TF2's Amazing Cosplay Possibilities

[@SkyminSlash]

If you guys have any questions, ask away! But check the FAQ first to see if your question has already been answered! docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS61UQ5BjCsqU0_WyWKsv5D2-y8OhA9NJn8eqaLZkENZ5qPOvuSaZhHaNcAMk2yxpVwuzsEem342Y7l/pub I'll be updating it periodically with any new questions that appear multiple times!

[@spoopy1970]

This might be a really dumb question, but how did you make the scouts handwraps. I really like the ones you made specifically.

[@vintagememelord8168]

CHAINS IS IN A PICKLE

[@vintagememelord8168]

Guys, the thermal drill, go get it.

[@darthtitteous1215]

Thank you so much for including me lol, I was so excited for this video to come out (I am the burly beast medic)

[@VerdeMorte]

Okay, PLEASE, will someone send Skymin a Merasmus skull or a 3D print file at the very least already?

[@everwix7692]

I really love the fact that TF2's character designs are so simple to where its easier to cosplay them than other games

[@vintagememelord8168]

AA I need a medic Bag

[@luciferwildfire266]

Aaagh I'm dying!

[@marcellvagi8290]

​@@vintagememelord8168Next time, check your corners.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Payday 2 cosplays are are easy… until you need the masks

[@marcellvagi8290]

@@tangerinepaint3643 Jacket might be the hardest because of the tape recorder (and because his mask is different from the others')

[@wannabesomeone]

I love that no matter what con you go, there'll always be a spy cosplay somewhere. Just last weekend at comic con I saw a couple doing Spy and Miss Pauling, they were an older couple too which was surprising but it's always charming to see

[@SkyminSlash]

There is always at least one TF2 cosplay at any standard con.

[@gabrielberranunto8672]

How I wish for that on the conventions around where I am... Most Visayans don't usually play TF2, but rather Genshin or Valorant.

[@vintagememelord8168]

"Keep drillin' ya piece a' shit!" *BONKS* drill with wad of cash

[@toophoot2757]

aww they prob played the game when they were younger

[@bboops23]

Oh gods. Was the con Magfest? Oh wait that wasn't last weekend nor was it comic con. I was terrified that my husband and I who cosplayed Miss Pauling and Spy and are in our early and mid 30's respectively were being described as an older couple 😂

[@azmiilian2277]

TF2 made cosplay so easy that you can slap any character's face to your spy cosplay and call it a cosplay of said character

[@Appletank8]

Don’t forget the paper mask!

[@TheMasterd333]

I once cosplayed as Soldier and got arrested for carrying real grenades. Use props fellas.

[@NMCAR2006]

LOL Not gonna lie, that’s not too out of line for what Soldier would actually do.

[@Aquele_Neon]

thank God you didn't did the kamikaze taunt

[@Ruthles5games]

​@@Aquele_Neonthankfully, i dont think they had the equalizer/escape plan on them

[@afufu583]

It sounds just like soldier so much

[@NeonDripKitty]

Note: you can cosplay Spy at any convention, just have to make a paper mask that matches it, seen multiple pics of spys at furry cons with just the standered Spy outfit and a wolf paper mask, want to go to a Starwars con, Yoda paper mask, Comic con, Spiderman paper mask and go do the pointing meme with other Spiderman, skys the limit really.

[@bigiron1311]

Yeah that’s fun

[@anamericangrizzlybear8315]

"The spy has already breached our defenses!"

[@elladrawswell]

you mean... spy's the limit? I'll leave now

[@beeking1792]

I did this exact same thing at an Alice & Wonderland themed event at my high school (couldn’t do the ski mask due to my school’s safety rules) I dressed up as the BLU Spy with the disguise mask being the Cheshire Cat, however no one seemed to recognize my outfit.

[@mrpurpz1406]

@@beeking1792 Wdym spy? I don't see a spy, only the Cheshire Cat

[@inkromancer_studios]

One of my favorite parts of cosplaying is working with an incomplete costume then putting the excuse into the cosplay. One of my shining moments was a spy cosplay where I wasn't able to find a balaclava that worked with the outfit, but I did (at the time) have an exceedingly impressive stack of tophats in my room. Thus on the day of the convention I created a Towering Pillar of Hats, and when anyone asked why I was missing my mask I simply explained that I traded it for the impressive stack of hats. It seemed like a good trade at the time.

