triplitex:

asgardianshakespeare:

My friend Jeremy has this recurring costume of ‘Gay Jayne’, a play on the character from Firefly, that just gets slightly more ridiculous every year. 

I mentioned the Hawkeye Initiative, and he jumped up from the table and… this happened. He is WAY TO GOOD at Swivel Waist.

For clarification, his shirt says ‘Rainbow Sun’, and his gun is named Bradley.

*screams!* I LOVE THIS GUY! I have some pretty great pictures of him from the last two-three years at Arisia, he just keeps getting MORE FUCKING FABULOUS!

(via accidentalharmonies)

complicatedtriangulated:

Arsenic and Old Lace

Oh wow! I did not even know you were working on this, you look awesome!

thegoddamazon:

jakface:

I’ve seen my share of “fake geek girl” shaming, and just thought having a Fairy Gamer Momma to come to the rescue would be nice. I know they exist, I’ve met plenty who are amazing and could beat my ass at any version of Mario Kart. Give the Gamer Momma in your life a big hug! :D

These kids these days don’t know the value of a quarter, man. They not bout that ‘insert coins for credits’ life.

This is adorable!! I want that mom to exist, but then I remember my own mother, and yeah, she kinda does already.

(via moniquill)

novaface:

brbshittoavenge:

jennifermatarese:

teabq:

the-wordbutler:

sweaterkittensahoy:

brightcopperpenny:

I made my three-year-old niece her first convention/Halloween costume this year. If you ask her who she is dressed as, she’ll reply, “Tiny Princess Captain America!”

On Halloween, we discovered that if you point to a kid in a Captain America costume and ask her who he’s dressed as, she will also reply, “Tiny Princess Captain America!”

Attagirl.

From here on out, Steve shall be known as “Tiny Princess Captain America.” If Tiny Princess Captain America says they’re all Tiny Princess Captain America, who am I to argue?

I adore that little tiara.

This is the most adorable thing. Look at her!

This makes me smile so fucking much.

I picture Tony being more than happy to call Steve “Tiny princess Captain America.” With or without being prompted to do so.

I picture Steve being perfectly okay with it, especially after the day he runs into Tiny Princess Captain America, trick-or-treating in the city along with a bunch of other kids. And she kinda stops in the crowd, and gets this great big smile on her face, and bolts down the sidewalk and up to him, and she just can’t say anything because she’s just in AWE.

So Steve crouches down and says, “You look just like me!”, and she beams even brighter, as if that’s even possible. Then Steve remembers that time Thor told him about how much he loves his little-girl fans, and how when he meets them he lets them “hold” Mjolnir, and also Steve thinks about Thor’s room full of little girl drawings at Stark Tower. (Yes, I *did* just manage to connect this with that Littlest Thor Fangirl post that went around a while ago.) Normally Steven doesn’t get recognized quite like the rest of the Avengers when he’s not in uniform except by elderly folks who remember him from the old days, but since the attack on New York, plenty of younger people and kids spot him on the street out of uniform and know him, just like this little girl.

So Steve asks, “What’s your name?” To which she finally says, “Tiny Princess Captain America!” And he laughs, and then whispers, “I meant your secret identity.” So she tells him, and gives him a big hug, and then runs off to rejoin the other trick-or-treaters.

A week later, she gets a letter in the mail from Stark Tower, and when she opens it she gasps, because it’s a drawing of Captain America and Tiny Princess Captain America fighting bad guys and saving the world together.

Ana, just imagine that is Steph

I’m pretty sure I reblogged the Littlest Thor fanon, and gawdamn, this needs to go right up there alongside it.

One of the things I love most about the Avengers fandom is how utterly warmfuzzy it is, all the time.

(via futuresoon)

avianna:

ghostdunk:

imgoverdose:

My zombie Audrey Hepburn costume. It won best costume at a macabre ball.

more awesomeness here

oh fuck yes

This is amazing. I wish I could do Zombie makeup like this all the time. YAY FOR BLACKING OUT YOUR LIPS TECHNIQUE~

Ohmygod, this is completely horrorgorgeous!

