The Best Overwatch Cosplay of Dragon Con 2017

I realize most of you haven't had your lives consumed by Overwatch, the online multi-player game John and I just can't quit, so I thought I'd put all my favorite Dragon Con Overwatch cosplay together in just one post. This way you Overwatch muggles can feel free to breeze on by, while I and my fellow addicts can all go ERMERGERSH together and dish about the Halloween event that just dropped, because HOW ARE THERE STILL NO NEW ORISA SKINS, and what is Mei supposed to be, and how awesome does Eichenwalde castle look now?! :D

I originally planned to show you the best cosplay I found of every single Overwatch character - because oh yes, I *FOUND* every single character - but to quote Inigo from Princess Bride, "No, there is too much. Lemme sum up." 

So these will be the best cosplays I found overall, regardless of character.

Starting out with a bang and BWEEEE, because LOOK AT THIS BASTION:

 

His light even changed from red to blue!

I seriously didn't think this character could even be cosplayed, so I stood around gawking for ages. It took me several minutes to realize the cosplayer's eyes are fully exposed - see them? Because of Bastion's head light it was especially hard to see into the neck area, so that's a brilliant design strategy, right there.

Two more:

The weathering, the clean lines, the puppetry-aspect for the long arms - I am just so, so impressed.

I love this Zarya so much I couldn't pick a favorite photo - so you get all 3: 

Seriously, this IS Zarya.

[Crowfooted Creations]

LOOOOOOOOVE.

There were several excellent McCrees around, but this one was my favorite. Not only were the details NAILED, he also went the extra mile with the best light-up effects:

PLUS he had a prop cigar (I assume a modified e-cig) that blew real smoke!

Not only did I see every single Mercy skin cosplayed, I saw them all cosplayed incredibly well. Here's her Field Medic and Halloween Witch:

 I'll have more Mercys further down.

My favorite Roadhog and Junkrat pair:

And Hanzo in his Lone Wolf skin:

[Seraph Cosplay]

I was impressed this Sombra already had her new snorkeling skin from the Olympics event:

[Hane Cosplay]

Tracer - in green! - and Reaper in his Blackwatch skin doing the classic shrug pose, which cracked me up:

[Tracer: Dragon Lord Cosplays]

Speaking of Reaper, here's a drop-dead gorgeous mashup:

I'm just not sure what he's mashed up with. Help?

UPDATE: Consensus seems to be this is a Diablo mashup. Thanks, guys!

I know these lovely ladies are mashups of Overwatch & League of Legends, at least:

And WOW did they nail it. So good.

One more Junkrat - this kid had the funny tongue-out pose down, ha:

[Avera Cosplay]

And here come a couple Lucios!

I love that she's wearing the skates! And that they have rainbow lights on them!
[Even better, I just learned lady Lucio - aka Steph - is a freestyle Rollerblader. So perfect.]

Symmetra and Zenyatta:

My girl Orisa has to be the hardest character to cosplay, so I was super impressed by these two-legged interpretations:

[Vraskaa Cosplay & Akakioga Cosplay]

I especially love how they each incorporated face paint into the look. Just gorgeous.

Talk about jaw-dropping: LOOK at this Junkrat in his Hayseed skin:

[Dashy Props]

It was even more impressive in person!

Soldier 76 in his Strike Commander skin and Symmetra in Oasis, my favorite of her skins:

I bet you're thinking I didn't find a single Winston cosplay, aren't you? 

WELL I DID. Sort of. 

And you guys, it's the best thing everrrrr:

BABY WINSTON!! IN A STROLLER. Holding a jar of peanut butter. And of course that's Dr. Winston with him, and of course I AM melting from the lethal doses of cute. Can. Not. Even.

Quick shout-out to one of the most inventive Overwatch cosplay of the con, and that goes to this girl who dressed as one of the Loot Boxes:

[Fräulein Ninja Cosplay]

She invited people to throw that little yellow dart at the magnetized board, which determined which Loot Box you got from her tray. She made the papercraft boxes herself, and they were filled with candy and small trinkets, and HOW AWESOME IS THAT? I adore interactive costumes like this - it starts some great convos, and just makes fun memories for everyone. 

And finally, let's end with two more Mercys that had my jaw dragging on the concrete:

Loooook at this Valkyrie Mercy cosplay. It's so beautiful.

 And finally, Mercy's Devil skin!

Stunning. Just stunning.

Hope you guys enjoyed! I'm sorry I couldn't share ALL of my Overwatch pics here, but you can find the rest here on Flickr!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go win some Halloween Loot Boxes. ;)

(P.S. - As always, if you know any of these cosplayers please tell me in the comments, so I can credit them!)