A-Kon 17 Cosplay Pics

KamenRiderNeko

decided to make another thread, for cosplay purposes only. I have tons of pics to show, but I'll only post my faves on here. I have a photo album that I'm uploading all of them to, I'll link that when its done. But for now…

To start things off, one of the best pics I took of Pyramid Head from Silent Hill 2. This guy's costume was freakin amazing! the pose is so dead on, it scares me and I love it!

One of the coolest pirate chicks I saw! There were a lot of good pirate costumes, but I was so busy doing other things I didn't take more pics of them. Oh well, I really love this girl's costume.

Crimsondreamer as Sanji! Her costume turned out really awesome. She was the only Sanji to have the Doskoi Panda apron.

Ao Kiji!! This girl was awesome, and she was really nice! You'll see her again in a bit…

Kyrakitty as Luffy and pirateneko as Zoro XD I heart Kyra, I met her at last year's A-kon, she was dressed as Daveyback fight Sanji. We've been keeping in touch online since then and we were so happy to see each other again this year. yeah, I know my shirt is not right, I couldn't find the one I was supposed to have, so I just used what I had available. fortunately, I did find the right shirt later on.

A really awesome Ace that I found… he looks just like him!

A badass group of One Piece cosplayers! I got to hang out with them for a long time, taking pictures with them and such, which I shall post later!. I found out that the Lucci and Zoro were Scuttlebutt! They recognized who I was after they saw my badge (it said pirateneko)

k, that's it for the first set….

KamenRiderNeko

2 Sanjis! The guy Sanji was really cool! He was probably the best male Sanji we saw. He got the look down really good, but you can't tell from the crappy photo I took >.< wish i tried again, but i think i was in a hurry. you can hopefully still see what's going on.

NekoZoro vs JacqueSanji… full view of our costumes, I'm wearing the Enis Lobby costume... wish i coulda put more work into it, but it turned out really good thanks to Jacque.

a pic from later on… had to give up the skin-colored tanktop i wore for my Enis Lobby outfit... ah well, i liked the white shirt.

group shot of Kyra, me, Crimsondreamer, and another Luffy (didn't get his name, but he worked in the dealer's room along w/ Kyra)

Crimsondreamer bought me this cute Chopper hat! its so fun to wear, I actually had people stop and take pics of me with the hat! may use this for an id on devart…

2 Zoros! Me and a Skypiea Zoro that I ran into. He did an awesome job, I wish I had more time to make better swords like his, cuz they're actually long unlike the wimpy little toy swords that I have…. also wish i had done a better pose too XD

ok, onto last set for the night…

KamenRiderNeko

Buggy and Luffy!

For the Sogeking fans…
Sogeking vs Kaku!

Another awesome CP9 group shot, this time with Kalifa, Kaku and Jyabura.

Aaand and cool group shot w/ Sanji, Shanks, Spandam and Zoro (and Chopper XD) dunno if anyone knows this, but the Spandam girl used to post alot on here XD she is so sweet, we hit it off pretty well….. dammit i always look horrible in pictures....

omnichild

Those look so great Neko! Did you have a fun time?

Buuhan1

That Ace, Califa, and Spandam were great!! Too bad we didn't get a front shot of the Califa. >P

hyakamaru

steals your uber cute chopper hat!

great pics.. Scuttlebutt's pose is really soooo badass, I it Zoro could've used a longer sword though

Buuhan1

I just love how many OP cosplayers who hate 4kids are actually using the zoro swords they released. XD

Local-chan

@Buuhan1:

I just love how many OP cosplayers who hate 4kids are actually using the zoro swords they released. XD

Because its cheaper and easier than making your own?

Anyways, very nice pics Neko. That Blueno looks so funny yet strangely awesome. I like the Yangus and Link in the background too lol

I like your version of the Zoro and that Skypiea Zoro too lol

AWB

Wow, nice. Simply love your Zoro outfit. :wub: And that Chopper hat is adorable. I cannot wait to see the photo album.

sees fifth pic OMG, yuri! Or would that be yaoi? Or maybe both? gets distracted by the Neon Genesis Evangelion shirt OMG, Eva!!

