Warning: This might make you cry. One Halloween, Ryan Weimer’s then-3-year-old son wanted to dress up as a pirate. But his son, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is restricted to a wheelchair. So Ryan fashioned a homemade costume that incorporated the wheelchair as a pirate ship, and his son absolutely loved it. From that idea […]
Beat Down Boogie’s Blake Faucette and Matthew Sumner recently traveled to Atlanta, GA to film the best cosplay party in the United States, Dragon Con. With over 80,000 people in attendance this year, the diversity and quality of cosplay on display rivals any convention worldwide. Cosplays include Nintendo, Fallout, Overwatch, Fast Food Avengers, Justice League, […]
Holy crap! These transformers costumes are really AMAZING! Video by Chad Michael and Angie Griffin from the Screen Team. Transformers costumes by G1 Boys Custom Costumes. [Screen Team]
A fantastic cosplay music video featuring some of the best cosplay (by day and by night) from Dragon Con 2017 by Youtuber and photographer extraordinaire, Mineralblu. I’ll also include a small gallery some of his pictures right underneath as well. [Mineralblu on Youtube | Mineralblu on Facebook]
The Star Wars Galactic Necklace highlights some of the more famous planets from galaxies far, far away. Looking at the necklace straight on, at the farthest left we start with a few Core Worlds (Coruscant and Alderaan) and then we move off into the Outer Rim Territories, including mostly planets but also a few of […]
In partnership with Musterbrand, the folks at Thinkgeek have just launched a gorgeous new collection of Legend of Zelda “Breath of the Wild” clothes for both men and women! Be sure to check out the whole collection right here! Whether you prefer your video game clothing to be pure cosplay or just inspired by the […]
Watch as Odin Abbott builds Hellboy’s Right Hand of Doom. This thing isn’t just a glove, it’s also a puppet hand with articulated fingers, and you could make one of your own at home for fairly cheap! [Odin Makes]
From Man at Arms: Every other Monday, our team of blacksmiths and craftsman build some of your favorite weapons, and some weapons that you’ve never seen before. This week, the guys at Baltimore Knife and Sword take on the 3D Maneuver Gear Sword from Attack on Titan! [AWE Me]
A video compilation of some of the amazing Mega Man cosplayers the folks from Beat Down Boogie have film throughout the years. [beatdownboogie]
Did you know that some of the cloaks in Game of Thrones are in fact re-dyed Ikea rugs? This fun fact was revealed last year by costume designer Michele Clapton, and somehow, the news re-surfaced last week. Unsurprisingly, Ikea Norway used the opportunity for a bit of self-promotion. Behold the Vinter Skuldervarmer DIY guide into […]
In this very special incognito walk through Comic-Con, Adam puts on one of the actual spacesuits from Alien: Covenant! This beautiful suit was made by FBFX, and is packed with incredible detail, digital displays, and lighting that makes it look believable on screen. Of course, we can’t help but scrutinize every inch of this suit, […]
Sure, most of you know about Montreal Comiccon since I’ve been covering the event since 2011, but Quebec’s biggest city also has a second event that celebrates cosplay and pop culture in general: Otakuthon. The convention, which focuses on anime and manga, has been in existence since 2006. Unfortunately, I could not attend the event […]