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Purrblind as P5’s protagonist, photo by Con Mom
By Luke Plunkett Published August 2, 2017 -
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Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Gets Back To Nature
Since camping is such an important part of Final Fantasy XV, it’s cool that this team of cosplayers decided the best way to recreate the game was to get out into the wilds or Arizona and shoot on one of only two nights of the year that the Milky Way is visible to the naked…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 31, 2017 -
CultureCosplaySome Of The Best Cosplay From The 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Comic Con is, of course, the biggest nerd show on the planet, which means there was a lot of A+ cosplay on show. Too much to capture in one set of videos and photos, but hey, that’s not going to stop us from trying. The first video below is courtesy of Sneaky Zebra, while the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 30, 2017 -
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Oh God This Waluigi Cosplay
This is how Mick Ignis went to Comic Con this year. I will not sleep easily tonight. He had some make-up help from Cig Nuetron, who was looking just as awful/amazing as Wario (while that’s Rannie Rodil as Mario & Luigi’s Princess Shroob):
By Luke Plunkett Published July 26, 2017 -
CultureCosplayBlizzard’s Official Doomfist Cosplay Is Incredible
Blizzard is at the San Diego Comic Con, and as part of their presence they’ve got some official cosplay of the newest Overwatch character, Doomfist. It is, even by Overwatch standards, absolutely fantastic. The company hired Henchmen Studios to create the costume, which took a team of 14 people six weeks to construct. It involved…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 20, 2017 -
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Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
Nobody, I guess. We’re all just very impressed by Jay’s cosplay of the character, as he appears in Telltale’s Fables adventure series. And hey, good timing, because The Wolf Among Us is getting a new series Photos by Susan Calnan.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 19, 2017 -
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You Are Never Too Old For Cosplay
Fifty year-old Brazilian cosplayer Solange tells website UOL that she wishes more people her age had the courage to give cosplay a try. Solange got into cosplay three years ago. She was already attending events with her 19-year-old cosplaying daughter. After a friend challenged her to give it a whirl, Solange made her cosplay debut…
By Brian Ashcraft Published July 19, 2017 -
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Thor Cosplay Is A Modern Day Love Story
The Jane Foster in these shots is Kes, a cosplayer from Germany who has been building outfits and dressing up for over a decade. The Thor, on the other hand, is her boyfriend Marcel, who is cosplaying for the first time. “This Thor project is Marcel’s first approach to cosplay ever”, Kes tells me. “He…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
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Halo Gun Counts Your Ammo In The Real World
Jimsbeanz lives in our world, not Halo’s, but you’d be forgiven for thinking he was packing an actual UNMC Assault Rifle when you look at his modified replica gun in action Beginning life as a BOOMco Halo rifle (which shoots the company’s own take on NERF darts), the new paintjob looks nice, but the real…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
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France’s Cosplay Is Très Bien
Japan Expo, one of the biggest anime shows on the planet, went down in Paris earlier this month. The cosplay was good. When I say it’s one of the biggest in the world, I’m not kidding around: people come from across France (and Europe!) to celebrate, and this year over 250,000 were in attendance across…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 17, 2017 -
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Dancing With The Nier: Automata Stars
Hey, if Overwatch’s characters can enjoy a night out on the town, then Nier’s can spend the evening doing some fancy dancing. This is Vivid Vision (who outside of cosplay enjoys a bit of ballroom dancing) as 2B, while Shawn G is 9S. The idea for the shoot came from this piece of art by…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 16, 2017 -
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Bleach Cosplay!
Here’s Bleach’s Yoruichi Shihōin by ChibiThot
By Luke Plunkett Published July 13, 2017 -
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Edgar Allen Poe Dameron
Love it. Cosplay by Beth Grimes, photo by mnbookgeek
By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2017 -
CultureCosplayOverwatch Characters Scrub Up Real Good
Remember how earlier this year a group of cosplayers did a thing called Underwatch, where they all—men and women alike—dressed like Overwatch characters in underwear? Many of the same cosplayers tried something similar for Anime Expo, only this time they went in the opposite direction. This is Formalwatch, a massive group cosplay project that took…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 12, 2017 -
CultureCosplayThe Best Cosplay From America’s Biggest Anime Convention
Anime Expo, held earlier this month in LA, is the biggest anime convention in the US, attracting over 100,000 people. And while there were some problems at the door, once people got in they were treated to some of the best cosplay going around. We’ve seen some of the show’s cosplay before, but this is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 11, 2017