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Cosplay Feature: Lisa Mancini's Magik!

The Marvel Rivals cosplays keep on coming with various iterations of Magik done by cosplayer Lisa Mancini. Specifically, I have three versions that she's done over the last year or two since the cosplay was made & debuted. I myself am not too well-versed to the character so I'm mostly gonna be focusing on the outfit structure and how it's formed around Lisa. For starters, Magik's base costume starts off with a long platinum blonde wig with some wings added on top. Most likely this is done via a headband piece added in. Her main chest piece looks to be a tank top base in black with an armor chest piece layered on top. It does go all the way up to Lisa's neck so I have to wonder if she had any trouble moving her head around while wearing this. Magik has a mixture of long and short sleeved coverings for her arms. There's also different pauldrons on the shoulders. One of which is smoothed out with what I believe is the X-Men symbol on one and the other is covere...

Cosplay Feature: Danquish's SubReaper....or ReapZero?

Photo by David Ngo
If you can recall from my previous feature on Danquish, he's one of the most passionate individuals in the cosplay world. There's also the fact that the franchises he's enamored by are ones he famously professes in cosplay. Mortal Kombat's Subzero being one of them. What do you do when you have another franchise's love creeping in alongside one of the biggest cons looming up? MASH UP! For today, Danquish decided to mash up Reaper (everyone's favorite edge lord from Overwatch) with a colored skin inspired by Subzero of MK fame. The end result is a menacing/badass cosplay that I feel someone like Danquish feels completely at home with. The cosplay itself is a recreation of Reaper's standard black cloak with various belts and ammo attached to his front side. It's mainly the armor pieces that bring in the Subzero part of this combination. For some of these pieces (which I'll get to down below) were done with assistance from some prop maker friends of his!

Photo by KC Studios
The armor pieces consist of arm guards, the infamous mask, a plate near Danquish's torso, and leg pieces. Each of these are tinted with a very deep shade of ice blue which again calls back to Subzero's color scheme. The gloves look to be fingerless and are definitely the style seen (at least to me) in motocross races. The long jacket is short sleeved and looks almost form fitted like which definitely allows muscle definition to be shown. The jacket comes up at the top with the hood slightly over the head. I have to hope that this wasn't too hot for Danquish to be in. Especially if it was for long periods of time!

I believe Henchmen Props helped in assistance with the mask and guns for its base construction. I apologize if that's incorrect. In any case, the guns are stunningly detailed and have a bulky like frame for the barrel. The mask is beautifully colored in ad another mention to Mortal Kombat is present in the form of a button that clasps the jacket together. The design of that is of course the logo to MK. Danquish does a stellar job posing as Reaper and the photos definitely do justice to how menacing he looks. Enjoy the other pictures I picked out! :D

Photo by Eurobeat Kasumi Photography
Photo by San Diego Imagery
Photo by San Diego Imagery
You won't find a more passionate individual like Danquish so I highly recommend you check out his work! Some badass creations for sure!

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