The Aokiji, Skypeia Zoro, and Spandam cosplayers are incredible.

KamenRiderNeko

@Buuhan1:

I just love how many OP cosplayers who hate 4kids are actually using the zoro swords they released. XD

hey, you try finding time to make swords while trying to graduate from art school… >_>

warp

I find it pretty funny that the skypiea zoro's swords look more realistic then the 4 kids ones which you are using right neko?

also i thought the best cosplays were skypiea zoro, ace, sogeking, and spandam. God those were awesome

KamenRiderNeko

yeah, i need to get better swords, i shoulda made my own, but i ran outta time…. next time i plan on just using those as reference and make actual size swords... hopefully in time for Anime Fest in August

Strings

Damn that Luffy chick is hot. XD Nice uhh.. cosplays but yeah the CP9 group could have been done better(Minus Spandam). No offense to any of the cosplayers.

Conekiller

Wow, that Lucci is pretty damn cool! So's the makeshift Sogeking!

wooohoo! No franky cosplay? (then again…I don't think I'd want to see that ^_^;)

Irresistiblement

Aw, Angel, I'm so glad you got those pictures up, and you look lovely! Yeah, I'm the crazy-random-Spandam in there next to Shanks. I have a few pictures, maybe I can post them up if I can get a hold of them.

The same girls that were in the CP9 cosplay with me got together a huge Skypiea cosplay the next day…. hopefully I can find a few shots of that up. A-ma-zing stuff.

KamenRiderNeko

D'aww, thanks! ^__^ like i said, you are the cutest Spandam ever! and I'm so posting the rest of those cp9 pics on here, well, maybe most of them.

oh, and i didn't get to see the Skypiea pics, can't wait to see how those turned out! those costumes were indeed awesome.

@Strings:

Damn that Luffy chick is hot. XD Nice uhh.. cosplays but yeah the CP9 group could have been done better(Minus Spandam). No offense to any of the cosplayers.

dude, seriously? I thought they did really well! i mean, especially since they're all girls.

Retro

O_O THAT WAS YOU?! Ah I had no idea, I passed you up alot of times while there but I didn't know you went to this board. Though I did speak to the girl in the Spandam outfit. Hehe, small world. Oh wells, maybe next year eh? (or the AnimeFest if your going this September.) Plus you all look killer, especially like the dude inte SogeKing costume. =D

Buuhan1

@Irresistiblement:

Aw, Angel, I'm so glad you got those pictures up, and you look lovely! Yeah, I'm the crazy-random-Spandam in there next to Shanks. I have a few pictures, maybe I can post them up if I can get a hold of them.

The same girls that were in the CP9 cosplay with me got together a huge Skypiea cosplay the next day…. hopefully I can find a few shots of that up. A-ma-zing stuff.

You did an awesome job on that costume. That has to be the greatest cosplay I've ever seen. No lie. How long did it take you? (Don't worry about high jacking neko's thread, I'm sure she don't mind. XD)

fin fish

Hey, it was awesome meeting you, Neko! I posed with you as Water 7 Nami during the CP9 thing.

Here's a few with me as Nami from one of the artbook pictures and as Fullbody, my eternal love, that my awesome friend Claire (or at least her camera) took. I'll get some pictures of other costumes up when I can find them. I need to start actually using my camera.

The picture's kind of dark and blurry and crappy, but that was our awesome artbook group.

Claire is a mad hot Sanji.

Hell yeah.

You had to expect this coming from me.

omnichild

Looking good as always Finfish. And you looked great as well Neko

Devilfruitgrower

ahhhh. I still enjoy your work. Your Fullbody is the best. I'm doing Aokiji next year, no Question I AM cosplaying. Not sure weather I'm doing him at the Vice-admiral or Admiral rank….

fin fish

Thanks to both of you! Fullbody is really probably my favorite anime character to cosplay, despite how incredibly awkward and cheap that suit is.

