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Cosplay Feature: Seviria Cosplay's Suicune!

Photo by Saffels Photography So when I first saw shots of Seviria Cosplay's take on Suicune, it was pretty much an automatic YES for me to write up about it at some point. Despite the searching I went through on Instagram, I wasn't able to get a ton of shots to share with you guys. That being said, the two I did fine give off a wonderful look at the cosplay as a whole. For some backstory, Seviria took on a design done by artist Villiamboom who drew up the legendary dog Pokemon as a humanoid. In her words, Sev raced to finish this in time for Anime Expo this past summer. Suffice to say, the end result is truly amazing. Suicune happens to be my favorite out of the trio of dogs so it's not a huge surprise that I resonated so much with this cosplay. Starting off at the top, you have the iconic headpiece that's a defining characteristic for Suicune being front and center. My best guess is that insulation foam or some other type of it was used in its construction. Fully color...

Cosplay Feature: Destiny Nickelsen's Rocket Raccoon


When I saw Guardians of the Galaxy, I knew I was going to have a great time watching the movie. I enjoyed it so much that I'm following a new on-going focused on one of the characters from the film. None other than the gun toting crazed raccoon that you see Destiny Nickelsen cosplaying up above! The outfit Destiny is wearing comes from Rocket's earlier days in comics and can mostly be seen now if you've played the updated version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I appreciate the fact that she didn't go the "sexy" route that you would find most cosplayers go for and having seen 2 already in that style, this was pretty badass!

The cosplay involves a uniform like top with the center being a rectangle with red trims and 6 buttons with 3 on each side. Red gloves and blue dress pants it seems also finish the outfit. The belt buckle has several pouches where you can imagine Destiny would hold various mini guns/grenades but instead she carries around Rocket's signature gun (I think?). I included work-in-progress shots she posted so you can see how that was made. What's perhaps my favorite part is the hair, ears and how Destiny did the eye makeup. The makeup around her eyes captures Rocket's look, add in fangs and she definitely looks fierce. The ears look like to be constructed in the same manner as the giant tail Destiny has on the back. Furry tail ahoy! I hope you guys enjoy the pictures! :D



Construction shot of Destiny's gun!
Sewing in the red trims!


Photo Credits: Robbins Studio Photography and Fine Art, and FirstPerson Shooter!

If you want to follow Destiny's work, check out these links:
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialDestinyNickelsen
https://twitter.com/R2Des2

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