Did you brush off the setting powder when you're done with it?

>>4629356
I did. All of it. It just blotches in some spots, I brushed it off for a good five minutes and I don't know wtf is up with it.

From show costumes to helping friends do their white face I've learned quite a bit about using it. If you're using Ben Nye and going for a white face I'm assuming you're using the Clown White that you smear on from the jar. The first thing is to make it even, smear, dab, don't be afraid to use your fingers. Take the time to make it even. It will stick to EVERYTHING right now so pin back your hair and beware of your costume (if you don't have to pull pieces over your head put them all on after the make-up). With the setting powder use a large foundation brush and dust it over every last part of the clown white. It keeps it in place and also keeps it from sticking to anything and everything.

Everyone's skin is different but from the smoothest to the roughest acne covered mess I've only ever seen Ben Nye's clown white turn out blotchy because of user error. Just be patient. It's a pain in the ass but it works.

>massive asshat at otakon as, especially since I'll be Eridan
>massive asshat
>I'll be Eridan

Don't, uh, let anyone steer you wrong there.

Sage because I'm unhelpful.

>>4629376
That's... Really odd...
I didn't have a problem with that happening with my cosplay.

Sorry I can't be of more help. This was my first time using bodypaint, so I'm not much of an expert on it.

>>4629422
this made me giggle

>>4629391
thanks! it's kind of irritating, i've tested it 3 times so far. i'll try again tonight and see how it goes

>>4629391
oh! Also I have black hair so should I style it up first, or just hold it back with a hairband or something?

>>4629453
Do both. It helps a lot. I have long black hair, and I would just put it in a bun and used a hairband for the rest of the hair I couldn't get.

Wait, how are you doing the hair, btw?

>>4629453

That really is up to personal preference. I would say do it last and hold it back with a headband. Once the make-up is set it shouldn't get in your hair and if you do your hair first I promise unless you leave a ring around your face with no make-up it will get in your hair and with black hair it's going to be very obvious.

Almost forgot about this, if you do end up finding that you can't get the clown white to work for you I know a lot of people use White Heat or a mix of the Clown White and White Heat. White Heat can be used dry or wet depending on the coverage you want

>>4629453
Are you really using the Clown White for this?
Isn't there a difference between the clown make up and the regular white creme?

>>4629466
I'll be putting in purple extensions and slicking it back like Eridan's o:

>>4629422
My thoughts exactly.

>>4629506

They do have another creme white from Ben Nye but it's not a pure white. The clown white is the purest white they have.

>>4629560
Huh. I see.
I didn't use the clown white.

OP are you using regular grey, or are you doing the mix of white and grey?

>>4629590
mix of white and grey. i made it a darker grey though, since i'm extremely pale and it didn't look good the first time.

>>4629625
HMM. Okay, OKAY.
Sorry for asking a lot of questions.

JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

>>4629661
woah bro i wasn't having an attitude <3

want me to put it on or something? lol

>>4629700
SORRY. SORRY. I just... Feel like I was annoying you. MY BAD.

Huh. I use a different setting powder. I use Ben Nye's Neutral Set.

>>4629723
i was told to get the super/ultra white.
o.o do you have pictures of how it turned out?

Hi OP.
Are you using Hanyaan's makeup tutorial?
That's what I used, and I never had a problem with blotchniess.
The only reason I can imagine it being blotchy would be because you're not using sponges to apply it or you're smearing it.
Maybe you're brushing away the powder too hard?

Make sure you're dabbing the makeup and not smearing it on.

Pic is my materials for Gamzee (minus the mixed white + grey combo).

>>4629733
Yes! :D I have makeup sponges and all. I don't think I am o.o I brush it away lightly and all
Maybe i'll just make a video doing it so people can tell me what not to fuck up

>>4629742

HHMM.
Are you using the barrier spray, too?
When you use that, make sure you're using it far away, because that CAN make the makeup fade if put it on too closely.

>>4629774

I gotta go to work,but if this thread it still here when I get back and you still need help, I'll post pictures of mine.

Are you using the square end of the sponge and getting enough paint on it? And are you stippling it? Also, did you use a primer?
And I would use the neutral set as well, the white powder might be the problem. And don't be afraid to do like a million layers of paint until you get it even!

