Colorado resident Anthony Le must REALLY love his Iron Man. Considering his feat of making his own bad-ass War Machine costume for the premiere of Iron Man 2 in May is quite impressive. Anthony’s costume is no simple, half-assed cardboard cutout with black sharpie marker colored all over it. This War Machine cosplay is the result of labor intensive work and precision. More impressive is the fact that his War Machine costume was drafted and designed based on a small tidbit that he saw of War Machine during the Iron Man 2 teaser that premiered at San Diego Comic Con this past year. Considering, it is most likely that he had to guess on some of the parts, he did an amazing job. This bad-ass is completely made of high impact urethane material and actually uses about 600+ rivets to give War Machine a little more bite. On top of that, this cosplay features light up repulsor gauntlets and a vibrant arc reactor. This sir, sets the bar pretty high when it comes to fan created armor costumes. The late Stan Winston would be proud. Cheers to you Mr. Le. I want to buy you a Corona.
Hit the jump to check out the epic madness (pictures and specs) by Anthony.
I know for a fact that a lot of gamers are waiting for Sega’s much hyped upcoming action/thriller video game, Bayonetta. With the current trend of video games, it is about time that we get a new femme-fatale video game heroine. Who doesn’t love a sexy gun toting witch?
With Halloween coming up in two weeks, it is pretty much expected that many female (and maybe couple doods) will be dressing up as Bayonetta. Unfortunately due to the fact that Bayonetta isn’t scheduled to come out until January 2010 (in North America) there isn’t much reference material online to make an authentic Bayonetta costume. Considering that a lot of hard core gamer/cosplayers really take pride in authenticity in their cosplay, Sega has formed the “Make-A-Witch Foundation”. Sega’s Make-A-Witch Foundation assists any aspiring Bayonetta cosplayers with tips on the different features and aspects of Bayonetta’s character such as outfit, accessories, weapons, and even attitude. Although the tips are not very detailed, there are great images and info on how to create the “total package”.
If anyone is attempting to cosplay Bayonetta, please send them to me. For research purposes… riiiigggghhhhtttt…
Oh, how the mighty have fallen… Let’s face it. The economy is in shambles, business are filing bankruptcy daily, and the unemployment rate is at a record high! As Bumblebee finds out first hand, even the Autobots are prone to unemployment. Now that Sam Witwicky has grew up to become an ungrateful douche, he fired Bumblebee as his guardian to pursue a “normal” life. Also, with the Decepticons and “The Fallen” defeated, there is just not much to do for an unemployed Autobot.
As with humans, when your financial circumstances become dire, many move into one of the oldest profession. Sales.
Bumblebee is found working at a local Chevrolet dealership, trying to promote the new Chevy Camaro line. The once proud Auto warrior has become nothing more than walking billboard, forced to transform in front of potential customers to entice them to purchase a car. Maybe he should have turned into a Toyota instead. He might make better commission.
I have been to a lot of conventions over the years and I would have to say that the female cosplayers at San Diego Comic Con 2009 really set the bar high this year. Considering the amount of different cosplayers I have seen over the years, I am rarely ever surprised, however, this year, I couldn’t keep my eyes off of them (yeah… I stared….).
Of course, there were the unavoidable horrendous cosplayers at SDCC that made me want to tears my eyes out with a Dr. Who sonic screwdriver, but the majority of the cosplay girls this year were brilliant and sexy. Read the rest of this entry »
Artist and photgrapher, Greg De Stefano has created a beautiful gallery of photos of cosplayers from the video game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Some of the featured are:
Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
Fox McCloud (StarFox)
Samus (Metroid)
Icarus (Kid Icarus)
and more…
We have all seen Mario and Luigi cosplayers at various comic and anime conventions, but you have to admit… you have NEVER seen them like this before. Read the rest of this entry »
