SyFy's Heroes of Cosplay
- Thread starter Art Andrews
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I have to admit being a newbie here that watching this show, kinda intimidated me from trying to make a costume, that what ever I do won't be good enough, but I did enjoy watching the episodes so far and meeting some of the participants at Dragon Con was pretty neat. I do get a bit disheartened when I do post and no one responds at all, luckily there has been one member that has been more than helpful to me and I really appreciate it. She helped me upgrade my gun belt by making a tutorial for me when she was still finishing up her costume for Dragon Con and she posted it the week of Dragon con and I got my belt finished the morning of the day I left.
I think lots of things get overlooked sometimes. It's not you, it's the nature of how quickly things move on the board. Even I have had things go overlooked without a single response. So don't feel too bad 
Astrokid248
Well-Known Member
Early review from the Examiner. We get a mention at the bottom as a helpful resource. http://www.examiner.com/review/hero...cid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
I feel like it will be taken wrong if I even comment on a girl's costume. It's obvious from seeing the creeper comments. If you won't say it in person, don't post it. Maybe we need a wall of shame to out the ***holes who post stuff like that? Heck I'm sure the guys would have no problem joining in on that. No one should feel like they can't post here without being harassed even if they have a skimpy costume. It also doesn't help when people who try to defend them are labeled White Knights.
Kerr Avon
Master Member
Ok, but let me remind you, you asked to have questions posed to you.
First, there seems to be a real question to what is 'real' and what wasn't on the show. What is and what isn't? Board members here saying that the cast on the show aren't portraying themselves as they really are, and they are just playing up 'characters' on the 'reality' TV show. The general consensus seems that a lot of the 'cast' of the show seems to be pretty shallow and poor representation of the cosplayer world. Yaya, who was an attractive woman before the DD implants rails on about how everything in cosplay is about the craft, not the sexiness of the costumes. Yet, she clearly invested in DDs for the sex appeal and every costume presented seems to be about cleavage exploding through the costume. I saw her at DragonCon a few weeks ago and simply rolled my eyes as I walked past as I couldn't believe she thinks this is a career involved in exposing as much cleavage as possible. Just shallow and hypocritical. Then there's the woman with the male roommate who just verbally kicks the crap out of him on every show it seems. And he just silently takes her abuse in what appears to be a vain attempt to get out of the friendzone. I'm still unclear if Victoria did a thing on the Tron dress, or if she just modelled something made entirely by someone else. The cape or cloak or whatever she put over it to hide it until the reveal would have been the only thing that should have been judged, and it was laying on the floor. Jinyo should have been the one to get any credit, she was just a model and nothing more. Also, the flickering lights seemed unbelievable and staged. Jesse, who seems to have to say he can't wait to get a job building props for a living every five minutes, must not be very familiar with how that goes as a profession. He'd be better off keeping his day job and keep this up as a hobby. His baldrick falling apart at the last moment as well, ridiculously staged as well.
So, either the show is real or not. If it's real, then the above is an excellent example of lousy role models or participants of the cosplay world. If it's fake, then you have people willing to sell out on principals to put out an untrue, unfavorable presentation of their personality and way they interact with others for money and what based on the ratings suggests mediocre fame. The latter situation is probably the worse of the two.
Second, the way each show is setup about doing a costume in two weeks before a show seems to be extremely faked, and people have even shown how the costumes were either premade or just remade in the time between it. From what I have seen of true cosplay, a lot of the work goes into figuring out HOW to do something rather than assembling a known list of components or already sculpted masters for vacuum forming. Researching for weeks or months at a time to find the right fabrics or materials, instead of the way portrayed in this show of last minute full design and construction.
That's about all I have at the time to put to you, but maybe I'll put a few more to you later.
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Kerr Avon
Master Member
The 'here' was in reference to the awful show, not the RPF.
Also, part of the problem is the show's adjacency to Face Off. You have a show that is FOCUSED on craft, that shows technique that shows skill and build, and then you have this crap like HoC which is just garbage in comparison. You might actually see 5 minutes of craft in it. At best.
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Astrokid248
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To everyone on this thread, please read this before you watch the episode. http://heroesofcosplayconfessions.t...06/jellybabiesandjammiedodgers-via-amy-schley This is what I was talking about earlier. Did the doctors do the wrong thing by joining in with the cheering? Probably, but they couldn't have known they'd be turned into villains like that.
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Astrokid248
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I'm really liking the Training Gronkle. That's a clever idea, and I'm hoping it works out in the skit.
Astrokid248
Well-Known Member
Alright, I'm sorry. I'm laughing at both groups involved in the catfight back there. That Tenth Doctor in the crowd is a butthead for sure, but I can totally understand why he did that.
Edit: not wanting to double post. Mom just said "I bet all the husbands are glad they won so they don't have to hear about it later."
Edit: not wanting to double post. Mom just said "I bet all the husbands are glad they won so they don't have to hear about it later."
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After re-affirming what costuming is to both the HoC group at drinks, and the Doctor Who group at the contest, Holly is my new hero.
JMChabot
Active Member
I think everyone really shone in the episode. The emphasis from everyone was on having fun and making cool costumes and props, which is as it should be.
And how about Jinyo and Victoria! Crazy kids.... :sly: Congrats!!!
lazerlemon
New Member
I just started watching today but I really enjoy this show as well as face off. The girl who told Becky to get on her level is just as bad as those rascally whovians.
jrenemtz321
Sr Member
the link astrokid248 posted is really eye opening. i loved yaya's skit (thought it was the best by far), but it seems the contest was really, really unfair.
Guri
Sr Member
I was truly excited last week when Yaya said she saw the type of cosplay skits done in Europe and wanted to bring it the US. YES!! I love the theatrics I've heard about over there. It would be amazing to see what kinds of skits with effects, lighting and sound tracks costumers here could put together with their costumes. That would make contests much more of an anticipated show which would be much more fun for the audience and the participants. I had a small part in something like that at a LOTR con years and years ago in Toronto and it was AMAZING! I've always wanted to see more of it.
The Heroes' skits tonight were just as fun as I was hoping they would be last week when they started talking about it.
However, if it's true what this blogger is saying, that the other competitors only knew a day ahead of time and some had to throw something together the day of the skit, while the "Heroes" had much more time (did they make the soundtracks themselves?) it just... sours the whole thing. I wonder what the others could have done if they were given the same opportunity.
Maybe the heroes didn't know the other contestants didn't get the same amount of time? I'll give them all the benefit of the doubt for now... sometimes producers purposefully do such things without informing the cast and then edit the show to make it look otherwise.
For someone who needs a win to, as she says, maintain her reputation, to take such a HUGE advantage to secure it, IMO is a total backfire. Maybe the crown falling off was prophetic?
Seriously, what makes anyone 'costume/cosplay royalty' are those who consistently have fun making great costumes while being fair and honest, supportive to others in the hobby.
Then again all the needing to win could just be how they are playing Yaya for this show... I certainly hope so because the best thing she could do is to use her pull, not to fix contests for reality shows that hurt other costumers, but to bring the entire hobby to new and exciting levels with this type of competition becoming more prevalent in our country.
Also, I could be naive, but I really don't think there would be any shame in coming out of retirement from contests, playing fair and just happening not to win, so long as you still made something impressive that is your signature style and put on a good show - which they all totally did.
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