/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

And a quick heads up, Lidl currently has their airbrush kit on sale for €50. The compressor is good, the airbrush itself a bit meh but functional. However you can easily buy a decent airbrush for €15~€30 which still makes this a dirt cheap way to get into airbrushing.
https://www.lidl-shop.nl/PARKSIDE-Airbrushset/p100221170

>>9767061
I can't unsee the smiley on the compressor.

>>9767061
Can you give a link for the 'decent airbrush'?

>>9767070
https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B01LYQ6RB7/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?__mk_de_DE=ÅMÅZÕÑ&qid=1517080470&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=airbrush&dpPl=1&dpID=51dbLWmferL&ref=plSrch
Fits on the lidl compressor with the 1/8 adapter that's included

>>9767070
I also found one on another website. Just look for an dual action airbrush with an 1/8 fit and maybe take notes on needlewidth. It's something I noticed and as the lidl ones are quite big, my new one is 0.2 or 0.3. Have to check on that.

>>9767070
>>9767072
Also worth mentioning; Amazon.de now accepts iDeal payments so now there's nothing to hold people back from ordering there.

Thanks, that was just what I needed. Forgot to ask last thread.

>>9767056
Post more gossip about the Dutch Metal Gear girl.

>>9767127
No. Stop. Please. There's already a thread up that's talking about this girl.

>>9767131
No gossip though.

>>9767153
Go make some. There.

>>9767153
Do we need to? We just had drama in the previous thread. I don't even know her, nor am I interested in her. Maybe /v/ can help your craving.

>>9767153
go to /v/. She isn't active in the egl community anymore and we talked about what we know about her in the previous thread. There's nothing more to find here.

>>9767063
Damnit Anon, stop ruining my tools!

>>9767201
>not wanting happy gear

>>9766852
>cosplayer
Not the best in any of those subjects, still learning.

Hey, hi, I'm sorry, I'm looking for Xiuemi's chin. Anyone seen it?

>>9767591
fuck off.

>>9767201
Sorry, I found it cute. But you put lenny on it, now it's weird. You made it weird!

>>9767201
That's actually weirdly cute

>>9767591
Get your vendetta somewhere else, anon. We're tired of your shit

To my surprise, I actually see a lot of my friends on Facebook choosing to go to TomoFair ''Rotterdam'' instead of Nishicon..? Though, I hope Nishicon will be better than last year.

>>9767781
Tomofair is cheap, but in return there's not much to do. I know some gulls (including me) are going to Nishicon and are even staying in the hotel. It'll just be a relaxing con and nostalgia for most of us.

>>9767781
For me it's in the reverse, the majority of my (facebook) friends are going to nishi while only one is going to tomo fair but that person lives quite close to tomo fair so no wonder.

Have any of you ever seen Marvel or Karin IRL?

>>9767781
It's not all that surprising really. Tomo simply does a lot more advertising, both online and at their many events. They're also way cheaper and mostly host their events at more central locations. Especially the latter makes it more tempting for the younger audience as they simply have less money to spend on conventions and traveling.
Nishi unfortunately is the opposite of this. Their con is more expensive due to the hotel costs and more troublesome to get to. Their reach on social media is ridiculously small and their stands at other cons are mostly Diana selling stuff instead of actually advertising Nishicon. It also doesn't help the last memory people have is the 2016 wasteland and so far this year doesn't seem to be any more promising.

As much as I want Nishi to survive, they really need to step up their game. One man can only do so much and organising a three day con is clearly too much to ask. Get some staff members in, let them help you organise your con and turn the con into so much more than it is right now. Either that or you might as well give in to the rumours and pull the plug after this edition.

>>9767807
*Marcel

>>9767781
Like how >>9767808 said, Tomo is much more interesting for the newer peeps, folks with not a whole lot to spend and people living far away from Nishi.

Also, to the dealers, Tomo is a much wiser choice, last year dealers had a rough time selling stuff at Nishi and many of them didn't make profit.
They'd rather go to Tomo and sell stuff to the newer community as they tend to spend money much faster on series they've just seen a week ago and are total trash of since then. New visitors always buy stuff since it's their first con and they want to begin/expand their collection, when reaching a certain point in which they know what dealers sell and what items are on their wishlist, they tend to spend less and are at that point that they've already visited cons for a while now. So as a dealer it's much smarter to invest in the location with "fresh meat" instead of veterans.

The fact that Nishi moved to Almelo isn't very wise either, I think they are trying to imitate Animecon's succes by following their old location and even though it's attractive for older visitors, it's a no-go for new visitors
First of all, back then there were not a whole lot of cons in the year so Animecon was the more popular choice by default, nowadays, we've gotten to the point that two cons are on the same day, so even though the more experienced visitors recommend it more to new visitors, they're still new so in their eyes all the cons are an equal fun experience and Nishi is just a more expensive version.
The second thing is advertising as previously stated, new visitors want to know what it has to offer and most of Nishi's activities and such are targeted to the older audience that already visit cons for a while now, while Tomo has activities more focused on children and tries to push it a lot.

Personally I'm going to Nishi, and even though there's a bit of drama, I don't totally dislike Tomo being on the same day, it means that Nishi won't be filled with new visitors and normies.

Mocked up the belt placement and dyed the leather for Doctor Strange.
I'll get back on Nethergundam this week.

>>9767182
Wait, did she ever wear lolita?

>>9768072
IIRC she did video game and anime cosplay and gyaru.

