Awesome Cosplay

Etsy shop ArtCrist makes this high-quality rendition of a Spider-Man staple: the web backpack. It’s made of cotton and nylon and is filled with bubble wrap to keep its shape. It has a zippered pocket on its backside and can store a handful of small objects. That said, it’s not durable enough to be used and treated like a normal backpack and is mainly for show.

Photographer Patrick Goelz headed to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con on a mission to capture the coolest costumes and other highlights of the show. His colorful 4K cosplay reel is crystal clear and makes it feel like we’re right there on the show floor among the cosplayers and other show attendees. Which was your favorite costume?

The eyes on Spider-Man’s mask typically have a fixed expression. But Sean’s Crafts took on the challenge of giving Spidey more visible emotion by making his eyes change shape. He started by making a mask from poster board, fiberglass cloth, resin, and wood filler. Then he rigged it with mechanical eye shutters controlled by a bike cable.

Mortal Kombat’s Kung Lau wears one of the deadliest articles of clothing ever. Not only is his hat made out of metal, but it also has a razor-sharp brim that can slice his opponents into pieces. Koss shows us how he made a real-world replica of the killer hat using a jumbo circular saw blade as a starting point.

Willow Creative is a master costume and mask maker. In this clip, she shows off an epic mechanical mask she built based on Savathûn, the Witch Queen from Destiny 2. It has bright blue LED lighting and articulated facial features that move when she opens and shuts her jaw. The maker explains how it works in this second video.

It’s been a while since Sneaky Zebra have attended New York Comic-Con, but they made it this year and shot this great video featuring some of the best cosplayers strutting their stuff. It’s one of the few spots where you can catch She-Hulk, Din Djarin, Doctor Strange, and Buzz Lightyear in the same place… except Disney+.

Cosplayer and Disney fan Tina Elliott stole the show at the 2022 D23Expo with an outfit based on the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride at Disneyland. The costume surrounded Tina with a motorized mini version of the classic amusement park ride, and won her top prize for her category and the Fan Favorite award.

Svetlana and Benni of KamuiCosplay make incredible props and costumes. Their latest build is the eponymous mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. They made it entirely from sculpting EVA foam and then added LED lighting and a colorful paint job. This thing always reminded us of Aku Aku from Crash Bandicoot.

Svetlana from KamuiCosplay created this epic shield based on the one wielded by Overwatch’s Brigitte, wearing her custom Diablo skin by Zach Fisher. She created the shield using EVA foam, packed it with 550 RGB LEDs, and outfitted it with a miniature smoke machine. The magnificent paint job really brings it together.

Before you go slicing open Tauntauns for warmth, you might want to try this comfy winter jacket based on the one Han Solo wore on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. It has a warm, insulated lining, a wampa-friendly faux fur collar, and plenty of pockets. Available in six sizes from X to XXXL.

To celebrate the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Logan Winter Dominic’s dad built him the ultimate Green Goblin costume. The creepy helmet and body armor are spot-on, but it’s the hoverboard modded to look like the Goblin Glider that takes it to the next level.

What you’re looking at here isn’t a real robot, it’s a really impressive costume, built by artist XiaoQianFeng. She created the wearable mech outfit for her brother using wire mesh, paper mache, cardboard, wood, and if you can believe it, ceramic tile. The finished costume is too heavy to move around in, but it looks amazing.

Inspired by the nanotech “Iron Spider” suit seen in Spider-Man: No Way Home, JLaservideo wanted to see if he could replicate Spidey’s instantly-appearing, eight-legged outfit. J’s suit hides its appearance beneath a thermochromic pigment, and has inflatable tentacles that unfurl like those party horns.

Maker and Mythbuster Adam Savage loves to show up at conventions in costumes that completely disguise his identity. For SiliCon 2021, he walked the aisles in an awe-inspiring suit based on Tony Stark’s original Iron Man Mark 1 armor. Savage recently finished the outfit after it sat gathering dust for nearly a decade.

Loki has so many variants; it’s possible that any of us could be a Loki too. Let your friends and family know you’re part of the multiverse with some cardboard Loki horns. Raphael of Epic Cardboard Props is here to show us how to make Loki’s horned crown from a spare shipping box. Grab the template here.

Among performance artist Darrell Thorne’s bag of tricks is an illusion where he makes each half of his face with a different persona and uses a mirror to reflect the other half. His lip-synced performance of Billie Eilish’s track Therefore I Am features a split-personality where one half is a devil and the other is a bit more angelic.