>>4629732

OH MAN. Okay. This was my first time using the powder and it turned out... Fine for me. No blotchiness.

Maybe it's the powder you're using.

>>4629782
>>4629789
i have a feeling it's the powder.
i can't afford to buy more right now though :/

is there an alternative route to this?

>>4629789
also, very cute Terezi :3

>>4629824
For the most part... I don't think so. The powder is to help it look... A lot less greasy. I don't know anything else that would help do that.

And thank you!

>>4629723
Just wondering, where did you order your powder from?
The main site I use sells all of them except for clear, and my makeup get's really blotchy without it :<

>>4629789
Ohmygosh you're adorbs!

>>4629872
I bought mine from a costume store that's around my area. It cost like... $7?

And thank you too!

>>4629860
yeah, well this sucks
maybe i can layer it so it doesnt look as dumb.
makeup, powder, makeup etc.
i'll go do that now and show pics

>>4629860
yeah, well this sucks
maybe i can layer it so it doesnt look as dumb.
makeup, powder, makeup etc.
i'll go do that now and show pics urrrrg this is stupid

>>4629890
>No nearby costume stores until Halloween
I will just wait until then I guess, haha. Thank you~!

No problem!

>>4629916
Do you live in a big city? You might be surprised by how there might be a costume store that runs all year. I didn't know about this place until one of my theater friends told me that's where they get their supplies.

>>4629906
I hope that works! Good luck!

>>4629902
You should try using primer first so that you can apply it without as much blotchiness, also using makeup wedges help even it out well too.
So Primer -> Ben Nye Makeup -> Powder -> Eye/Other Makeup -> Final Seal

Prettysurethat'showitgoes.

>>4629965
Oh I have all of that! :3
I just took a picture of it (primer, makeup, powder, makeup, powder then I rubbed the powder in) buuut someone forgot to pay the cell phone bill~ so i can't upload it at the moment
it's looks good enough for otakon, just a bit lighter than it actually should be.

>>4629965
also it evened out layering it so it's not really as blotchy but if you look close it is noticeable that i did it wrong.
that is wwhy eridan is forevver alone, kids.

>>4630001
Awesome. I'm glad it all worked out! I'd also like to see pics of your cosplay when it's done.

>>4630027
here's shitty eyeshadow makeup because i was too anxious to get pics of it before the makeup came. teehee
and if i do end up getting some other powder, the white stuff is making it's way into my dave cosplay. i'm making it happen.

>>4630001
>>4630008
Excellent! I'm sure the color looks fine :>
Heyman, after the stunt he pulled it's no wwonder wwhy he's so alone. l:3c

Have fun at Otakon!

>>4630040
indeed! but he's my favorite character. <3
.....and that reminds me i'm also cosplaying sollux. i gotta get up early and work on his makeup shittt.
(this thread shall now be just homestuck cosplay since people saved the day)

>>4630038
AHA. I LIKE THAT. Lookin good.

>>4630061
Takes forever to put it on. Me and my Gamzee took like. Two hours putting it on our face and arms.

another eridan cosplayer here.

im painting the pants, and with the tape i am using sometimes the paint bleeds through. its regular tan scotch tape, is there a better alternative?

picture very related

Working on a Ancestor cosplay (not gonna say which one because inb4 'That's stupid)
I just need a personal opinion on horns. Should the ancestors be rough or smooth?

>>4630074
I actually took pinstripe pants and painted over them. Maybe clear packing tape?
It's so nice to see more Eridan cosplayers! :D

I gained a bit of weight so i might actually be making a new pair unless I can lose weight/find a solution

>>4630090
I think smooth, but that's just my opinion! :)

>>4630061
Man, that's awesome! And yeah, the earlier the better, it takes quite awhile to get the makeup on.
I'm sticking to fem!Tavros myself for right now, I might actually work on Rufio at some point though because he looks so neat, and then for the fall I'm going to be doing a 50's Stuck with some friends which should be exciting.
So happy to see others doing so much Hamsteak cosplays!

