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Cosplay Feature: Gray Oranges' Rikku!

Photo by David Ngo I won't ever shy away from writing about cosplays of Rikku's look from Final Fantasy X-2 and Gray Orange did a fantastic job portraying her in both the overall cosplay look PLUS the pose work. Of course I'll get to all that in due time but let's start at the top! It's certainly a cosplay worn for several events and I want to say I first saw this in the overall collection of MAGFest photos back in January of this year. I really love how the multiple braid strands are integrated into the blonde wig for starters. I can't tell if they're either part of the wig itself or the blue headband that's wrapped around. In any case, following this is a red scarf wrapped around Irini's neck before you then get to the yellow bikini top. Here, you can also see orange trim lines as part of the piece. Oh, I forgot to mention that the red scarf actually travels all the way down to her legs. These end points then transition to a yellow/orange gradient!

Cosplay Feature: Raychul Moore's Natalie Drake

For the 2nd Cosplay Feature this week I have the lovely Raychul Moore. Along with being an awesome video game journalist and running her own little channel on Youtube, she also makes some pretty sweet cosplays! Some of which are Rule 63/genderbent takes on well known male characters such as the one I'm showcasing today. Some of Raychul's favorite games of all time include the Bioshock franchise, God of War, the Mass Effect Trilogy (she loves Kaiden and Garrus!) and most of all the Uncharted games. Raychul loves Uncharted so much that she's deemed protagonist Nathan Drake to be her ultimate crush/husband. What better way to express her love for Nathan than to put a female spin on him?

Photo by Chanh Tang

This is a fairly simple cosplay that Raychul looks so gorgeous in! I definitely love the wig and how it looks on her. Despite it's simplicity, it's really the poses she makes that define the cosplay for her. Raychul definitely has the style for what makes Nathan Drake (or as she dubbed it Natalie Drake) such a badass character. The outdoor setting is also perfect. She uses a variety of weaponry from pistols to a shotgun and I love the belt buckle! Check out the other pictures I have of her cosplay :)

Photo by Chanh Tang

Photo by Chanh Tang

Photo by James Gilstrap

Photo by James Gilstrap

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