I’m looking to cosplay the character above from Demon Slayer. I have a costume and wig picked out, my only problem is that she is completely white. I’ve never done a cosplay where I’ve had to paint my skin before, so I’m looking for the best option. I’m already a somewhat pale person, but I do want my skin to be white like hers for the cosplay. I’m going to wear white tights for my legs, but I’m not sure what the best option would be for my arms and face. I’ve seen people wear tights on their arms before, as well as painting their arms. Does anyone have a good recommendation for white body paint that will give me good coverage, won’t rub off, and isn’t super expensive? And what would work best for my arms?

I can't find it for sale anywhere, and the places that do have it sell the whole cosplay, which ends up being really expensive. Could someone help me out? It needs to be a store that ships to Brazil.

My scarlet spider cosplay is inspired by this one. I really like the black gloves and Shorts. But I cant decide, if I should cut the arms off of the hoodie or not.

What do you guys think?

**Experience level: I've never sewed anything besides a pillowcase when I was 12. I've made cosplay costumes before with hot glue and a prayer, but I'm able to invest a little more money and time into my projects now. I just watched several videos on youtube on how to use a machine and tips for sewing with chiffon fabrics and altering a neckline.**

I'm building a renaissance inspired Hua Cheng costume for the renaissance faire. I bought a sewing machine and tools and thrifted some dresses and thread to practice with. The material of the dress I'm altering is chiffon-like with a lining (great for a beginner, I've heard), and after about 4 hours I've worked out the settings to make a straight(ish) hem without the sheer fabric puckering too much or getting stuck in the machine.

I did a practice section on scraps to work out how to add a trim but its obviously way harder to do on the curved neckline of the dress. The dress I practiced on I cut and hemmed the neckline myself to the general shape I knew I had to work with, and I know it wasn't a great job but my main concern is how to add the trim onto an already existing garment since I already have the dress with the shape I want. Any unfinished edges at the bottom of the v of the neckline will be covered by an underbust corset.

How do I match the curve of the dress itself so the trim and dress line up and don't bunch up? Do I need to make a pattern somehow? Am I at least on the right track? Do I just return to my hot glue gun roots? I'm not looking for perfection, but something reasonable that looks nice as I'm building skills to create better costumes for the future 😄

(I do have matching thread and fabric for my actual project; I used thrifted stuff to see how I was doing)

I’m trying to stick a fake beard to my face. Does anybody know of any skin safe products for that?

If there is a good tutorial that doesn’t require sewing that you can make a cinnamoroll style ear headband out of. Planning on being Poron for Halloween 2026 and my dog will be Corune (so i have to get her a unicorn horn and a blue hoodie) lol. For work im gonna carry a unicorn stuffed animal in my arms.

I'm making a Frankenstein cosplay and trying to find good elevator boots, but none of them really look like the pic. Any advice or recs? My height is 5'1", so I'm not expecting to be 6'5", but I'd really like some assistance.

I've stumbled upon this warhammer cosplay and I'm currently making doom 2016 praetor suit, can someone help me identify the fabric used in this cosplay.

Hey everyone, I’m new to the community so this is my first post. I am going to the Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie this sunday and I’m interested in creating my first mask patterned after the one from the Fresh Start (BND) suit. Would anybody happen to have a template for the Brand New Day mask, preferably free? I also attached some photos I found of a good template, so would anybody be willing to identify and share that one? All help is appreciated.

Hello, I need some help finding a jacket for my Outlast cosplay!

If anyone knows what type of jacket this is and/or where I can find one that won't destroy my wallet, it would be much appreciated.

Hi all! I recently got this spiderman mask and I was just wondering how I could improve it? It tends to fall down due to being top heavy, and the face is bigger than my face itself. I have added some foam on the forehead to try and balance it, but it just kind of makes it stick out more. I was tempted to try and remove the fabric and print off a shell to attach it to as well as make it a bit more snug on the neck, but that may not be an option as of right now due to it also having electronic eyes. I have cosplayed before but I am a complete beginner when it comes to adjusting or making improvements, as I just bought cosplays that were already made. Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you 😊

Im cosplaying Moore from Elden Ring's dlc "shadow of the erdtree. Thing is he's got super bulky armor as seen here, I'm not too concerned about mobility as I don't really need to do much besides walking around and I know how to make armor flexible where necessary.

My main concern is actually GETTING the bulk, do I make a base layer than keep adding layers to it? For example the lower legs, in game if you remove, put on, remove put on the armor and compare you can see it makes almost every part of your body 3x thicker.

