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Cosplay Feature: Wumbo's Monoco!

Photo by David Ngo Happy February! I hope you had an amazing start to your new year and that you're excited to learn about the amazing cosplays that are out there for 2026. The cosplay community usually dubs the one-two punch of MAGFest & Katsucon as the kickoff for the convention season. I spent the last month or so gathering cosplays that as of today's date, all stem from the former! I also am insanely excited that many of these I'm about to share are first time write-ups for the creators themselves. Today, you get a look at Wumbo's masterful recreation of known feet lover Monoco from 2025's Game of the Year, Expedition 33! In looking at some of the photo posts on her instagram, she made all of this by herself so I don't have to worry about adding in extra creators who may have assisted with design files etc. Quick backstory, Monoco is the last party member you add to your team who's a longtime friend of Verso and gained a grasp on the English language...
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Cosplay Feature: April Gloria's Aela the Huntress!


I'm bringing you guys to the incredible world of Skyrim with today's Cosplay Feature! Here I have a new cosplayer I'm featuring, the lovely April Gloria! I came across her a few months ago for the first time through her uncanny (seriously) resemblance to Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. This is especially the case when April is wearing her Burial at Sea outfit! Having showcased that character multiple times before I wanted to see if there was another cosplay of hers that pulled me in and wowed me. All I can say is that this definitely screams epic! Here, April is cosplaying as Aela the Huntress, one of the thousands of NPC's wandering around the world of Skyrim. Aela belongs to a group of warriors known as The Companions based in Whiterun!

Getting to the cosplay, April's outfit consists of mainly rough leather and armor for her shoulders, neck and belt buckle. Not to mention the giant sword she's wielding along with a small dagger! The wig used is a very light brown/auburn colored and flows beautifully on her. The armor pieces were made out of paper first then laced with fiberglass! Craft foam handled the bracers since she couldn't find a way to use paper for them like everything else. Other things to note include freaking chain mail done for the leg flaps and long socks modified for arm covers. There's a whole lot more covered in the other progress photos so I'll include links at the bottom if you want to learn more, otherwise this might be a much longer post than it already is (my bad, this cosplay is just too epic!). April's husband did a fantastic job with the photos taken for this cosplay, the wilderness is perfect in capturing the authentic Skyrim look. Also, that facepaint is AWESOME!





All photos taken by April's Husband!

If you want to follow more of April Gloria's work, check out her Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/aprilgloriacosplay

Work-In-Progress Album of Aela:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.570666512984786.1073741833.556021634449274&type=3
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