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General Grievous Cosplay: Good Grievous!

This General Grievous cosplay is pretty clever. It uses Grievous’ cape to conceal the wearer’s legs, making it look even more authentic. You only see the metallic skeleton of the bad guy. It looks pretty scary.…

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Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Sword Replica Channels Your Inner Kenway

Fans of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag will recognize the sword here right away. It’s the sword used by the hero of the game, Edward Kenway, and now you can own one just like it. This replica sword is made out of latex rather than metal so you can use…

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Octodad Cosplay: Who’s That Man with the Three-Piece Suit?

If you’ve never played Octodad or its sequel Dadliest Catch,you owe it to yourself to try this quirky game in which you play an anthropomorphic octopus who’s attempting to live his life as a normal human being. Thanks to his incredible disguise, nobody is the wiser to his cephalopodic heritage.…

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Attack on Titan 3D Maneuver Gear Replica is Ready to Slice Necks

YouTuber らってん技研 recently finished a replica of the Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear used by the good guys in the hit manga and anime series Shingeki no Kyojin, aka Attack on Titan. It can’t be used to swing about, but it does come with fairly sharp steel blades.…

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DIY Animatronic Iron Man Suit: Arduino Reactor

This Iron Man suit replica was made by two Tony Starks. Greg Hatter built the suit itself, then he asked his friend Jerome Kelty to make some of its parts move. In his very detailed Instructables and Hack A Day posts, Jerome shares how he pulled off the complicated hacks.…

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Boba Fett Ball Gown: Better Not Get on Her Bad Side

Han Solo, you’re coming with me. To the prom. It isn’t often that you see Boba Fett in his (er, her) natural element. Now I see why.…

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Gipsy Danger Cosplay: Pacific Dream

Here’s cosplayer Nona Neon with her badass Gipsy Danger costume. As you can see Nona adapted the hunky form of Pacific Rim’s lead mecha to suit her body. She made the suit out of EVA foam plus various household objects, including a strainer for the chest piece. Nona said she…

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Cardboard Iron Man Costume: Magneto-proof

We’ve featured awesome papercraft Iron Man and War Machine figurines before, but Kai-Xiang Xhong’s creation easily eclipses those two. The 20-year-old papercraft enthusiast made a life-size, wearable and wonderfully made Iron Man suit using nothing but cardboard.…

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Alien Xenomorph Cosplay Has One Mouth But Two Heads

The last time we saw professional cosplayer Peter Kokis, he was wearing his Crimson Typhoon costume. He reached out to us to share his latest creation, the Brooklyn Alien. Like his other costumes, this Xenomorph suit is made from various everyday objects.…

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Star Trek Captain Picard Jacket Replica: The Previous Generation

An imaginary thinking cap? Pfff. The next time you’re in a quandary, put on this replica of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s jacket and let the cerebral hero of Star Trek: The Next Generation be your spirit animal. As soon as you put it on you’ll have at least one profound thought:…

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Level Three Dead Space Costume Ready to Take on Necromorph Cosplayers

The suits that Isaac wears in the Dead Space games are awesome. If only we had a suit like one of those in real life. Well, we do. Well, Steven K Smith has one – and we’re jealous.…

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Aliens Baby Power Loader Costume: Get Away from Her, You Poopypants!

We’ve actually seen a baby in a Power Loader costume before, but it doesn’t get old. There’s something very creepy and unsettling about seeing a baby in control of a multi-ton machine capable of crushing an Alien Queen like a bug.…

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Game Boy Costume Uses Huge Cartridges to Switch Games

Back in 2009 we found a Game Boy costume that played Tetris. It had working buttons and had a laptop running an emulator. It turns out that anonymous cosplayer kept on working on his hack and showed off its latest version at the 2014 Ohayocon.…

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Loki Helmet Replica: Hëdgard

We featured a horned Loki hoodie before, but if all you want is his huge helmet, Etsy shop Raptor with a Shotgun has what you need. Sadly, they don’t have a raptor with a shotgun.…

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Dragon Age: Inquisition Character Kits: Cosplay Canon

Video game characters are some of the most popular cosplay models. Unsurprisingly, many employees at game developer BioWare also love to cosplay. Those employees decided to make it easier for cosplayers to replicate the appearance of the characters in their upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition by releasing what they call…

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CosTrader Costume Buy & Sell Market: Website Merchant Cosplay

There are thousands of sites that makers can use to sell their costumes, including major ones such as eBay, Etsy and deviantART. But if you want a site that’s focused solely on costumes, check out CosTrader. It’s a new website for people looking to buy or sell costumes, whether brand…

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General Grievous Cosplay: Good Grievous!

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Sword Replica Channels Your Inner Kenway

Octodad Cosplay: Who’s That Man with the Three-Piece Suit?

Attack on Titan 3D Maneuver Gear Replica is Ready to Slice Necks

DIY Animatronic Iron Man Suit: Arduino Reactor

Boba Fett Ball Gown: Better Not Get on Her Bad Side

Gipsy Danger Cosplay: Pacific Dream

Cardboard Iron Man Costume: Magneto-proof

Alien Xenomorph Cosplay Has One Mouth But Two Heads

Star Trek Captain Picard Jacket Replica: The Previous Generation

Level Three Dead Space Costume Ready to Take on Necromorph Cosplayers

Aliens Baby Power Loader Costume: Get Away from Her, You Poopypants!

Game Boy Costume Uses Huge Cartridges to Switch Games

Loki Helmet Replica: Hëdgard

Dragon Age: Inquisition Character Kits: Cosplay Canon

CosTrader Costume Buy & Sell Market: Website Merchant Cosplay

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