I need cosplay ideas.

Kaya-chan

Mer.

I'm usually very shy and a lurker, and hate creating my own threads… but I'm absolutely stumped.

I'm going to Otakon this summer, and I really want to cosplay, but.. I have no idea who! And I suppose I'd like to limit this to One Piece characters, even though it's in general discussion... I just didn't want to spam the General One Piece board with such a boring topic.

The only problem is... I have NO idea who to cosplay this time! Usually I have a character planned out months in advance, but this time... nothing. I want a new costume, not just rehashing an old one. On the day my boyfriend cosplays Sogeking, I'll be tagging along as Chopperman. However, the other day, he's going as Thriller Bark Usopp, and I just don't know what to do.

Here's a link to my cosplay thread for pics of what I've done in the past... and if any of you have suggestions I'd love to hear them, since this is the best place I could think of for One Piece specific ideas.

<3

Kaya-chan Cosplay

captain usopp

AH I have just been pondering the same thing. I'll think of some ideas for you, if you have some suggestions for me. after work though. I gotta go in 6 min and counting here.

omnichild

darn wanting to stick with one piece. And here I was going to be all "COSPLAY AS SHE-RA!!!!!!!111!!1!!1!!" XD

Um…Why don't you try a cosplay and go as one of the Usopp's pirate crew?

Local-chan

I was gonna say Sec Hybrid XD

Anywho, how bout you try….Vivi? I could see you pulling her off....or Robin again

Refii

Go as vice admiral Doberman!

Is that enough of a challenge for you? =p

Kaya-chan

I had really considered cosplaying Vivi but I don't think she's much of a match for Thriller Bark Usopp… hm... I dunno, maybe?

Onigumo

How about Franky? Haven't seen that cosplayed yet. Or, Vice Admiral Onigumo?

captain usopp

Hey, I got a great idea! DO BUGGY! I've yet to see someone do buggy, and he would be fun to cosplay.

Miss Valentine?
you'd make a good conis.
square sisters would be a challenge.

that's all I've got for now.

omnichild

@captain:

Hey, I got a great idea! DO BUGGY! I've yet to see someone do buggy, and he would be fun to cosplay.

Miss Valentine?
you'd make a good conis.
square sisters would be a challenge.

that's all I've got for now.

^^ I have a picture of a Buggy Cosplayer from ACEN last year…some wheres...

captain usopp

hope you don't mind me using this thread too kaya. more than glad to give more comments and suggestions for you too.

anyways, please note that I suck at taking pics of myself, and yes I look stoned in the one. But it give you an idea, ok.

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These are my 2 ideas. I'd be dying my hair for both. A little trim, or a little gel, and I can have the hair down. the clothes are easy.

or do you have any other ideas for me. remember I can't sew, and i have little money. (i know i'm so darn fussy)

BE SANJI!!111 Nobody does Sanji(if you do, please make sure you have that curly, swirly eyebrow). lol

captain usopp

aw, everybodies sanji. That's my backup plan, but I wanna do something different and fun, rather than dressing in my interview clothes. Thanks though.

What about Don Krieg? Nobody likes him…or Drcule "Hawkeye" Mihawk?

*Dracule(sorry)lol

captain usopp

ya, your right. no one does like don krieg.:P

Mihawk is a good idea though. I don't think I have the means to pull it off on such short notice, but I'll keep it in mind.

Kaya, Mihawk would be a great idea for you too. You'd do such a good job of it.

(btw, brave warrior, try not to double post. the mods are gonna get on your ass about that. use the edit button instead. )

Chaos Inferno19

i was thinking of doing one this year too, but there are not many black anime characters so its going to be tough :(

Kaya-chan

Captain Usopp, I definitely think Sanji–how about a costume no one does much of his? Ooh! Be Sanji in his wedding clothes from... whichever movie that was. First one, I think?

Mihawk? lol Not a big Mihawk fan... but a cool idea nonetheless. I really wanted to cosplay Pell, but I have no Chaka... and I really -really- wanted to to cosplay Cindry, but we haven't seen her colors yet (have we?).

Rargh. It's so tough to decide... Conis would be -amazing- but I hate to be Conis when I'll be with a Thriller Bark Usopp.

