Cosplay

Contact Lenses And Eyecare – Cosplay Closet

April 17, 2017 Tendai Muzwidzwa

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Unfortunately I have the uncanny ability to always pick characters to cosplay who have different coloured eyes from myself. This is both expensive and a bit of a pain. Let me elaborate. Cheap Contacts Lenses vs Expensive Contact Lenses When I first started cosplaying I bought reasonably cheap contacts from a costume shop, popped them […]

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Convention Budgeting – Cosplay Closet

April 3, 2017 Tendai Muzwidzwa

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Convention season is well and truly underway and there are so many cons to look forward to this year. This weeks Cosplay Closet is taking a closer look at budgeting for the convention instead of a cosplay. Attendees from all over the country will be going to conventions over the next few months. So if you are one […]

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GamerCon Announce €2500 Cosplay Contest

January 27, 2017 Declan Doody

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So you’ve got All Tvvins on the main stage on both days! A huge area dedicated to retro gaming with Retro Gamer Ireland! In fact it’s really an entire weekend to all facets of gaming! How else can GamerCon get any bigger or better? Well they’ve just gone and announced that cosplay is not only […]

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Shappi And Lux Cosplay AkumaKon 2017 – Gallery

January 17, 2017 Declan Doody

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AkumaKon 2017 is just around the corner! We are super excited for the packed weekend! The convention boasts a stellar lineup of guests as usual. Amongst that roster of guests are cosplay stars, Shappi and Lux. Shappi Shappi is a cosplayer from Poland who specialises in making armor. She has been honing her craft for the […]

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Should Cons Enforce Cosplay Restrictions?

August 24, 2016 Declan Doody

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As conventions grow and become more 'mainstream' we're asking in order to accommodate families; should cons enforce cosplay restrictions?

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Cosplay Closet: Challenge Yourself

June 23, 2016 Laura Kelly

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It might just be me, but I tend to treat cosplay as a competitive sport. I don’t mean in a literal sense, you won’t find anything I’ve made in the Eurocosplay finals. But whenever I go to make a new costume, I look at 3 things: “How much do I want to make it?”, “Do […]

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Walker Stalker Con London Review

February 26, 2016 Declan Doody

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1313Walker Stalker Con, the US-based convention event inspired by comic and TV series, The Walking Dead shuffled its way to the UK. Walker Stalker Con London took place in the Olympia London and I dragged my carcass over the pond for it last weekend. The guest list for the weekend was peppered with some of the biggest names from the […]

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Anime

Kaizoku-Con Expects To Draw Record Crowd

February 16, 2016 Declan Doody

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Kaizoku-Con, the largest anime and science-fiction convention in the south of Ireland expects to draw its biggest crowd to date this March 4th – 6th. The event which is in its third year has already earned a strong name for itself in the Irish geek calendar and this year promises to build on that. Drawing […]

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Cosplay Closet: Surviving Conventions

January 28, 2016 Lauren Murphy

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Cosplaying allows us to dress ourselves up, get into character and embody that spirit we’ve worked so hard at, but it also means we get to have fun with our friends, compete and even pose! With all that action though, how do you ensure you and your cosplay stays in one piece? Having just been at AkumaKon down […]

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Cosplay To Be Made Illegal?

January 26, 2016 Tendai Muzwidzwa

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Cosplaying is a hobby loved by hundreds of thousands of people world-wide. At its core it is an admiration of characters from anime, manga, tv, film and video games. This love of cosplay has made the cosplay community a fairly large one. The fact that this wonderful vibrant community is under threat is quite disheartening. The […]

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