Tragic_johnson

just got back from Akon, and glad to see that my Sogeking costume is already posted, My brother is the Kaku in the picture with me. And many shoout outs to all the Cp9/skypiea people I met at the Akon. The girl dressed as Pauley/Spandam was pretty cool. But all in all I had a great time!

omnichild

Hey Neko, the pirate chic. Is she just a random pirate or is she suppose to be from something?

Seta Ginny

Some great stuff going on here! I particularly love Spandam and artbook Nami (fin, the new wig looks hot! I love it!) Very nice job everyone!

jadiesama

oooo…sexah Zoro cosplay! I'm jealous. i wish i could have gone but texas is too far away...:C

Strings

Always good stuff from Fin Fish. XD I really like Claires Sanji.. WHoa!! XD

KamenRiderNeko

@Retro:

O_O THAT WAS YOU?! Ah I had no idea, I passed you up alot of times while there but I didn't know you went to this board. Though I did speak to the girl in the Spandam outfit. Hehe, small world. Oh wells, maybe next year eh? (or the AnimeFest if your going this September.) Plus you all look killer, especially like the dude inte SogeKing costume. =D

hahaha! were you cosplaying or just randomly passing by and i didn't even notice? My badge did say pirateneko ^^; ah well.

@fin:

Hey, it was awesome meeting you, Neko! I posed with you as Water 7 Nami during the CP9 thing.

ah! no wonder you looked familiar, i guess i was just too shy to say anything! I was wondering when I'd bump into you XD and your Nami cosplay is just awesome as always! I knew that was what version of Zoro kinbu did when I saw her w/ the others dressed as cp9 characters. She's such an awesome Zoro, I pale in comparison! >.<

But omg I'm really happy that I met so many awesome people that I knew online! you're all wonderful!

@omnichild:

Looking good as always Finfish. And you looked great as well Neko

hehe thanks….. i know i didn't really do that great, but it was my first time. there is always room for improvement, i'll do better next time!

@Tragic_johnson:

just got back from Akon, and glad to see that my Sogeking costume is already posted, My brother is the Kaku in the picture with me. And many shoout outs to all the Cp9/skypiea people I met at the Akon. The girl dressed as Pauley/Spandam was pretty cool. But all in all I had a great time!

ah so that was you! i remember you saying you'd cosplay as Sogeking, I shoulda thought about it! thanks for posing for me, that was a fun picture to take!

@omnichild:

Hey Neko, the pirate chic. Is she just a random pirate or is she suppose to be from something?

just a random pirate chick

@jadiesama:

oooo…sexah Zoro cosplay! I'm jealous. i wish i could have gone but texas is too far away...:C

aww, i really wish you had come, i so would've glomped you! XD and thanks alot!

and if anyone has pics to post from A-kon, post them here if ya want! That was the point of this thread of course, I'd LOVE to see other people's pics as well!

Mei Yanohi

Sorry to seem a little narcissistic right now, but at the moment pics of myself are all I have uploaded. :x I am from some of the same groups that pirateneko and fin fish posted before, including CP9 and the suit group (in those, I was Kalifa and Usopp respectively). I was also in a Marines group as Hina and a Skypiea group as Conis. Here are the photos I have uploaded now. Before I do any more, I need to get a new hard drive.

Me as Hina (Keep in mind, this is manga vers Hina: blonde w/ black suit).

Two different shots of the CP9 group.

PS, to whoever said this group could have done better, we all put tons of work into our costumes and a large portion of our outfits were sewn or altered personally. I organized this group and am very proud of the cosplayers who participated, and althouh you apparently meant no offense, it would be nice if you could take your criticism elsewhere. Thank you.

KamenRiderNeko

Mei!!! you make an awesome Hina! i loved all your cosplay, especially you as Kalifa and Konis! and those pics look so great! i want to upload all the others as well.

and manga OP characters ftw!

@Strings:

Damn that Luffy chick is hot. XD Nice uhh.. cosplays but yeah the CP9 group could have been done better(Minus Spandam). No offense to any of the cosplayers.

Blueno of the group here. i'd like to know what specifically could have been done better, just to see if perhaps we might be able to improve. this comment was less than helpful except to cause a bit of grumpiness on my part.