FireFistAce 0

How about Perona? If your boyfriend is going as Thriller Bark Usopp, another female from Thriller Bark would work perfectly.

Or Cindry before or after she died.

Kaya-chan

Are there any pictures that show Perona or Cindry's colors in Thriller Bark?

Or like… even Nami's? I'd love to cosplay any of them, really.

FireFistAce 0

Nothing on them yet, although Nami was featured in a color spread in Chapter… 453, I believe.

Personally, I pictured zombie Cindry looking like Sally from "The Nightmare before Christmas", as for Perona, I picture her outfit mostly black and white, with bright pink hair.

captain usopp

well wouldn't that be the fun part, is deciding your own colors before official colors are released? I think it was eggy a little while ago, made a pic in color with 2 girls from the new arc. I thought his colors were awsome.

Pell would be awsome to do!

hmmm, Sanji with a different outfit…maybe. I'll have a look. I haven't watched any OP movies btw.

fin fish

@Kaya-chan:

Are there any pictures that show Perona or Cindry's colors in Thriller Bark?

Or like… even Nami's? I'd love to cosplay any of them, really.

I don't think there's anything on Perona or Cindry (which sucks, because I really want to cosplay Cindry but don't want to risk getting the colors wrong) but there was a color picture with Nami's current outfit in it a few chapters back. I'm too useless to be able to link you to it, but her shirt was a pinkish peach color. I think it would be totally awesome if you did that costume along with Usopp.

hmmmm…Why don't you try Kaku or Lucci or maybe Fran-on second thought...NO

Local-chan

@bravewarriorofthesea:

hmmmm…Why don't you try Kaku or Lucci or maybe Fran-on second thought...NO

I thought you meant Fran from Final Fantasy there.

Kaya-chan

I considered a Lucci cosplay, actually–namely because his VA is going to be at Otakon.

Hm... I found the colorspread with Nami's costume from Thriller Bark in it, but it doesn't show her skirt or shoes at all. So again, I guess that one is out. Sadness!

The Dude

Well, hopefully the cover for Vol. 46 will showcase either Cindry or Perona's colors, if you're still gunning for that route. The Chopperman/Sogeking idea is too cute, btw!^^

(Ahh, so you're Toki's girlfriend! I haven't seen him in ages!! Please tell him hi for me!)

@Local-chan:

I thought you meant Fran from Final Fantasy there.

It was going to be Franky but I changed my mind.

Sogeking would be cool, but you need the nose and mask. And Kabuto. I'm thinking maybe Rumble ball Chopper, or maybe Mr.2 BonClay. BonClay would be cool!!

Kaya-chan

TheDude - Hi! I'll definitely tell him you said hello. Lol, that was a little creepy… I was like "how do you know that? o.O" at first, till I figured out who you were. XD
And I hope they show Perona or Cindry's colors soon... gah.

bravewarriorofthesea- Actually my boyfriend has cosplayed both Sogeking and Mr. 2, so I don't think either of those. ^^;

captain usopp

I think I'm gonna go as L. Everything just seems to be working out for that. (but hey, there is another con in toronto later in the summer) besides, I tend to slowch, and I can be all gangly and wierd like L. XD

Kaya, any ideas yet?

Kaya-chan

Whoot! L is amazing. Mostly because Kappei is an amazing VA, but y'know, L's a great guy too. XD

I've tossed around the idea of cosplaying Merry (the person… not the ship XD), as well as Lucci, and I might be seriously entertaining the idea of cosplaying the Going Merry's spirit... thing. Raincoat, hammer, etc.? Klabautermann, that's what it's called.

But all in all I am still highly undecided. -_-;

captain usopp

i think cosplaying the boat would be interesting, if you could figure out how to pull it off. the spirit is really unique, but can you make it recognisable as that? I can see some people bothered by the question "what are you supose to be" but others might enjoy the conversation starter. :)

merry the person sounds really fun.

Kaya-chan

Yeah… but... I've gotten used to being completely unrecognizable at conventions. (Tis what happens when you cosplay a certain self-proclaimed god at a very tiny convention... one person knew who I was!) So that doesn't bother me so much. ^^;

I have been told plenty of times to cosplay Merry the ship. Still can't figure that one out though. lol And... still undecided.