>>9768071
Nethergundam hype trailers when?

So when is viencon their next deadline?

>>9769092
Before valentines. Answering my own question as op was nice enough to add it to the thread. Sorry!

>>9769015
S o o n.

>>9769092
>>9769094
R I P

Trains when

>>9769439
Somewhere in the future.

>>9768072
As an anon that knows her from back in the days: no. She just did cosplay and parapara.

>>9770562
>parapara
Was she any good?

>>9770569
hey anon, your fixation on this lady is getting really really terrifying.

>>9770586
I don't know who you think I am, I was just wondering if she was good at parapara.

>>9770586
>thinking this is really really terrifying
You've seen nothing yet. This woman does strange things to autists. Did you not hear about that guy who made a bunch of sex videos about her and then tried to murder his parents so he would get on the news so she would see him? Did you not hear about all the anons who got banned from /v/ for makings threads about her all day who started a cripplechan board to log her every movement? Half of the board was deleted by a mod gone rogue and a few killed themselves out of frustration.

>>9770588
>Bringing her up randomly in the previous thread and keep asking for more stories
>Starting a thread about her disguised as a "nostalgia thread" where every other post is just a request for more old pictures and information about her >>9764670
>Continuing on about her in this thread as well
Totally not creepy at all.

>>9770598
I'm not those posters.

>>9770599
That's what they all say, but it sounds highly unlikely that you 'happen' to be someone else.

>>9766832
>Should I get into cosplay photography? I come from a background of fashion photography and videography, but work is almost entirely dried up there and I'm just someone who does it as a side gig. Not to sound rude, but most Dutch cosplay photographers seem to be completely incompetent, like they've only started fiddling around with a camera 2 months ago and haven't developed the technical aspects yet, and their references for visuals and their eye are completely formed by PS3 game graphics AKA they think about what's objectively in the frame (e.g. The person in the costume) and try to make it look like some plastic tacky stuff (artistically, not the craftsmanship of the cosplay), instead of feeling the end product that is the photograph. That Devon guy does nothing but use ridiculous backlights (go watch Days of Heaven, Devon, THAT's backlight) and kitsch particles. I understand that the client wants to show of their costume and themselves, but there is no artistic value or appreciation of aesthetics.
>How do cosplay photographers get their start (I got into fashion photography through working as an assistant)? Just go to cons and post pics on their social media page until they build a following? (I'm not a cosplayer myself, and have never been to a con, I just look at costumes online.)

I was just wondering. Do you also have the balls or she-balls to show your fashion photos to back up your claims or are you just trying to take cheap shots while no-one can see your own level. Because big talk without anything to back it up is worth as you know. Let me add my skill is a millin time better than yours and your work sucks ass compared to mine. You'll have to take my word for it though because I don't have anything to show for my claims.

>>9766832
>Should I get into cosplay photography? I come from a background of fashion photography and videography, but work is almost entirely dried up there and I'm just someone who does it as a side gig. Not to sound rude, but most Dutch cosplay photographers seem to be completely incompetent, like they've only started fiddling around with a camera 2 months ago and haven't developed the technical aspects yet, and their references for visuals and their eye are completely formed by PS3 game graphics AKA they think about what's objectively in the frame (e.g. The person in the costume) and try to make it look like some plastic tacky stuff (artistically, not the craftsmanship of the cosplay), instead of feeling the end product that is the photograph. That Devon guy does nothing but use ridiculous backlights (go watch Days of Heaven, Devon, THAT's backlight) and kitsch particles. I understand that the client wants to show of their costume and themselves, but there is no artistic value or appreciation of aesthetics.
>How do cosplay photographers get their start Just go to cons and post pics on their social media page until they build a following?

I was just wondering. Do you also have the balls or she-balls to show your fashion photos to back up your claims or are you just trying to take cheap shots while no-one can see your own level. Because big talk without anything to back it up is pretty much worthless. Let me add my skill is a million times better than yours and your work sucks ass compared to mine, which is probably the reason why you can’t get jobs in the fashion circle. Good fashion photographers are still getting work right? You'll have to take my word for it though because I don't have anything to show for my claims.
Mind you, there are a lot of people that think they are amazing themselves, but just painfully average through other peoples eyes. But keep up the dream if it helps you sleep better at night.

>>9766832
>How do cosplay photographers get their start? Just go to cons and post pics on their social media page until they build a following?

You are also apparently so deep into photography that you don't know how to make a start. Having someone answer you to start a page, ask someone for pictures and start posting on a page.
I hope you appreciate how noobish that question comes across for someone just sang from the highest of towers.

>How do I start xxxx-photography?
really..

>>9770679
>It's more likely that all these anonymous posters who I cannot tell the identity of in any way are the same person than that this one post was made by a different person
I wasn't even in this discussion before but you're clearly retarded.

>>9770882
By the same argument you can’t say or prove it wasn’t you either. Unless you post screenshots with (you)s or use a tripcode, your argument disarms both of us.

I'm wondering if Devon is actually vendetta-anon from all those previous threads seeing as he hates literally every girl cosplayer he can't hook up with.

>>9771504
Could be, but don't draw conclusions too quickly, it might bad-mouth people for things they didn't do.

>>9771504
>he can't hook up with
So all of them? Nobody's touching his indo ass.

>>9771504
>>9771565
>>9771573
Can y'all just fucking stop? We just had all this drama in last thread.

