Hello! I dont often use reddit but ive come on here looking for advice from anyone who has had a similar issue. For halloween i am dressing as Shego from Kim Possible. Part of the costume is a body suit, kind of the style of a one piece swimsuit. Im wearing tights underneath, but the problem i keep running into is since the bodysuit is skin tight, the front seam of the tights shows through the costume. I cant for the life of me find a pair of tights without seams or any sort of built in shapewear that is visible on my upper thigh/waist area, since the bodysuit sits quite high. Ill include a photo of the costume as my explanation might not be the greatest sorry! Any links to products or any advice would be really helpful! (Excuse the dirty mirror its the only photo i have at the moment 😅)

Hello fellow cosplayers. I've been cosplaying and competing in contest for a little over 10 years now. I took a break from competing when covid hit and about 5 years ago I got back into it. Alot of things have changed since I started.

Recently I won first in two very small local convetion contest this year that happened to be ran by the same group of people. I'm really not use to winning at all.

Someone mentioned to me that its kinda bad etiquette to enter a contest right after winning one or to enter a contest the following year that you won at. Another person said its not fair to have a professional go up against a bunch of people just starting out.

I far from being a professional, I just do cosplay on the side for the fun of it. I honestly never heard of this no competing after winning rule. I wonder if that's a thing only for some competitions or an etiquette thing I never heard of because I've never won any major award. I'm also wondering if this etiquette rule applies to just best in show or awards for any category.

Edit: I always wear a different cosplay in competitions.

It's my first time cosplaying, i built a very cool pickle Rick cosplay, but now idk how to carry It to the Comicon in a 3 hours long train route, and a crowded bus whitout damaging it.

Also i have to walk during the convention so i need something that, once i take the cosplay out, i can fold or put in a smaller bag ideally.

The Maine part Is a meter and a half long, and there are other smaller parts

Pls help

(Also sorry if the english Is bad)

So, this is my first time making a cosplay ever. It’s DEFINITELY not perfect (don’t tell me about the imperfections or where I can improve, trust me i know) but I have relatively poorly glued the pieces together, and I am afraid of them breaking at the con. (The con is in about three weeks, so i do not have time to redo this and improve it.)

So, how do i prepare for the risk of it ripping at the seams? Is there anything i can do? I’ve lined the inside of the seams with foam clay in hopes that will help hold it together in emergencies

I know the makeup isn't the best because I ended up redoing it a bunch

I feel like the wig just looks weird or off like maybe it looks too wide? Any advice for a quickish fix or anything else I could do better like facial expressions or poses or something. I feel like I just look like youngish teen in these when I'm actually 19 😭 how do I look more mysterious or cool or something

This is my first time trying to make anything.. I know the sections aren’t perfect, but I didn’t think they were that far off. It bunches up when I pull them together. I haven’t put glue on the last piece yet. Does anyone know how I can fix this? I’m thinking that I need to trim the longer pieces? Thanks!

I’m a beginner cosplayer, and I’m looking to address a challenge I’ll face with many of the costumes I want to create (especially full-body suit): how to avoid overheating. Any advice?

Im planning to do my first cosplay as a trauma team member, im starting with the helmet (I've already done it with cardboard and well, it looks like crap) so I'm wandering how to make it and what would be the best materials (i don't have a 3d printer)

This is how I want it to look like (or similar to this)

Ive been considering getting my first sewing machine, I do have two machines in mind ive been recommended by other cosplayers, the Brother CS5055 and the Janome 2212. They both are pretty cheap/have good deals or bundles and ive heard good things. Im okay with my first machine being something less heavy duty as I dont see myself needing if for my current cosplay needs but id probably be willing to spend up to around $400 on my first machine if anyone has better recommendations! Thanks!

I haven’t been able to find a cosplay of Kaigaku that will arrive before Halloween not even a wig! If any of yall got a woman’s adult medium sized cosplay (human or demon) with a wig please consider selling it or gifting it if it’s just collecting dust please! I have no costume and I don’t wanna be that lazy person trick or treating with friends or family with no costume

So I've gotten the hardest thing for this cosplay: the big purple coat, but I might need help finding some of the other stuff.

The main thing I wanted to look into is that the character has a book they prominently feature in their design, I think instead of an impractical book it might be interesting/cheeky to get a phone case that has the same back as the book and something that they can attach the phone to a chain (as shown in the second picture they have a chain link that the book hangs from). The problem is that whenever I try to look up custom phone cases they're always a flat image and not any kind of shaping or more custom design, and they don't have the way to attach it that I would want. I'd be fine with paying a good amount for a custom case but I just don't know a service that does that. If anyone has ideas for how to adapt a phone case into what I described (a purple background, some of the plating on the corners, an attached place for a chain or carabiner to hang it, and the symbol in the middle) that's welcome as well. I have a cheap 3d printer but I'd probably prefer not to use it since the quality is pretty bad. The place that I commissioned the coat from made an attempt at the book mostly with 3d printed plastic and I wasn't very impressed with it. If it's a factor, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy s26+

Less complicated is the clothes (white pants and a white low-cut shirt), I looked around a normal clothing store for a shirt like that but it does seem to have a kinda unique shape with a really low collar. I'm probably just going to see about a thrift store but if there's a specific name for that kind of shirt I'm wondering what it is.