(via erinkyan)

ask-irl-solbee:

Hey darlings, I’ve relocated to my new askblog, found [here]. If you want to keep up with my cosplay shenanigans, I highly advise heading over there. <3

I will keep this post up for a few days, then delete the blog.

Thank you! <333

Whoa, wait, what? Deleting? Why deleting? Why not just put some sort of “It was fun while it lasted, no longer updating here” note?

Not trying to be snarky, just genuinely curious.

nooowestayandgetcaught:

internetkatze:

shitarianasays:

callmekitto:

tygermama:

cacchieressa:

queenofthedwarrows:

thundering-god:

acquaintedwithrask:

strangelikethat:

candyandcusswords:

Cutest Thor Ever via Mary Sue.

This is adorable!

I AM GOING TO ACQUIRE THIS CHILD AND LOVE HER

THIS MIDGARDIAN CHILD HIS GOOD TASTE!  METHINKS PERHAPS WE ARE SEEING A FUTURE FEMALE WARRIOR!

My head canon is that each of the Avengers ends up with core group of fangirl/boys, like Natasha’s (or the one she acknowledges) are teenage girls mainly who see her as their hero, little boys love the Hulk, but Thor? Little girls between like the ages of 4 and 10, cause dude he is a Prince, who rides on a rainbow bridge, and is basically the fairy tale prince in real life. And Thor fucking loves it. His room at the Tower is just plastered with drawings they send him, and he tries as hard as he can to respond to each and every letter he gets. 

HEADCANON ACCEPTED.

And Clint and Tony would try to tease Thor about it but he’s just so proud of all his little fangirls and of the drawings and other things they send him and he’s so earnest about it that Clint and Tony end up more than a little jealous.

I AM SO OKAY WITH THIS IDEA

and oh man I just picture him meeting one of his little baby fans and they have their own little baby mjolnir and he asks her if she’d like to hold the real one, and her eyes get all big because what?? only thor can hold mjolnir! she knows that!! So he crouches down next to her, gently holding her hand as it holds mjolnir so that even though he’s the one holding the weight, she gets to feel like she’s actually the one holding the hammer and her eyes go half as big as her whole head as grins all big and he tells her ”clearly you are worthy, little warrior!”

STOP IT

MY POOR HEART

I’m not even into Avengers and this is the most buhyoo headcanon ever omg

screeech

Okay, the pictures were all the adorable, and then I got to the headcanon and gawdamn, forget saving the world, I just wanna see this as the next movie.

(via cinder-ember)

disco-dragons:

So I realized that I had Jade glasses, and a wig that I have for one of my OCs works surprisingly well for her. :’o

I… like this.

HOLY PONIES

WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE?!

The middle and last ones are my favourite. But man. You are a cutie and I want to squish you.

ask-irl-solbee:

disco-dragons:

Playing around with my Jake cosplay because I can. <3

[[ I don’t only cosplay Sollux :’o ]]

Like, Dave is my favourite kid ever no matter what, but goddamn does every single cosplay or fanart ever of Jake make me squee like a six year old. SO. DAMN. ADORKABLE.

ask-irl-solbee:

…

ye2…

that ii2 my 2triife 2peciibu2…

ii’m kiind of creeped out that you know thii2, anon.

Do you have objections to people filing your gif’s away and potentially using them as reaction gifs? Not that I like, ever actually use such things, but the eyebrow movement in this one is basically mesmerizing. and I might’ve watched it like thirty times before realizing that that’s creepy. I’m sorry!

okbjgm:

cosplayingwhileblack:

X

Character: The Middleman & Wendy Watson

Series: The Middleman

sweet mother of edith head this makes me happy!

Oh man, I think I saw these two at Otakon(Anime Boston?) a couple years back. SO! GREAT! I love love love love times a billion forever love Middleman cosplayers.

asksewingserket:

Fancy God-tier Vriska, premiered at DragonCon 2012

Model is authoressFreehander/asksewingserket

HOLY THIS PICTURE BATMAN!