>>9771504
Just stop it already

Waxed Doctor Strange's belt and now gearing up to do some work on Nethergundam. Hopefully building a new faceplate today and finishing the blade construction so I can actually start making a promo video.

>>9771573
>indo ass
Who? The other post got deleted. What are you guys gossiping about my people?

>>9771648
It doesn't matter. It got deleted for a reason. Let it be.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Made a new faceplate. I adjusted its position a little since this photo, but this photo is the funniest I made today so here we go.

>>9771823
here's pre-attaching, pre-chin-beard-thing.

180 bookings to go for Viencon.. They will do another check on sunday. Are they going to make it in two weeks? D:

*correction: 160

>>9772005
Where did you get this information?

>>9772011
nevermind, just saw them posting it.

>>9772003
> Tfw you want to see your friends succeed, but they keep doing things the wrong way.

If you have a deadline like that isn't it a lot better to start promoting again like crazy at least 1 month ahead?!

>>9772472
Same.

The reason Tomo is successful is because they know marketing. They know how to promote an event an turn a profit even with cheap/free tickets out the wazoo.

People should look at Tomo for promotion lessons.

/notatomoorganizerfansupporter

>>9770562
hey karima

>>9772960
lol I'm not Karima, but nice try though. But the fact you know her too, tells me you also must be someone I know from back in the days.

>>9772964
lel
Most of my activity stopped around 2006, but I was still around until 2009 or so. I won't ask you who you are, but were you a member of Fire-XL?

>>9772814
TomoMark has worked as a marketing teacher at a ROC in Limburg. Back in the days he was the mentor of one of my best friends. He was presumptuous and very firm and demanding for his students......

I forgot how last years aninecon check in went, I think I had to print my own badge label? So would it be possible to get tickets for both me and my friends?

The doll thread made me wonder, are there any fashion doll conventions here in the Netherlands? I only found an abandoned Facebook event from last year but nothing else so far

>>9773955
As long as they have different barcodes, yes.

>>9773955
For Animecon you first wait in a long line. Then you get to scan your barcode or manually enter your ticket number at a computer after which a sticker gets printed. Apply said sticker to your lanyard badge thingy and you're done. So yes, you could probably pick up several tickets as long as you don't take forever doing so.

>>9773955
As in use one barcode to print multiple stickers. No the ticket system is smarter than that. Also you have to pay 10 bucks for a lost badge, and getting caught will most likely get you both trown out.
Also remember don't forget they have a company doing it for them now.

>>9773970
You mean Epic Doll Fair? http://epicdollfair.blogspot.nl/2017/

>>9774007
Thanks, this is the info I was looking for.

>>9774061
Yes! Do they do this every year? Do I Just follow this blog to Find out about New ones?

Finally we're getting somewhere... :)

Who went to dynamiccon? Was it Amy good?(little late i know)

>>9775255
No, it wasn't. Tumble weed experience. It felt empty, nothing to do and small. Lack of visitors. I have seen some nice cosplays though, but not the level I expected and nothing compared to last year.

>>9775286
Was the compo at least good?

>>9770865
>.t triggered amateur cosplay photographer

>>9775456
I heard teenjuwel cheated on her cosplay partner with the ones she thought were copying them. Talk about irony lol

N e a r l y t h e r e

I modified the construction for my wings so they can now also rotate backwards. That'll make it much easier for me to move through things without being a crab and effectively brings any space issues down to a minimum.

>>9775509
You know Smoke, those curtains aren't as bad as everyone says they are. 9/10, nice curtains!

>>9775530
Next recap will feature smokes curtains.

>>9775509
Looks good! Are they heavy? Not afraid people will walk into them and damage them?

>>9767061
Nice and late but thanks for this link, I've ordered one. Time to raise my painting level a little ay.

>>9775619
Don't underestimate airbrushing. It's got a bit of a steep learning curve and won't instantly give you amazingly smooth results.

>>9776278
Can confirm. The first thing I did was repaint things I don't really need just to get the hang of it. Messing on canvas or paper with some airbrush technique tutorials playing in the background really helps as well.

I like that my plan to sneak harvest moon images into the OP is working.

>>9775602
Well now that they can move backwards people that run into them will cause them to swing backwards instead of breaking them. Although the wings itself are probably the most sturdy props I ever built, it's the attachment to the middle that has the weak points.
The weight is comparable with a medium weight backpack(4-5kg), but when the wings are backwards like in the picture there, they do weigh you down (to the sides is much more weight divided)

By the way I entered the winged demon hunter into Epiccon's contest today and won the category best armor cosplay! Very proud of this accomplishment.
The wings held up, but one of the rotational joints broke down and I could no longer rotate them. Next prototype will fix that.

>>9775464
Fuck off vendetta-anon. When will you understand we don't want you salty mcpants here.

>>9772972
Bit late but just to answer: I remember the forum, but I can't remember if I ever registered. If I did, I probably didn't post much.

>>9775481
Looking good!

Viencon needs 130 registrations in 9 days.

They didn't even get 130 since the beginning.

Shame, I really loved the idea of it.

>>9777259
The f-xl forum was never really all that popular, it really belonged to Stefanie and Karima, and IIRC Renate was quite active too. Most of the scene's activity was on the SEF forum anyway.
I sometimes wonder how many of the people from way back when (still) post here since those SEF guys (MK and Superdash Zero X and more or whatever they were called) had some pretty overt 4chan references in their shows. I also heard (on 4chan) that Stefanie knew about her cosplay pictures being posted here and was upset about it. GirlGamerGab originally said that, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJZ87tW5e4w

Imagicon will be back: January 26th 2019

>>9773970
There used to be this BJD thing called Dolliverse but I'm not sure if it still exists

>>9776278
Don't think my comment suggests I underestimate it but thanks for the heads-up. I'd day that even if there's a leaning curve, it's undeniable that it's still raising the bar( if at least done well).