[@ABAgamer_]

Clever!

[@popcultureprogrammer2171]

IMPROVISE. ADAPT. OVERCOME

[@ABAgamer_]

@@popcultureprogrammer2171 For real!

[@BlueBird1994_]

I had met a Spy cosplayer at PAX East earlier this year who didn't have a balaclava on but they wore a disguise mask instead :)

[@BigManAliD]

As a fellow funny hat game enjoyer i can confirm top hat stack > balaclava

[@Surkk2960]

My favorite Cosplay sub-genre are TF2 Spy's invading conventions they are clearly not meant to be at :3

[@MS-FM2]

real. went as spy wearing a furry mask to a furcon once and nobody batted an eye. they had no clue

[@SteamCase]

I absolutely lucked out with my Spy costume. My grandfather was a purveyor of fine clothing and had a handful of old suits that were perfect for the job.

[@brodyalbert9214]

That's cool. I'm thinking about going to a con next year and have no cosplays currently. But I'm considering spy, no suit though. So we'll see

[@SteamCase]

@@brodyalbert9214 Thrift stores are your friend.

[@brodyalbert9214]

@SteamCase indeed. Went to Goodwill today and got a blue suit jacket, some gray dress pants with pinstripes, and a pair of black shoes I liked. Have a white dress shirt already, and access to a revolver toy from my grandma. Just need the balaclava mask and a knife. Plus I'll be going in with a sapper that I'll make from stuff at home and a cigarette box disguise kit out of an altoid tin. Then the disguises. Oh so many disguises. Oh and a blue tie too

[@kumquatking7763]

I really like how you stressed that the outfits are more important than body type: I’m already quite lanky, so I’m a natural fit for Scout (who I have cosplayed) but my first big costume for a con was Engineer and tonnes of people recognised me! I was also surprised by how smoothly it came together, since, like you said, components are fairly easy to find. It encouraged me to try something more ambitious for my second big cosplay (The Monarch from The Venture Bros), which I had a BLAST putting together!

[@tropicalbreeze1164]

Oh I'm building my costume for pyro and since I'm nowhere his body type, I ended up looking like Ceno0's pyro

[@uberheroboi1233]

I still remember running into a few Tf2 cosplayers before a Heavy in Cosplay Mania with a Minigun A Medic in CONQuest with a Medigun and the Pootis Engage BLU Heavy at CONQuest too with the Legendary Thigh Sign All three of them also attempted to mimic the mercs' voices and it was very fun. I even got the Medic to try to heal my IO Battlesuit as it did not hold up at the Con

[@BannoWanno]

CONQuest was balls But wait, Hoovy in CosMania? '22?

[@uberheroboi1233]

@@BannoWanno Oh it was long before the pandemic I think it was either 2018 or 19

[@vintagememelord8168]

Only a spoonful.

[@ZackyBonkPH]

HEY YOU FOUND ME :DDD I AM THE POOTIS HEAVY with The Thigh sign :))) Watz up Man :D

[@uberheroboi1233]

@@ZackyBonkPH Ayyy whas good man!

[@Flower_X]

The jumpscare I felt at 10:58 . THERE I AM, GARY, THERE I AM! Also, video's awesome. Pyro was the first cosplay I ever had to actually *make* stuff for instead of just buying everything off the internet, and it's the one I'm most proud of to this day. When I went to a con with it, the pride I felt when people came up to me for pictures and to praise it are was immeasurable. Still remember when a man came up to take a picture with me just because his son who couldn't attend the event had Pyro in his pfp. TF2 cosplay fucking rules

[@connordarvall8482]

The best part is that you can wear any hat that doesn't have copyrighted material and only complete wiki nerds will question it.

[@novaseer]

25:32 the "PLEASE DON'T PISS" warning absolutely sent me

[@RealHeadlessHatter]

This video has been a fun one. I like how you changed your cosplays throughout this video, it must've taken a lot of time and effort.

