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Reminder: Not every piece of Zelda cosplay has to be about Link or Zelda. Or at least, not a Zelda dressed as a Princess. Rei-Suzuki is Impa, while TheEyeProjectsis cosplaying in his original design for a male Sheik/Sheikah. Photo by Collin van den Bos.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 8, 2015 -
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Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Comes To Life In Amazing Cosplay
We’re still a few months away from the release of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, but that hasn’t stopped Rick Boer (and friends) from putting together a very impressive set of outfits based on the game. Rick is dressed as Jacob Frye, star of Syndicate, while the Victorian-era costumes in the background were provided by Victorian Dreams.…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 6, 2015 -
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Photographer Captures Cosplayers Both In And Out Of Costume
In 2008, photographer Corey Hayes went to New York Comic-Con, and instantly became hooked on cosplay. Not on the outfits, per se, but on the people inside them. He went on to launch a photography project called AlterEgo, where he takes photos of cosplayers before and after they’ve got their costumes on. (Top image is…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 5, 2015 -
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The Sith: Worse People, Better Dressers
MissSinister, cosplay superstar, is cosplaying here as a “Sinister Sith”. The expanded universe may be dead, but surely there’s room for one last Sith before it fades away into the history books. Photos by Robert Fousch.
By Luke Plunkett Published July 2, 2015 -
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Iron Man Looks Very Fancy In Leather
Prince Armory, the same team behind that awesome fantasy Darth Vader costume from earlier in the year, has gone a little crazy with this Iron Man outfit. Tony Stark is now Leather Man. This incredible costume is Asgardian by design, apparently. If we can cut down on the number of Marvel movies and just roll…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 30, 2015 -
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Male Tomb Raider Is…Tom Braider
Isaac Cabrera is a massive Tomb Raider fan, so when the time came to cosplay as the star of the series, some gender-bending was in order. Gone was Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, replaced by *drum roll* Tom Braider. For his shoot, Cabrera dragged photographer Robert Meares on a trip up Mt. Lemmon in Arizona. All…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 28, 2015 -
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Full-Blooded Mad Max Cosplay
Based in LA, reader Americo Galli’s world is fire and blood. Oh, and cosplay In addition to those photos above, taken in the Mojave Desert (and a hotel), Americo and some friends also went to Wizard World Sacramento as a Mad Max posse.
By Luke Plunkett Published June 24, 2015 -
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5000 Men Dressed Up, Recreated The Battle Of Waterloo
On June 18, 1815, one of the most important battles of the modern era took place outside the sleepy Belgian village of Waterloo. Over the weekend, for the battle’s 200th anniversary, 5000 members of various military reenactment groups from all over the world converged on the original battlefield to pay tribute. Belgian photojournalist Olivier Papegnies…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 23, 2015 -
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Batman Cosplay Is Out Of Control
Julian Checkley is one of the best Star Wars cosplayers on the planet. He is also, as luck would have it, one of the best Batman cosplayers on the planet as well. We’ve seen him do an amazing Bane (WARNING: link promotes my cosplay book), but in honour of the Batman video games he decided…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 21, 2015 -
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How Cosplay Helped Save A Man’s Life
In 2011, just a week before Christmas, Jason Isenberg was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was 31 at the time. Staring down years of illness, treatment, stress and medical bills, Jason and his wife Cheryl needed a release. They found it in cosplay. Just two months earlier, the couple had attended their first Dragon Con,…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 18, 2015 -
CultureCosplayShowcaseA Cosplay Experiment
Earlier this month, Colossalcon was held in Sandusky, Ohio. And it was there that a team of five photographers, two videographers and a cosplayer decided to try something different. Normally, at a nerd con, you’ll see two types of cosplay photo emerge: ones taken quickly on the convention floor, and others taken at arranged photoshoots…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 17, 2015 -
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Dario—who has been cosplaying for twenty years now!—nails Diablo III’s Demon Hunter, even going so far as to do some make-up work that’s not quite cel-shaded, but certainly makes him look “flatter”, more like a video game character. You can see more of Dario’s cosplay at his Facebook page
By Luke Plunkett Published June 12, 2015
