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Cosplay Feature: Holly Bean Cosplay's Sypha from Castlevania!

Photo by David Ngo By the time you're reading this, I will have just gotten back from my first convention of the year, PAX East! You can hear all about it in a brand new episode of CosplayBytes! For now, let's go back a little bit further to MAGFest from January for even more gaming related cosplays. Holly Bean Cosplay here brought along her cosplay of the devoted mage Sypha from the Castlevania anime adaptation aired on Netflix. By the time of this posting, the original has aired two seasons plus a spin off called Nocturne starring another Belmont Descendant. You'll notice that even if the cosplay is relatively simple in its design, I love both the pose work that Holly has done in addition to the edited photos that came out of this. Starting from the top, Holly is rocking a short orange wig with a variety of curls and wefts seen on her sides and from the back. Then you have the main top piece all in a light shade of blue and layered.

Cosplay Showcase: Osanguine Cosplay's Radiant Tarecgosa

Photo by KamiSu

Warcraft centered cosplays are always a stand out to me due to the sheer amount of detail that goes into the outfits. Today, I have Osanguine Cosplay in a stunning recreation of Radiant Tarecgosa from WoW. Some quick backstory for you guys, Tarecgosa is part of the Blue Dragonflight which is heavily associated with magic in the Warcraft universe. Like most prolific members, this is her human form taking in the guise of an elf. This Radiant form is actually a fan made design that cosplayer Cinderys made in addition to other Dragon Aspects. The concept captured Osanguine thus compelled her to create it. Immediately at the top you have this impressive and large headdress in a glorious shade of blue. That and silver seem to be mainstays throughout the whole cosplay. Some of the post editing of the pics actually turn the blue into a purple shade which I really love.

Photo by Amarhaak
As I started off, the headdress looks to be attached in the back somehow. It gives off this highly raised collar look. Black dragon horns are on top of the blue wig and are draped with blue fabric straps that are connected and form a U shape. It looks as if it's surrounding her face. Within these straps are a variety of runes in silver in addition to a trim in the same color. Osanguine's wig is seriously a perfect shade of dark blue and looks to go on till her shoulders. Then you have twin shoulder-plates which are layered up in multiple sections. A resin stone looks to be resting on each of them PLUS the fabric straps seen earlier near her head.

Truthfully, these look to be simple in design, which makes sense given that the rest of the cosplay is nuts! For the chest piece, it looks to start immediately after the U shape and travels to just above the stomach. Leaving some exposure before the lower section comes into play. Another resin stone comes into play dead center and I love the silver patterning on top of the blue. For the arms, she's rocking long blue gloves with armor gauntlets on top which is pretty much a common practice now for armor based cosplays. The bracers again match the whole color scheme. I imagine it must felt great to have fully free fingers to move XD. Finger armor can certainly be a pain!

Photo by AE Photography

Before getting into the bottom section, there's also a small triangle piece up at the top of her wig which is also nestled with a resin stone! It certainly looks like blue pants/tights are used as a base for this part. The hip armors are quite large and have that classic patterning which I had thought was a layered look. It's actually the silver layout that makes it look that way. The blue section is just a plain full coloring. There's a center part on this same level with a stone in the center. Its design specifically in the trim gives off a tabard like feel. Fabric and several more stones can be seen hanging off this area as well. The shot above is the only one I was able to find that gives off a great look at the full leg armor situation. This consists of what looks to be one piece strapped on/attached and then heels full on blue in color. The heels also have some armor pieces attached as well. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T FORGET THE BLUE CAPE COMING OFF THE BACK <3.

Photo by Amarhaak

Towards the bottom of said cape is little bits of wear and tear. The added photo effects really make this cosplay come to life and I certainly hope Osanguine felt a huge sense of accomplishment in finishing it! I truly hope you guys enjoy the shots and gawking over the details like I have!

Photo by Sinclair Quatrefagres

I would hope that this cosplay alone compels you to check out more of Osanguine's work! You can do so by visiting her Instagram account down below :)
https://www.instagram.com/osanguine_cos/
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