'not really.. eh. wear whatever the fuck you want, truly no one gives a shit unless its like a ahegao sweater.. then no girls will want to be near you. if you're a fucking weird slimebag people will avoid you no matter what you wear.

i personally think its easier to chat someone up if they're also in cosplay cause they're not just a pornhub basedboy and you actually have a hobby in common than some fuck who watches demon slayer and has a hentai sticker on his honda.';

'>>10864707
>the buff guys doing shirtless cosplays are seen as less weird
Funny, I always see those guys standing around alone obviously hoping somebody will talk to them, and all of the girls I used to run with at cons (when I had a GF and her whole pack of friends) used to laugh at them and talk about them being creepy.';

'>>10864765
This is the biggest COPE comment I've seen in a while. I'm fat and ugly as fuck, but I don't blatantly lie to myself about how many cosplay girls these guys pull.';

'>>10864707
i agree with all of it

be self awareness

t. 26 year old man';

'>70% of people I'd say don't come in cosplay
Sign of a very shitty event if it's not even at 50%. What is this even in reference to?
>people don't usually approach male cosplayers cause they think they are weird
Skill issue
>buff guys doing shirtless cosplays are seen as less weird
False premise, but also worth considering more and more girls are now dressing as these characters too, like Inosuke or Ace
>what is an acceptable cosplay for a guy to do
Whatever you damn well please.';

'>>10864810
so who do you cosplay then';

'>>10864812
I wouldn't say 70% don't but a large % of cons are guys just wearing nerdy ref shirts. I'm a male cosplayer and by people "thinking they're weird" what she means is their outfits/them don't look very good. I've had no shortage of people asking for pictures or approaching me.

The "no body suits" thing is off too, I can see why she'd say that though. You really need to be in in at least pretty decent shape so you don't just look like a squeezed blob of fat. Also From firsthand experience so many don't even try to obscure what clearly juts out down below, the sack or the dong and it flops along when they walk. I'm the only one who've I ever seen who tucks/tapes properly, if at all, you wouldn't even be able to tell what I had down there.';

'>>10864896
What kind of characters do you cosplay?
How can I not be one of the ones that don't look very good.';

'>>10864896
I forgot to answer the kigu part, but yes. I will agree on that being creepy 100% of the time';

'>>10864707
>wears drive jacket
>gets to stay in character
perfect for shy people, genius i say';

'>>10864896
Oh god, so many deadpool and spiderman(occasionally venom) cosplayers who dont invest on a dance belt/cup.


I don't blame men who go to cons wearing a nerdy t shirt because in poorly ventilated places like cons, i would rather be comfortable';

'>>10864707
Nah this person needs to get a grip. People can wear whatever they want and if that makes them uncomfortable they can just not interact with them. If said cosplayer is being a creep of course that's horrible but that's another issue.';

'>>10864707
>Be cosplay thot
>Judge everybody around you constantly
>The characters you specifically like are okay though
I dont think you need to consider this opinion too much';

'>>10864886
i cosplay a character that fits my body type and style. because i have twinkish jew adam friedland phenotype i have a happy mask salesman cosplay with an 80lb rucksack, it's funny to watch people try to lift it.';

'I don't cosplay to get validation from baby strollers with attitudes.';

'>>10864897
Cute boys, Deku Ikuto Tsukiyomi etc. even though I'm 32 I have immaculate skincare, look young facially, and am only 5'6 plus I'm in good shape.

As for what not to do, for the love of god if you cosplay a body suit please at least wear a dancer's belt, or look up proper tuck taping.

Regarding in general, just don't buy a shitty aliexpress cosplay. Or even if you do just know how to use makeup + be in decent shape. Those make a huge difference.';

'>>10865103
>Regarding in general, just don't buy a shitty aliexpress cosplay.
how do I tell if amazon/aliexpress cosplay is shitty or not
>Or even if you do just know how to use makeup
any guides for doing male cosplay makeup?';

'>>10865104
I wouldn't really know male cosplay makeup as most of my characters look like fruits anyway, but there are many guides on youtube!

