TF Cosplay by OzFormers

[Yukitora]

Sunny in progress. Your thoughts....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8455271...7631015464150/

[Hursticon]

Sunny in progress. Your thoughts....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8455271...7631015464150/

Looks promising so far, good luck with the rest.

[jazzcomp]

Expensive but perfect cosplay costume

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/toys...an=39897285269

[tinyJazz]

But that takes the fun out of building your own costume! Which could potentially cost you the same amount in materials and equipment

[GoktimusPrime]

I agree. But in Japan a lot of cosplayers actually hire professionally made costumes rather than making it themselves. The Cosplay culture there is quite different -- here it's more about having fun and having a go, but in Japan complete accuracy is paramount and other fans will nitpick you ruthlessly if any part of your costume is inaccurate. There'd be parts of that costume that would be nitpicked on too.

Some fan made costumes are more accurate than that -- like the G1 Optimus Prime costume that Randall Ng made for his son who wore it at BotCon (and other cons) this year. That was adorably accurate. (took him freakin' months to build it -- I was following its construction online and for jokingly referring to it as an Ultra Magnus costume because it was all white until he painted it in the final phase ).

[Yukitora]

Its sad when people take a fun hobby and turn it into a war zone. I like my cosplays to have some plan and effort put into it and get pissed at people who don't care enough about the character to even try, but i wouldn't go round going 'fracking lights are the wrong size you dumb beep beep beep'. I just hope that the Ozformers will 'Ok' my Cosplays when they see them and be happy with them.

Heres a full shot in progress. I put all the bits together so i could take a look at it and its a weird weird feeling. NOT finished, not even touched up. just what i have so far.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8455271...in/photostream

[jazzcomp]

Cosplayers are different now. There are professional ones and not just the ones who do it for fun. If you are doing it for fun, there's no point for criticism. You are not doing it for them.

If you don't wear cosplay, I don't think you should criticise as well. But I think it's ok to identify some mistakes in a non-confrontational way.

[kup]

Its sad when people take a fun hobby and turn it into a war zone. I like my cosplays to have some plan and effort put into it and get pissed at people who don't care enough about the character to even try, but i wouldn't go round going 'fracking lights are the wrong size you dumb beep beep beep'. I just hope that the Ozformers will 'Ok' my Cosplays when they see them and be happy with them.

Heres a full shot in progress. I put all the bits together so i could take a look at it and its a weird weird feeling. NOT finished, not even touched up. just what i have so far.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8455271...in/photostream

That is totally inaccurate! It should be at least 20 feet tall with real tyres and real Lambo parts! You fail at show accuracy you dumb beep beep beep

Nah, it looks cool. It strongly resembles the G1 toy down to the painted details.