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| Photo by NeoAlf |
By the time you're reading this, Katsucon will have officially kicked off in the same location as MAGFest. And as I'm typing this up on a Weds, cosplayers have already started making the trek down to the location. "Day Zero" kicks off tomorrow in some instances for creators. With that being said, the cosplay work from MAG is still present in these write-ups! The festival itself always takes on a central theme to the event and it's easily spotted with how the logo is designed. This year, MAGFest took inspiration from the classic Mega Man games using the font/design from Mega Man X. Cosplayer Malicious Cosplay really took that theme to heart by cosplaying as the famous robot but putting a Sailor Scout outfit on him and giving a pretty stellar transformation in the process!
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| Photo by ECM Photography |
Starting off with the helmet, Malicious really did a phenomenal job in crafting X's iconic headpiece. I'm not entirely sure what materials were used (hopefully Malicious will share posts detailing the process on her Insta!) but you can see that its colored mostly white with the top portion having a gold outline with red in the dead center. The circles protruding out on the sides also have an inner red shade to them. It really is like if X underwent a Sailor Scout transformation. Much of those parts change into white from his classic blue.
However, the blue isn't completely absent here! The main body piece in addition to parts of her sleeves and legs are light blue in nature. A darker shade makes up the center bow piece (with an X symbol in the dead center) plus the belt line to the sailor fuku/skirt. Also, you can see a light blue wig peeking out of the helmet. The wig itself is a small bob cut that wraps around Mal's shape really well. The gloves have a blue outer trim before going full white. Course with this being Mega Man, one arm is equipped with the iconic Buster Cannon arm. Here, you have white, black, red and yellow make up the color scheme. Red circles are outlined in black as it goes slightly down towards the cannon opening.
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| Photo by David Ngo |
Looking into the cannon itself, you can see a yellow bulb lodged inside as if Mal was getting ready to fire off some bullets. The small top with the bow has a small center part that goes into a triangle with some gold to fill in the negative space. You have what looks like some armor work down in the legs/boot department as well. Here you can see pure white with a part of it showing that dark blue color in the center. Immediately following that is the yellow trim that sharply points up. White heels/platform shoes make up the footwear. I love how in most of the photos I have to share, Malicious is rocking that iconic Sailor Scout pose with the hand gestures along with some taking on Mega Man's classic stance.
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| Photo by David Ngo |
I really loved the idea that Malicious came up with in mashing up Mega Man with another iconic franchise to fit in with the theme of MAGFest. If you go to her Instagram down below, you'll find a really amazing set of cosplays she's made. And it's all done in sets of 3 so there's a LOT of cohesion with her profile. Definitely can see myself sharing more of her work down the line :). Check out her cosplays through the link below!