As for the aliexpress thing, you get what you pay for and 95% of cosplays for character X are going to be from sites like that. They're generally passable for most cons but for things like katsucon you just blend into the crowd. Being shape and having good skin/makeup helps a lot though.';

'>>10864794
>t. balding gymcel wearing his shirtless goku costume and amazon wig crying how he's single and no one pays attention to him at cons.';

'Sounds like there's seething from jealous hags and people that don't fit certain characters.
You will never look as pretty or be as good at cosplay as her. It's the law of cosplay to be replaced by younger and more attractive girls';

'>>10865109
>I wouldn't really know male cosplay makeup as most of my characters look like fruits anyway, but there are many guides on youtube!
yeah I mean for bishounen type characters you just do girl style makeup? or do you tone down the eyeliner etc';

'>>10864707
There are many signs that these posts were made by a male, likely homosexual or transgender
1. thinks normal male cosplayers are weird
2. obvious preference for "buff guys" and young femboys, the two major gay food groups
3. referenced astolfo positively without using homosexual slurs
4. disdain for cis men crossplaying as anime girls for laffs
5. knew who travis bickle was';

'>>10865134
Seethe more, it was made by a cute girl';

'>>10865137
Why would your immediate response be to defensively accuse others of "seething" and insisting that an anonymous 4chan poster typing in several male styles and making many extremely gay/male references was in fact a "cute girl"?';

'>>10865138
Because you have no idea what you're talking about and blowing smoke out of your ass. She's already been posted in this thread';

'>>10865134
It's hilarious how I know for a fact you're wrong but at the same time you think you're completely correct.
>>10865139
This';

'>>10865139
>She's already been posted in this thread
there is literally no evidence for the poster of those comments being a girl. the only thing i see posting over and over in this thread are delusional trannies.';

'>>10865144
You're so ignorant that it's funny. You have no idea what altchan is being posted in the first place.';

'>>10864707
is it really weird?
im male and cosplay and a bunch of people have asked for my picture or complimented me';

'>>10865151
who did u cosplay as';

'>>10865146
>>10865121
shes ugly and likely retarded';

'>>10865158
mad';

'post more then';

'>>10865158';

'>>10865121
>webm
Cute.';

'>>10864707
Stopped reading at
>popular cosplay girl's opinions';

'>>10865126
Yes even though I'm not very good at makeup compared to even your average girl, and regarding eyeliner if anything I use it more even though I have hooded eyes + essential tremor so I kinda suck at it. Done even somewhat properly it can make your eyes look bigger/cuter.

Pic attached. Note the scrub makeup and god awful eyeliner.';

'>>10865342
ur cute';

'>>10865444
That can't be, according to board I'm a guy and I'm over 30 so I should be a terrible cosplayer who can't accept reality lol';

'>>10865476
You might be more appreciated here';

'>>10865121
>It's the law of cosplay to be replaced by younger and more attractive girls
Depends of what you're cosplaying.
That said, I suspect you're going to be seething over this exact thing the second you turn 25. And believe me, that happens faster than you might think.
t. 27 year old man';

'>>10865121
>cosplaying as a disney princess.';

'actually pretty spot on. The shirtless "buff" guys usually don't get attention from people because these dudes really just want to act hard, which actually does the job of actually driving people away. People tend to gravitate towards fun and cool, i.e. anyone with a cool mask or cosplay that's really in rn, etc, gundam, or ironic like a buff sailor moon.';

'>>10865137
>Personal army of some altchan girl shitting up yet another thread
What is it with zoomers and being retarded parasocial weirdos?