Buuhan1

Has anyone suggested Paulie? That guy is so overlooked, not just in cosplay.

you know who's overlooked? Dragon. He really hasn't had many appearances, and no one seems to care. I wonder why….Nobody suggested luffy, but I don't think anybody would want to be luffy, because he's so common. Why not Gin or Pearl(XD)? That would be so funny!lol

Sanctum

@Chaos Inferno19: You could go as Aokiji or Daz Bones, if you're that concerned about what skin colour the character has. Hell, you could do Gaimon as well if you wanted to.

@captain ussop: Totally pull a Franky. I can totally see you do Franky. But L is totally a good idea as well.

@Kaya-chan: I'm going to have to say Nami. Even though you don't know her skirt colour, you can still try.

captain usopp

Actually, I was thinking of Gin for Kaya, but I thought that charicter isn't easily recognisable. Though, aperently, Kaya likes that. :) I think you'd do a good job of that.

@sanctum: Hey, I bet I'd make a cute franky. You just wanna see me in bikini bottoms. XP well, too bad for you, I have less than stellar looking legs. :P (don't wanna walk around a con all day showing them off)

As well, I would be cold, as I always get cold. Then, there's the whole arm thing. I'm fussy when it comes to cos plays. it can't just resemble, it has to look good. Hmm, if I could find something to put on my arms, maybe it would look decent if I covered it with panty hose?

(franky's not one of my favorite….)

myojin_yahiko

Hi, it's me Brave, but I changed the name and got a new account. Does it really have to be OP?

captain usopp

You might wanna talk to ocean about that. your not suposed to have more than one account. and yes, it has to be OP. Kaya wants to do OP.

Kaya-chan

Yep, I want it to be One Piece cosplay, please. :)

And the more ideas, the better! But Dragon is most certainly not a character I would want to cosplay. Although Paulie might be…

Local-chan

Hina, I bet you could pull her off well, and she gets no cosplay love ;-;

captain usopp

Question for the ladies. How do you carry all your stuff when you cosplay. Do you just bring your purse? That kind of interfears with your cosplay though. I'd just get a cheep wallet but I wanna bring my digital camera as well.

omnichild

Cleavage is a wonderful thing sometimes. ;) It makes carrying money and cell phones easy. So do boots.

fin fish

I generally just try to bring a purse or bag that looks like something the character would potentially own, or at least something that doesn't clash with the costume.

AWB

Booooooooones! As expected from from a skeleton!

Do Brooke, Kaya-chan. If we ever meet, we can cosplay as the first Brooke/She-Brooke duo.

Buuhan1

Brooke unfortunately will have a very cheap look no matter what. Panting yourself or wearing a skeleton suit, either way you look like you just went to a Halloween story and came out after spending $8 bucks.

And while Hina doesn't get cosplayed a lot, I have seen cosplays of her. I have yet to ever see a Paulie cosplay.

fin fish

Irresistiblement did a pretty kickass Paulie. Unfortunately that's the only picture I have of the jacket with the flames on the sleeves.

captain usopp

@omnichild:

Cleavage is a wonderful thing sometimes. ;) It makes carrying money and cell phones easy. So do boots.

I've actually never done that before. though, I don't think I will have access to my cleavage with the shirt I am wearing to cosplay L. and I will have sneakers.
imagines putting her digital camera in bra XD

Cap'n Carter

Use a plastic bag.

Pongmo

@captain:

I've actually never done that before. though, I don't think I will have access to my cleavage with the shirt I am wearing to cosplay L. and I will have sneakers.
imagines putting her digital camera in bra XD

If you need someone to help grab it, I'll help! :p

You girls should have boyfriends that you can whip around to carry your purses while you Cosplay. :p

captain usopp

@Pongmo:

If you need someone to help grab it, I'll help! :p

go grab your own stuff :P

You girls should have boyfriends that you can whip around to carry your purses while you Cosplay. :p

yes, that would he helpful indeed. i need to get me one of those.

actually, I went today and got a mini guys wallet, and a nice little camera case that I can stuff a thing or 2 into. only the essentials I guess.