Cosplay

The Queen Of Destiny Cosplay

Russian cosplayer Songbird pretty much is Mara Sov, Queen of Destiny’s Awoken. That Ghost is a nice touch.

Empire Strikes Back Costume Melts Hearts Before It Reaches The First Marker

Custom motorcycle artist Clint Case made this Halloween costume for his son. It’s wonderful. Potentially grisly, depending on how many Wampas are left in the wild in the mainland United States, but wonderful nonetheless. Clint, if you can scrounge together the materials for an adult version, that’d be great, thanks. Via Laughing Squid

Why, It’s The Lusty Argonian Maid Herself

Be still, the hearts of Elder Scrolls fans. This is Jenna Lynn Meowrias Elder Scrolls literary starlet The Lusty Argonian Maid. She had some help with the helmet/mask from Del Nero Designs.

Captain America Says: Get Off Your Ass And Vote

Because there are fewer things more American than a man dressed as Captain America urging a disillusioned populace to go place a vote for the candidate they hate the least. This is Sikhtoons’ Vishavjit Singh—who we’ve featured before on the site—using both his political drive and cosplay skills to remind/convince folks attending the New York…

Look At This Fantastic StarCraft Cosplay

Welcome to the point where video games meet reality. Red Rock Cosplay have set the bar pretty high here, because holy shit this Jim Raynor getup is some of the most incredible cosplay I have ever seen. What you can’t see here without a full-length documentary covering every small detail is how much, well, detail…

Damn, This Overwatch Cosplay

The crew at Spiral Cats are some of the best cosplayers on the planet. Especially when it comes to Overwatch Tasha, one of the members of the group, has already cosplayed as Tracerand Mercy. It’s now time for some Genji crossplay That armour is incredible. As is the detail on the accessories like the sword.…

Wonder Woman Cosplay Is Coming To Kick Your Ass

This Wonder Woman shoot takes elements of Megan Marie’s Warriorand Valkyrieoutfits and smashes ‘em together. Twice the costume, twice the ass-kicking. All photos by Fernando Brischetto / Photographes Sans Frontieres

Leon Kennedy, At Your Service

Cosplayer Leon Chiro has a slight twist on Leon Kennedy cosplay, going for his appearance in next year’s animated Resident Evil movie, Vendetta. Though I guess that’s also very similar to how he looked in Resident Evil 6

Don’t Ever Nerf This Overwatch Cosplay

The mech. The mech is the cosplay here. There’s someone inside it. Let’s be real, most D.Va cosplay you see involves people buying the same bodysuit online. Daniel Ramos and his wife put in work on this, though, building D.Va’s entire mech as an outfit so Daniel could wear it to the New York Comic…

Some Perfect Witcher 3 Cosplay

Here’s Lyumos as The Witcher 3’s Keira Metz, with one of the most elaborate cosplays from the game I’ve seen yet. And I’ve seen a lot I mean, the shot above lets you see how much work had to go into it, but some of the detail shots below show you just how much work.…

No Sneaking Past This Excellent Dishonored 2 Cosplay

This is Empress Emily Kaldwin from Dishonored 2, by Isilmarille. Photos by kmitenkova

Cosplay Photos Are So 2015, Now We Can Trap Them As 3D Models

3D company Sketchfab were at the New York Comic Con. Instead of taking photos, they were taking full-body scans of cosplayers, which is very cool if any of them ever want to be video game characters or action figures. Here are some more examples (press the play icon to load, then drag your mouse around…

The Best Photos From Kotaku’s Cosplay Party

Last week we held the first ever Kotaku + io9 Cosplay Ball in New York. It was great. Loads of cool people, loads of amazing outfits. Here are some photos to make you wish you were there (unless you were there, in which case, thanks for coming!). If you recognise anyone (or were anyone) in…

New York Comic-Con’s Cosplay Was Incredible

Whether it was at our party or at the show itself, this year’s Comic-Con had some absolutely fantastic cosplay on show. Here are some of the highlights. I’ve got as many credits as I can for these, but if you see someone (or are someone!) who’s missing let me know and I can add it…

The Overwatch Outfits At Our Cosplay Ball Blew Us Away

Hey look, it’s the guy from Hotline Miami! Great outfit, huh? But what probably actually drew your eye in the above shot is another awesome, massive Reinhardt outfit, which stole the show at our recent io9/Kotaku Cosplay Ball. Not that there wasn’t other terrific Overwatch cosplay, because of course there was. We had a Zarya…

Fantasy Games Become Cosplay Reality

Eylerwainis a cosplayer from Belarus who has put together fantastic outfits for Dragon Age,  StarCraft and Skyrim

There’s a lot of Disney cosplay going around, as you’d expect, but Hercules doesn’t get much love. Oh, except from CosplaySymphonyhere, with this amazing Megara. Photo by EosAndy

This may be the first—and last—time you ever see someone cosplaying as a character from PS1 platformer Tomba! Cosplay by Leon Chiro, photo by Alzak

Destiny, A Game About Cosplay…

Fenix Fatalist, by day a cosplayer herself, is also a cosplay photographer, and took (and edited) these shots of an incredible Destiny outfit by Colossus. Costume by FD Cosplay Shop

Overwatch’s Hanzo, As A Lady

Some very cool crossplay here by Rinrin from China. Note that the tattoo isn’t real, it’s just drawn/painted on to match the design of Hanzo’s from the game. You can see more of Rinrin’s cosplay at her Weibo page. Photos by Flow Vision