[@SkyminSlash]

Thanks! Yeah considering this was my first fully filmed video I've ever done, I really made it horrendously complicated to film. I filmed every segment that a costume was going to be worn in at once and chopped up all the footage. It was a multiday effort.

[@RealHeadlessHatter]

@@SkyminSlash I know that a simple compliment won't make up for the hours of work you put into this video, but I honestly respect your devotion for putting in the effort. It personally made me want to cosplay myself, if I had the option to 😊

[@freezingjazzy]

It's quite fitting that this was posted a day after a local convention to me. There was TF2 cosplayers everywhere and I kicked myself for not doing it earlier because TF2 cosplay is something I've wanted to do forever. I also regret kicking myself because my legs did indeed hurt after this weekend.

[@kuripunpuri]

10:09 Medic is definitely hard to do, I had to work on his coat for almost a week, excluding the time I had to work on his emblem on his sleeve which my sister had to help me on, she did embroidery on it, meanwhile the props, well I went more technical on it and made an actual medigun that turns on, I was joining a competition that time so I went all out on the props :D

[@WeegeeSlayer123]

0:10 Oh man, I love Korra. You really do look just like her.

[@elco-coisoriginal]

I once went to a costume party dressed up as spy lol. my aunt sewed up and basically crafted my costume. It was great but huh, I´m a teen. and my coalleagues are teens too. and they ARENT nerds so.. literally nobody recognized the costume. it was still fun though!

[@moka8601]

As someone who lives in an area where Conventions pretty much don't exist , this struck an itch I didnt know I have had

[@jphugin]

Same here. But since I am able to get around more with my drivers license and my friends I've come across, this isn't the problem anymore. The only problem I have is that I live in an area where cosplay shouldn't be presented. But I am working on that problem tho.

[@moka8601]

Good luck

[@tairhan52]

same, this made me want to become a lime scout irl

[@Windowsprodukt]

Same. I think I live on the wrong continent even

[@zackyplux9520]

Let's not forget about Saxton Hale costume. A short, a hat with maybe some makeshift and a muscular body and you got it perfectly

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Don’t forgot muscle shirts exist!

[@zackyplux9520]

@@Aaa-vp6ug I did say you will need a muscular body, but a fake one (like the cheap crap hulk costume) should do the trick.

[@Pandemonium.367]

also australia shaped chest hair. this mann also leaves australia shaped holes in walls

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

That moment when SkiminSlash has more muscles than Scout.

[@emperorfaiz]

My very first cosplay ever as the Spy last year as seen in this picture 11:57 . Dozens of people recognize my costume and take pictures with me. It was a pleasant surprise knowing that TF2 is somewhat popular in Malaysia, at least in the PC gaming community that I know of. The anime convention I went to was crowded but fun, too bad I couldn't find any TF2 group to take pictures together though (Found them on Instagram & Twitter after the event). I've seen at least two Spy cosplayers but they were too far for me to reach out. Before that, it was a pain looking for an authentic dark blue suit with stripes and spent almost two weeks visiting almost a dozen of thrift stores and almost considered looking for a simple dark blue suit with no stripes instead. It was a blessing to find a full set that fits me and got it at a cheap price. I remember my aunt thought I was going to work or something when I picked my cousins up to go to the anime convention together while dressing it. Love the video, Skymin. For the next event, I will definitely go as Spy again with more masks to carry.

[@ShockedTaiLung]

Wow did not expect you to look identical to your avatar

[@SkyminSlash]

Why wouldn't I? It's straight up supposed to be me in my Medic loadout.

[@RafaCB0987]

cosplaying is an art that I have a lot of respect for, congrats to everyone doing it, you all rock!

[@freshnewcungadero]

You would not believe how difficult procuring the materials for a BLU Soldier cosplay was... what you said about finding the specific color of blue is painfully accurate. MUCH LESS FINDING SAID COLORED SHIRT WITH EPAULETTES ON THEM!!

