :/ #🪡

The nighmare starts with this goddamn jumpsuit. While I did have a pattern kicking around... somewhere... I think... I also couldn't be bothered to sew it up, especially when I lucked out and found one for literally a quarter?

Little did I know, this one piece was going to give me the most grief...