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33 Cosplay Struggles That Drive Creators Crazy

Coming into the community as a complete newbie, it felt instantly welcoming. Complete strangers take photos with each other, simply because they admire each other's costumes. There's no bad blood if someone's dressed the same and so many groups come together over a shared love for different shows, games, movies and books. It's so wholesome. As Australia's cons and cosplay scene continue to grow, with more and more people embracing their fandoms and nerding out, I was curious to find out more about what it really takes to stay in costume all day. "Justifying spending hundreds of dollars — trips to Bunnings, Spotlight, every trip is at least 100 bucks. Swallowing that, when we get nothing out of it other than a bit of fun." "As you're making it, you've got to solve all the problems, whether it be creative — how it's going to look, how things are going to line up — and learning new skills. Sewing, something I'd never done before, a skill I don't have, gotta learn it for this. Finishing 3D prints — [have to] learn what works and what doesn't. It's fun, it's stressful." — Jacob McCredie as John Helldiver "The spanx, but maybe that's just coming from someone who's actually wearing them." "Ordering food, they can't hear me most of the time but I appreciate all the work they do." — Sushipool Cosplay as Deadpool "Getting the courage to put yourself out there [and] stay in character." — Bea and Shawn as The Lorax (x2) "The construction of the outfit" — Jacob as Alpha Legionnaire "My shoulders get sore when I cosplay for some reason, it mainly happens when I carry weapons..." "Either that, or the hair can get a little bit itchy."— Caleb as Ultra Ego Vegeta "The heat [and] putting [the costume] on." — Beau the Husky "The wigs always fall off." "I actually wanted to do a wig today but I didn't have the bobby pins nor the skill to put on the hair net, it just kept falling off." — Carmen as Maki "Moving around." "For me, it's making sure you have a cosplay that is navigable around the convention and make sure you're not accidentally hitting anyone. With this giant axe it's a little bit hard but you things we do for the things we love." — Leora as Kikoru Shinomiya "The planning process and getting all the materials required for a cosplay." "I think it's the first step, honestly. Deciding to just go outside in this is pretty rough." "Other than that, it's fine." — Manasavi as Gear Five Luffy "Being inside the costume for eight hours." — Bunny Rabbit "It's very expensive and time consuming." "Even though its just pants, it like a $200 costume. The working out and stuff, that also costs a lot." — Nelson as Ultra Instinct Goku "Public transport." — Britt as Lucy Heartfilia "The preparation to make sure everything flows together as one nice piece." "Planning ahead to make sure everything is done before schedule." — Michael and Anita as DIO Stand/The World "The dedication to get started. I can't really get [out]." — Kevin as RX-78-4 Gundam "A couple of hours in the wig and the fatigue of the day." "The excitement kinda gets you through it." — Chloe S as Sophie "Painting — you have to wait for it to dry, it takes a lot of time." — Maricris as Reze "The stamina." "I feel like I'm coming along with age now so it's really, really difficult for me to stay in cosplay for a long time but other than that it's really fun. I really enjoy it." — Kanon as Saber "Putting on the wig — with a lot of characters the wig is the make-or-break-it part. It makes a lot of characters recognisable." "If you can put the wig on, it's what matters the most." — Murtaza as Naoyo Zenin "It's contact lenses." "I have my friend put them in and out and it's a five minute process every time." — Denzel as Choso "With making a crochet cosplay, it's making the crochet work with you." "A lot of the time you don't have a pattern. Like with normal cosplay, it's trying to figure out how to make the character accurate but also trying to figure out how to make that in the real world." — Shelsea as Fizzarolli "Learning how to style wigs, especially to do it well." "It's taken me four years to get to this point. It takes a lot of practise." — Ebeff as Vi "Just starting it was pretty hard because I didn't know what I was doing." "Sewing is really hard." "Wig styling is the most diffcult — lots of practise, lots of practise and YouTube videos and TikTok Videos, they'll help you out." — Grace as Dante "I don't have hair as long as Dr Ratio, having a wig and hair in my face is annoying but you get used to it." "Getting the outfit prepared is the hardest."— Kieran as Dr Ratio "Acting would be the hardest [part] — staying in character all day." — Chris Wermert as Taro Sakomoto "The fear of being seen and finding the confidence to get started." — Angeline as Super Saiyan Vegeta "Not procrastinating — sometimes I'm like 'I should test this out tonight' and then I don't do it." "I hate wig styling but I've gotten better at it."— Jade as Misato "The fine details." — Eden as Barbatos Lupus Rex "The wig making, that's always the last minute thing for me." — Jordan as Nelliel Tu "The tedious nature behind getting a 3D print ready. Sometimes it feels like your fingers are about to fall off." And finally, "The wig — I'm very much a perfectionist so I like every part to be very detailed." — Lily as Marcille Dark Version What are your cosplaying gripes?