[@AngeryCrow]

My first ever cosplay costume was BLU Spy, it was 2010. Then I move to Red Soldier on 2011. As time goes on I got comfortable wit more characters like Preacher from Twisted Metal: Black, and Ogremaneater from Warhammer Fantasy

[@sarcastamasta]

Loved the video. It's getting me very excited to try a TF2 cosplay of my own. I've really wanted to cosplay and this confirms my feelings that TF2 is such a good entry point. My desire is to make a Medic cosplay, and I feel like it's a great challenge where I can focus on crafting a good looking coat and backpack while easily thrifting the rest. This vid gets me hyped about it so thank you :)

[@Pingimaster]

"Covered from neck to toe (head to toe if you're a masochist)" we cosplay medic, so yeah. We are.

[@Nooper_96]

I recently started working on a soldier cosplay for a convention, as well as halloween events. Looking at tf2 cosplay videos online has given me inspiration, as well as making me excited to go to my first con. That said, this video just came out at the perfect time, and I'm glad that it shows how people and a great youtuber still care about tf2 cosplay. also, I totally share the anguish when seeing scout cosplays with long ass sleeves. He has long sleeves in the comics, but they are still not as long as the average shirt, so, yeah.

[@baconbait1122]

Perfect timing on this video for an upcoming con that's by me. My friends want me to cosplay something and I (embarrassingly) forgot TF2 was an option! Definitely want to do something TF2 related now above my other possiblities, and this is a great informative video to get the ideas rolling!

[@statelyelms]

To say Scout is easy is underselling it.. I whipped one together on the DAY OF HALLOWEEN from stuff I had lying around. I missed the rolled up sleeves though, forgive me lord skymin

[@TheBlairThing]

12:30 I've done a lot of research on potential coats for Soldier over the past few days because I plan to cosplay him. I've looked through overcoats, button-up shirts, and BDU tops, but none of them seemed to match 100%, or if they did they were too expensive. But after some extensive digging, I've found that COLORED LAB COATS exist in both Red and Blue online for generally cheap from medical supply stores. Most of what I found was on eBay from a seller named "Medical and Workwear Distribution". As long as you get a lab coat that buttons up with a NOTCHED collar, you have yourself a pretty convincing Soldier coat that's ALSO lightweight and can be worn a little more comfortably to summer conventions!

[@ChimparoncitoTF]

I have never seen someone with such dedication to cosplay tf2 characters, thats literally my dream, sadly TF2 Comic Con is not a thing here in Chile, otherwise I would love to, love the medic style btw, keep it up!

[@neowise101]

We should have one! Chile needs some fun too.

[@KKFWB]

Hey! 3 mfs is still a con right?

[@myleswelnetz6700]

You name it, there’s a TF2 cosplay for it.

[@cruisinagain1698]

did sky mean to do scout like hand gestures when talking in the scout cosplay? lol

[@SkyminSlash]

No this was entirely unintentional, but I did notice that during editing!

[@beesechurgertf2]

​@@SkyminSlashYou'd be a natural at playing spy lmao

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Thats Korra outfit looks absolutely perfect.

[@ИльяЮрьевич-е5п]

I remember one of the Con passed in St. Petersburg. My friend and I went to it not knowing what to expect (this is the first time we have been to such an event). But we saw a lot of cosplayers there, with whom we really wanted to take a photo. And then we saw Scout running with a baseball bat across the street area. We wanted to take a picture and two more cosplayers were there (Medic and Pyro). After a couple of hours, we saw how they walked in a group, and there were no longer 3 people, but almost all 9. They were kind and even agreed to take a photo with famous poses. As it turned out, there are usually more people, but not everyone came that day

[@NeverackWinteright]

It is great to have you back on KZbin again. This video is really well made. I really enjoyed how you changed your cosplay every now and again.

[@johndelapena3484]

love this video. im a medic main and have been planning my medic cosplay for a long time. I've done a few cosplays in the past, and you really succinctly explained why medic is the hardest. An accurate coat DOES NOT EXIST on a store rack. I'm planning on entering cosplay contest, and for sure I have to make a coat, because it's biggest part of medic beside his medigun. his pants are also a rare shade of brown/burgundy. anyway, it's a large undertaking. I'm going to look for white double breasted trench coats, which I can cut up and remove one column of buttons, to better match medic's unique coat. If I can't find one, I'm gonna buy a sewing trench pattern/guide and make a custom medic coat.