>>9776282
Yea definitely not planning on aiming it on any big project before thoroughly testing and practising.

>>9777489
Oh I wouldn't be surprised if everyone you just named aside Karima lurks here. And I'd be upset too if I was Stefanie, because obviously in the 00s we didn't had the access yet to cosplay quality material on the same level as today (fyi I haven't posted her pictures here).

>>9777801
I never said you did. I just gave a general warning. Because people say the same thing about camera's.
>I bought a DSLR camera, now I'm a better photographer!!!
>blurry shots all the time

The tools don't always make you better, you have to learn how to use the tools to become better. Hence why I gave a general warning about not expecting instant results.

>Culinair disabled

>>9777893
I can't speak for her of course, but I think she was more worried about the general invasion of privacy, considering she also got some stalkers and general creepers at that time (when Metal Gear Solid V came out). Some guys on /v/ or reddit found her on a page that listed Animecon guests or something.
By the way, not to veer too much into gossip here, but from what I understand Karima and Stefanie had a falling out at some point. Do you know what happened? I only knew them as friends and it's hard to imagine them not getting along.

Some pics of me at stage at epiccon (one of the wings was drooping since it broke in a small spot)

>>9778145

>>9778146

>>9778145
looks great! nice work!

>>9778174
Thank you

>>9767807
Not a clue who these are but:
What even is that hat mixed with that cloak.
What is that modern dress shirt under it.
What is this picture for ants?!

>>9771648
KNIL did nothing wrong.

>>9778141
>van bereid

>>9778141
Taiyaki is love, taiyaki is love. Let's all love taiyaki and make it at home.

>>9778141
Taiyaki is love, taiyaki is live. Let's all love taiyaki and make it at home.

>>9778187
>>9778189
Taiyaki is love, taiyaki is live. Let's all love taiyaki and make it at home.

>>9778183
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7di-Nr9Zs1w
They met at Nishicon.

>>9778196
Good for them.
Pity that the dude is such a shit tier LARP costumemaker.

>>9778141
Fame Monster? That's lychee tea.

>>9778190
Yes, lets all make taiyaki at home for live is taiyaki and taiyaki is love.

>>9778143
Hmm I can imagine that. And yes I know what happened, and I explained it in the last thread to another anon. Of course a bit vaguely, since I do still want to respect their privacy.

>>9778189
Custard and chocolate taiyaki are love, red bean taiyaki is meh.

>>9778230
Agreed. I would also recommend making them with cheese and ham if you're looking for a savory substitute for breakfast. Peanut butter and honey works well too, although nothing beats custard. I still want to try making one with a bapao-like beef filling tho, shit could be awesome.

>>9778264
I get the hint. No. Be patient. It took 4 years before I made Nethergundam.

>>9778228
Aha, I understand. Sad that it ended like that for them.

>>9778244
Oh right, totally forgot. I tried cheese taiyaki before too, and that one is indeed lovely too! The adding of ham with that and the other stuff you mentioned sound delicious too. You should let us know how beef filling tastes when you make one.

#28daysofblackcosplay getting really sick of it.
Such a forced circlejerk.

Just enjoy cosplay, don't make a race issue out of it.

>>9778141
Somebody should put it on a sticker, put their car at a disabled parking spot at tomo and leave a couple of fries on the dashboard as proof.

>>9778264
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HO6hba9ZE

>>9778374
Just ignore it if you’re that triggered by such a small thing. There aren’t any or a lot dutch black cosplayers anyway

>>9779192
There was a time this video would make me cry of laughter. Now I just chuckle at most.

>>9778374
I agree

>>9778374
It's based on Black History Month, just like there's on for LGBT+ cosplayers during Pride Month. Why you need to be so salty about that? I'm White and Asian, but I don't care that I can't join the challenge. They should do them.

>>9779193
>>9779234
>>9779277
And here I was hoping people would just leave the bait alone and talk about cosplay instead.

New project officially started with this first horn print.

>>9779419
If someone posts a certain thing, hoping to get people to agree, but more people end up disagreeing... is it accurate to still call it bait?

>>9780036
I'm guessing it kind of does, depending on whether you see it as 'any attention is good attention, negative or positive' or not.

>>9780036
I don't call that bait. It's nice to have people agree with you.

>>9780036
whatever it is, they should get off their high horse and let people enjoy things

>>9779438
Now that's what I call efficient use of the available printing space!

>>9780358
It barely fit hehe. But it was the best orientation in which i could also keep the smooth cut that will eventually be glued to the head

>>9778200
Are they bootlegging the Taiyaki stand now lol

>>9780411
It seems that they are imitating everything they think will raise money. Looking up the name fame monster gives me a lady gaga album as a result, so even their new name seems to be a copy.

>>9780411

>>9778141
>>9778200
>>9780411
So, let me get this straight. Tomo had banned Lychee Tea from their events after Tomo stopped turning a blind eye to bootlegs. As a big fuck you Lychee Tea then bootlegged their way into TomoFair Amsterdam by renting some store space directly from the World Fashion Forum. To piss off Tomo even further on Sunday Lychee Tea moved some of their stuff outside their store and onto convention grounds. And now, after all this, Tomo is actively promoting a taiyaki stand that's operated by the Lychee Tea guy?