Anyway her "opinions" are both incredibly basic and vague. She's probably a thot if she thinks the shirtless guys get attention though.
>>10864765 is right, they usually come off as awkward or spergy. A few have come off as creepy.';

'>>10865491
What is this place? It looks like zoomer central, and I am no zoomer.';

'>>10865680
It's about zoomers but not filled with them';

'>>10865699
Well, guess I'll post a video to see how it goes. Can of worms incoming.';

'>female cosplayers, a hobby that self-selects for self-centered primadonnas, are judgmental clichy bitches

Who woulda thought.';

'damn i'm in my 30s and I never had money to go to cons when i was in my 20s (plus i was fat back then) but wanted to start cosplaying. I already have social anxiety to the point where I couldn't even ask anyone for photos at AX so this thread just makes me wanna give up and not bother if people are gonna look at me that way or have that attitude. It doesn't help that i have no friends who are into cosplay either so i'd be rolling solo awkwardly';

'>>10866061
and?';

'>>10865521
I've definitely seen some women "wooo" at buff guys at cosplay contests at conventions, followed by pissed off jealous fat boyfriends.';

'>>10864707
>retard writes like they're under 24 and uses emoji on a fucking image board
Nothing that they could say could possibly be true.';

'>>10864707
Why would I agree with some maybe 20 year old who has no idea how the world works, who designs most of the cosplays, and who makes the characters?

Just a boring opinion from a vapid, shallow, person.';

'>>10866325
>retard writes like they're under 24 and uses emoji on a fucking image board
yeah cause she's literally 15';

'>>10864810
Based
>T. 27yr old lean Snake/Solid Snake cosplayer

>>10864707
This is fine because only attractive women should cosplay as well. Same goes for men. It’s a visual hobby. Nobody wants uggos';

'>>10869925
>should
lol.';

'>>10865521
The real answer is because most of them are scrotes who aren't even mildly interested in the things they are cosplaying, and are just there expecting to absolutely drown in pussy. They put together pitifully lazy cosplays that look like shit, they cosplay from anime that they are only watching because it's popular, and they don't even have the dignity to educate themselves on the series they are trying to leapfrog into pussy from without realizing that the thirst trap male characters are all in series that would take more than five minutes of googling to find out details for.
>C-COPE YOU'RE COPING AHAHA COPE COPE
There is a 5'6" 90lb Asian man somewhere out there with a well-made Aymeric cosplay, wig, props, and a good makeup job who is making an entire gathering full of women swoon and scream while you are spending another evening lifting weights to make sure your Inosuke "cosplay" that you didn't even bother to make swords for is as impossible to remember as every other buff gymcel's copypaste.';

'>>10864707
>popular cosplay girl
Who exactly?';

'>>10865146
She’s hot…for now. But before long she’ll be making posts complaining about ageism';

'>>10864707
>man in drive jacket
>got ignored

Hello based department?';

'>>10864707
>girl's opinion
Dropped.';

'>>10864707
Can’t read';

'>>10869922
Is she really 15? If the girl posted on here is her, then I thought she looked older than 15. But she does type like a teenage girl in the OP.';

'>>10865121
who is she';

'>>10864945
>dont invest on a dance belt/cup

My next cosplay is going to be Nightwing and I'll be wearing a bodysuit for my first time, so I'm just curious: is a cup actually the way to go? I've got a sports cup and it's... big. I almost feel like it would be more inappropriate than doing nothing. What's the best way to cover up down there without bulging it up?';

'Those are normal opinions. If she lives till 30 she will probably have a different outlook';

'>>10875114
A sock?';

'>>10875114
dance belt. get a dance belt. please wear a dance belt.';

'>>10864707
I make a point not to agree with a single female opinion unless it's repeated by a man.';

'>>10876318
good call. lord knows women are stupid as fuck';

'>>10864707
>cosplay is expensive
no it's not you cunts just assume you have to order expensive premade shit instead of DIYing it for cheap and getting better results';

'>>10876329
I'm over here laughing at "$200" and expensive.