[@eternal_kitten]

I've only recently got into tf2, but it's an absolute joy to see everyone brought together with the cosplays. I was at MCM London in May, and while I wasn't in tf2 gear, we did do a Valve meet up and I couldn't stop smiling. 100% can't wait to try out more cosplays of my own, and see all my friends I've made from there improve on theirs!! A few of em are in the video, too >:D

[@aliensource1337]

Seeing the tentaspy cosplay in the thumbnail sent me back to a time I didn't think I could ever fathom remembering. Tumblr tf2 Fandom you were certainly something

[@MemeAnt]

This is awesome! I don’t do cosplay, nor do I intend to as of now, but this is so fantastically interesting. Thank you for making this video and giving me some insight into this community.

[@scurgle]

Tf2 was the first cosplay I did with my little brother almost 10 years ago :) I was engie and he was scout. We made scouts headset with a dollar store sound proof headset and an old Xbox 360 headset glued in it. We had a blast congoing with everyone :D thanks for reminding me of this memory 🩵

[@mrbits-i9b]

Just a fan fact mostly all of the vintage hats in the game are replicas for original ethnic hats like medics fedora which is a traditional Bavaric hat called Tyrolean. I can make a list with all the originals if anyone is interested I always was into hats. Used to had one of the biggest collection in tf2

[@Ezzfaeblacky...]

Is there a look alike for the Das Naggenvatcher?, sorry for asking

[@mrbits-i9b]

@@Ezzfaeblacky... no problem the exact not really but their is some that this probably was inspired from look for the Zivilschutzhelm historisch, a helmet m16 might get close to it with some paint, maybe the Casco Z Cruz Roja can work and be a close one but its not German I think its dutch. But the closest in my opinion is the Medic devision of SS the m-40 and m-42 wwII helmets check them out. None of them are easy to find though. Also the Feuerwehrhelm Berlin Feuerwehr Helm not a medic helmet but looks really close to the one you want. Is from the firefighting department of berlin.

[@Ezzfaeblacky...]

@@mrbits-i9b Holy crap dude, Thank you so much! you are amazing!

[@mrbits-i9b]

@@Ezzfaeblacky... Stay behind me doctor...

[@Ezzfaeblacky...]

@@mrbits-i9b Raus Raus!, Ze Über Is ready!

[@zericle1]

The costumes you've made are really good. I really liked this video cause I feel that the cosplay community in tf2 is seriously undervalued at times compared to other mediums.

[@victorjohnson5646]

I was beyond spooked when you showed yourself on screen rather than a character

[@sonic77sgaming47]

Hi there. So, I think I met you at Momocon 2023 amd got a picture with you. I was in my first ever cosplay of the Heavy and you were dressed as Medic. Just wanna say that I really love your videos and think all your cosplays are really cool.

[@overlordlettuce]

Love this look at a part of the TF2 community that rarely gets the spotlight

[@MonkeDude69420]

3:57 "Good shot mate"

[@bigbillybrobbulonsbrothbug4541]

You remain consistantly one of my fave youtubers in the tf2 kinda area of youtube, this makes me want to finally go out and cosplay engineer!

[@ayatomisubi5156]

This was an amazing video skymin! TF2 cosplay really is a league of its own and its quite amazing how crafty people can get also your own cosplays are super amazing, your Korra and sniper cosplays prob my favs im excited too see how many people get inspired from this vid would love to see more people cosplay tf2

[@cycloniclamb9723]

I want to thank you for this video. I’m not big into cosplay myself as conventions are not my scene but have had an admiration for a longtime. I have been attempting to ease (read: trick) my friends into doing a group project and this might shift their position. I have to call dips on the medic though, lol. I can’t say no to a good looking coat.

[@krimson8089]

Saxton Hale is the cheapest Tf2 cosplay by far

[@Pepsi_Cola]

lmaooooo

[@ffwast]

The expensive part is the steroids

[@the7569]

I have pretty set loadouts for all of my TF2 classes that I've just come to love over the years. And I really enjoy the idea of getting all the pieces together to like cosplay those specific outfits.

