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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: 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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