I'm trying to figure out if there's anything I could add to it. I've got a broom handle that is gathering dust, but it feels like I could use it with this cosplay. Need any help I can get! Our local Convention is the end of september.

I'm planning on cosplaying Uta from One Piece Red. I have some experience with foam building and cosplay in general. I'm thinking about spending 10 months on this....is it possible? also any tips would be appreciated.
(idk if this is needed but inspo pictures are not mine)

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Greetings everyone, sorry if the question does not belong here but I would like to know, can a 3D file be used to create templates in Pepakura or should something be done to that file? And if so, how is it done?

I’m using a bit of loctite to hide some of the seams of my blaster. There’s 5 layers of 10mm foam and some of the layers are a little off. I’ve already smoothed out the stock of my blaster but some of the layers seem pretty smooth already.

Will I need to smooth it out or will the plastidip help smooth it out and hide those?

Will plastidip hide unfinished edges?

And will plastidip go in and fill small gaps? Kinda like expanding foam in a sense.

I’m not against putting in the work with the gap fillers, there’s just a lot of gaps on my build (mostly because it was all done without a template and freehanded)

I want to get this project done soon. Mostly because it’s a distraction to my other household responsibilities.

So I have found this pattern for the suit id like to do but I am not sure how it works, do I sue it together myself and how do I do it properly? Do i need to go to a tailor? How will the product look like if I order it does anybody have experience with this?😅

Basically I'm going to cosplay a character that is a robot in a humans body. You can see robot parts and the hands that it uses are the robot ones, and on the side the human hands are sticking out kinda on the outside of the wrists. I found these on amazon as an example of what I'm gonna use. Is there a way to connect the hands to my arms? If not I'll just skip this part but it would be cool if I was able to do it. The product in the image specifically weighs 8 ounces if that somehow helps.

I got this necklace in an anime grab bag a while back and I have not been able to figure out what it is. I tried Google lensing it and looking it up to no avail. Would anyone happen to know if this is from something or if it's just a cool piece of jewelry?

As of late I have wanted to work on a cosplay of a.b.a from guilty gear strive. She has a pretty big weapon (https://images.app.goo.gl/r5iiuUZK2rDiakij9 - link of an image of her and her weapon. )

Now I've wanted to ask how durable would a base of packing tubes (as shown in the post image) would be? As I need a decently thick base and an inch pvc pipe didn't seem to particularly fit for this prop.

I did get the height and width of the prop and this seemed the most reasonable but I'd love more thought and advice for this. (The height is around 6'0 or 180 to 190 cm I haven't decided and the width I want to be 2inches or 4 cm as I'll cover it in a few millimeters of foam)

I hope this post is well formated I don't post on Reddit too often.

Hello, I’m wanting to cosplay as Yuki from JJK this year for Acen, but I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I could make her curse spirit, Garuda. If I can’t figure something out for that I might do something else but idk. I’m new to this lol. Thank you!

Hi! I'm looking to make this doll head on the bow myself. What would be the best way to go about making this and material wise? I'm a polymer clay artist and thought maybe that, but I'd obviously need to make sure the head was hollow and light. Any suggestions would be great. ❤️

Hi guys

I’ve seen lots of projects that use foam clay and it is hard to find here in the UK & very expensive. It’s not something that I’m able to pop down to my local store to grab.

Is there a viable alternative? I have used super light air drying clay to stuff holes on larger projects which has worked for that but I don’t know if it will work for smaller detailed projects. It has a similar consistency to foam clay and I can get a matchbox sized packet for £1 at my local craft store.

Has anybody used this stuff for bigger, more detailed projects? I’m thinking more for organic projects rather than armour.

I know it's a small subreddit but as a lurker, it feels like it's transformed from a place where people show and talk about their props to a helpdesk. The majority of the front page is now low effort help threads with 0-1 responses. It feels like it's been killing the subreddit. Usually threads get a few replies at least however it's become more and more dead.

I don't think there's inherently any issue with help threads but most of these are incredibly low effort: "hi, I want to make X prop and I've never done cosplay before. how can I make it?" and nothing else.

I can't speak for others but its been making me browse this subreddit less and less. My proposed solution is to pin a "I Need Help!" thread and direct people there looking for help. It would remove the low effort clutter and also give a centralized place for people looking to help out newbies.

Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, r/cosplay doesn’t allow body text. I need some help with my Spiderman cosplay:

I wanna do a Miles cosplay from the spiderverse, though I have no idea where to buy a spandex. I don’t know what website to trust or where to buy a good quality and fitting suit, where do you buy something like this? I’m a noob cosplayer so I don’t have much skill to make anything myself, maybe slightly alter but that’s it.

Side question just to be sure: it’s alright for white people to cosplay black characters like Miles Morales right? This question has been bugging me aswell and I don’t want to make a mistake…

I want a wig for an Aoi kanzaki cosplay this is my first cosplay I don’t know how to order a wig ? My character is niche and I live in South Africa so my options are limited my con is in the 26th of April and I don’t know what to do

Hello! I need to make 3 soundless tambourines for a production of mama Mia that my local high school is putting on. I just don’t know what to use for the base of the tambourine. The director would prefer a crescent moon shape but rn anything will do.

I am looking for a couple of props, one from one show and one from another show. I need Mao’s headphones from code geass and Ishizu’s millennium necklace. Any thoughts or suggestions on where to start looking beyond amazon or Etsy?

I’m going as red hood and was planning on using two plastic guns. Will they be taken away? Do I have to do anything to them to make them be allowed?

Thanks

Guts is the closest character I found that resembles me for several reasons, I want to do the golden age cosplay when he was 15, because that's the closest age to mine. However, I can't find things to buy, like the helmet and other parts of the armor, I've already accepted that I'm going to have to do it at home, can anyone give me tips on what to do?

Hi!! I'm planning on building cloud's sword and I'm looking for small clear plastic domes I can use for the materia slots. I want them to be shallow so they don't stick out of the blade too much(planning on cutting holes in the foam and sticking them inside). any ideas are appreciated!!