>>4630074
Are you talking about the paint bleeding through? Because if so you could place some cardboard in them to stop the bleeding going through onto the other side :o

>>4630111
i do put cardboard in the pants so it doesnt bleed through the fabric

i think im gonna search up different ways to remove fabric paint, and find new tape

>>4630074

looks like you can just touch it up after you remove the tape, but I see your dillema. make sure that every.single.edge is down on the fabric before painting. it's a bit of a pain, but it's worth it. I've painted a couple boxes with that technique but never fabric.

>>4630121
New tape might be a good idea. I thought they had specific tape for fabric but I could be wrong.

Also, you could just get black fabric paint and paint over the parts you don't like, it's a bit of a longer process but it might help the lines turn out better.

>>4630111
that sounds awesome!
Next year at katsu/ota/ausa/animazement I'll be Eridan, Redglare and Dave (I love my aces dave tux so much I wear it to formal events I think I have a problem)

BLUH BLUH. Oh man you guys. YOU GUYS.

I'm motivated to work on my cosplay now.

Does anyone have some reference of Jade's blue dress I could use?

quick question
any idea on how to do sollux glasses?

>>4630151
>Redglare
*u* Allofmyexcite.

>>4630167
YOU BETTER BE.

>>4630176
>>4630193
there you go

>>4630185
Um. I know someone who got regular glasses, took out the lenses in them and got... Those colorful binder holder things. And super glued them on there.

Or you could buy them.

SO, has anyone ever used aquacolor before?

I'm cosplaying as Gamzee and bought some aquacolor white. When I was putting it on, it wasn't as white as I wanted it be and kinda blotchy.

>>4630201
Aye, that could work, thanks.

>>4630121
I bought black and blue fabric paint and it took well over 6 hours to paint altogether, but it did end up looking good!

My issues with weight haunt me still, i'll probably just sell the pants >:/

>>4630185
i went fucking ghetto and sharpie'dan old pair of glasses. only for pictures shall they be used.

>>4630193
Redglare had all of my love

oh I might do God Tier John. when that whole 'GODTIERJOHNWILLMAKEMETHEMOSTPOPULARHOMESTUCKCOSPLAYERATTHEMEETUP'
thing is over. i actually had someone say that to me.

>>4630228
daym
that's hardcore
phew
I could always do that, it's not a bad idea.

>>4630228
*has
why can i not spell wat.

>also i was blonde at one time teehee

>>4630176
This might help.

>>4630185
This might sound a little ghetto, but whatevs, you /could/ pop the lens out of some glasses, and then get some red and blue saran wrap and just wrap them around the lens, but you'd have to make sure it stuck to the lens well and had no bumps or anything, which isn't that bad.
And then pop them back in and there you go :3

BLUH.
>>4630236
well if you coler over them again and again it looks decent.
>hardcore ghetto yeah >:]

>>4630244
That sounds like a good idea too, damn, can't believe I didn't think of it.
I was just gonna get some of those red and blue 3D glasses.
Thanks Moosey.

>>4630258
I'll probably buy like ten pairs of glasses and muck about with 'em
but making ghetto glasses sounds awesome

This is goin to be a really dumb question, but the trolls shirts do you guys order them online somewhere or do you make them youselves.. I've been wondering where I can get Karket or Aradia's shirt

I like this thread.

Anyways. Anyone got a Lemonsnout/Pyralspite tutorial thing? I'm sure there's one out there...

>>4630274
I use streetshirts when ordering mine, but that's only because I'm English and ordering them from America would take far too long.
They come out good too.

>>4630274
you can buy them off the WP store, but if you are cosplaying a troll with different styled shirt (karkat/eridan for example) it would be easier and more authentic looking to make them on your own

>>4630274
Got mine online.
But I know a lot of other people make them. Or order them from customink.com

>>4630274
I made all of mine (Kanaya, Nepeta, Eridan, Sollux, and Karkat)
they're fun to make!
you should check out
sweetartsandhellacrafts.tumblr.com because they have a tutorial for how to make them! :D

also here's my makeup! :33

HOMESTUCK MAKEUP THREAD HI GUYS

I feel kind of bad because it's my Ben Nye tutorial that a lot of people use, but the last two times I went trollin' i used PAX instead and it was.... miracles. I scared a bunch of people at Kintoki-con by wiping my arm on their costume before they realized that nothing comes off.

