Photo by Chazzy Baragiola The combination of being snowed in from the blizzard this past week PLUS being hooked hard into Cyberpunk 2077 made this post about a day late. Apologies for the delay but let's get started! I came across RiderCGA's awesome Daredevil during my collection of MAGFest pics so this is probably the last one for that specific convention. As you'll see from the images I found, Rider has a really awesome look/take on the Man Without Fear. Further research indicates that this is known as King Daredevil and is the title Matt Murdock took during a run back in 2022! Starting from the top, you can see a lot of red and black went into this look for the character. The top includes a red hood that hides just about the top of the mask the character is well known for. Small peek at the horns too!
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!
