Carbon Costume

…t reminded us all of the joys of fandom. But the fun doesn’t have to stop just because PAX Online is over. It’s never too soon to start planning next year’s cosplay, after all. And after seeing the new games announced this year (and the renewed appreciation for old classics), we’ve got some great ideas for your cosplay in 2021. Rhythm of the Universe Rhythm of the Universe is a VR game where music is the only way you can save your world. Its first…

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…Skeletor, She-Ra and Orko to name a few. Have you seen a Deadpool x Ghostbuster or Scooby-Doo x Ghostbuster crossover before? Another resident of Eternia and right-hand beast to Skeletor is Beast Man (@badaxxcosplay). This towering Blaster cosplay from Transformers had to be seen to believed. This version of Casey Jones appears in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This Helga cosplayer from Hey Arnold! got the poses, and brow, down pat. Th…

…Detective Chief Inspector John Luther (Idris Elba) works for the Serious and Serial Crime Unit on the BBC show Luther. He’s a brilliant, gritty detective who often toes the line between following the law and breaking it. Either way, tweed’s never looked better than it does on him….

…In the Marvel Universe, Deadpool (aka Wade Wilson) is a mentally unstable mercenary. He’s hugely popular with comic fans as the merc with a mouth, frequently breaking the fourth wall. In the Wolverine movie, Ryan Reynolds also portrayed something that kind of resembled Deadpool, I guess…?…

…Ace Ventura may be solving pet related crimes but this detective is breaking more than one rule of fashion. Pairing Hawaiian shirts with striped or plaid pants, Ace’s look may seem unkempt but he balances it out with his finely styled hair….

…eing freed by Steven. She proposed the same idea that she had to Rose: the Breaking Point, a weapon that could shatter any gems, even Diamonds. Like his mother, Steven rejected this idea and after an intense battle, he bubbled Bismuth again. He brings her back in the final fight against Homeworld, where she rejoins the Crystal Gems. Uzo Aduba, who you might recognize from Orange is the New Black, voices Bismuth. This costume requires some sewing….

…r father to turn her into a killer for its never-ending games of cat-and-mouse. As the Spirit, she appears blueish in color, with white bandages and shards of glass embedded in her body. You can use a traditional sarashi or white gauze bandages to recreate her costume, and follow an FX makeup tutorial such as this one to add the glass details. Her shattered katana blade may be made by either breaking a prop katana, or carefully painting one to mak…

…In Dexter’s Laboratory, Dexter is a boy genius who runs a secret laboratory. There he invents countless machines and conducts weird experiments, though his sister Dee Dee is always breaking in and destroying his work. His idol is Albert Einstein, and he speaks with a Russian accent, which is odd because the rest of his family has no such accent….

…Archer (voiced by Krystal Meadows) is half of the crime-fighting sibling duo that stars in the show Grossology. They take on the grossest of gross and the slimiest of slimy. And when it comes to Abby, at least, they do it without batting an eye or breaking a sweat. When she’s not in uniform to bust a bad guy Abby prefers the color purple. She wears a purple sweater and skirt with black leggings and black shoes. Of course no cosplay of Abby would…