Neen The Kitchen Magician's Paintress!

The Paintress' overall design in Expedition 33 is both fascinating and yet haunting. As the sole force behind vanishing off people every year, she's become one of few antagonists in the game. Course, through the game's lifespan in cosplay, people mostly tackle the main members of the core Expedition. Whether it's in the traditional uniforms, other alternate costumes or the iconic Baguette outfits. So it's been a real treat to see Neen The Kitchen Magician do a phenomenal job in bringing The Paintress to life. The full outfit is black from head to toe. You have a gown like piece at the bottom with it flowing mostly in the back. It does look like both the bottom and top pieces are segmented into like a long sleeve shirt and long pants. But being full pitch black does give some shots a sense that it's all connected. That even includes the face area which one pic does show that yep, Neen is able to see out of it.

Photo by David Ngo

Throughout this full black suit, you have various armor like fragments of The Paintress' body placed on top. The shapes of them are incredible distinct and share a silver & bronze metal coloring. I also really love the painter tablet (is that what it's called?) that Neen can be seen wielding in some of the shots. My best guess is that foam and or Worbla were used in the construction of these multiple armor slots. The facial area has got to be one of my favorite spots cause of the sheer spiral effect the details give. That small spot of black is visible for Neen's eyes as I mentioned before.

You also have a long silver wig for head gear and I'm curious on how it's possibly staying on. Could it be attached to armor portion in this section? Or is it all tied to her hair and the face area is acting like a mask? I honestly couldn't have pictured anyone tackling The Paintress in this form cosplay wise and Neen just CRUSHED it! She also got to pose with cosplayer Artsy_Olive for a fantastic duo shot. I also got confused since it's been a minute since i was actually searching for photos but all of the photos here were taken at MAGFest this year and not Katsucon which is where my brain automatically went lol.

Maelle Cosplay by Artsy_Olive

This cosplay done by Neen should be MORE than enough to entice you guys in checking out her work over on her Instagram :). Thanks for reading as always!

https://www.instagram.com/neenthekitchenmagician/