Does anyone here have any proof Fame Monster is just another rebrand by the Lychee Tea bloke, because if so I do feel an email to Tomo about this matter is in order.

I'm amused at the Britgulls wanting to go to Viencon. How's their booking deadline coming along?

>>9778141
>>9778200
>>9780411
>>9780474
Nevermind, I did my own research. After checking the KVK number listed on Lychee Tea's website (65144058) it turns out they have officially changed their name to Fame Monster. It's still the same shady owners selling the same shady bootlegs as before. I guess they believe that changing their name again will make them welcome at all the cons that banned them for selling bootlegs or something. Yeah, good luck with that!

Speaking of bootlegs, when you check their site's terms and conditions you'll find even those were bootlegged. They simply copypasted H&M's terms and conditions and didn't even bother to replace every mention of H&M! What's next, taiyaki made from pancake batter?

>>9778200
Never heard of them.

>>9780743
See >>9780700

>>9780474 Surprise Surprise

>>9780500
Could be a good laff, but it looks like Viencon isn't happening.

>>9781375
I saw a few websites promoting Viencon?

>>9781391
They apparently still need 100 tickets to be sold.

>>9781472
Oh wow. That is really a bit too much. If it was 50 it would maybe work out. But still.. they are still bad at promoting.

Viencon is now on Twitter.

>>9781593
Congratulations.

>>9781663
Thank you so much, but you are a little early. My birthday is in a few months.

>>9781593

>>9781668
As in, it is a little bit late.

>>9781593
>>9781668

>>9781667
My birthday is this month!

>>9781874
c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s

>>9781874
Alrighty, congrats!

>>9778146
>>9778145
>>9778147

Damn. This is looking pretty damn nice. Lovely work !

>>9779438

Cant wait till i saved enough money to get a 3D printer. Started with pepakura recently for foam but damn it is hard for a noob.

>>9782116
>>9782119
Thanks anons!

Hello all,
how nice that you are there
Are you here for the first time,
or are you already known?

Stamp with your feet
put your hands in your side.
I'm Ank
and who are you?

>>9782610
I'm Hank. In Holland they also call me Henk the Tank.

>>9782610
Je hebt zelluf luizen

Okay I just have to say this. You guys are very stuck-up and no fun as well.
I tried joining the discord and got booted. Then I came back and was asked to introduce myself, I did, no one replied within the time I still had before I headed off. Not sure if anyone replied to my introduction anyway, since when I came back from work and wanted to check in I got booted.

So much for "social" gulls.

Heidi

>>9782610
I can't really get into this show. The last one was sort of a nice twist, but before that it's just the same joke for 20 minutes in every episode.

>>9782958
The 4chan discord is the worst desu.

>>9782958
>>9782998
What'd you expect flowers and 'welcome home shitholes'? Be a normal dutch human being when you join and its fine

>>9782958
Earlier this week a German anon joined our Discord and made a bunch of thirsty remarks. Nothing out of the ordinary until last Friday, when I received a card send to me from Germany. It was send to my home address, had my full name on it and was signed by that very same Anon. At first I thought it was a prank, but not even after making it clear that this joke had gone too far did anyone admit they were the one who had send me that card. Needless to say I'm a bit creeped out from this right now especially as I've had to deal with a stalker in the past.

Now normally I would give newcomers way longer to mingle in with the rest, especially during slow days. However given the recent circumstances, you only speaking in German until another mod kicked you, and you going offline so quickly after rejoining wasn't exactly giving off any good vibes. The only thing we expect from those wishing to join our Discord is for them to be active and play nice, the first being something we weren't confident you would do.

Now if your intentions were good and you just wanted to get to know us and maybe hang out, then I do sincerely apologize for kicking you. Do note that the circumstances were a bit extraordinary hence the rash decision, but you are always welcome to rejoin and I do hope this incident won't prevent you from doing so. If you have any further questions you can always ask them to me.

>>9782313
>>9782321
3D printing was my best bet of 2017 it really opened my eyes. I still use pepakura and foam a lot too because a lot of armor is still best made with foam, but 3d printing has solved so many things for me that you'd rather see cast in resin or sculpted.
And i make my money back on the side by selling a ton of demon hunter horns (and some other stuff)!

>>9782958

you seemed like a fag anyway

>>9783004
That’s really creepy what the fuck.

>>9783059
Looks awesome!

>>9783004
>Nothing out of the ordinary until last Friday, when I received a card send to me from Germany. It was send to my home address, had my full name on it and was signed by that very same Anon.
i-is your address public knowledge?

>>9782958
Fuck off you fucking retarded goose. Ill fuck ur nostrils up u dickface

>>9783158
Rude and uncalled for.

Why has the Discord become Kialna's liveblog? No one cares, just keep it to Facebook

>>9783187
>Complaining about what people post in the off-topic small talk channel
You sure must be a lot of fun at parties Anon. What's the matter, someone hurt your feelings?

>>9783194
Not that anon but I do agree Kialna overdoes it a lot. No one else brings up irrelevant details from their life quite as much.

>>9783194
Yeah 'cause you know what is fun at parties? Definitely someone continually talking about every boring little thing she does, thinking anyone actually cares.

