Want to catch up with the cosplay highlights from this year’s Katsucon? Watch these videos. Want a reminder that a huge snow storm hit during this conference? Yeah; these videos too. Both cosplay videos are from Beat Down Boogie who are good enough to drop Geek Native when they’ve a new compilation to share. The […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Fantastic LARP headgear
Based in Parma, Italy and run by Sara Bertola, Chimerical Dragonfly is an Etsy store with a collection of striking hats, masks and fantasy headgear. The designs are done for LARP, for Renaissance Faires and perhaps even events like Burning Man. You like? They ship worldwide. Steampunk demon horns [Product Page] Fantasy Loki horns [Product […]
Lady Pinhead: Nailed it
How’s this for a test run of some Hellraiser cosplay? Shared to Imgur this test run uses 3rd degree silicon, rigid collodion and hand painted melted plastic. As one comment said; “Nailed it!”. Via Imgur.
Stunning Skyrim inspired wedding photograph
Want to find a way to encourage your friends to remember your wedding? To stand out? To do something special for the big day? Roleplayer and cosplayer Golden Lasso and her new husband Sam Balcomb of Rainfall know what to do. Do interesting costumes. Do Skyrim. Avoid the arrow in the knee joke. Do a […]
Cosplaying as Brave Merida with an actual bear
This cosplay certainly goes above and beyond. The photographs are by Dasha Kond. If you visit that site you’ll get some autoplay music and access toa portfolio which includes plenty more animal and animal with women photographs. The cosplayer is the Russian Tina Rybakova. I think she’s pretty brave to get that close to the […]
DC Bombshell: Supergirl cosplay
DC’s Bombshell range come from their covergirl range of models. Okay, I might arch a worried eyebrow at the use of “covergirls” to describe superheroes today but the range does tend to show alternative stylings of costumes; such as 50s era or 60s rather than just flashing the flesh. This Supergirl cosplay is modelled, I […]
This Lady Red Skull cosplay may illicit mixed reactions
The Red Skull is the Captain America villain who has a fearsome red skull for a head. He’s a spooky military type. This is cosplayer Constantine in Tokyo’s femme Red Skull cosplay. It’s striking. You may not be able to decide whether it’s the femme, the horror or Hydra’s military aspects of the cosplay dominate […]
Bleach’s Rangiku Matsumoto cosplay is spot on
Reddit’s launched /explore/ to help surface content that might interest you. The first thing it showed me was this stunning Rangiku Matsumoto cosplay. Here’s the original Bleach soul reaper/Shinigami. The cosplayer is sadly unknown, the photographer Daween Haung and the image shared via /explore/.
Steampunk meets Star Wars cosplay: Slave Leia, R2-D2 and Boba Fett
We should make plenty of time for Star Wars Steampunk mashups. I love the R2. That must have taken a while. I suspect turning the Slave Leia costume into a steampunk version took some thinking – not much to work with – but the goggles are a great idea. Via Geek Girl Diva at Fashionably […]
Up close: World of Warcraft Blood Elf cosplay
This detailed cosplay is by Hekady. Based in Spain and a WoW fan, Hekady has put together a Blood Elf that feels authentic and professional. The photography by Jesus Clares is great too. The combination works incredibly well; superb lighting and careful poses to get the best out of the costume and a few extra […]
