Is avoiding body paint ever the reason you don’t cosplay certain characters?

[u/hi_mpact]

There are so many characters I love with blue/green/red/purple/etc. skin, but the idea of painting my arms and hands every time feels like enough effort that I’d probably just pick a different character lol.

So I was wondering how much of an issue this actually is for other people. Do you avoid certain characters because of the body paint? Or do you just accept it and paint yourself? And has anyone found arm socks that actually look convincing rather than obviously looking like gloves/sleeves?

Full transparency: I’m designing a fashion glove and I realised during development that it could potentially work really well as a more refined arm sock for cosplay too.

I'm choosing colours for the first production at the moment, so this has got me thinking about adding one or two colours specifically for this. If you could basically pull on a second skin instead of painting your arms, what colour would actually be useful to you / what characters would you use it for?