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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...

STRUCK FIRST: Mina Starks as Starfire!

Photo by Rosson Photography

Struck First gives you a first look at a cosplay just as it's been debuted/had its first photoshoot. Cosplayers have been kind enough to let me have a first crack at analyzing the cosplay by providing me with brand new pictures.

I've been holding on to this cosplay to write about for a really REALLY long time. Since Katsucon to be exact. When Mina Starks was gonna create Starfire's latest look in the comics, you KNOW I had to jump in on writing about it. The cosplay is of course on the skimpy side but really looks comfortable just from the shots alone. Purple is the main color for the cosplay as we got both small shorts and a crop top that is perfect as an end result. Going more in depth, the purple top has various silver lines going across it with a single green jewel placed dead center on Mina's chest. Her arms are mostly covered in purple until you get to about the elbows. That's where the silver sleeves come in which also provide some hand coverage too!

Photo by Rosson Photography
Mina's shorts are like....super freaking short here XD. We got a silver like belt before more purple appears. The silver section also has another green jewel placed in its center. Also, the cut out holes on the crop top are clean and in the exact spots as in the official comic outfit :D. Lastly, Mina has long leggings that are purple with silver lines both traveling up as well as along the edge/trim. Shoes look to be attached here as well as they're fully covered and look connected to the leggings.

For the wig, Mina has a beautiful long one which is colored in a mixture of red and orange. Pretty spot on wouldn't you say? Starfire's pet Silky also makes an appearance in the shot on the right. I mentioned at the top that this was a long time planned and unfortunately I don't have many shots of the full costumed Starfire. To help with that, I've added in shots of Mina in a more casual style for her. Complete with a Nightwing shirt, knee high socks and red shorts. Mina's smile overall is just super infectious and I can tell she had a lot of fun wearing Starfire. Check out the shots down below!

Photo by MC Illusion Photography


Photo by MC Illusion Photography

Mina is a delightful girl who really makes some awesome cosplays! To follow more of her work, check out her Instagram. She recently cosplayed as one of the new Gym Leaders from Pokemon Sword/Shield. IT'S AMAZING :D
https://www.instagram.com/theminastarks/
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