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Shutting One Door, Keeping others Open

UPDATED ON 8/20/21: Facebook, Patreon and Blog IG pages have been shutdown/discontinued As the COVID pandemic rages on and cons are even shutting down into 2021, it got me thinking on a drive home one night about how I'd feel with even coming back to blogging. When cons eventually do come back at some point. Truth be told, many of the posts and content I shared here could be transferred over to more discussions via my podcast CosplayBytes. I've been blogging my love for games, cons and cosplay for 7 years now and maybe it's time to say goodbye for now? My podcast has gotten me some incredible opportunities as a member of Press for conventions, and the rapid love I've had for streaming is also taking up a lot of time now. On top of multiple personal things on my end, I don't think I have the energy to keep this up even post COVID you know? The very first cosplay centered post I wrote was on Jessica Nigri's Deadpool, and since then it's spawned over 800 posts
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Cosplay Feature: Monika Lee's Demon Hunter!

I was checking my folder of completed/posted Cosplay Features done so far and apparently I've never done one for a specific outfit that cosplayer Monika Lee made. So I decided to fix that by showing here one of her latest outfits she made which is just so freaking amazing it makes me make this face 0_0. I've mentioned before how big into Blizzard games Monika is so her latest cosplay was a Demon Hunter from Diablo 3. The cosplay was made for Blizzcon which happened a few weeks ago!

Photo by Martin Wong
Look at all that armor! The entire outfit except for the hood was made with Worbla material. I can't remember if I've mentioned that material on here so I'll quickly explain how awesome it is. Worbla is a thermoplastic from Germany that is mainly used in cosplay for masks, armor, props, all the heavy duty stuff. When you heat it with either a heat gun or a hair dryer, it becomes moldable and hardens very quick. I love especially the progress pictures that Monika posted on Twitter which showed how the outfit came together. With her wearing the initial pieces all formed, then the addition of paint brought it all together. The hood also is lined with Worbla alongside the top. The corset section covering her torso looks like to be made from leather and it looks so cool!

Seriously I need to make a note to ask her about how she did all this next time I see her :). I included some progress photos she posted so you can see the amount of hard work and detail she put in the outfit. The professional photos also look great! I'm also digging the crossbow she had for it as well. Much like her Diablo 3 Wizard and Blackbeard from Assassin's Creed 4, Monika absolutely has alot of love for who she cosplays as and it's definitely shown in each end result. If you ever read this Monika, STOP BEING SO DANG AWESOME (nahh keep at it :D). Enjoy the other photos I have to share!

Photo by JwaiDesign Photography

Look at all that armor!!

Close up of a finished Pauldron!

So.Awesome.

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