[@Thescrambledmann]

Speaking of cosplay, I’m pretty sure I accidentally met you and didn’t even realize it. You are by far my favorite team fortress two KZbinr probably don’t remember a scout outside at the convention center asking you take a picture with you?

[@SkyminSlash]

MomoCon this past year? As I was coming back from the parking garage? If so yes I do remember you!

[@Thescrambledmann]

@@SkyminSlash yes, it was at MomoCon!!!! I love your content so much and your cosplays are really cool to!!!!!!

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I love this so much. Went to FanExpo yesterday in an Iron Valiant costume me and my Mom spent the whole week on, and I had an absolute BLAST getting to take pics with people and strut around alongside Death and Postal Dude! Can verify I saw some TF2 there as well, Medic and Spy specifically! The whole art is such a blast, and this sparks my passion for the medium even more- seriously phenomenal video! I think my next go will be a Salmon Run worker from Splatoon- which funny enough, also have readily-available IRL outfit pieces!

[@mrsilly7]

Heres a tip for any TF2 cosplayer: I am currently cosplaying The BLU Medic this halloween, and I found the PERFECT THINGS at a foundry in my town! If you ever want to check out a foundry for anything, they usually have a lot of different options that are (in my opinion) better than anything a usual store or halloween store will have. JUST AN OPINION AND IDEA!

[@der9759]

what a fun video! this got me really hyped since me and a friend are dressing up as engineer and scout for a local con in about a month or so :) love your work, keep it up!

[@evgrafov3277]

bruh her arms in scout muscle flex bit (19:09) are more muscular than scout's are

[@Katy133]

Thank you for making a video about this topic! I was just thinking the other week about how I couldn't find videos talking about TF2 cosplay, and then this video appears today!

[@ScampiTheSighted]

Very heartwarming. I wish there were more local opportunities for me to get involved

[@maxtisme]

ik this sounds a bit weird but i really like your cosplays there simple and faithful to the source good on ya

[@ffwast]

"things made with your own hands" immediately following "jarate" was almost as concerning as the real woman jumpscare in this war themed hat simulator video

[@MerricTheMage]

I attended my first ever con in 2019 and went as Scout and it was so fun! I got stopped to take a few pictures and talked to other people who liked TF2. Great video Skymin!

[@donut7801]

Nice video! I can definitely agree with your point on TF2 cosplay being beginner friendly. I only have 2 years of cosplay experience, but my first was The Soldier and I had a lot of fun putting it together. I even made replicas of the Black Box and Battalion’s Backup to go with it.

[@TKmeh]

What perfect timing! I have a comic con coming up in the next week or so, idk if I’m going to cosplay but I’ll be figuring out what I’m doing in the next few days!

[@arson1tez]

My school has this annual cosplay event and since TF2 isn't that popular in the Philippines, it was rare to see someone cosplaying as them. But just this year, I fanboyed so hard when I saw a guy cosplay as Spy and he had a disguise mask with the face of Furina from Genshin Impact.

[@gionutz9865]

Imagine going to a convention and someone's pulls up in a cardboard box. It's the greatest idea ever! It's cheap, easy, portable and highly recognizable. The cardboard box truly is the most versatile tool ever made. not just boxes but cardboard itself is a great building material for cosplay. Is there anything a cardboard box can't do?

[@BlueBird1994_]

I first made a casual BLU Medic cosplay (which was all just bought articles of clothing/accessories), then finally made it into his regular outfit this year by making a Bonesaw and his backpack props. Also earlier this year for PAX East had made a Woolen Warmer hat by hand, was perfect for the day I went cause it was cold out. I wish I was any good at sewing or I would have made his labcoat from scratch, even bought all the materials for it but sadly no skill so I had to buy a blue labcoat online and attach the class emblem patches to the sleeves. And for gloves I found blue rubber dish gloves. Cheap and not the most comfortable but it all worked out for the most part. I can definitely say that the Bonesaw was very difficult and the backpack was the most difficult and at my beginner level of prop making, it came out alright but still a bit sloppy and amateur looking. I hope someday my cosplay skills improve enough that I can make better quality and better looking upgrades to my BLU Medic cosplay. I still have many plans including making cosmetics.

