Happy Halloween to you all! To end this month of features, I wanted to share this INCREDIBLE work by Renee4Atlanta that she helped create and wore at this past Dragon*Con not too long ago. Coming off of Ironheart's debut series, Renee took on the task to recreate the updated look and man is it intense! When you look at the photos, you can first find that of course Renee has a more comfy layer of clothing which the armor pieces are layered on top. From the top, Renee has the iconic Iron Man helmet which is colored red for the outer shell and the mask being a shiny silver shade. From the photos I did find, I don't know if the mask can actually come down or if Renee made this to showcase an open look. Getting down to the rest, you can see how some of the armor is segmented off/layered. Red looks to make up a good chunk of the outer layer whereas the inner portions are silver.
If you guys paying attention in the cosplay world may remember, there was this really gorgeous cosplayer by the name of Pixelpantz Cosplay who grew in some popularity thanks to her Ashes of Al'Ar gijinka. So much so that I featured it last year which you can read right here! I had the opportunity to interview her earlier this week and it was totally a delight. Especially after the slight struggle in trying to schedule it but Pixel was beyond sweet about wanting to do this with me. Pixelpantz is based out in the Midwest and has grown considerably since she started cosplaying several years ago. Most of her cosplays stem from the gaming world with other medias thrown in here and there. During our chat, Pixel relayed how she's pretty much a gamer at heart since her older brother got her into it at a young age. Whereas he grew out of the geek phase, Pixel never looked back.
While she enjoys comics and anime, gaming is the one constant that can pull her away even when she's neck deep in making cosplays. Blizzard specifically has a special place in her heart if you looked at which characters were created. There's the epic mount gijinka mentioned above, a Crusader from Diablo and D.Va from Overwatch! Pixel mentions her time playing WoW and Diablo (in the Crusader class no less!) and shudders at possibly going back to the former cause she knows she'll get sucked back in. She goes into detail about the Crusader's progress and how she added elements of her own creative brain to the base design. Along with insight as to how she approached Zach Fischer with the Ashes of Al'Ar design (and how much she hated some of the progress XD)!
Photo by Pixelpantz Cosplay
We also go into some detail regarding Patreon and the nature that some people have towards the platform. Having iffy thoughts at first, Pixel now is excited having recently launched hers with a plethora of ideas and plans in the works. Plus there may be an exclusive look for you guys later on in terms of future cosplays! Convention insight is also given with a look at her favorite cons and the unfortunate history with sickness and Katsucon ;-;. It meant the world to me that afterwards Pixelpantz enjoyed doing this with me so I hope you all can feel the same way!
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I really hope you guys enjoyed the video! Again thank you so so much to Pixelpantz for giving me the opportunity to do so! I highly recommend you check out all her sites if her cosplays interest you enough!