Fuck the materials for the hoop skirt on my latest build cost $300.';

'>>10876329
anything you make is going to be more expensive than buying because of materials, time, and the unknown amount of time it takes to get to a skill level to produce good quality cosplays that you can't put a price on.
$200 is a single 8 hour day of work at my job. An entire cosplay would take more than 8 hours because of the start up costs, the practicing, the trial and error, the time to learn new skills, etc. Cosplay is expensive.';

'>>10876391
It absolutely is, especially if you do high level competition builds like I do. (Crown, twitchcon when it still had a contest, WCS)

Those costumes usually have a materials cost of $500-$5,000 before you account for the hundreds of hours of work that goes into each one.';

'>>10864707
Bait take. Male Cosplayer 28, full cosplay including masks and I get approached by male and female (and whatever inbetween), young and old and they ask for pics cuz they think I look cool.
Also
>cosplay is expensive, a lot are $150-200
Isn't that ...cheap? I thought it's expensive from 800 and up or something.';

'>>10864707
WTF that drive guy is literally me';

'>>10875114
Fellow Nightwing. Dance belt all the way. Smooths things out and keeps it in place. It’s like a bra for your junk.';

'>>10876329
It's fucking crazy to me how fast premade cosplay got normalized, I've been in the cosplay scene since '01 and it feels like everything changed practically overnight, from homemade being almost the only option and the default to the current thing where people don't even THINK of making their own stuff.';

'>>10876461
You look like you belong in a bad cosplay thread';

'>>10864707
She's completely right, guys should cosplay male characters and girls should cosplay female characters. Don't be a tranny';

'>>10876516
Maybe I do.';

'>>10865521
>buff sailor moon

All you guys are cringe';

'>>10877377

zoomers finding things cringe is only shameful to zoomers. Gen alpha and millennials genuinely do not care';

'>>10876565
I hecking LOVE false dichotomies so much /v/ros';

'>>10877483
>false dichotomies
what the fuck are you talking about';

'>>10877443
just them calling things cringe is kind of cringe';

'>>10877517
>guys should cosplay male characters and girls should cosplay female characters
>Don't be a tranny
This is presented as an "either or" scenario, and I choose "neither"';

'>>10878133
Don't be a tranny also means don't act like one';

'>>10864707
>extremely expensive
She's a literal child it sounds like
My $200 cosplays aee cheap and look like shit irl I hate wearing them to cons, they only look okay with great angles and lighting when I do photoshoots
I only wear $600+ cosplays to cons
And I'm not seen as weird I'm seen as scary, good, it got teenage girls to stop approaching me';

'>>10876565
crossplay =/= being transgender, why do you outsiders keep thinking that it's equivalent?';

'>>10878176
Women look good as mrn but men do not look good at women
He is retarded but so are you
Only women should crossplay and only women that can use a binder and be flat
No big boob bitches pretending to be a male character';

'>>10878195
femcel spotted.

Trannies that actually got their 'mones early and had work done look better than 99% of you manjawed bitches.';

'>>10878176
It's being unmanly

>>10878210
Lmao this is just not true. Literally no tranny looks like a woman';

'>>10865521
ding ding ding! These are places where nerds attempt to 10x their extroversion for a single weekend. The approachability of a quick quip or funny voice line goes really far. Just do whatever makes you happy/confident/hot/whatever gay shit (you) like';

'>>10864741
yeah, the ahegao hoodie one is a whole other thing on it's own but anyone who wears that shit 100% deserves public humiliation.
>>10865112
kek';

'>>10865121
likewise, faggot.
it's cute (you) don't think the same applies. the qt cosplayers are too busy getting scooped up by younger and more attractive men to notice scrotes like you attempting to cope.';

'>>10864707
This board sucks, and you are brown';

'>>10864707
I just go in my Russian Ground Forces airsoft kit a lot of the time. Even get asked for pictures occasionally.';

'>>10864897
Cosplay capeshit, but make sure your cosplay is ACTUALLY good

Simple as';

'>>10864707
No because her cosplay standards for guys, whether she likes it or not, are intrinsically tied to her sexual needs.
Cosplaying is supposed to be a fun hobby, not something you do to impress some insecure, mid weebs sexual standards.
Cosplayers are supposed to have fun, not be eye candy.
If the genders were reversed, this stupid cunt would ping all her discord sisters and constantly reply with "fuck you and your standards: women arent objects for you to look at/they can do whatever blah blah blah".';

'>>10864707
BREAKING NEWS: Anon discovers pretty privilege!';