[@theotherbird8381]

About the "role playing tf2 ocs" part: In a way, every cosmetic loadout is an oc I have a pyro that is a spider in weather-proof clothing that likes skillfull consistency, and one that is a big daddy from bioshock, which is usually equipped with easier to use, close range weapons. I have a sniper dressed in fancy clothing using fullstock and an awp or heatmaker, and one dressed entirely in crocodile stuff who uses the full piss loadout I have a battle-heavy, a cloaker heavy, a heavy dressed as scout, and you can guess which weapon slot they mostly use. And in a way, each of these loadouts is a character I play with my playstyle. Each loadout has a character, and is therefore kind of an OC of mine.

[@rainymed2608]

I remember my first tf2 cosplay, I was an Anger sniper and I carried around a jarate (filled with apple juice!!) that I would take a swig from infront of people!! Thank you for your videos Skymin, i've been a fan for many years.

[@Screwyscribbles]

This definitely got me inspired to revamp my old scout cosplay! I've had ALOT of fun at valve gatherings, and especially during the tf2 part of it we always used to do emotes or heck even just doing the conga! Such an amazing community and made me feel so welcomed 🥰

[@lisaanimi]

15:50 That Handsome Jack cosplay is sick!

[@BM-yy8db]

My very first cosplay was the Medic, which in retrospect was fantastic because it falls within an almost entirely unique niche: - it's iconic, a LOT of people know TF2, and it's easily recognisable - it has a unique (potentially one-sided) interaction, namely people shouting MEDIC! from across time and space when they see you. The feeling of reward without the pressure of interaction when very new to the hobby of cosplay made this such a good started costume. Also taught myself sewing and foam crafting in this project, and pretty fast too since I'm a chronic procrastinator lmao. It's been years since that costume, I still have it somewhere, maybe I'll revisit it some day, pick it apart, make it more form-fitting, upgrade the props and pieces... --- edit: to add to what Skymin mentions about the Medic costume being hot, I can confirm. I made my coat out of faux leather to emulate the thick vibe and texture of the model, and the event I wore it to was outdoors, lasted several days, and was right in the middle of a heatwave. It's frankly a miracle I didn't pass out. ...it's a bigger miracle that the costumes I would subsequently wear to the event in later years would all hermetically seal me in even more, with little to no skin showing whatsoever. Ohh cruel fate, why are all the coolest characters so heavily dressed from head to toe.

[@stell-Caaster]

Amazing video. I actually had done the TF2 mercs in the past, first soldier who was entirely made from stuff I had at home and a prop helmet and cigar, and medic, who I had mostly followed the same method, except I had to buy glasses and a lab coat, and I had also made a med pack and painted my face to look like the second opinion.

[@Jibash]

Good video and great showcase of your cosplays. Have a good time of day Skymin wherever you are!

[@Morning_Star_Productions]

Another boon of the variety of cosmetics is that depending on weather or climate, you can use different pieces of clothing. For example, if you’re Scout and it’s cold where you are, you could wear one of the cosmetics that’s a jacket, like the Big Mann on Campus

[@GTCRUNKED]

Long time cosplayer who's been looking for more TF2 cosplay content. Thank you for this video!

[@MrStrikecentral]

Quite a few years ago, I went to a convention dressed as a team recruiter, looking to sign people up for BLU. I had all blue clothing, sunglasses, backpack, watch, clipboard, pens, and even the paper I was using to sign people up was blue. I also had a giant, blue flyswatter as a melee weapon. I also had a red set for a friend of mine. I got matching pairs of everything I could find in red and blue. Same pants, shoes, backpack, clipboard, watch etc. I even had the official RED and BLU hats and scarves. It was fun.