>>9783187
>>9783194
>is offline for hours
>posts a few updates
>hurr durr kialna liveblog

Wew, anon, what did she do to you?

>>9783187
Might as well raise the issue in the discord then non?

>>9783201
I don't know anon. I'd rather listen to someone being passionate about their life and the things they do than having to deal with anyone who can't handle it when someone else is in the centre of attention for a bit.

Besides that these posts only happens in the off-topic channel. Nobody is forcing you to read everything posted there. If anything you don't care for gets posted just ignore it and jump back in later once more interesting matters get discussed. This shit isn't rocket science you know?

>>9783187
>>9783198
Just sayin' but you can just tell me on the discord you know.

>>9783244


>>9783244
Not the same anon but things they have to deal with? You mean missing a train and having to wait a few minutes? Such a big challenge to overcome! Better post a selfie and a few pics.

>>9783271
Hey, we're talking people I'd rather talk to at parties now, not how missing a train is a major struggle. But what's it worth, anyone who gets upset from someone posting a selfie once a week really needs to set their priorities straight.

>>9783187
>>9783194
>>9783198
>>9783201
>>9783203
>>9783229
>>9783244
>>9783258
>>9783271
>>9783289
Wait, anon got triggered over kialna posting a selfie on discord?

Kek! Have they added your name to the autism spectrum yet cuz this shit has to be the most autistic thing Ive seen here so far!

>>9767807
the fuq is that outfit?

>>9783530
Tolkien-fied Princess Leia and a wood-elf?

>>9783658
>>9783530
>>9767807
>>9778183
Karin is a cosplay queen

>>9783868
Plausibel

>>9783868
ohgod

>>9783942
>>9783918
>>9783868
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip4vdiktoeU

Replaced quite some parts on the frame of my wings, now they're a lot stronger and they can rotate to imitate flapping

https://youtu.be/K5n7FvlXTX4

>>9783958
I'm so confused by the accent. It's got a soft G but a very strong R.

Can't nishi get a less autistic cosplayer that can actually write english to present them on stage? I know my english is shit so I won't attempt to speak it

>>9783004
Woow OP, that's really creepy. Be safe man.

>>9785166
>Nishicon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4xeEOFEFA

The Nishicon schedule is now live. Any thoughts?

>>9785240
Finally!

>>9785211
I was there when they made the video, nothing new

>>9785257
Story time!

>>9785288
Check the archives. This is shit is ancient internet history by now and discussed to death.

>>9785240
a few interesting things are on there. the dealer room will probably be a bit empty, unfortunately.

Most of it is the same old shit though. I mean, cosplay compo, game compo, some shitty bingo etc.

>>9783322
>Have they added your name to the autism spectrum yet
...Do you know what the autism spectrum is, anon?

>>9785309
As a dealer, it's not worth it going to nishicon anymore. Especially sundays, it was just so dead last time

viencon trying to stretch the inevitable

Goodbye viencon

>>9785382
>>9785383

Viencon can blame themselves if it doesn't happen. Their marketing is by far one of the worst I've seen so far.

>>9785401
So, Formula Cosplay did it better with their marketing than Viencon? Wow!

>>9785288
I try to avoid cameras as much as possible.
I'm lucky my friends didn't get interviewed/ point at me considering I'm a virgin as well.

viencon is going to be awesomesauce

>>9785438
Viencon is going to die bro,

>>9785442
I still believe so I can swim with loads of girls

>>9785447
At TomoParty?

>>9785462
that is no swimming pool i prefer hot swimming pool tomoparty water is so cold

>>9785401
Honestly, Viencon's marketing started extremely slow but did improve as time went on. Such a shame it took so long to swallow their pride and actually listen to feedback instead of taking everything so personal.

>>9785488
Still a big problem with the organizer or the one in charge. Especially since this wasn't the first attempt organizing it, yet the first event they are trying to organize. Whatever he thought, this confirms he was wrong.

we will see, victory for vienconnie

Anyone here going to dokomi this year? Would dutch seagull meetup make sense at a german con?

>>9785495
You can tell the Viencon staff is inexperienced, yet highly motivated. While their idea is good and there certainly being a demand for a con like this, their lack of experience and (past) mismanagement is what’s currently holding them back. Their staff also seems to lack critical thinkers or appreciation thereof, which is crippling their ability to improve themselves. For instance, it’s blatantly obvious they never evaluated their first attempt after rescheduling their convention to Q3 2018. Doing so would had given them plenty of items to focus on and could had prevented them from making the same mistakes twice. It also didn’t help that feedback given to them by both friends and strangers went ignored, or even labelled as salty hate. Eventually they did realize there was a core of truth in those words and worked hard to change course which is what brought them where they are today.

If their efforts to turn Viencon into a great convention will be enough only time can tell. Personally, I would love for them to succeed although I just hope they aren’t too blinded by making their baby happen to throw in the towel if necessary before suffering any more (severe) financial damages. No matter what the outcome, let's hope that if they decide to organise a 2019 edition they will by then have learned from their mistakes and make it even better.

>>9785523
Viencon negotiating deadline with venue
"We would like to extend the dealine, because we finally discovered Twitter 2 weeks ago."

>>9785468
You should've been at the animecon 2006 swimming pool.

>>9785682
Ha, exactly!

>>9785420
>one of the worst
Someone else's marketing also being terrible does not make Viencon's marketing less terrible.

>>9785795
There could be a gull pool party in the animecon hotel basement?

>>9786109
Novotel has no pool. Crown plaza does have one tough.