'>>10864707
I think she's incredibly self-centered and judgemental.';

'>>10864707
Do you people even go to conventions?';

'>>10864707
TL;DR';

'>>10864707
Lmao fucking westerners
this cost me under 50€, You do not need expensive fabrics, paints, materials or anything. You do not need a 3d printer, paper mache is good and effective, feathers you can just find laying around at the zoo. Shells are in the ocean. Reeds are on the water, it's all so simple god damn.';

'I cosplayed as one punch man for years and always get hundreds of people asking for pics I don't think she's right at all';

'>>10889671
real cosplay winning is when little kids want photos with you.';

'>>10889408
basado as fucko';

'>>10889811
They did';

'>caring about anyone’s opinion
no, i will continue crossplaying because i’m a proud weirdo~';

'>>10864765
This, honestly the biggest tell they're LARPing and don't actually go to cons, or they're a dude themselves. Shirtless buff dudes (especially if they have a lazy shirtless cosplay like Goku) are always dying of thirst and everyone knows exactly what they're up to. Also, unironically liking femboys?';

'>>10885669
Well said……
/Thread';

'>>10876461
You are the definition of skinny fat.';

'>>10896762
But is the dance belt on point?';

'>>10865342
you look like little boy';

'>>10906972
I assure you I am not.';

'>>10864707
as a man, I get zero attention from girls at cons. my costumes instantly make me 200% cringier to the opposite sex.

so I agree with the gist of what she's saying. Women seem to like men who are, ya know, masculine, adultlike, and stable providers as a bit of a rule. Running around dressed as a videogame makes me look dumb as hell. I realize that. I know its a double standard too. Girls in cosplay are great so its sorta unfair to us boys but tough tiddies.

I'm gonna cosplay anyway. and even worse, I'm going as a girl character this year. Thanks for the "dancers belt" tip. I forgot my peen was gonna be a problem.';

'>>10907111
r u a cute femboi trap';

'>>10876418
I've spent from 100-300 cad and would consider that normal for a decent costume. Anything less is cheap, and more than 300 is one of the primo costumes. Only done that maybe once or twice';

'>>10907111
So you're saying I should dress as a fireman, police officer, office worker, or a pilot?';

'>>10865342
You know you can fold your eyelids differently to change the shape of your eyes instead of doing it by makeup, right? Here is one example. You'll want eyelash glue or something to hold the new fold in place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9jQh4dvYw';

'>>10864707
>girl
go back to your liveboard';

'>>10911663
no';

'>>10864707
This is true and I'm going to take this a step further: very few people like masculinity at these conventions at all unless you are very, very attractive and are playing some sort of shirtless SERIOUS character or one who shows off physique in some form.

I have cosplayed as both men and women. I am a guy but I look very feminine. Feminine enough that when put next to other crossplayers I look more like a woman than them, but when put next to women I look like a guy in a dress. I also do cosplay as bishonen and similar characters. I get WAY more attention from both guys and girls when crossplaying than when looking like a prettyboy. I get none looking like a bishonen. At the same con I often bring two outfits and wear both on different days, getting a shitload of attention as a girl and none as a guy, even if a feminine guy.

Masculinity in general is not cared about at all and is often looked down upon when it comes to fashion and showing off situations. This goes for cons, this goes for real life.

>>10907111
>>10885670
Essentially this.';

'>>10911848
cosplay an utena boy';

'>>10865342
Looks ok to me
But I'm a man...';

'i miss the era when men would at least wear shitty half-assed cosplay for fun. feels so rare now. the last con I had fun at was one where I could say "uh yeah I guess you ARE waluigi"';

'>>10911848
I only cosplay as guys, but it seems to me that many "typical" male chars in anime/manga have boring or downright ugly as hell outfits even if their personalities are ok. See: Dr. Stone. Great male chars often have clothes so generic (such as a random-ass suit or the same clothes and hair as 600 other characters) that he's not recognizable as a cosplay. Female chars and bishie chars seem, on the whole, to always have more recognizable clothing. Dunno if this plays into anything.';