Strings

Bahah.. Well its not so much the Blueno or the Califa. I was actually trying to help my friend with his Blueno cosplay too. It seem as if the hair(Horns) were really frizzy but looking at these other pictures I can see that it looks fine.

Its not that I can't tell you guys put lots of work into your cosplays. But its the overall appearance. I actually like your Califa.. its just I'm not a fan of… Scuttlebutt's cosplays (her Lucci, her Sanji, etc.) I have nothing against her, I'm just not a fan. I may come off as a total jerk in this post but, I’m just voicing my opinion.

EDIT: Also looking back at the pictures, Kaku could have had Orange hair you know.

@Strings:

Bahah.. Well its not so much the Blueno or the Califa. I was actually trying to help my friend with his Blueno cosplay too. It seem as if the hair(Horns) were really frizzy but looking at these other pictures I can see that it looks fine.

the horns are a bit fuzzy. i didn't really had time to smooth the fur down much since i was trying to finish my Gedatsu hair at the same time.

EDIT: Also looking back at the pictures, Kaku could have had Orange hair you know.

Kaku actually did try to have orange hair. but accidentally picked up the wrong kind of bleach. dyeing hair at cons is risky business XD

also, just because you're not a fan of someone's cosplay, doesn't really mean it's bad cosplay. and that's what your original post sounded like to me. that you thought we had bad cosplay. shrugs

thank you for explaining and clearing things up.

Mei Yanohi

@Strings:

Bahah.. Well its not so much the Blueno or the Califa. I was actually trying to help my friend with his Blueno cosplay too. It seem as if the hair(Horns) were really frizzy but looking at these other pictures I can see that it looks fine.

Its not that I can't tell you guys put lots of work into your cosplays. But its the overall appearance. I actually like your Califa.. its just I'm not a fan of… Scuttlebutt's cosplays (her Lucci, her Sanji, etc.) I have nothing against her, I'm just not a fan. I may come off as a total jerk in this post but, I’m just voicing my opinion.

EDIT: Also looking back at the pictures, Kaku could have had Orange hair you know.

Our Kaku tried to dye her hair but the bleach didn't work. Most of it was under a hat anyway, so we told her not to worry too much. Apparently the critics are still out there.

Too bad about your feelings on Jadeprince. She works hard and pays a lot of attention to detail. Her sewing is gorgeous.

Strings

Hey, I think the best kind of way to comment on a cosplay is to always give advice. It could be bad or it could be good, It doesn't matter what one small individual thinks on a forum. XD

I still get comments about wearing the sneakers in my Dance Carnival video.. and I try to explain you can't dance around in thong sandals without tripping and breaking your neck. XD

Mei Yanohi

@Strings:

Hey, I think the best kind of way to comment on a cosplay is to always give advice. It could be bad or it could be good, It doesn't matter what one small individual thinks on a forum. XD

I still get comments about wearing the sneakers in my Dance Carnival video.. and I try to explain you can't dance around in thong sandals without tripping and breaking your neck. XD

That's great, but your first post wasn't exactly full of advice. As a cosplayer yourself, you know no cosplay is perfect. Sounds like you really enjoy explaining to people an error in your costume that you already knew the reason for… of course, it's irritating. Well, we know the reasons for all our errors also, and if you sympathize, then do us a favor and be more polite next time. This cosplay wasn't exactly slapped together in five minutes. Thank you.

Strings

Bahah.. this is funny, I try to be nice but seriously claim down, you don't have to touch every single person with your cosplay group. Just seriously, yeah enjoy your so-called CP9 cosplay group.

Mei Yanohi

@Strings:

Bahah.. this is funny, I try to be nice but seriously claim down, you don't have to touch every single person with your cosplay group. Just seriously, yeah enjoy your so-called CP9 cosplay group.

"Touch" people? I just want to post on a casual forum where people won't pick us apart.

Strings

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Mei Yanohi

@Strings:

Just do your group a favor and loose a couple pounds around your thighs. XD I'm done.

Aren't we mature.

Anyway, some HinaTashi for the rest of you (sorry for the darkness):

My Tashi was so cute. :3

Buuhan1

Woah. So many flawless cosplays! As sexy as always I see Fin. God…someone needs to sweep me away to my first convention, seriously.

