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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: Sol XXV's Mecha Umbreon!

Photo by B1NH Photography

There's a somewhat decent chance you've seen this cosplay before if you've scoured the web for cosplay in general. Cosplayer Sol XXV took part of an incredible group mechanizing the Eeveelutions, which is definitely an idea I did not even think of. Once again, League of Larcy hooked me up with the details surrounding this rad dude. Sol selected the Dark type Umbreon and holy smokes does this cosplay as a whole look incredible. What I'll note right off the bat, is that this cosplay made a recent appearance at this year's Katsucon with several improvements. As such, the full focus of this Feature will be on the 2015 version he created. Sol's Umbreon is covered head to toe in pitch black armor pieces underneath an under-suit most likely worn for comfort. You've got Umbreon's ears in full fashion as well as yellow details highlighting the other color as part of the Pokemon's scheme.

Photo by U.V. Photography
As I mentioned at the start, Sol's Umbreon is armor city you guys. Starting off from the top, a closer look at his helmet makes it appear to be like a cover for both the front and back. Umbreon's signature circle is seen glowing yellow on top of his forehead, and the ears are attached on the back plate. The eye slits glow a bright red, I'm truthfully curious as to how Sol (or any of the Eeveemechs for that matter) was able to see out of there. The upper arm pieces are full on yellow circles, where as the lower arm pieces have a segmented pattern on them.

The weaponry for this first version of Umbreon is a pair of twin blades done in black and yellow. Various markings can be seen in some of the shots. Quick little note, I love that the top of the helm has Umbreon's Pokedex number etched in. The breastplate looks to be added via the over-the-head method. A belt piece and leg armor round out the rest of this cosplay. My best bet is that all of this was done in EVA foam or various variants of foam. For comfort and mobility purposes of course! Getting to see the group's revamped version briefly was pretty rad at Katsu. If you're wondering if all of the yellow spots glow in the dark, you're damn right they do :D. Check out the other shots I have!

Photo by B1NH Photography

Photo by B1NH Photography

Sol XXV has done other cosplays in a similar mech fashion like done with Umbreon. If you want to see them, his 2018 Umbreon or other cosplays then definitely check out his FB page :).

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