Dieselpunk is steampunk’s little brother, focused more on the tech of the 1920s-50s than the 19th century. Think Fallout, or BioShock. Or this amazing suit made by Brian Cargile It’s an original design called The Panzersöldner, and is made up of a combination of metal, rubber, eva foam and plastics. Oh, and it lights up.…
Witness this incredible Mad Max cosplay by Love Squad, Elisabeth Avdoshina, Daria Kulikova, Diana Anochina and Evgoria Ekstra Photo by Ksenia Makarova. More shots of Love Squad—who we featured a few months back for her Ciri—as Furiosa below.
Songbirdwith some awesome cosplay of Leliana from Dragon Age. Photo by Kmitenkova Photoarts
Laura Sánchez—whose excellent work we’ve featured before many times before on Kotaku—equips only the most exotic of cosplay armour. Top photo by JLMfotografo. Gif below taken from HumorMayorcete’s video
In Ghost in the Shell, there are A.I. combat walkers called Tachikoma. Inspired by spiders, they don’t exactly lend themselves to cosplay. Unless you get creative. As Culture Lab points out, a couple of Ghost in the Shell fans Japan recently showed off these outfits. [Photo: timicyo] In motion: As you can see, they sat…
Last month, an event called Bitva o Fort went down. That’s Battle of the Fort in English, and it saw hordes of Lord of the Rings fans converge on the village of Radíkov in the Czech Republic to recreate an epic battle between the forces of men, elves and some very well-dressed orcs. Via this…
Littleblondegoth Cosplay with a nice homage to some original Destiny concept art
One of the most enduring things about Dishonored is Viktor Antonov’s art direction, leaving us with a game that’s somewhere between a grim Victorian painting and a 21st-century cartoon. It’s tough getting that across in cosplay, but hoo boy, these guys have nailed it. Cosplayers Ryazik, Vikand Mikamiare in the suits here, while the photos…
Cosplayer Kelsey Jenkins and her boyfriend were at Salt Lake Comic Con on the weekend—dressed as Black Widow and Captain America respectively—when they got the chance to meet Marvel stars Chris Evans and Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter). Which is about as good a time/place as any to pop the question. Just in case that photo…
We’re used to seeing cosplayers at stuff like conventions and gaming shows, but strutting the catwalk alongside models and designers? That’s exactly what happened last week, though, when Vicky Lau, aka Vivid Vision (and some friends) were invited to show their stuff as part of Western Canada Fashion Week Lau designed and made all the…
The chances of there ever being a live-action Kingdom Hearts are, mercifully, almost zero. But if it ever did happen, it wouldn’t be a disaster if it looked this…literal. Sora is Jin, Kairi is Sarah. Photo byJulie Wawawa
DOTA’s Lina and Windranger, by Wicked Cosplay
Some excellent Guardians of the Galaxy cosplay. More shots here!
I know, I know, we’ve run a ton of Witcher 3 cosplay lately, but they’ve all been based on the ladies of the game. This? This is some A+ Wild Hunt cosplay. It’s getting frosty in here… Both Eredin and Imlerith are by French cosplayer Tarrer, while the Wild Hunt rider is by compatriot Kuma.…
Japanese cosplayer Masazi dressed up as Raiden for this year’s Tokyo Game Show, and it is one of the most impressive cosplay outfits I have ever seen. I mean, the suit itself is enough to get hands clapping, but the work that’s gone into that motorized helmet just boggles the mind. You can see more…
I’ve covered a lot of cosplay over the years, both on Kotaku and beyond. That’s a big reason this subsite dedicated 100% to the craft exists.Thing is, I’m not a cosplayer, so my stories and accounts have always been those of a fascinated outsider looking in. While it’s fantastic that cosplayers, photographers, videographers, props builders…
Put it in the trashcan. Something something compliance. *whack*. Cop is TimmCosplay, photo by Yukibun. Nice job finding a trashcan that looks just like the City 17 ones!
Dragon Con—one of the biggest nerd shows on the planet—went down earlier this month, and three of the best cosplay photographers around were there to take some incredible shots. Those photographers were Anna Fischer, Kayhettinand Dave Yang. You can see the best of their pics below. Oh, and if you recognise (or are) any of…
So I’m halfway across the planet in a crowded hall, astride a unicorn with a young woman touching my face and repeating, “You look just like her!” Admittedly, I didn’t see this coming. I’m a cosplayer, and I work for CD Projekt RED as the official Yennefer of Vengerberg for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.…
Michelle Sleeper makes props and armour for cosplay projects. When she was introduced to Laura, a left arm transradial amputee, they got together to do something awesome. (top pic by Norman Chan) Having originally planned to build Laura a T-800 arm, so she could cosplay as “Arnie at Miles Dyson’s house”, when Mad Max was…
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