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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: Kinpatsu Cosplay's Arcanine

Photo by Eric Solomon
I've really been enjoying seeing well known cosplayers sharing the work that others who may not be as known as they should be. Simply because this gives me an opportunity to fangirl over new people as well as sharing some of their work with you guys! Case and point, meet Kinpatsu Cosplay and her Arcanine is as every bit furry as it is fierce! I think what I love most about this cosplay is how dang shiny the armor pieces look in the outfit. Having each piece be outlined with fur underneath no doubt makes for them to be comfortable to wear. Specifically the armor consists of shoulder plates, a claw covering for one hand, belt and breastplate! Not to mention the burly leg pieces and her feet claws. The leg armor can be seen attached to the fur through black straps. My guess is foam or worbla was used in its creation. The leather pieces come in the form of straps hanging from the belt and armguards!

The patterning on the armor is a mix of straight and zig zag lines done in black. With the fire orange background, it definitely allows Kinpatsu to stand out! Below the breastplate are a variety of cloth pieces covering up her stomach. The wig is absolutely gorgeous and is the same color as the fur seen in most of the cosplay. Also holy butts on the ears too :O, they're definitely larger than most ears I've seen used on other cosplays. Red fur makes up the outline while the insides are done in white. I also really love the white spikes that come out of Kinpatsu's shoulders. For a second, I thought they too were done out of fur but it's more so just a solid material.

Other areas of the cosplay include the light orange face paint and orange colored contacts! Oh and the giant tail coming out from behind, I guess that's worth mentioning too XD. In some shots, the lighting makes the fur have a somewhat yellow tint so I wonder if that's what was intended! A neck choker and necklace are also present, with the latter being made up of teeth because of course. Kinpatsu did such an incredible job on this cosplay and I hope you all agree! ^_^


Photo by Eric Solomon

Please check out more of Kinpatsu Cosplay's work by following the link to her page down below! This most likely won't be the only time I feature her work! She just debuted a Thresh from League of Legends at Katsucon!

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