[@minarosario]

This video was great! I wanted to make medic as my first ever cosplay , but as soon as I saw and made the coat I was like " oh man...." Id also love to cosplay as Soldier or Demoman if its possible, because I've heard that I shouldn't (yaknow)

[@stargate4625]

skymin's comedy reads like a boy scout campfire skit

[@wr3nche5]

as a Pyro cosplayer myself (which you probably saw in the replies to your submissions tweet! though i was late 🥲) i can confirm everything said in this video. ALL of the items i used are just from around the house and local stores (and amazon). even the MASK was from an outdoors store, but it did NOT come cheap. *it was worth it though because it's really cool and shockingly accurate!* (it's a Mira Safety CM-7M for anyone curious) also, i can confirm that the suit itself is as hot as pyro's flamethrower (and in the case of mine with tinted lenses, i can barely see anything), and also that you are SO recognizable in _at least_ relatively accurate TF2 costumes. i went to a local, relatively small costume party thing recently in my pyro outfit, and i met a couple people that were so psyched to see me! one was like "i like you" when he saw me, then i pulled up my fire hatchet and he said "OH YOU'RE THE PYRO!", and then he asked me to pose so he could take a picture, and i did. then i met another cool dude that instantly recognized the outfit and shook my hand and said "heavy main". he took a selfie with me later on, and we've since stayed in touch over discord. that day brought me much joy, just for being positively recognized. anyway, the amount of happiness you will experience as a TF2 cosplayer is immeasurable. i HIGHLY recommend it if anyone reading this is considering it!

[@nivenreed5118]

this was a cool video coming from someone who likes the cosplays people come up with this is really good to look at if you want to get into it I tried to do scout one time the most that i had problems with were the headset it was really fun to make and to be honest it made me really want to make the sniper vest myself

[@MinusDead]

This kinda did inspire me cause i finally bought some stuff for my medic cosplay even though i’m going to melt while wearing it

[@glasssawsslipperstraws7410]

I think another thing is that for ppl that are worried about embarassment about size and not matching the cosplay character, tf2 has body sizes for everyone. Like, as a fat guy I could cosplay Heavy or engie just fine, but if i wanted to be goofy I could try fat scout since thats a really common meme outfit for heavy anyway. I dont think any regular person a con would care about your body type matching anyway because that's honestly really rude, but like I know ppl have anxiety about that because I do lmao.

[@greenmntn8023]

i used to watch your videos years ago. makes me happy you still sometimes make them

[@staidanom]

11:00 Hey, FlowerX is that guy who made the "Spy doesn't think Big Chungus is funny" video originally! He's a fun dude :)

[@RiffSilverthe1andonly]

I was 11 when I started cosplaying as medic was my halloween costume

[@Penultimeat]

Spy was my first ever cosplay! Back in the early 2010s I went to Ikkicon in Austin and had the full getup, despite being around 16 years old. I had a full blu suit, balaclava, fancy watch, and a plastic conniver’s kunai! It was a great introduction to cosplay.

[@naimas2664]

The tf2 cosplay community is so nice, everytime I’ve cosplayed tf2 at cons I’ve met so many great ppl

[@chun_chad]

An interesting addition to the most difficult tf2 cosplay: Saxton Hale. To make this cosplay, you need to: be pumped up like a buffalo, cut or glue fake hair in the shape of an Australia, and also grow or glue a mustache. The essence of mercenary cosplay is in the costumes, and Saxton Hale's is in the body. PS: I managed to find only one photo with a very authentic cosplay in quick access :(

[@crazybird199]

I'm pretty good at the costume part, not so much the role-playing part, but I haven't really tried very much. I'm pretty much an introvert. I do love 3D printing weapons though, I've made a Frontier Justice and a Shortstop so far. Anyways, those are some excellent costumes!

[@justicetheawesomedemon1229]

Ive done a heavy cosplay for 5ish years at the comic con im my state and love it, so many nice awesome people who will recognize you from half way across the cin floor

[@SkupperNog]

One of these days, I want to make an accurate wearable robo heavy costume. It will be glorious... and nauseating.

[@Even_littlerB]

As a theater kid the role playing part is already checked

[@The_Nailsmith]

11:26 as someone who has also cosplayer demo, I can confirm yoga mats and EVA foam are great materials to use and easy to cut and glue.

[@Warsaquoack]

Hey, this video was awesome! I hope to see you make more epic videos in the future.

[@spiritbuddy5208]

Yoooo me and my friend's cosplay is at the end. It's smol photo but we saw it and we happi ❤

[@fishonstix]

been meaning to cosplay as pyro but now this video really had motivated me, sick ass video man keep it up!