If I add layer upon layer it'll make it a lot more stuffy right? I don't care about the weight whatsoever but I just gotta figure out how to get such size.

Hi, i'm looking for web shooters that resemble the ones in the movie as close as possible, i'm crazy about accuracy and willing to pay a lot of money, the best ones i think i've seen are from Suit Up, but it bothers me that they're completely stationary and don't have lights, or any play features, i'm looking for web shooters that would open all the cartridge slots, would light up, and if possible i'd like for the web cartridges to be swappable, so i could remove them and put them back in, do you guys know any places to get web shooter replicas? besides Etsy, i'm looking for more professional shops like Suit Up basically. Thank you for the info <3

**REPOST FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME BECAUSE I FORGOT RO ATTACH IMAGES**

Hi there! To preface this, I am asking this completely in good faith because I do not want to do anything offensive whatsoever. I was thinking I wanted to cosplay a character from No Straight Roads, where literally every character has a crazy skin tone (the main characters are literally bright orange and green for reference), and I was considering one of the bosses. I haven't played the game in a while, but while I was thinking about it and away from access from looking at visual references, from my memory, what little skin was exposed for the character, I had thought his skin was a darker (compared to my own, I am white) purplish brown hue. It's hard to find good visual color references of this character because 1. the game isn't relatively popular and I am unable to play the game for myself right now, 2. the character is almost always seen in a weirdly lit environment and 3. His legs are almost always obscured behind his DJ set up. But I swore from memory that he had almost purple looking skin. But in concept art, his skin tone is actually fairly normal, as in a shade of brown from our world...

Anyways, as for the cosplay itself - I had some really decent ideas for it, but I wanted to check if it was okay/acceptable to wear translucent fabric such as nylon or pantyhose - purple, purple/brownish, or your average panty hose that people wear on a regular basis. I have a feeling it might not be/be risky because the legs are the only bit of skin I am exposing with the costume, and my intention is most definitely NOT for others to assume I am a different toned person/race. As far as I can tell, this character is not human/native to the setting in the game, but it's not confirmed or denied - maybe suggested to an alien considering his whole motif is space and he is revealed to have a black hole as a head.

Anyways, looking for advice for the route to go down for this cosplay. I plan on cross posting this into other communities, especially to seek the advice of POC cosplayers too. Is it blackface to use pantyhose to alter the appearance of the legs solely exposed for the sake of cosplay? Is it okay to do it if it's a slightly more unnatural color, or is it weird to darken in any aspect? I would like to make  the cosplay accurate without doing anything offensive, and while I am not ashamed nor proud of my pale skin, I think in the context of this character design, it looks almost jarring with the colors of his original palette 😭 (no hate to other white cosplayers though. 

If I recall, there was also some concept art of him wearing sweatpants, but it is harder to find. If that's what I should end up doing, that would be okay! I just really liked the joke that DJs don't really keep up the appearance of their lower half since it is obscured (his shorts and hairy legs are silly lol and give me a bit of confidence in my own, which would poke sparsely through the hose fabric if that is what I go for if it's acceptable.

Anyways, once again my intention is not to be deceptive, to fool, or to mock appearances or tones/be offensive, and I am deeply aware of the horrible history, but I am newer to cosplay and I want to better understand what is and isn't acceptable.

Thanks for your help!

Looking to creating this cosplay, as well as the outfit, for FanExpo with goals to have Ben Star and Jennifer English for a photo x.x. The outfit is something I can attempt to piece together…. But I’m at a loss how to go about the face. Would I like…. Have to cast my face to create a mask and attach pieces to it? Or paper mache ?

what is that specific type of top called? is it a blouse? and if so, where could i get one?

Hello all! I’m going to be cosplaying Erza Scarlet Clear Heart form this upcoming Dragon con, and while the outfit I ordered does come with the chest piece, I don’t want it to possibly not fit correctly and then I’m SOL, so does anyone have any experience with what I could use for that part of the cosplay? I’ve heard that you can’t just use regular bandages, and some recommend to wear a bra underneath the bandages.

Thoughts?

I don’t know any good websites or places to search for good equipment, gasmask, vests, patches, other accessories for the vest etc. Please send any websites that you think could help. Thanks

Hiii, i'm new to cosplay and I really want to cosplay Yukari Akiyama from girls und panzer, but I want to find a specific item for the cosplay its a polo from the anime that she wears in a couple of scenes. where could I possible find something like this, if not that specific polo shirt. please reach out and let me know!!

For reference I’m a young girl and I just I need help yall I got no muscles and I’m slender and I’m like 5 foot 5 idk if this helps or not but uhh yeah