Also, this lady is downright damn fabulous, and her costuming is _fantastic_. Might have to go down to Atlanta more often, just to hang with the radstucks there.

disco-dragons:

lumanous:

inksteaks:

photography by cannonkangaroo

this is like my dream cosplay picture dang it

*dead*

Forget the cosplay, I just want to hang out there!

(Although I did recently purchase a pair of shorts because they reminded me of something Jake would wear, yes I know, they were cheap at a garage sale, okay?

So, Dragon*Con, right? Which I’m going to for a SUPERSHORT amount of time —get in Friday morning, leave ass-crack of dawn Monday.

Three days.

I’ve started my packing and already have bits and pieces for six cosplays, plus just general “I wanna dress up for the con” stuff.

I just…what am I even doing with my life?

ask-irl-solbee:

Alright, so my last troll horn guide disappeared when I tried to put a Read More on it. I won’t be doing that this time. I apologize to everyone who had reblogged/liked the original post.

But anyway, here we go again.

I was recently asked how I made my Sollux horns, so I figured I’d make a guide to show you my method. Guides are cool.

— STEP 1 —
Find something to mount your horns on.

For smaller horns (ex. Karkat, Terezi), I know that a lot of cosplayers use barrettes. For larger horns (ex. Vriska, Kanaya, Gamzee), people tend to use headbands.

I used a headband for Sollux’s horns because I don’t have enough hair for barrettes, and I found a very nice double-banded one that allowed me to easily make the horns fit on two separate planes, as they do in canon.

This is what I mean when I talk about a double-banded headband.

A good place to look for headbands is places like CVS, Walgreens, etc.

— STEP 2 —
Sculpt the horns!

To actually make your horns, I recommend using a very light material that is easy to work with and will not weigh down your mount. You’re going to be wearing these things on your head, probably for prolonged periods of time. Trust me, the lighter the better.

For my Sollux horns, I used white Model Magic. Model Magic is cheap, incredibly light, and pretty easy to work with.

I can’t really give you a ton of advice on how to model your horns because that’s really up to you, but I can give you a few tips:

• Be patient. These things take time. Work the material in your hands until it’s soft and malleable, then spend as much time as you need getting the shape right.
• Measure and eyeball the sculpted horns next to each other. Unless you are making an asymmetrical pair of horns (ex. Vriska), you are going to want to make sure that each horn looks almost identical to its partner.
• Don’t worry about making your horns absolutely perfect. You’ll be sanding them later. Concentrate on smoothing out major bumps and imperfections. They should look moderately to pretty good by the time you’re done sculpting them.

This is what my Sollux horns looked like after I finished sculpting them.

— STEP 3 —
Let them dry/set.

If you are working with Model Magic, you need to make sure that you let all surfaces of your horns dry for a good 24 hours.

The great thing about Model Magic is that it air-dries, so you don’t need to bake it, but the problem with that is that it does dry very slowly. Put your horns somewhere out-of-the-way and safe, preferably in the sun, and leave them alone for a day.

If you are working with another material, check the instructions.

— STEP 4 —
Sand your horns.

Once your horns are completely dry, you can sand them.

Use a small piece of sandpaper to gently rub out any imperfections and/or bumps on the surface of your horns, and to give the tips a little extra point.

BE CAREFUL. Sandpaper is pretty unforgiving. If you’re careless, you could end up with horns that are flat on one side, round on the other, etc. Apply the sandpaper evenly to all sides of your horns and you should be fine.

Wipe the horns down with a dry cloth once you’re done sanding them to get rid of any dust.

— STEP 5 —
Paint your horns!

This is arguably the most fun part of the whole process, and probably also the most finicky.

Painting your horns is a very creative process, so I can’t help you too much with the details, but I’ll give you some pointers and some steps to follow:

1. Use ACRYLIC paint.
Acrylic paint is the best kind of paint to use for cosplay crafts like this. It’s bright, bold, and doesn’t come off easily.

2. Reference your colors.
Troll horns have a yellow, orange and red color scheme goin’ on. As a general baseline, you want to look for three different paints when you go to buy your materials: a bright sort of mustardy-yellow, a light orange, and an orangeish red.