Buuhan1

@Mei:

[qimg]http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3619/img40777cc6wg.jpg[/qimg]

God…that shot is just filled with utter badassness..I wanna make this my sig.

Mei Yanohi

@Buuhan1:

God…that shot is just filled with utter badassness..I wanna make this my sig.

Thanks a ton. :3 And wow, you're from Fairfield, seriously? I'm in Oxford.

Buuhan1

@Mei:

Thanks a ton. :3 And wow, you're from Fairfield, seriously? I'm in Oxford.

Woah, really? Well, safe to say this con wasn't in Ohio tho.

And Strings, I don't know wth your problem is but you really have no right to say the things you did to this group. Most I've ever seen you cosplay is a dude dressed casually and Luffy which are both very simple(No offense to other Luffy cosplayers). This group had alot more harder costumes to make and I for one think they are flawless.

Mei Yanohi

@Buuhan1:

Woah, really? Well, safe to say this con wasn't in Ohio tho.

Haha, yeah it was reeaally far away. My friends from the east and I had a two-day road trip down to Texas for the con to meet up with our friends from out west and Kyra, who lives in Texas already. We've been planning on going to this con for a long time, since it's in the middle of the country and a good place for us all to meet in the middle. ^_^ There are cons in and around Ohio, though… Ohayocon in Columbus, Sugoi-con in Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, and other, smaller cons. Just keep on the lookout! I also make repeated trips to A-cen in Chicago, which isn't too far. Otakon is another popular eastern con.

Lucci and Kalifa MySpace photo for you! XD

Buuhan1

Hoorah! I was wanting a clossup of that beard. Yep, looks great!

KamenRiderNeko

@Strings:

Just do your group a favor and loose a couple pounds around your thighs. XD I'm done from this thread.

ok, i didn't want to get into this argument, but this was seriously the last straw. That was downright harrassment, and totally uncalled for. I totally respected you up until you said that.

What exactly makes you a more special cosplayer than everyone else? I thought the point of cosplay was to have fun, not totally rip apart other people's hard work with really jerk off comments.

I don't know if you remember how rude comments about cosplayers were not tolerated in the old cosplay thread, or has your ego blinded you that much?

Ok… all that aside....

haha, I love that myspace pic, I'll have to find you guys on there, since I randomly post in there too...

and for the record, Jade Prince is the BEST Lucci I've ever seen. She had him down to his evil looking face XD

Buuhan1

You aren't alone neko. I lost all respect for Strings now aswell.

Kyra

Alright, I gotta say, Strings is completely full of shit.

I usually try to be diplomatic about things, but he starts off insulting the CP9 group. Subtley, I'll admit. Not something to get too upset about. But all he does is say they could be better.

Which, yes, any cosplay could be better, theoretically. If xian_pu's head were unnaturally large, her Blueno would be better. If Mei was about 15 inches around her waist, her Kalifa would be better. But that is, obviously, unreasonable.

The costumes aren't perfect, much like no costume is perfect. There is always room for improvement. But I don't think I'm the only one here who thinks they were fucking amazing.

Not only that, but you never gave any good critique. At all. You said that Mei could loose some weight on her thighs, and that you thought Blueno's horns could be better. So those two miniscule things ruin an entire cosplay group for you? And I'm not even going to touch on the arbitrary and unexplained dislike for Jadeprince's cosplay.

While you yourself said you've worn sneakers instead of flip flops for a Dance Carnival cosplay. I can only assume you cosplayed Luffy, and as a Luffy cosplayer, I am personally offended that you even tried justifying such a terrible cosplay taboo.

Sneakers?

I broke in my Luffy sandals for weeks before I wore them, so that they would be comfortable and practical. I sewed a third strap of elastic on them, so I couldn't kick them off when I tried. So your excuse of not being able to dance in flip flops is just that. An excuse.

Please, the next time you insult somebody else's cosplay, at least don't be a dumbass about it. Thanks.

Buuhan1

Whoo! Go Kyra! Tell it like it is.