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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: SparkleStache's Nova Widowmaker!

Photo by John Haas

Keeping it with Blizzard themed cosplays again so hopefully you guys are ok with that! Here, I've got the lovely SparkleStache in a skin for Widowmaker from Overwatch! Taking cues from another Blizzard IP, Widow is dressed on point as the sniper Nova from Starcraft. A drastic departure from the character's default dark/purple skin and pink bodysuit! Here, lots of tan and white mix in with the dark colored armor pieces. The bodysuit looks to be done with fabric but some of the shading and shots look like it was done in individual armored pieces :O. You've got small hip armor pieces along Krissy's waist which are done in a black and light blue center. These colors pretty much make up the other armor seen on the cosplay.

Photo by David Ng
The shoulder pieces look small and are attached to Nova's breastplate she has going on. The arms have gauntlet like pieces with small black and blue spots attached to a much larger piece. On the chest piece, the collar looks raised and the bodysuit can be seen poking out from this area too! Krissy has a pretty giant blonde ponytail wig going on which has a pretty interesting head piece going on. The ear pieces have wires sticking out and attaching to her back piece. One of the hip armor parts has alot more going on with piping attached to a full leg piece.

Then there's of course the massive weapon in question for a prop. Krissy wields the sniper rifle with ease so foam or PVC must have been used in its construction as was the armor. The gun has lots of details added in to give off that futuristic feel. There's even some blue strips and serial numbers etched in! Most of the poses show off this prop in all of its glory. Whether she's standing proud or pointing right at your unlucky self! I know I wouldn't mess with her in this cosplay :D.


Photo by John Haas

Photo by John Haas

This cosplay certainly got me to follow SparkleStache's work and I included a link to her Patreon which as other links too if you wish to do the same! She's an immensely talented gal :).
https://www.patreon.com/sparklestache
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