Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted October 16, 2013 Showmasters Admin Share Posted October 16, 2013 HI Everyone. i just wanted to say how much we love all the amazing costumes that people have spent hours making for the show, it is just fantastic and each year there is more and more great costumes to see and it really makes the show something special. And as so many of you have put in so much time we feel we should give you all something more at our events. so we have been thinking and we plan to build a set that we will announce very early in the year so some of you can make costumes to go with it and use this backdrop to have photo take in front and also film infont and use as a set. this is something we feel will be very cool and something free for you all to take part in, we will be looking at what ideas people have for this set and we will pick one idea and have it built. we will have to have something that can be moved in and is not to crazy but we will go to town on this set. so if you have some thoughts then let us know on here and we will see what we can do :-) jason 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGreen Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Something like a destroyed city backdrop would be good, would work for most things: - Superhero battles - Zombie Attacks - etc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod0509 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 A superheros battle would be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 An alien world with a few boulders could be used for Superheroes, Dr Who or Stargate too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchthesky Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Disneyyy :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuskenraider6670 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Tattoine please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Tattoine please How did I know you were gonna say that... Now all you need it a static photo shoot with a sarlaac and you're sorted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolassie Malfoy Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 This is a great idea. I think a forest or city scene could work. Definitely would make use of a set for photos. Thanks SM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delfino_la_meep Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 This is a great idea. I think a forest or city scene could work. Definitely would make use of a set for photos. Thanks SM Definitely a city or a forest scene as a lot of cosplays would work well against these backdrops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunDarkLord Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Endor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 The forest could be used by the magnificent 'Planet of the Apes' Cosplyers we have seen in the apst too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelbacchae Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Maybe a simple space background with stars and galaxies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKKNIGHTS Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Something for the inner and outer ape would be fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NibenNinja Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The emperor's throne room on the second death star. The cantina on tatooine. The jedi council room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LokiofJotunheim Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 A New York style city or a forest would go down very well with a lot of cosplayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_moonshine_x Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I vote for a forest or some sort of city backdrop, too. I think space narrows it down too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namine Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 hmm, maybe some sort of castle backdrop like from Tangled or even video game backdrops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Green Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I don't cosplay but hang around with the Mega City Judges, and have photographed them a fair bit - this sounds like a great idea. I think some kind of rock/rubble backdrop would cover the most bases. Maybe a selection of foam/polystyrene props would let the cosplayers vary the look without changing the backdrop. You might be able to cover 'destroyed urban' and 'natural wasteland' with the same set, just a couple of different bits of dressing. Fake girder/concrete/machinery or maybe something sculpted as if it's mid-explosion? With the trend for force-choke/hadouken shots it wouldn't be a bad idea to have something that could be thrown safely in the air, or a sculpted impact point. A decent lighting setup will be just as important (thankfully it's not at Orange EC2) I think what would go down well though is a decent changing area set aside for people, it can be a bit hit and miss as to what there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyDeTemps Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 A quarry...An alien planet. or yeah city or forest might be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelV Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I love all of these ideas - it's a shame it might be too much hassle to make something where you can roll down a different scene - so have a choice of say 3 (City/forest/space)... but that would cause major chaos I would imagine and may possible break through the day.. lol City or forest type scene seems to be the most neutral for all types of cosplay in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyDeTemps Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I love all of these ideas - it's a shame it might be too much hassle to make something where you can roll down a different scene - so have a choice of say 3 (City/forest/space)... but that would cause major chaos I would imagine and may possible break through the day.. lol City or forest type scene seems to be the most neutral for all types of cosplay in my opinion. Another thought what about having a green screen with various props that way you could have any 'background' you wanted added on in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelV Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I love all of these ideas - it's a shame it might be too much hassle to make something where you can roll down a different scene - so have a choice of say 3 (City/forest/space)... but that would cause major chaos I would imagine and may possible break through the day.. lol City or forest type scene seems to be the most neutral for all types of cosplay in my opinion. Another thought what about having a green screen with various props that way you could have any 'background' you wanted added on in post. Love it... hmmmm the possibilites. On my idea I was thinking also - if it was any sort of possibility to have multiple backgrounds you could just do one for a few hours then the other and so on - saves changing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizencosplay Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi guys' n girls. All good ideas. In terms of quick and high volume number of scenes I've used a very high lumen projector or event screen (usually rear protection or LED) that way you can literally have hundreds of stills or video backgrounds. As a cosplayer I would also just love a FREE professional picture of my costume in the same vein as the photo shoots but with a digital file as the product so no waiting around or having to protect the preciousness for the duration of the day. I think that would also help to promote that aspect of the event too. First post cherry popped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducky21 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Foresty backdrop! Incentive for me to come as Tauriel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zahariel Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hi guys' n girls. All good ideas. In terms of quick and high volume number of scenes I've used a very high lumen projector or event screen (usually rear protection or LED) that way you can literally have hundreds of stills or video backgrounds. As a cosplayer I would also just love a FREE professional picture of my costume in the same vein as the photo shoots but with a digital file as the product so no waiting around or having to protect the preciousness for the duration of the day. I think that would also help to promote that aspect of the event too. First post cherry popped. That's not a bad idea - could be held in the prop shoot area when it's quiet. Save on printing costs and I would imagine most if not all cosplayers would love some pro-shots of their gear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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