Sewing
What is the most popular fabric choice for a mock-up?
Muslin
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.
Used for realistic wounds or scars, this special effects material is also known by the acronym SFX.
Liquid Latex or Scar Wax
The term “cosplay” was coined in which country?
Japan
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
What type of stitch is used when you need to temporarliy hold fabric pieces together before final sewing?
Basting stitch
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)
Cosplayers use this theatrical product to block out natural eyebrows before redrawing them.
Glue Stick (purple)
What is the name for the global event where cosplayers from multiple countries compete in performance and craftsmanship?
World Cosplay Summit (Cosplay Central Crown Championships)
Whats one thing every cosplayer hoards, but never uses?
Fabric scraps, wig wefts, foam offcuts, left over cardboard
Name one way to finish a raw edge of a seam WITHOUT a serger/overlocker
zigzag stitch, pinking shears, binding with bias tape
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
Cosplayers use this method to defy gravity in anime-style wigs, often involving glue, hairspray, and foam cores.
Spiking
This sci-fi franchise, with phasers and starships, inspired some of the earliest fan cosplays.
Star Trek
Name at Least THREE cosplays that famous artist Bbno$ has cosplayed?
Hatsune Miku, Sonic, Viktor, Silco, The Grinch, GoJo, IronMouse, Pippi Longstocking, Sylus, Joost Klein
I am a strong, enclosed seam, used to encase raw edges protecting them from fraying. Being secured with a topstich or a whipstich. Being found in jeans or cosplay armour suits. What am I?
Flat-felled seam or felled seam
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
What are one of the two ways to create volume in wigs?
Teasing or Crimping
When was Avcon’s first official event, and bonus points for where it was?
2002, Adelaide University Union Building
Name THREE essential things every cosplayer needs (and usually forgets) for a convention
Portable charger, water bottle, snacks, deodorant, hand fans, sanity
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
What should you do BEFORE painting a prop made of EVA foam?
Heat seal it, clean it with alcohol to remove oils, apply a primer (flexbond, mod modge, plasti dip
What advanced technique involves changing a character’s facial structure entirely using only contour, highlight, and blocking?
Face Shifting or Drag Transformation Contouring
‘WorldCon’ being known as the worlds first science fiction convention, when was it held?
1939
This talented person is at almost every convention, with their trusty hot glue gun in hand and is a cosplayers miracle saver when it comes to cosplay malfunctions and breakages. And for some reason is always followed by googly eyes
Captain Patch-it