Cosplay

Cosplayer’s Day Jobs vs Cosplayer’s Fancy Outfits

Seeing as you only ever see them in pictures on the internet, in costume, it’s easy to forget that cosplayers aren’t always cosplaying. They’re grown human beings, and grown human beings have jobs. That’s not the news here. Deep down, you knew that. What’s cool about this Buzzfeed gallery (taken at the New York Comic…

Avengers Wedding Proposal Gets Black Widow, Hawkeye Together

Just in case fanfic writers needed any more inspiration to shack this pair up, at this year’s Dragon Con two Avengers cosplayers, Mike and Tracy, got engaged as Hawkeye and Black Widow respectively. As you can see in the gallery, what starts out as a regular cosplay photoshoot gets real when Hawkeye drops to one…

Lara Croft. Cosplay by IthinkIwasInHeaven, photo by MFZ

Mass Effect’s Miranda Lawson. Cosplay by KassandraLeigh

Metroid Cosplay Is So Good It Might Be Witchcraft

There are a few ways you can make an impressive suit of cosplay armour. You could cast it. You could forge it. You could sculpt it! Or, you could do what Chelsea did here, and use the dark sorcery of 3D printers. Not everything here was made using a magic box, which is able to…

None Shall Pass This Awesome Monty Python Cosplay

This is Daniel, cosplaying as The Black Knight from Monty Python’s Holy Grail. He’s also known as the guy who won the Edmonton Expo.

Game Of Thrones: Killer Brienne Of Tarth Cosplay

That’s some impressive make-up work on the bear-fighting scar. Also, bravo for taking on a character that seems easy, but through stature and gear (and hair) is actually quite tough to get right. Cosplayer is Lightane, photo by Torremitsu

Why Weren’t These Guys Fighting On Endor? The Empire Might Have Won!

You’ve got to think that one of the main reasons Imperial troops got their asses handed to them on Endor was their camouflage. Or, lack thereof. That glossy white armour plating doesn’t exactly make you blend in with the forest surroundings. This is a Swamp Trooper, but that colour palette could easily have worked among…

This Is What We Call The Muppet Cosplay Show!

For such a big series, not many people ever cosplay as the Muppets. But that’s OK. Brady Gage and his buddies are proving once again that quality trumps quantity. We’ve actually seen the work of Brady and his group – the Portland Superheroes Coalition – before, but that was just a coupleof suits. They’ve since…

Vivi, Vidi, Vici

Reader Rachel as Vivi from Final Fantasy IX. Costume made by Amy Dollins, props by Rachel, photos by Bernard Semerdjian.

Tokyo-To Needs You, Gum

Jet Set Radio cosplay is best cosplay. Cosplayers are Cap’n Nugget & aznsensation

Reboot Cosplay? Reboot Cosplay.

I’m seeing this, and all I can picture is that this is what the show would have looked like with $100 million and some modern computers behind it. Cosplayers are VandorWolfand twinfools. Photo by Stary-dragonlover

Game Of Thrones Art Gets The Cosplay It Deserves

So, remember Mike Wrobel’s amazing portrayalsof the cast of Game of Thrones as bad 80s and 90s stereotypes? A group of cosplayers went to Dragon Con dressed as all of them Adam Albert took the images, which are so good they even get the original poses right. [via Fashionably Geek]

Fire Emblem Cosplay Never Dies In Battle. Ever.

I’ll warn you all, I’m still mulling over the possibility of turning this “cosplay” blog into a “Fire Emblem cosplay” blog. Cosplayer is Calssara, photos by Midgard1612

It’s OK, Kitty, Titans Prefer Eating Humans

Make-up artist Lara Hawker can, with some brushes and a deft touch, transform a regular human into something a lot more bizarre. That Colossal Titan one is fantastic! That realistic wound one, however, is just gross Lara Hawker [Tumblr, via Laughing Squid]

There’s No Reason The Apocalypse Can’t Also Have Cool Sunglasses

Dimitri from Snail Designs, whose work we’ve featured before, recently finished a new, custom post-apocalyptic outfit. And it’s amazing. Love the worn-and-torn effect he’s able to get into the fabric.

Sand People Ride Cute Dogs In Single File, To Hide Their Numbers

$24. That’s all this costs. $24 to turn your “dog” into a Bantha. I say “dog”, because I’m looking at this, and I’m looking at my 18 month-old kid, and I’m reaching for my wallet. For those of a more Imperial persuasion, you can get a similar outfit, only with a Sandtrooper atopa Dewback. [via…

The Iron Giant “Cosplay” Is Safe For Small Towns

Sure, on a technicality you could say this more puppetry than cosplay. But screw technicalities.

Six Months Later, An RPG Comes To Life

Canadian cosplayer Miyukihas spent the last six months crafting this outfit from MMO Aion Online. Photos by Vivid Vision

A Real Aircraft Carrier Makes For An Amazing Cosplay Video

KantaiCon is a one-day anime convention in South Carolina which takes place on an actual aircraft carrier — the USS Yorktown. As demonstrated in Beat Down Boogie‘s video from last week’s event, it’s an excellent setting for cosplay. Not only does KantaiCon take place on the Yorktown, there’s a submarine and a destroyer on hand…