Awesome Costumes

This fun footage of DragonCon 2011 from YouTube user beatdownboogie has clips of renowned cosplayer Yaya Han, the Nightmare Armor costume makers and a seemingly perfect soundtrack.

Worlds collide in this awesome cosplay mashup between the Dark Knight and the Dark Side of the Force. We like to imagine that Luke Skywalker is wandering around on Tatooine dressed as Robin.

All the benefits of the real deal without the hassles. This inflatable vinyl beard will instantly bestow a chinful of manliness to any man, pet, plant or inanimate object that wears it. Or not.

Star Wars fan? Got 13 minutes? Watch as Andrew Ainsworth, maker of the original Stormtrooper costumes shows the painstaking process to build the helmet from scratch. Body armor here.

Designer Vó Maria has been working his way through the X-Men cast of characters, giving us the cheapest possible costumes the next time we want to dress up as Wolverine, Magneto or Cyclops.

Jon Wollack of Almost Dark Productions made this kick-ass Boba Fett helmet in the style of the ones worn by the legendary Spartan hoplites. A fitting crown for the Mandalore. THIS IS BOBAAA!!!

Daft Club forum member AgentRayBans put together a massive poster featuring the evolution of French electronic duo Daft Punk. Check out the original thread for the full-sized poster.

Halloween has come and gone, but we can’t stop staring at George Schnakenberg’s super clever Banksy costume, based on the artist’s classic stencil that we all know and love. (Thanks Erika!)

Yeah, yeah. Halloween is over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still like the occasional cool costume. This amazing robot outfit took 250 hours and $1000+ in parts to build. Worth every penny.

Melissa Dunphy made this awesome Halloween costume for her husband – Krang’s robotic exo-suit, along with the ugly alien of course. Props to Melissa for making Krang move and speak.

John Savio’s Halloween costume could definitely take top prize this year. He’s managed to sandwich himself in a giant iPhone 4, with a 40″ LED/LCD panel strapped to his body. More pics here.

If you haven’t figured out what you’re wearing for Halloween, you might want to check out this guy’s awesome Bumblebee costume. If he shows up at your costume contest, you’re done for.

Looking for a new way to humiliate your dog, while at the same time making yourself the center of attention? Help your pup live out their cosplay fantasies with these Leia, Vader and Yoda outfits.

When we saw Peter Mander’s Halo Covenant Elite costume in progress last year, we thought it looked pretty cool, but wait til you get a load of this awesome 7-foot tall costume in its completed form.

Rick9635 is a die-hard Star Wars fan. Not only did he make a costume of one of the lesser-known characters – General Grievous (from Ep. III), it looks and moves just like the one in the movie.

You’re looking at the official mascots for the 2012 London Olympics. Wenlock is on the left, and Mandeville on the right. Despite the explanations, we still don’t get why they look like Leela’s kids.

A few of them are okay, but the majority of Star Wars costumes in these hilarious photos are spectacularly bad. It truly makes us appreciate all the effort that goes into the super-detailed ones.

It’s still a work in progress, but Anthony Le’s War Machine looks ready for Iron Man 2; it’s made with urethane and features a minigun and light-up eyes, arc reactor and gauntlets.

Outland Armour strikes back with Steampunk Star Wars, which debuted at Dragon Con 2009; top picks go to a WWI-styled Vader and an epically armored Boba Fett. (galleries: 1, 2).

The Foot Clan leader is apparently a fashion trendsetter, too: this TMNT Shredder Hoodie features arm and shoulder spikes and a zip-up half mask to scare your half-shell enemies.

DIY doesn’t get much more legit than Harrison Krix: the professional prop creator was commissioned by Daft Punk to replicate a gold helmet and outlines the entire process here.

PVP IRL with these WoW Prop Replicas, which include Horde and Alliance Flags, Tabards, and a Frostmourne Sword; would-be warriors look elsewhere: the latter is made out of latex.

The latest on our list of over-the-top costumes literally towers over us: this animatronic Gomora suit stands 10 ft. tall and 20 ft. long, moves its head and arms, shrieks, and spits vapor.