When I have some time I'll do a video for how to troll with PAX, I promise, but there's some problems with it. 1) it is hard to remove without remover, although sometimes the remover just makes it into a goopy mess. 2) it's a bit uncomfortable to put on (hairdryer in your face is a weird sensation, trust me). 3) it will eventually peel off the palm of your hand and you'll need some kind of grey creme anyway to touch up your hands for photos. 4) in fact you'll still need shadow and highlight and powder and stuff....

but goddamn it's awesome. And of course I have no closeup pics of doing PAX on my face but uh have this, I did my face with Ben Nye but the neck and arms and hands are PAX. Aradia is the same Ben Nye tutorial.

Also i swear to god for anybody doing the creme stuff it's all about stippling stippling stippling.

oh yeah and as for troll shirts... I'm cheap, so mine is iron-on transfers for dark fabric, as is the shirt for my in-progress Kanaya. So are my Gamzee pants spots because I'm lazy. You just need to cut them out veeeeery carefully, yeah?

...oh wait, shit, OP, you don't want ultra white powder, you want COLORLESS powder. Colorless works for any color in the rainbow including human flesh.

>>4630272
No problem, dude.

>>4630228
Whaaat, are people really saying that about Godtier John?
Das silly.

>>4630274
Since I'm a poorfag and I wasn't originally using a shirt for my cosplay, I made it myself, but I'd just go to the WP shop and order a shirt there when they're available.

wtf is Homestuck?

wikipedia says it's just some ms paint adventure thing. Seems pretty stupid. Why the craze?

>>4630333
the hot chicks

>>4630307
oh my god you're in my thread i lovelovelove your gamzee cosplay so much<3
this is my first troll cosplay/s ever so i went with the ben nye. next year I'll try the PAX though. sounds fun! :3

>>4630315
I figured that out xD
but it's working okay as long as i grope my face with it. it looks derpy but nothing near shitty halloween makeup :3

>>4630333
Homosuck is shit.

In all seriousness though it's just a comic about some kids that play a game, and they meet some trolls who are playing the same game.
It's incredibly silly and takes a bit to get into, but hey it's a pretty good read imo.

Also, I think the craze started because of the trolls story finally coming up? I could be wrong though.

>>4630307
SUP PRETTY LADY.

>>4630315
also will you be at otakon?
if so can i take a few pictures with you? owo;
agkldhajkgdafklaskh your gamzee cosplay is beautiful
motherfuckin miracles man

oh god i think I'm a bit afraid now.

>>4630333
The curse of Homestuck is that not only is it one of those things where you either really get it or really don't, but attempting to explain it in any fashion other than "please try to get through act 2 and see if you like it!" will end up making you sound like an absolute fucking moron. I've seen it happen IRL a few times and it was worse than the time I tried to explain Phantom Blood while drunk. So um. It's a webcomic. It's pretty cool. The fans are sometimes crazy but on the whole, totally good people.

>>4630362
Heyo!

>>4630368
actually I may very well be at Otakon, glitter purple shoes in hand, wearing way too much body paint. I'm still not 100% sure how I'm going to get all my props over there, and how to transport PAX in a suitcase without turning all of my posessions grey, but I'm going to figure out a way! (Probably shipping some of the odder things to roommates and asking them to ship it back after the con.)

>>4630362
i think so. my friend dave (how ironic) got me into it by cosplaying dave (even more ironic) and it was all "woah what is this i must see it" and thats when the trolls were coming in i think

> my life will never be the same

>>4630397
...Now I want to get you drunk and make you try to explain Phantom Blood. Since I know what's going on it can only be hilarious.

>>4630362
Trolls are the main draw for it, imo.
I just got into for some reason I cannot comprehend since I used to whine and bitch about it.
It's silly -- Well except now a load got killed off rather unceremoniously.
I got through it by reading Act Five and the Intermission and then reading the rest.

>>4630413
I concur. But getting people drunk isn't nice unless they're willing.
hehehe

>>4630422
I love seeing people change their mind after reading HS.