>>9786109
>>9786136
Crowne Plaza doesn't just has any pool, they have the official Gull pool, spa and wellness! I for one can't wait to book with massage at Ivina, their household 47 year old Russian with strong manly hands.

>>9786154
Nor can I. I will specifically take time out for this.

>>9786154
I booked crowne as well this year, their beds are the best

>>9786165
Im one of those people stuck at the Novotel. Bonus is I always get a room on location.

Welp, I guess it's to for them to roll up their sleeves and give it their all one last time.

>>9786429
Not going to happen. most ticket sales happen days/weeks before a con.

>>9786457
Except for abunai dokomi etc you mean ..cause they can actually sell out on popular days

>>9786535
Abunai also sells out about a month before the date, and dokomi is the same. Expecting most of your visitors to book 5 months in advanced is presumptuous.

Plus no one expects them to sell out so people wait for the last posible moment. You have the Abunai hunger games coming up and god knows what rules the hotel will have this year.
Also too many people are afraid it will fail and that they'll lose their reservation fee.
Plus being right after abunai and gamescon, right at the start of the school year (both for middle and high school) and having zero content for non cosplayers.

So a bunch of stuff stacked up against them.
Organizing a con ain't easy, and they tought too lightly about the whole matter.

>>9786429
>>9786580
>>9786535
>>9786457
I wish Viencon was around this time of the year. Sitting in a warm water paradise while it's cold outside is top comfy.

>>9786584
I don't know but seeing them fight so hard, even when they only started the fight a few months ago, kind of makes me want to see them succeed. They could be decent competition for Abunai and maybe replace their convention in their weekend at some point. I'm a little sceptical but I'm willing to give it a try especially since a lot of cons are giving up because of tomo. Tsunacon stopped and I heard this year is Nishicon's last year.

I do agree that replacing their date to... let's say... the spring break, would be a great thing. Let's hope they consider this.

>>9787078
IDK about nishicon. But Tsunacon stopped beacause tgey renovated the school and now there isn't a suitable place at the Erasmus to house them.
Tsunacon didn't have the budget to organize something outside of the school. This has nothing to do with Tomo. This was known as soon as the Erasmus inforned them about the renovation.

>>9787085
Tsunacon was a shitfest organisation wise and everyone knew it. they just couldn't get new staff to stay and the organisation changed people every year or so.

Except for last year I kinda enjoyed tsuna, I rather see yaycon or tomo go.

>>9787078
Why should Viencon have to replace Abunai? One peek at the con agenda is enough to realize there is plenty of room for them all to exist alongside one another. Even if good weather is a must, July only has campzone, August Castlefest and Abunai, and September Viencon and (likely) ACC.

Also Tomo didn't have anything to do with Tsunacon pulling the plug nor the rumoured end of Nishicon. As other anons already pointed out Tsunacon had a shit-tier staff and simply lost their location. And don't forget, Tomo was only around for a year and a half at that point and only active in the other side of the country. As for Nishi, Erik does 95% of all the work himself next to working a full-time job. This worked out okay back when Nishi was a one day event, but as a three day event it's just too much work for one man to handle. I still don't get why they won't just take in new staff members and distribute their workload more evenly. Even having just a single person doing PR would make a major change for them considering all the heavily outdated information on their website, marketing and lack of proper social media presence. So again, not Tomo's fault but their own.

>>9787249
The last Tsunacon was in 2016. Time flies am I right?

>>9787270
Isn't it more of an issue that there is no one willing to take on the heavy task of being staff at a convention (and living close to them) instead of him not being able to let others lend a hand?

>>9787378
It’s definitely not easy to find suitable candidates, but if you don’t ask you’ll never find them in the first place. There isn’t a single mention of them looking for people to reinforce their team on their site, only a page for gophers and stewards. Yet when you look at the “organisation” page you’ll find 5 functions with no names attached to them. I also don’t recall having ever seen a single post on Facebook of them asking for new staff members. So yes, it’s probably a combination of it both being hard to find and them being reluctant to ask for help.

>>9787249
The quality of Tomo is improving rapidly since Tomocon '16. Tomocon 2017 and last time in Amsterdam were, sorry to say, decent. I think that's the main threat for Nishi and other small cons....
How many people are in the Tomo core staff? Is it a large organisation?

>>9787418
Agreed. Tomo Amsterdam this year was pretty decent desu. Makes me want to give Tomocon another try after not going for 2 years.

>>9787418
>>9787423

Tomocon this year will be special, of course, with their special announcements for their special 5th year anniversary.

>>9787418
>>9787423
>>9787426
go away tomofags we don't like your kind here.

>>9787423
I was at Tomocon back in the days in 2014. It was awful. This year will be my first tomocon since then. I don't know what to expect, except for the bouncy castle

>>9787468
So what happened with TomoPlay?

>>9787477
Died, just like Tomoparty will this year

>>9787481
Hooray!

>>9787481
>>9787477
>>9787468
>>9787474
>>9787426
>>9787423
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2GbSdiIcpk
/cgl/ at 7:04

>>9787477
Didn't they sell that name to those retards of in2gaming?

>>9787485
oh my
I thought me and my friends were the only ones who knew about that bizarre channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjZQTGS5jg

>>9787485
>/cgl/ at 7:04
Nope, not one of us. We were there wearing seagull masks and shit.

>>9787493
I expected a lot but not /that/.
Thanks for making my day, anon. Hilarious.

