Supercon 2015: The Best Cosplay, Part 2

Time for my final batch of Florida Supercon cosplay!

Starting with a badass Mandalorian:

Lethal in pink.

[wistfull sigh] If only all cosplayers could pose in front of a white wall for me. Maybe I should ask John to cosplay as a photo backdrop one year, and then just stand behind everyone. (Eh??)

Lady Loki & Lady Thor:

 These two later won "Best Group" in the costume contest.

There's some beautiful detailing in Loki's collar:

You never know when cosplayers will break out a cool "action pose" for you - another reason to always ask for a photo, instead of trying to take one from across the room. Case in point:

Beetlejuice proposal!! 

(Complete with severed finger in the ring box. Ha!)

There's nothing like the thrill of spotting an amazing costume across the floor - the kind that makes you gasp and go running after it, leaving your poor husband behind. :D

At Supercon, this was that costume:

He's actually walking in these shots, since I couldn't run fast enough to get in front of him!

I highly recommend embiggening those pics; the detail is incredible, and he looked like a painting in motion. The character, btw, is Ao Kuang from the game SMITE:

He was actually most impressive from the side, since face-on doesn't show all those fabulous scales:

The points of articulation were really clever, too, with overlapping plates on the belly and arms.

Anyway, AH-MAZING. (The contest judges agreed with me: he went on to win Best In Show!)

From Attack on Titan, the female Titan:

And a reference, in case you don't know the show:

Anna with a perfectly placed Spider-Man photo-bomber:

This Link posed in front of a Supercon banner, which made for a fun shot:

Pow!

I love all her accessories & props: the keys, mask, and my favorite: the heart health bar!

Ever tried making little origami flowers? If so, then imagine making about 9,000 of them, and turning them into... THIS:

Her entire dress is made of folded paper - mostly origami flowers. She later won "Best Original Character" in the costume contest.

Here's an extreme zoom, so you can see the flowers I'm talking about:

Amazing, right? You can even see some some newspaper comic strips used in her belt!

The Queen of Hearts from Alice: The Madness Returns:

Check out how she even matched the subtle stripes in the shiny red underskirt. So cool.

Of course we can't have the Queen without Alice:

Love that hobby horse. Love it.

Here comes another contest winner - can I pick 'em, or what?

She listed her character as Witch Doctor, but I can't say if that's an original character or from something. Anyone know?

Update: Aha, she's from Diablo 3! Knew I could count on you guys. Here's a game comparison:

 Thanks, commenters. :)

A beautiful gender-swapped Captain Hook:

And her baby Tick-Tock is pretty much the CUTEST THING EVER. Squee!

This is Foxy from the survival horror game Five Nights at Freddy's:

And thanks to this cosplay, I had to google that game and see lots of LOVELY scary stuff, like this:

EEK. Apparently animatronic animals try to kill you in the game. Which is kind of perfect for any theme park fan, if you think about it.

Quick, let's move on to something sweet:

Little Batgirl! Much better.

An impressive Tony Stark & father/daughter pirate pair:

San from Princess Mononoke:

Which I can't believe I *still* haven't seen. If only Netflix would get all the Studio Ghibli films...

Here's another San I spotted later in the day:

Speaking of Studio Ghibli, check this out: Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle!


Sophie is an 18-year-old who's been transformed into a 90-year-old by a witch - so you can imagine why you don't see her cosplayed very often. And that's Calcifer, a fire demon she befriends:

Gah, this makes me want to go read the book again. So good.

More bad assery:


Furiousa from Mad Max.

And look out:


Another steampunk Lady Vader! Diggin' what she did with the mask hose.

Of course, now we're required to either join forces, or have a Force-Choke-Off. SO SAY WE ALL.

(Kidding, kidding!)

(OR AM I?)

And finally, here's an adorable little Mega Man giving me his "big action pose:"

His dad had to help support the one arm.

 :D

Hope you guys enjoyed, since John tells me I've spent WAY too long on this post. I tried to explain that 10 hours is actually kind of a record for me, but then he just look scared and walked away muttering about how this is why we never get anything done. Huh.

ANYHOO, that does it for cosplay, but I do have one more panel review coming up from Supercon. Any Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans out there? If so, stay tuned!