Cosplay

16 Killer Cosplay Shots From WonderCon

WonderCon, one of the bigger cosplay events of the year, went down over the weekend in San Diego. Photographer Martin Wong was there taking pics of some of the best of them Below are some highlights, but you can see the full gallery on Martin’s Facebook page Note: if you know/are any of the cosplayers…

WarCraft Statue? Nah, It’s Giant Cosplay

Remember Steven K Smith’slife-size Orc build we featured a while back? It’s now finished, and holy shit. It could literally crush a human. The scale. The detail. The fur. This could have walked onto the set of the WarCraft movie and nobody would have batted an eye. You can see more of Steve’s amazing work…

Overwatch Cosplay Will Never Forget The Butt Pose

One of the highlights of this year’s Sakura Con was this trio of Overwatch cosplayers. Note, just in case someone wants to take up arms, that these pics were snapped before the whole butt pose thing blew up, so this is just a homage to what was at the time a victory pose, not cosplay-as-commentary.…

Star Wars, Batman Collide In Cosplay Extravaganza

The Biker Scout Helmet Project is a Lucasfilm-blessed charity event which has asked special effects, props and cosplay experts from around the world to design and build custom Scout Trooper helmets. Like this one. It was made by Julian Checkley from Order 66 Creatures & Effects, and his idea—to bring a little Batman to the…

Some Of The Best Cosplay From C2E2

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2, ran from March 18-20. Was there good cosplay? You bet your fancy pants there was good cosplay. Photographer Long Thai, aka Mineralblu, was there to take snaps over the weekend, and below you’ll find some of his best shots. There are more at his Facebook page

BB-8 Cosplay Is Cute Enough To Kill Stars

You know how R2-D2 is actually controlled by the 3’8″ Kenny Baker? This BB-8 cosplay is kinda like that. Only without the desert heat. Or adults. The suit was made by William Minamoto, one of the best droid builders on the planet, while the kid inside is his daughter.

Amazing Nathan Drake Cosplay Enters…Uncharted Waters

I mean, sure, you could just dress up as Uncharted’s Nathan Drake. Or you could become him, and spend a day running around waterfalls, climbing trees and abseiling with an AK-47 and flares. Italian cosplay superstar Leon Chiro opted for the latter, and ended up with these incredible shots taken by Alessio “Fotomania” Buzi

Geralt & Ciri Say Goodbye

There will come a day when I stop posting amazing Witcher 3 cosplay. But it is not this day. Ciri is Miranda Hedman, Geralt is Tim Filin

Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, Reporting For Duty

It’s weird, for all its influence in both games and film, not that many people cosplay as characters from the Alien series. So it’s awesome seeing this ver1sa, not just because it’s OG 1979 Ripley, but because it’s so good. I like the make-up work to increase the likeness, but I love the uniform. There’s…

That Lightsaber’s Not For You, Rey

We’ve highlighted some Rey cosplay here before, but none as specific as this, which recreates an outfit she wears for only minute or two at the very end of the film. Cosplay by AlyCat

A Party Isn’t A Party Without The Witcher 3’s Shani

Just when you thought a major character of the Witcher 3 saga had gone uncosplayed, along comes Lyumos to bring the wonderful Shani to life

Persona 3’s Elizabeth, by Riddle

Cosplay Taking Over the Streets of Osaka, Japan

Imagine so many cosplayers and people to see them that busy Osaka streets are shut down completely in celebration of Japanese nerddom. That’s awesome. This Sunday saw the 12th annual Nipponbashi Street Festa in Osaka, Japan. This year, like in the past, the streets are closed off for pedestrians. By that, I mean cosplayers, photographers,…

Picturing A New Tomb Raider Movie

We’ve got a new Tomb Raider game series, why not a new Tomb Raider movie series? That’s the question the team behind this fan-made, live-action trailer are basically asking. The video was made by a studio called Freakin Rad; we’ve featured them before, for their awesome Halo vs Destiny clip last year

Spectacular Final Fantasy Cosplay Looks Like A Screenshot

Kilory is Kilory, a human cosplayer. She is not, as these images might have you believe, a living, breathing incarnation of Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning. With some help from props maker 月家猫空 璟宿 和谐, she’s gotten as close to the series’ likeness as I think a human being is ever going to get. Simply incredible…

Cosplay Ventures Into The Frozen Wilds

Cosplay photography is often at its best when it gets a little adventurous, daring to head outside the studio or convention floor and get as wild as the characters that are being cosplayed. That’s exactly what photographers Anna Fischer and Dave Yang decided to do when they recently took a road trip to the White…

Kylie Ren Is Also Very Upset About Darth Vader, Life

Cosplayer Mistress of Fear calls this Fem Kylo Ren, but I figured—in keeping with the theme—that Kylie Ren had a better ring to it. The lightsaber is obviously eye-catching, but check out the detail she’s worked into stuff like the sleeves and robes; it’s almost a shame, because the all-black nature of Ren’s outfit means…

Syrian Refugees Party At Furry Convention

A group of Syrian refugees, having just arrived in Canada, are being temporarily put up in a hotel. The same hotel that, last weekend, was also home to a convention for furries As The Independent reports, it was one hell of a culture shock for the refugees, but it worked out about as well as…

Gundam Cosplay That’s (Sorry) Out Of This World

This is Japanese cosplayer PUNIVAL in the suit and Malaysia’s Mikuen as Sayla Mass (and Feldt Grace). We’ve seen PUNIVAL’s work before, but I thought this shoot was so good (as well as Mikuen’s cosplay!) that I thought, we could always do with more perfect Gundam cosplay.

Dragonborn, You Done Good. Have An Ale. 

Kitnip, who is very good at crafting her own sets of armour, made this excellent Skyrim outfit last year. Beyond the overall quality of the design and build, there’s some great detail going on, with nicks and cuts all over the place and some subtle wear-and-tear on both the fabrics and armour. You can see…