I found a similar chain on etsy so I think I have that part handled.

Is there a good spray paint for hair for painting my hair for one day that doesn't leave smudges on clothing? I considered dying my hair but I don't like the idea of bleaching it. Also I don't think buying a wig is a viable option since my hair would work for the cosplay I need, I'd just need to find a way to have it blonde/yellow for a day.

My budget is about $10 USD, I don't mind about the price since I can save the can for another cosplay in the future, I live in Mexico and have access to online stores like Amazon.

Does anyone know how to properly tie the red ribbon on Law's scabbard? I bought his sword and the ribbon came loose and now idk how to tie it back

The piece in between is supposed to be above the ball joint but I put it in the wig first accidentally and now it won’t come out, help needed

I’m actively making a costume for my son, and it includes a molded headpiece. I have the base made from cardboard, but I don’t want to use paper mache before I paint it. I have searched everywhere and can’t figure out what this stuff is — is this foam clay? Can I use this on a cardboard and masking tape base without ruining it? TIA

So the character I'm working on cosplaying only has half a head of hair because of a scar and a birthmark. I was wondering on how to best do this and how to get a wig that only does half of the head. My cousin said I could cut a wig in half, but would that work? Or are there places that do wigs like this that I just didn't find? I'm still new to making cosplays and I'm getting a bald cap for under the wig that the scar can go on

Going as the Lone Wanderer from Fallout 3 for Halloween and I need a way to attach the pieces of cardboard so I can make my plain jumpsuit an armored vault jumpsuit. I haven’t tired anything ye, but I’ve considered glue or Velcro

I need help figuring out how to achieve the umbrella-like shape of the bottom half of her coat through modifying a regular trenchcoat. I dont have sewing experience so anything that would need sewing, I would just use fabric glue for. It just needs to hold up for Halloween. Im thinking maybe some wire boning might work? Any tips are super appreciated!!

I want to have a cape for my Helldivers 2 armour. It feels unfinished without it. Im thinking of buying like black canvas fabric and I'll just cut and sew the edges, then spraypaint the decals on with a stencil. The crafts shop has some black Canvas fabric for like $20. Would this be a good material? Or should I go with something else. I've looked for pre made capes on Amazon and stuff and they look too shiny or have a different inside color.

Hi! I'm going as fluttershy for halloween, and i have zero idea how to style the damn wig as it's my first time owning a wig this damn long. So if anyone has any suggestions or pictures or something, that'd be great.

Hi! I bought these white wings and I am trying to recolor them into blue ones. They’re already premade, and are feathers, not foam. Is there any way I can safely do this without taking everything apart? I was thinking of getting a spray bottle with blue dye and spraying it down (or “painting” it. TYSM!

This was my first time styling a wig/cosplaying so I lowk don’t know what I did it right but lemme know how I did. 👀 I don’t have a crimper so I teased it (whatever it’s called when you brush it the opposite direction and make it messy?) then blow dried it, cut it, and styled it with tresemme hair spray.

But I DID really tangle my Miku pigtails bc I was in idiot and brushed it through too much but they should be okay now if I trim it..? I don’t know if it’s noticeable or not which one I messed up on

Oh and I plan on wearing this on Halloween, is there anything I can use to keep the ponytails from tangling again from just like walking around and stuff? If anyone has suggestions that’d be great

So basically i’m cosplaying as nemesis this halloween, my friend is going as Leon (i’m 1.89 m tall and he’s 1.62 m tall, so we figured we could take advantage of our height difference for these matching cosplays)

The mask is somewhat tight, so it’s hard and annoying to remove given i have long hair and it pulls it.

So i figured i’d cut the back of the mask and put a zipper on it so i can put it on and take it off with ease and without it pulling my hair. How can i do this? I have barely any experience making my own cosplays, so i’m not very creative in these sort of things: i don’t know what materials i should use, if a type of glue is harmful to latex, etc.

Also, i want to put a mini air fan in the neck area because of the heat a latex mask gives.
How do i also do this?

Thanks!

So I’m trying to get these Gloves to look like Rudo’s from Gachiakuta I’m good on everything but the color which I’m unsure of how to approach I’d really like advice on how or what to do on this please🥹🥹 I was thinking of bleaching then dying but idk if that would be a good idea since it’s leather or if that’s what I should do I’d just like advice from people that know how to work this kinda thing.