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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:58 pm
Occasionally you can find the best of both worlds-- take Larxene, for example. Well known, so people won't think you just "half-assed something anime-ish", but rarely cosplayed, so you won't be one of a crowd of the same character.
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Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:59 pm
Lawl recognizable.
Or jsut insane costume
But normally to be seen/get pics taken.
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Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 3:40 pm
I like to do both. I use to hate doing main characters and then I started to cosplay Ash Ketchem from Pokemon and absolutly loved the attention. I use to get stuck cosplaying the minor characters alot with friends and what not, but I also try to vary my costumes by what you don't see too often to what you see more of each year. And I just cosplay whatever the hell I want when I want to when it comes down to it. Easiest way to pick.
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:24 am
*wanders in, new to the guild* I'm both, I guess. I honestly prefer to be unique, but I have a good variety of things that are popular, too. For instance, I have several Naruto and Bleach costumes (but hey, my friend and I started cosplaying those series when they were still new...) but I also have Darkstalkers, Bakuretsu Hunter, Innocent Venus and such costumes. In those costumes, no one really knew who I was. But I love being able to go on cosplay.com and see that I'm the only one of that character and/or series. A portion of popular things I have are because I get roped into it by my friends or anime club for gatherings or skits. I'm gullible like that...
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Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:53 pm
Both. ^^; I just like cosplaying characters I like, regardless of how popular they are. xD
Popular: Tifa Lockhart, Haruhi Suzumiya, SnJ Sasuke
Less known, but still known: Yoko Ritona, Suigintou
Never seen cosplayed before: Miyo Takano (Major uniform), humanoid GLaDOS, GARuhi
Mind you, none of the above are actually finished except for Tifa and Haruhi but yeah... xD The only one I did out of convenient was SnJ Sasuke. The rest are just characters I love. <3
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Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:25 pm
kamifubuki *wanders in, new to the guild* I'm both, I guess. I honestly prefer to be unique, but I have a good variety of things that are popular, too. For instance, I have several Naruto and Bleach costumes (but hey, my friend and I started cosplaying those series when they were still new...) but I also have Darkstalkers, Bakuretsu Hunter, Innocent Venus and such costumes. In those costumes, no one really knew who I was. But I love being able to go on cosplay.com and see that I'm the only one of that character and/or series. A portion of popular things I have are because I get roped into it by my friends or anime club for gatherings or skits. I'm gullible like that... OMG, another Innocent Venus fan~! This series really need more love.
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:03 pm
MegumiHimeSan OMG, another Innocent Venus fan~! This series really need more love. Yay! Someone else who knows about IV! heart That series really does need more love! I cosplayed as Jo and my friend was Toraji. No one knew who we were xD;
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 1:14 pm
kamifubuki MegumiHimeSan OMG, another Innocent Venus fan~! This series really need more love. Yay! Someone else who knows about IV! heart That series really does need more love! I cosplayed as Jo and my friend was Toraji. No one knew who we were xD; Aw, that's so awesome. I'm trying to talk my gf into cosplaying Joe and then I'll do Jin. But I want to do Joe, Jin, Sana and Qing Ling. I may be doing Qing Ling later this year with a Renee cosplayer. <3
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:30 pm
MegumiHimeSan Aw, that's so awesome. I'm trying to talk my gf into cosplaying Joe and then I'll do Jin. But I want to do Joe, Jin, Sana and Qing Ling. I may be doing Qing Ling later this year with a Renee cosplayer. <3 Dude, if you had a big group like that, that'd be so awesome <3
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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:41 pm
kamifubuki MegumiHimeSan Aw, that's so awesome. I'm trying to talk my gf into cosplaying Joe and then I'll do Jin. But I want to do Joe, Jin, Sana and Qing Ling. I may be doing Qing Ling later this year with a Renee cosplayer. <3 Dude, if you had a big group like that, that'd be so awesome <3 It would. I'm planning them for a fall convention since my spring/summer cons are pretty tight as it is. I'm hoping maybe I can squeeze it in for Otakon, but that's pushing it.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:46 am
I do a little of both.
I'm probably the only Comic Party cosplayer you'll ever meet (and as of this year, I'll have done all but 2 leading females :O) but, I've also done things like Summoner Yuna, and KH2 Aerith, and I'm doing a series of Lucky*Star cosplays. I mostly only use the really well known ones for Halloween and smaller cons.
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:44 am
I've been picking characters that are recognizable (as in from popular anime, although there seem to be far and few between Gundam Wing cosplayers anymore) because I like getting noticed and hugs and pictures. But I've been dying to do something different. I would LOVE to cosplay as Alexial from Angel Sanctuary because I hardly see her, let alone anyone cosplay from that anime/manga. And she would just be an awesome and complex cosplay on my part. So... I'd kind of hope people would recognize her or at least ask me who I was so I could spread the glory of AS. ^_^ (I love Kaori Yuki, the AS manga artist.)
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:43 am
Well, I like to be unique, and once, due to an obscure video game cosplay..(last year's youmacon) I got 75$ in merchandise FREE from a vendor because he not only knew WHO i was...but said I was the best he'd seen OUTSIDE of japan as that character...and he took a entire digicam full of pics of me.
the costume? Talon/Sarutobi Sasuke from devil kings/Sengoku basara.
he was upset when he learned he missed seeing me as another character from the same game, Arslan/Chousokabe Motochika.
dang, I love my mad crossplay skills. ^__^
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:48 pm
Cheim Well, I like to be unique, and once, due to an obscure video game cosplay..(last year's youmacon) I got 75$ in merchandise FREE from a vendor because he not only knew WHO i was...but said I was the best he'd seen OUTSIDE of japan as that character...and he took a entire digicam full of pics of me. the costume? Talon/Sarutobi Sasuke from devil kings/Sengoku basara. he was upset when he learned he missed seeing me as another character from the same game, Arslan/Chousokabe Motochika. dang, I love my mad crossplay skills. ^__^ Being full of your self when it comes to cosplays makes you selfish and snobish...
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Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:57 pm
I wasn't being full of myself. I was just glad I did a good enough job on the character he was recognized is all.
I wasn't expecting the free stuff either..I had my wallet out to PAY for it when the vendor actualy got a look at me..the dealer room was crowded...so the chances of him seeing me before that point were slim to none.
an up until a week before the con, I didn't even PLAN to have that costume at all.
besides, this is a forum for unique/rare vs. common...not a sniping thread.
I was just sharing a story to encourage people to try and be unique is all.
after all, 28 Sasuke's from naruto at one convention gets old pretty fast.
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