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CultureCosplayGallerySome Of The Best Star Wars Cosplay For 2019
Earlier this month, Chicago played host to Star Wars Celebration 2019, the biggest convention/party for Star Wars fans on the planet. And where there are loads of Star Wars fans, there’s some A+ cosplay. Mineralbluwas there taking photos for us, and you can see some of the best of it below. If you need an…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2019 -
CultureCosplayFallout Cosplay Video Brings The Series To Life
There’s some very good Fallout cosplay on show here, but the real star of this short video might be the location, a giant old furnace that looks like it fell straight out of Fallout 4 The video was done by Legend of Micah, while the cosplayers are credited at the end of the clip.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 22, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From WonderCon 2019
WonderCon is one of America’s biggest nerd shows, with over 50,000 fans heading through the gates of the Anaheim Convention Center late last month. Here’s a collection of some of our favourite cosplay from the event! All photos and video below were taken by Mineralblu. And yes, in case you were wondering, that Samus by…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 17, 2019 -
CultureCosplayPower Rangers Cosplay Is Here To Crush Cities
The obvious thing to do when cosplaying something from Power Rangers would be one of the lycra-clad Rangers themselves, but nope, Jason Aulicino had bigger ideas. This is his Dragonzord outfit, and it looks like it just walked right off the set after a busy day fighting dudes in rubber suits. All photos here by…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2019 -
CultureCosplayCosplayers Made Dave Bautista’s Last Ever Wrestling Outfit
When it came time to plan his last ever WWE outfit before announcing his retirement at this year’s Wrestlemania, Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista knew exactly where to turn: some expert cosplayers and a very big pair of Lebrons. While working on Guardians of the Galaxy a few years back, Bautista heard about…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From The 2019 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
This year’s Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo—otherwise known as C2E2—had over 80,000 fans through the door, and here we’re taking a look at some of the amazing cosplay that turned up as well. All the photos (and video!) you’re seeing below are by Mineralblu, while you’ll find both the Instagram handle and the name of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2019 -
CultureCosplayThat Is A Lot Of Shy Guy Cosplay
For the last few years, an ever-growing group of cosplayers have been using April Fool’s day as an excuse to team up all over the internet, pulling off massive showcases of characters like Nurse Joy and Misty. This year, the focus was on Shy Guy. Here’s Nurse Joy, for example: And Misty: The group has…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2019 -
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When Fashion Photography Meets Cosplay
Rizaldy Celi is a fashion photographer who is just getting into cosplay, and I love the way he’s bringing his eye for the former into his work on the latter. You can see more of Rizaldy’s stuff at his Instagramand personal site
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2019 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Competition Is Pushing Cosplay To Its Limits
There’s currently an international cosplay battle going on between Overwatch fans, and the results are out of this world. It’s a genuine competition, put on by Blizzard, and there are six teams–each of them featuring some of the world’s finest cosplayers and prop builders–from across Europe competing. The victors will be announced on March 26…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 24, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseCosplay Is Outgrowing Cosplay Conventions
For decades, cosplay conventions have followed the same basic formula: everyone goes to a hotel or convention centre, they meet up, they take photos, they party after then they go home. As cosplay grows in size and scope, though, some cosplayers are finding that the same ol’ same ol’ just isn’t enough anymore. At the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 20, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Emerald City Comic Con 2019
The Emerald City Comic Con, held in Seattle, draws around 100,000 visitors each year, and many of them are cosplayers. Here are some of our favourites from 2019’s show. These photos were all taken by Smorgan Images. You can see more of Smorgan’s photography at hispersonal account and cosplay page UPDATE: And here’s a video…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 19, 2019 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseWhen An Overwatch Voice Actor Cosplays As Her Character
Actor Carolina Ravassa has been doing video game work for years now, appearing in everything from Grand Theft Auto V to Max Payne 3 to Just Cause 4. But her most famous role is that of Sombra in Overwatch, one she’s now playing in real life as well as the recording studio. At Katsucon earlier…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 12, 2019 -
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Once Again, Cosplayers Overrun Osaka
This weekend, the Street Festa was held in Osaka’s geek district of Den-Den Town. The streets were packed, and the cosplayers were out in full force. Den-Den Town’s main strip was closed to cars and turned into a cosplay-loving pedestrian paradise. Let’s have a look at some of the standouts.
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 11, 2019 -
CultureCosplayGalleryOur Favorite Cosplay From Fan Expo Vancouver 2019
Fan Expo Vancouver went down in…Vancouver over the weekend, and Canada your cosplay was amazing, as always. These photos (and video!) were all shot by Justin Cosplay, whose websiteand Instagrampages you should definitely check out. You’ll find links to each cosplayer’s Instagram page beneath their respective image, and if we weren’t able to get someone’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 6, 2019 -
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Oh Man This Alita: Battle Angel Cosplay
If you’ve been wondering what a live-action Alita movie would have looked like without the eyes, this shoot by Muzeand Stella Chuu is your answer. You can see more of Stella’s cosplay at her Instagram page, while you can see more of Muze’s incredible photography at his Facebookand Instagrampages.
By Luke Plunkett Published March 5, 2019 -
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Here Comes The Apex Legends Cosplay
With Apex Legends being what it is right now we can probably expect 2019 to be full of cosplay based on Respawn’s game, like this Lifeline from Kay Bear Here’s the full shot, since the top image had to be cropped a little: Also doing an excellent early job is this Wraith from Russian cosplayer…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 3, 2019 -
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Saying Goodbye To The Walking Dead With Cosplay
With The Walking Dead series about to come to a torturous close, fans are getting ready to say their goodbyes to a game that’s been around for nearly seven years. Some are doing it with some very fancy cosplay, cel-shading and all. This is Mary & Feinobi Cosplay (Clem & Walker) and LQ cosplay (Lilly), with…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 27, 2019 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Cosplay Is Also A Music Video
Look, I love cosplay photos, but this recent thing of making cosplay music videos instead is something I can very much get behind. Here’s ohmysophii as Overwatch’s McCree, and a one-minute video (shot by eugenephotovideo) is the perfect amount of time: long enough to let us actually see her cosplay in action, but not too long.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 26, 2019