People just hate on it to hate.

>>4630435
h8ers gonna h8

have an angry dave playing trombone
it was casual cosplay day
derpderp

>>4630400
I know that feel, bro.
One of my friends that oddly enough does a really good Eridan cosplay and does some VA spoofs for him got me into it.
>'I AM WORKING ON I-...Aw shit...shit this is actually good...what have you done.'

>>4630422
Ahh, really? Didn't that kind of wreck the story for you though? :<

I went to ALA this year and saw a bunch of people with candy corn horns and thought WTF is with these people and was this an underground fandom of some sort.
I didn't check out the source material until 2 months later and now I'm glued to twitter text updates to my phone and the update notifier on my computer.

Oh, does anyone have an idea how I could make jade's dress? I go the skirt down, but I'm clueless about the top. I haven't seen one done well yet.

>>4630475
homestuck has taken over the lives of innocent people. it's sort of like drugs. but healthy drugs. but the funniest thing now is when i fall down stairs
i dont even feel the pain
> "i warned you about the stairs bro"

oh! and I'll be making new Eridan pants this upcoming week! I'll post progress and stuff (along with my cape i will make it beautiful. and science stick) <3

>>4630477
haha those were my thoughts too.
After hearing more about it I caught up to the series in a week or so. Now I want to cosplay as Vriska.

Do you think Michael's or some arts and crafts store would sell this body makeup? Kryolan too? This is my first time dressing myself up in a bit more "drastic" way.

>>4630477
got a seperate skirt but no top?
Find some strapless top or cheap camisole you wouldn't care about messing up. Make a stencil for the bec design and spray some fabric paint on it

>>4630537 Do you think Michael's or some arts and crafts store would sell this body makeup? Kryolan too? This is my first time dressing myself up in a bit more "drastic" way.
Nooooot really. I'm one of the odd ones out with makeup that I can buy all of my strange makeup supplies locally, but that's because I have several theatrical supply stores and a Kryolan store within easy traveling distance. For Ben Nye method you'll need to buy almost everything online (except sponges, brushes, and primer). For PAX method you'll need to buy the pros aide and powder online, as well as the makeup to do face contouring, but you can get the paint to color the PAX and the brushes at a normal store too.

And of course shit like fake eyelashes and eyeliner you can buy IRL too!

Really though, what you can buy brick and mortar and what you have to buy online is mostly determined by where you live. If you're near San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York, you'll have a way easier time not having to buy everything online.

>>4630587
oh okay. Hopefully living near an art college will help >-<

>>4630300
>I wish I'd found that shirt tutorial before fanime.
I used the same method for Karkat's shirt, but I used spray paint instead. Despite the piles of newspaper I used on it to keep the remainder of the shirt safe, the paint snuck through and gave the edges this very gay halo affect around the symbol.
Is there some way to completely remove spray paint from a shirt? A very quick google search brought up things like paint thinner and gasoline [ what the actual fuck? ].

So what would be the best way to go about making a wig for this monstrous mess of hair?

Also this is merely hypothetical

>>4630617
Buy a fro wig, straighten some chunks of the ends, and tease/hair spray the shit out of it. At least, that's what I would do.

>>4630617
Find two wigs, preferably with a decent amount of volume to begin with, and harvest the tracks from one wig and sew them into the other one. That's what I would do.

>>4630571
Is there a pattern I could use instead?
I don't think scouring malls and the internet would give me something that would match with the skirt material.

>>4630645
this. that's what i would do anyway.

i just bought a dave wig. its a bit too long so i have to style it (oh lawdy this is gonna be amusing)

>>4630675
take a pic of bec and blow it up in ms paint or some other program and trace over with paper and make it look good.
i did that with my broken record for my Aces Dave Tux.

>>4630675
oh shit i thought you were talking about bec design
i so confus

>>4630277
I don't have a tutorial, but I have a pattern I found that I saved.

>>4630277

>>4630277
Hopefully this should help!

I'm working on liv tyler and her sweet eyes right now. On my list is a tiny zillyhoo and a bunch of squddles.

I'm a total beginner at sewing. Does anyone know what the style of Jade's blue dress is called, or have a pattern for it?