A good idea is to bring a picture of your troll with you, or another picture that shows a good reference for the horn colors. I recommend taking pictures directly from Homestuck itself as opposed to fanart, because that way you’ll be sure to get the canon shades.

3. Find some inspiration.
Many cosplayers chose to paint their horns very differently. What I recommend is finding a style that you like and that works for your character.

I got the idea for how to paint my horns from a piece of Sollux fanart.

4. On actually painting your horns:
There are a lot of different ways to paint troll horns, so depending on how you want to paint them this guide may or may not be very helpful.

However, I can tell you how to paint your horns so they follow the canon design (which in most panels is just straight lines of color):

1. Paint the entire horn yellow first. You may have to use 2-4 coats, depending on how thick your paint is. Keep your strokes moving in the same direction, and don’t clump the paint.
2. Let the paint dry between each coat.
3. Paint orange over the lower half or so of the horn (use a picture for reference).
4. You may need 1-2 coats of orange, again depending on your paint.
5. Let it dry, then paint red over the lower 1/3-1/4 of the horn (use a picture for reference).

That will get you the basic canon look. To make your horns look like mine, all you need to do is add some creative strokes and bleed them into the color above them. Use a fine-tipped brush and a lot of patience.

I would also suggest not painting the bottoms of your horns. This gives you a stable base to let them dry on, and it’s also really not necessary. No one will see them anyway.

My fully painted horns.

— STEP 6 —
Mount your horns.

The final step in your horn-making process is to mount your horns to your headband/barrettes/whatever you’re using.

I will tell you how to mount your horns to a headband, because that’s what I did.

To make sure your horns line up correctly, put your headband on and stand in front of a mirror with your horns. Position them on the headband while looking in the mirror to make sure they look good, then mark their position on the headband with something visible (white chalk usually works pretty well).

Now you’re ready to actually mount your horns! In a perfect world, you should mount them with a hot glue gun. Hot glue guns are wonderful things because the glue dries quickly and dries clear.

However, if you’re like me and don’t actually own a hot glue gun and cannot steal one from your art classroom, another good alternative is Gorilla Glue. Gorilla Glue is a particularly strong kind of superglue. It dries very slowly and does not dry clear, but you can be assured that it will keep your horns stuck to your headband for life.

So, once you’ve found your preferred mounting tool, you can mount your first horn. Go one at a time, and go slowly. Put a small amount of glue on the mark you made earlier when you were aligning your horns, then press your horn on, hopefully aligning the middle of the bottom of the horn with the headband. Keep pressure on it until the glue has dried (you can test this by wiggling the horn a bit).

Note: If you’re using Gorilla Glue, you’re gonna have to hold the horn on for a really long time. It sucks. I’d advise pulling up an episode or two of your favorite TV show or whatever else you like to watch while you’re doing this (I marathoned Avatar: The Last Airbender while making my Sollux horns).

Once you have one horn mounted, just repeat the process for the other(s).

Leave your horns to sit for an hour or two once you’re sure the horns are in place to let the glue set, and then…

~*~*~ VOILÀ! ~*~*~

You should have a successfully mounted, ready-to-cosplay pair of troll horns!

** I hope that this guide was helpful. If you have any questions, including specifics related to your own set of horns, just send me an ask. I’ll be happy to help you out. :)


Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed. **

zohmygawd yayyyyyyY! Reblogging the whole thing (like a jerk!) just to make sure it doesn’t disappear.

So I was foolish at the store and mistook Crayola’s air-dry clay for model magic, but near as I can tell, it will still work (just not be as light). My horns are currently in the “dry for 24 hours, NO REALLY!” stage, and eeee. I will probably post progress shots eventually, I will certainly post finished cosplay shot unless I decide that I look like a complete tool.

Also, fun fact, I’m working on an Equius cosplay but for some reason there is a wire crossed in my brain, and nine times out of ten when I mean to say or think “Equius”, I say or think “Sollux” instead. It’s completely ridiculous.

And yes, I *am* leaving for Atlanta on Friday morning. I half-expect to be wearing the still-slightly-paintwet horns through airport security. This is not going to go well (in the most amusing way possible).