This stunning costume is the work of cosplayer Narga. In addition to some fantastic shares on Instragram the costume maker has also put together some behind the scenes YouTube footage. This is an Eldar Howling Banshee. They’re an all-female combat troop from Warhammer 40K and represent the War God Khaela Mensha Khaine. If you’re not […]
MAGfest 2018 cosplay video
Beat Down Boogie’s cosplay video from the ever popular MAGfest. We can see the evolution of the cosplay video here with the use of Snake and Ghost to add a reoccurring element and far less emphasis on skimpy costumes. MAGfest started in 2002 and had about 20,000 geeks turn up this year. It’s held at […]
Is this cosplayer the Queen of Worbla?
Check out Minana Cosplay. Minana is a French cosplayer who, with her partner Desti, produce some impressive worbla costumes. [amazon_link asins=’B074JLPYQF,B007MQMXWS,B003QKLJKQ’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’gamewyrd-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’d603a937-f193-11e7-b847-b9e9efb1d326′] What Minana is able to do with Worbla is impressive! There’s a huge amount of detail that goes into each and every piece of armour and costume design. Let’s […]
Who invented cosplay?
The idea of dressing up is as old as clothes themselves. No one can be credited with inventing costumes or dress up. I’m going to argue that cosplay is a category within that larger family. Cosplay is the art of dressing up as characters inspired by the geeky communities that host conventions. This might mean […]
The 10 most popular pictures on Geek Native
Geek Native’s Pinterest profile is used to share images from the blog grouped by themes. It’s a handy way to check out content if you don’t have time to sort through all the posts. The largest board, at the time of writing, is Fantasy Finds with over 1,750 pins followed by Sci-Fi flare with over […]
Pop art Harley Quinn tutorial in time for Halloween
Make-up and SFX vlogger Caitlyn Kreklewich worked with Wholesale Halloween Costumes this year on a pop art Harley Quinn look. We already know thanks to data from Costume Supercenter that Harley was a big hit last year and superheroes are fairly evergreen when it comes to costumes. A pop art twist on this Gotham siren […]
Stranger Things dress
How is this for a Halloween costume? This picture from Cosplay America of the cosplayer Kittie Cosplay. The dress is clever because it takes two memorable features of Stranger Things, rather than any of the (human) characters, and blends them together. The result is immediately identifiable. Cosplay America has the nice story of Kittie bumping […]
Gladzy Kei takes Princesses to battle
Canadian cosplayer and artist Gladzy Kei has well over 60,000 followers on Facebook and it is easy to see why. Take a look at this battle damaged Snow White. If you think she would make a great cosplay then you’re right. This is what happened when Kei’s design was worn by Andy Rae. Gladzy Kei […]
Alyson Tabbitha’s amazing Wonder Woman
Cosplayer Alyson Tabbitha shared this incredible cosplay of Wonder Woman. The popular cosplayer, with over 200,000 followers on Facebook, said that she started off with a makeup test but ended up putting on the nearly finished costume too. I’m just pleased she shared the before picture as well otherwise I’d be wondering if this was […]
Destiny Hunter cosplay
I’ve got Destiny 2 on pre-order and am looking forward to it. That said; the open access beta left me wondering where the story will go? Where can it go? In the meantime we’ve Italian cosplay and photographer Fred Props to distract us with some cosplay. This really looks like a Hunter from the rpg-fps […]