>>4630787
i like this <3

Am I the only one who thinks Jade's skirt is definitely a weird bubble skirt and not just two tiers/layers?

>>4630769
>>4630773
>>4630777

Aaah! Thank you so much!

>>4630787
speaking of zillyhoos, how DO i zillyhoo? I'm not exactly a prop goddess, and I'd like one which could hold up to being lugged around in my hammerspace jokerkind bag. (at Kintoki-con, my satchel had a bike horn, three fake juggling clubs, two bottles of Faygo, a pack of cards, chalk and a magic 8 ball for people who needed those, a bubble wand because why the fuck not, two pairs of fangs so I could use the larger or smaller ones as needed, two bottles of tooth black, extra grey makeup, and two combs. I will probably be adding to this at some point; I'd like better fake juggling clubs and more bike horns.)

>>4630823
I'm going to wear a small petticoat to achieve the bubble look under the two layers of ruffles.
It looks that way on the sprite but I think the design is flexible.

>>4630823
You mean something like this?

Oh man, homestuck.
I just got into this not even two weeks ago. I was just power-sewed a God Tier Dave costume for my friend in roughly a day. My favourite part was probably the construction of the hoodcape, and the chest symbol.
Tempted to cosplay Kanaya sometime :)

>>4630933
this is really good! :D

>>4630933
lucky friend! Make me a Vriska hood :D

>>4630857
Yeah, like that but poofier.

>>4631080
Thank you! :D
>>4631150
Hehe, I was thinking about making some hoodcapethings to sell, I need to work on them a little bit to perfect them before that though.

>>4631345
I would totally buy one. I want to cosplay GodTier!John so bad >:3

Pre-Grimdark Rose costume complete. Now I just need figure out how to make some wwands.

>>4631387
HMM.
I think you can probably find HUGE KNITTING NEEDLES. And use those.

Or make it out of Model Magic!

>>4631387
model magic all the way! that shit is godly <3
I'm making my science stick and my commission horns are made out of it urrg i love it.

>>4630933

And you did a hell of a job with it, can't thank you enough. If you do end up selling them, I might have to get you to do some god-tier trolls too.

Also if you do Kanaya let me know and we can do a duet cosplay.

Cutting felt neatly is a lot more difficult than I imagined it would be. Probably should've bought white chalk. Sewing on the tentacles in a satisfactory manner is also surprisingly frustrating. BUT IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT

>>4631345
and let us know if you do in fact sell the godtier hoods. I don't have a job right now so I dunno if I'll afford it, but I'll keep an eye out nonetheless

>>4632263
Shutupandtakemymoney.jpg

>>4631372
>>4632306
I will definitely post here as soon as I get them lookin' nicer. Two weeks tops :)

for the ones who are cosplaying homestuck, what would you recommend for contacts. Because i know they have black with the yellow scelera, but what have you seen that works and would be available for it? Pic related, its Karkat.

>>4632415
For cheapass mode, Dollyeye Brown.

Pic related.

I would actually consider sclera lenses but I have slight astigmatism, so it is entirely out of the question for me to wear scleras. I can wear regular color lenses or circle lenses, though.

Use baby power. Easier to apply.

Wipe excess of with kabuki brush.

Easy peasy.

>>4632548
So if you have an astigmatism you can still wear those?
I've been looking into getting some contacts but it always confuses me. :c

>>4632548
Okay! Also my eye doctor told me it was okay to wear scleras for a short time (not wearing them like 24/7) and I have an astigmatism too. Is there a reason why you cant?

You guuuuys. This thread made me so excite to get my Terezi shit done ASAP.
Even though I have about ten props I want to make arrrgh.
Loveyouall.

>>4632714
Haha, right? I'm kind of wary of larger Homestuck gatherings, but sometimes the cosplay is still so fun! The Homestuck people at Kintoki-Con were rad. I may hate the convention, but I think I might actually venture over to SacAnime just for the Homestuck gathering :O

SO -EXCIT---------ED~

Quick Question. I saw a design for The Sufferer on tumblr I want to attempt... Are fanmade Ancestor cosplays looked down on or can I give it a shot without being dismissed as some newfag retard?