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Spilled coke all over my cosplay at the con. Before the costume contest. Twice.
I stubbed my toe and ruined the armor on my Aqua shoes. I remember my sister having it far worse though a few years ago. She got pool water on her Yuna top and turned it yellow. Had to make a whole new top when she wanted to wear it the next time.
I was at Otakon and accidentally dropped the Snow Miku 2014 staff onto the ground. It shattered and people looked. It was embarrassing. I was able to glue it back together, but the experience was emotionally damaging. I also kept breaking the snowflakes for Snow Miku 2017. They were very fragile and even after gluing them they kept breaking apart. I also keep losing bells for Sakura, and I can't find similar bells to replace them anymore.
ALL THE TIME!!!
Something always breaks/comes apart after a con or in storage. For example, I made the ice cream cone on Mephisto's umbrella out of styrofoam and all the paint cracked while being in my closet for a year.
My 3D maneuver gear took a beating at a con and I've been telling myself I'll fix it one day, yet there it sits in the same spot I put it down in 2014.
I've had issues with my iron as well. One time I didn't notice it had gunk on it, which burned into the Star Trek TNG uniform I was making for Halloween! I was so mad.
All of my cosplays were destroyed by Bed Bugs.
The headphones for my Elesa cosplay got crushed and destroyed in storage. Had to throw them out, so hopefully I'll remake them someday.
AwesomeCon last year in my Space Marine armor I tripped coming into the con for costume judging. I'm over 7 feet tall in that armor with the 12" stilts/extensions and fell without catching myself at all. Helmet, both pauldrons, and my plasma pistol went flying and I needed my friend and two other kind con-goers to help me out of the armor while on the ground before I could stand back up. After the paramedics confirmed with me that I wasn't concussed or other wise hurt I managed to get the armor back on and make it to the costume judging with my armor hanging a bit oddly because the fall snapped all kinds of internal supports.
Not fun, especially since I spent the 3 hours after that conducting emergency repairs so I could actually make it to the contest that night. Life happens...
I allowed bed bugs into my house and destroyed my cosplays among everything else.
Major grossness alert: I fully regret leaving my (cardboard) Beemo cosplay out on the floor... because one fateful night I got sick and threw up all over it.
My very first cosplay, ruined by my vomit and bad organization :(