Tag: Cosplay

I have to say that this Predator costume by Shawn Thorsson of Petaluma, CA, is really amazing. This costume was made for Halloween 2005, but this write-up and photos are recent. I…

Not too long ago I mentioned that a dude had created the coolest Halloween costume ever and it was a life size power loader from Aliens the movie. That thing was epic…

When it comes to DIY stuff, the most I can muster is following the directions well enough to bolt a new gadget together. If it comes to actually making all those parts…

Link is one of the most cosplayed video game characters partly because his clothes and gear are relatively simple, but of course it takes extra effort to make a spot-on Link. The…

Back in 2007, cosplayer Alexander Lam read about the samurai influence on some of the designs of Star Wars. So he decided to come up with a more explicit remix of Darth…

Now that the dust has settled on 2010′s Comic-Con, it’s taking us a little time to digest all things awesome which surfaced at this year’s show. One of the greatest achievements of…

I really thought that Pkmnjunky7′s Daft Punk helmet was the coolest cosplay prop ever – until I saw this. It might have taken Harrison Krix of Volpin Props over 17 months to…

While you guys were probably staring at some other part of Dr. Manhattan’s glowing blue body in Watchmen, you can’t deny that his weird white eyeballs were a little disturbing too. Now…

I’m a sucker for pixel art, and this most-excellent 8-bit pixel costume could be by new favorite thing of the genre. Created by Kiel Johnson and worn by Klai Brown of Hyperbole…

HO.LY.CRAP. Somebody really likes Akuma.…

Universal Designs, makers of the Wolverine motorcycle suit, have a new comic book movie tie-in. This time they’re going to make a motorcycle suit replica of Iron Man’s suit-in-a-suitcase, the Mark V,…

I’m sure a lot of cosplayers out there would take a repulsor blast in the face to have a slick Iron Man or War Machine costume. While not impossible, building the full…

Created by Weta Workshop, the guys responsible for the props and production design of  Lord of the Rings, Avatar, and District 9, these incredible appendages let you strut around looking like an…

Nathan Sharratt’s Big Sister costume looks as menacing as its video game counterpart: When Bioshock was released, Nathan Sharatt made a Big Daddy costume. Now that the game’s sequel is out, it…

I like the X-Men; in fact I watch the cartoon with my son sometimes. It reminds me of the cartoons from Saturdays when I was his age. I though the X2: X-Men…

Graphic designer/illustrator/geek Reis O’ Brien has a very funny photoset on his Flickr page featuring funny cosplayers, action figures, drawings and other images. Let’s look at the cosfailers; the fact that these…