Carbon Costume

…Colonel Adrian Shephard is the main protagonist of the video game Half-Life: Opposing Force. Colonel Shephard is a member of the United States Marine Corps sent to Black Mesa Research Facility to help eliminate alien invaders. Shephard wears white camo with a green tactical vest, camouflage helmet, and a gas mask. To recreate his mask, you can use some window tint film to update a cosplay mask with clear lenses, which is much easier to find….

Squigly (voiced in Japanese by Miyuki Sawashiro and in English by Lauren Landa) is one of the DLC characters in the fighting game, Skullgirls. While her life as Sienna is covered through the backstory part of her story mode, she’s seen in the rest of the game modes as her undead form, Squigly. Like Filia, she is connected to a parasite, hers being named Leviathan, and he is the being that is keeping her in a ‘living’ form. Her fighting style clos…

…Rick Astley is an English singer and songwriter who scored a #1 hit with the 1987 single “Never Gonna Give You Up”. Though he retired in 1993, he scored a comeback in 2007 with his second chart topper, a stark departure from his previous hit….

Aqua (voiced in Japanese by Megumi Toyoguchi and in English by Willa Holland) is one of the main characters of Birth by Sleep, and a prominent character in the Kingdom Hearts game series as a whole. She is part of the trio of trainee keyblade wielder under Master Eraqus, and a major plot related reoccurring character continuing on into Kingdom Hearts 3. Aqua has a predominantly blue color scheme, with her hair and eyes both in similar shades. She…

…eft to right: A Rococo Bulbasaur, an original design of the Zodiac sign Taurus, a beautiful periwinkle piece, and an interpretation of Legend of Korra’s spirits Raava and Vaatu. After the runway presentation, the gala becomes a mixer between the participants and audience. These Mr. Heat Miser and Mr. Snow Miser cosplayers posed for a picture with spot on character expressions! This cosplayer should be as proud as a peacock with this level of artis…

…Jake English is a character in the MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck. He is from Pacific Island, which is also Jade Harley’s home. Jake has black hair and glasses. He wears a white t-shirt with a green skull design, a white button-down shirt left open, white shorts, and white shoes. You can add a black belt to your costume to emulate the dark band of the shorts he wears….

…In Kingsman: The Secret Service, we learn that “manners maketh man” but we see that clothing does as well. As secret agent trainee Gary “Eggsy” Unwin (Taron Egerton) learns what it takes to be a Kingsman, he also learns to transform his style from an urban street look to a more refined English gentleman look….

…was born in the 80s and was a teenager in the 90s. I grew up going to the video stores with my friends and family and checking out films like They Live, The Fifth Element and Total Recall. I wanted MF0 to look like a movie you could have easily rented at a Blockbuster in 1989. How did Garrett Wang (Star Trek: Voyager) and Patrick Tanaka (WWF/WCW) get involved in the project? Mike (Exec. Producer, Writer): Met Garrett at a local con (perfect) and…

…ah discovered his gift for mathematics, which eventually led to a job code-breaking with the CIA. He worked hard, balancing his job with his personal morals. But his code-breaking eventually led him down a path that ended with him being taken into the realm of the Entity. Being a mathematician, Jonah was less used to field work, and his wardrobe reflects that. His shirt can have the white painted on or be substituted for a purple and white hawaiia…

…haracter. The anime garnered two Emmy nominations, has been adapted into a video game, and will be a live action film. Another Black anime to look into is Yasuke, which relays the story of the first Black samurai. While some point out The Boondocks is technically not an anime, its artistic style and fighting scenes certainly take inspiration from Japanese animations. First Black Jedi: Mace Windu Portrayed by legendary actor, Samuel L. Jackson, Mac…