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Cosplay Feature: Renee4Atlanta's Ironheart!

Happy Halloween to you all! To end this month of features, I wanted to share this INCREDIBLE work by Renee4Atlanta that she helped create and wore at this past Dragon*Con not too long ago. Coming off of Ironheart's debut series, Renee took on the task to recreate the updated look and man is it intense! When you look at the photos, you can first find that of course Renee has a more comfy layer of clothing which the armor pieces are layered on top. From the top, Renee has the iconic Iron Man helmet which is colored red for the outer shell and the mask being a shiny silver shade. From the photos I did find, I don't know if the mask can actually come down or if Renee made this to showcase an open look. Getting down to the rest, you can see how some of the armor is segmented off/layered. Red looks to make up a good chunk of the outer layer whereas the inner portions are silver.

Cosplay Feature: Destiny Nickelsen's Juliet Starling!

Today I wanted to feature the awesomeness that is Destiny Nickelsen! You've all probably seen her on this blog before in forms of shout-outs and the interview I did with her awhile back. Destiny is arguably one of the sweetest cosplayers I've had the pleasure of getting to know this year! One of her cosplays that I absolutely love is her Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw. Now yes this character has been done often by females due to the popularity of the game and the outfit but what makes Destiny's so special is the fact that hers is one of the alternate outfit known as "All-American Cheerleader" and I think she's also the only cosplayer that I know of who's done that specific outfit which is kinda cool!

Photo by Tobias Roybal Photography

While the outfit itself is a basic cheerleader outfit, lots of work went into getting the design right! The skirt I believe utilizes box pleats, high knee socks with the school name on them, wrists bands and the top made up with a patriotic look and little stars on right side. Then there's the big prop being the giant chainsaw! Compared to the way these were made in other versions, Destiny has noted that she wants to one day remake the chainsaw. The blade end is apparently less bulky than it really is (or I could be wrong, kind hard to tell in the pictures) which was probably done to keep it light for her to carry around. The poses Destiny makes in the following photos really capture the spirit that Juliet!

I especially love the lollipop addition that Destiny put in the photos and she looks so adorable and beautiful in the outfit. The wig also looks amazing on her! I technically met Destiny at NYCC 2012 but  it was somewhat brief as she looked a bit tired from taking pictures but sure enough she was wearing this outfit and it looked amazing in person! Of course I was able to talk with her alot more at conventions this year which was so cool! I hope you guys enjoy the other photos I have picked out :)

Photo by Tobias Roybal Photography


Photo by Tobias Roybal Photography


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