Sew it Goes
Prop Culture
Snatched & Slayed
Legends of Cosplay
Wild Card
100
What is the most popular fabric choice for a mock-up?
Muslin
100
I am a semi permanent non-toxic adhesive that you may use in a pinch during con crunch. I can create strong bonds with most materials, but beware of the strings I leave behind.
Hot Glue
100
This sticky product is used for realistic wounds or scars, but be careful with your clothes
Liquid Latex or Scar Wax
100
The term “cosplay” was coined in which country?
Japan
100
What is the term for a cosplay emergency when you forget a con is coming up and you have to finish your cosplay late up to 3 am before the con?
Con crunch
200
Name one way to finish a raw edge of a seam WITHOUT a serger/overlocker
zigzag stitch, pinking shears, binding with bias tape
200
Before cosplay specific eva foam became avaliable, name the number #1 source of Thick eva foam used by cosplayers
Flooring foam/ puzzle piece foam (yoga mats also)
200
Cosplayers use this theatrical product to block out natural eyebrows before redrawing them.
Glue Stick (purple)
200
What is the name for the global event where cosplayers from multiple countries compete in performance and craftsmanship?
World Cosplay Summit OR Cosplay Central Crown Championships
200
Whats one thing every cosplayer hoards, but never uses?
Fabric scraps, wig wefts, foam offcuts, left over cardboard
300
What can be used as boning for a corset?
synthetic whalebone, steel bonings, plastic zip-ties, spiral steel boning, reed boning
300
I am the most effective glue for EVA foam, but im highly toxic and you shouldn’t use me without a respirator or around pets, What am I?
Contact cement or barge
300
What are one of the two ways to create volume in wigs?
Teasing or Crimping
300
What is the definition of 'sandbagging' in cosplay?
Entering a cosplay that has already won a major award into another cosplay competition
300
Name at Least FIVE cosplays that famous artist Bbno$ has cosplayed?
Hatsune Miku, Sonic, Viktor, Silco, The Grinch, GoJo, IronMouse, Pippi Longstocking, Sylus, Joost Klein, Mira, Baby Saja, Doc Ock, Alexander Hamilton, Vox, Jeff (Marvel Rivals), Pomni, Misty, Patrick, Sailor Moon, Johnny Silverhand, Moxie, Baby Dragon
400
What does "cutting on the bias" mean, and what does it do to fabric?
Cutting at a 45-degree angle to the grain, makes fabric more stretchy and drapey
400
How can you keep detachable pieces like belts or armour from sliding out of place?
Hidden snaps, Velcro, magnets, or anchoring to the costume underneath
400
This Japanese street fashion district heavily influenced colourful cosplay wig aesthetics in the 2000s
Harajuku
400
When was Oz Comic Con's first official event, and bonus points for where it was?
2012, Adelaide Showgrounds
400
Name THREE essential things every cosplayer needs (and usually forgets) for a convention
Portable charger, water bottle, snacks, deodorant, hand fans, sanity
500
I am a strong, enclosed seam, used to encase raw edges, protecting them from fraying. Being secured with a topstitch or a whipstitch. Being found in jeans or cosplay armour suits. What am I?
Flat-felled seam or felled seam
500
Before thermoplastics became widespread, many armour cosplayers used this paper-and-resin crafting method popularised in the Halo fandom
Pepakura
500
Cosplayers use this method to defy gravity in anime-style wigs, often involving glue, hairspray, and foam cores.
Spiking
500
‘WorldCon’ being known as the worlds first science fiction convention, when was it held?
1939
500
This cosplayer is known as the QUEEN of cosplay, with her own line of fabrics, patterns and evening a sewing machine
Yayahan