>>9785435
Pic related.

>>9786154
>their household 47 year old Russian with strong manly hands

Now that's what I call a waifu.

>>9787468
Go away 4Chan fags. We don't like you're kind here.

>>9787493
Smoke stop, get some help.

>>9787991
>>9787940
Alex Thunder is "special".

>>9787994
One golden star for him then for being himself.

>>9787991
*your

>>9788003
Thanks for the (You'rer), anon.

>>9787991
Age is correct, I'm a girl though. Youtried / 10

>>9787991
>Go away 4Chan fags. We don't like you're kind here.
This comeback, are you kidding me?! Asking 4chan anons to leave 4chan. Man man man..

Btw I'm not even the anon from the other post, but damn..

So, Reika will be a special guest and judge during Viencon. Will that help Viencon? What do you think?

>>9788114
Lets invite reika, that gets every person with yellow fever their panties wet.

>>9788137
Not me, seeing her once in real life was enough for me.

>>9788137

Uhuh, let's spend that money!!

>>9788114
Reika was special 4 years ago. Has been going to Abicon every year after, so meh.
Reika is friends with Sednobis, so it's a very easy thing for them to do.

>>9788144
"Reika is friends with Sednobis, so it's a very easy thing for them to do."

Shit, cosfamous people can actually have friends too, who would've thought?

>>9788144
>8144▶
>>>9788114
For the record: Just being friends with someone doesn't really make them hop a plane for an event just like that.
They need to actually like the idea and potential of the event.FYI <3

>>9788214
Man, imagine hopping on planes just because you're friends. That'd be amazing. I'd fly all over the world.

But yes, of course there needs to be more than just that. It's maybe a nice bonus to hang with people you know as well.

>>9787503
cringe

>>9788097
Not getting obvious jokes is a sign of autism.

>>9788250

>>9788270
I’m not stopping you. You can have your cringy fun and I can cringe at it.

>>9788271

so much salt, not hungry anymore for more drama

ready for the next thread

>>9788357
with less drama please

>>9788114
Let's be real, no. Everyone who wants to meet her, has already done that.
(Well maybe not the poor teenagers, but they won't have money for viencon either.)

I don't want to see viencon fall, but they need better content that would attract (foreigner) cosplayers as would make non-cosplayers feel welcome.

>>9788114
they should get anri okita as a special guest and judge during viencon

>>9788252
Nice try in trying to make yourself look better.

>>9788275
Lel, get triggered cringelord

>>9788807
It's a different anon. Stop being autistic.

Just a few more posts and this dreadful thread can move on..

>>9789055
Hooray!

>>9789055
Meh, wasn't that bad. We've had wors.

>>9789114
Yeah, having worms was bad. How did you know?

A few moar

>>9788804
Troll, dont even see what 'her' thing is. Big boobed model?

>>9789440
Pornstar who's really popular among weebs. Huge cult following for some reason and a minor celebrity in Japan.

>>9789462
Because weebs are nutcases.

>>9789462
Even so she would make a more interesting guest than Reika.
Imeqn how often do you meet a porn actress. Would totally be a new one for me.

>>9788998
Seems the autistic one is you then.

>>9789483
Meh, if you're gonna invite a pornstar, at least make it an iconic one like Aoi Sora.

>>9789483
Meeting a pornstar is not that special. They are just humans who are being filmed while doing 'it'

>>9789521
Meeting a cosplayer is not that special. They are just humans who are wearing costumes.

>>9789542
They create something tho. Porn is just being a bit of an actress.

>>9789578
No it's not, have you ever tried taking four dicks at once? That shit requires training yo!

>>9787991
Not gonna lie, I really want a Manta A.

>>9789156

>>9789655
Even Rapper Sjors is nowadays a pornactor #noskill

>>9789716
I needed eyebleach after that

>>9789716
Yeah, but he's not going to make it after the whole "holy shit, he really did it" gimmick is over (that, and something about his porn part having a dick or something. Which surprises me, are people still impressed by the shemales genre?)

Everyone can post porn, beeing populaire enough to make money of it is the tricky part.

>>9789944
>>9789780
>>9789716
He already quit porn. Didn't want to do a pro shoot with Kim Holland's girls and crew.
At least seeing the shemale tape for the first time was an incredible experience. The doll video was great too but the hype is gone.
Nobody in The Netherlands is making money off porn except for maybe Kim. Everyone else is just sneakily advertisting prostitution or doing money laundering.
Honestly I really want to see Sjors take on some bimbos with his 3 incher.

>>9787418
Tomocon is trying really really hard to be a threat to Nishi though. I literally heard this story from a friend of a friend of Dian and Erik, but apparently Tomo picked the same date on purpose. Nishi had been advertising their event for months when Tomo suddenly announced their date. When Dian and Erik asked them why they didn't pick another date, Tomo claimed their venue was already booked for every other weekend that month.
Eventually Erik called Tomo's venue somewhere last year, pretending to be an interested client to check. The venue said they were totally free for every other date... Kinda a dick move if you ask me. Most vendors that were going to Nishi signed up for Tomo right away, because Tomo promises them many visitors.
Personally I think both Nishi and Tomo are shit, but I don't understand why the con world has to become so toxic. Again, not 100% sure if all of this is exactly true.

From what I heard that at this point Nishicon has sold 400 tickets for Saturday.

New thread? New thread! And this time I'm actually posting in the correct one as well!

>>9790810
>>9790810
>>9790810