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Comic-Con@Home Masquerade Entry: VivSai 

Costume Title: Lady Loki in Armor

Best in Show: "Valkyrie (Jane Foster)", crafted by The Queen’s Armory. Beautiful and with extensive hand-leather work that wowed the judges, it lights up, too! A stunning interpretation from the Marvel universe.

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Winner: Frank and Son Collectible Show Award of $1,000.

Winner: The Costume Designers' Guild Spotlight Award, to include a costume design book, a $100 Amazon card, and more.

* The Judges' Choice Award resulted in a TIE of two very different costumes! *

Judges' Choice: "Obsidian Desert Queen Zagara", Broodmother of the Swarm from Heroes of the Storm, crafted by international Korean cosplayer MyBoo Cosplay

Judges' Choice: "Snow White", an original imagining of the joyful Queen's Happily Ever After, with exceptionally embellished historical design by Mandy Pursley / Be The Spark Cosplay

Best Re-Creation: "Arachne". Japanese artist and illustrator Sakizou's character cleverly and skillfully translated from 2-dimensional artist canvas to real life by Nina London Cosplay

Best Original Design: "Goodbye Beach City", a beautiful homage to Steven Universe, any way she turns, there’s a detailed story sewn into her dress! From Moria Magre/MinesOfMoriaCosplays

Best Workmanship: "Carlotta, from Phantom of the Opera", a highly detailed re-creation of Carlotta's Hannibal dress of the Broadway show, crafted wonderfully by Canadian Devon Baker / Komickrazi Studios

Most Beautiful: "Lady Loki in Armor", a striking original interpretation of the character in resplendent battle armor and impressive weapon too, designed and crafted by VivSai

Most Humorous: "Yo, Ho, Yo, Ho, A Batman's Life for Me". Perhaps in some alternate universe, Batman and Robin could be partying pirates? A jovial imagining by Jeanie Lopez, plus Lucas and Joe Queen

Best Group: "Lord Captain America and Iron Lady", an Avengers Masquerade, cleverly imagining two Marvel heroes in refined and elegant period costuming, as crafted by Miguel and Lucy Capuchino / Capuchino Cosplay

And some Honorable Mentions: Here’s a few entries just as loved by the judges that nearly won trophies. Even though they scored slightly lower than the top choices, they still deserve recognition for achievement:

Honorable Mention: "Gonk (gonk guh gonk gonk gonk)" a fun re-created screen-accurate Star Wars GNK power droid with moving parts, constructed by Kaiweevil

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Winner: The David C. Copley Award for Most Innovative Costume: $500 in Amazon cards from UCLA’s Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design.

Honorable Mentions:

"Edgar Markov", (lower left) an armored character from the terror-rife gothic plane of Innistrad in the Magic the Gathering game universe, brought to you wonderfully by Kensadi / Kensadi Cosplay

"Varian Wrynn", (lower right) World of Warcraft's King of Stormwind and High King of the Alliance in amazingly constructed armor, from international Korean cosplayer Sin_Moon

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San Diego Comic-Con gives a big "Thank You" to the contestants for all their work and talent,

to the guest judges Jennifer May Nickel, Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis PhD, Garnet Filo, Allan Lavigne and Gigi Bannister for their time and expertise,

to Phil and Kaja Foglio for being our Masters of Ceremonies,

to the Frank and Son Collectible Show, the UCLA David C. Copley Center For the Study of Costume Design, and the Costume Designers' Guild IATSE 892 for their generous support of the event,

and to our convention friends & family both near and far for joining us online- until we meet again!

GONK!

The GNK power droids, also known as gonk droids, are walking batteries found in the Star Wars universe. You know there’s a gonk droid coming when you hear the “gonk” sounds they make. They slowly trundle along and power vehicles and machinery as needed, sometimes picking up little hitchhikers along the way!

My gonk’s name is JNI-4. For some reason, I thought this costume was gonna be a quick and easy build. The main body of the costume was two large containers. The middle part is a 4 inch strip of aluminum that is riveted onto the top container. The two halves are held together by nuts and bolts and are able to separate for ease of transportation. The legs are aluminum ducting and the feet are 3D printed.

Everything else is 3D printed or scraps such as bottle caps and jar lids that are glued or screwed onto the body. There are several lights on the front and one on the side. On the front is a moving holographic projector that lights up in different colors. There is a little trap door where JNI-4 can give anyone that comes a little too close a shock! It’s also great for administering stickers and trinkets to kids. The left side has a moving gear, modified from a battery powered car toy. On the top you can see a moving antennae and an exhaust pipe that spews out smoke.

Everything was painted with the look of years of use in the deserts of Tatooine in mind. If you look on the back corner, you can see where JNI-4 got hit by a stray blaster shot. Poor little guy!

When it was all said and done, it certainly wasn’t a quick nor an easy build, LOL! I am glad how everything turned out and I look forward to making people smile at conventions and events with my little droid.

Michelle Joy Princess Marimon Hedmond @ShellieCutiePie on Instagram

Re-Creation - Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon

Hey! My name is actually Michelle and I’m from Nevada! I am Filipino and my family is from the Visayas islands. I used to live in The Philippines for high school and a year of college. I learned so much with working with our indigenous materials back then! From huge palm tree leaves, banana leaves, sticks, dried flowers, coconut husks, and more! I fell in love with working with what I have and what’s out in nature, it made me even more creative.

I hope you love my take on recreating Raya’s full outfit! I made my own hat with dead palm leaves straight from my own backyard. It was my first time making a foam sword and handling a dremel tool. The arm pieces are made of foam, thick shoe laces, twine, and puffy paint. I bought some boots that costed $13 and I cut it and made the tip of it sloping up, painted it, added foam for the center part. I painted all the props and boots all at the same time while each was drying, puffy painted details on my cape & blazer, and even made my own foam stamp for the blazer. I even made my own patterns. 

Faith is big in The Philippines. My parents raised me to learn the ways of our Lord, our God. I prayed to God that I could make and finish this costume and it was a fun and amazing experience overall! I’ve made and done things that I’ve never before! I spent less than $125 on this cosplay because I started with whatever I had at home first. My belt is made out of a handwoven wine gift bag that I cut up and puffy painted the designs. My pants I made from scratch with light green vibrant fabric that I already had at home, I dyed with brown and black rye dye in a bucket and hot water, dried in my backyard in this perfect summer heat to dry it up quick, and splattered it with water and spray to get that perfect Raya pants color! My top is sewn on the machine for the base part and then I draped and hand-sewn the pleats. By hand, I clay molded the dragon piece on my sword! Did embroidery for the first time too for the tip of my cape collar!

Raya And The Last Dragon was such a delight to see because I finally got to see a strong woman character who is Southeast Asian like me! Can’t wait for my future kids to watch it! 

Making this cosplay was definitely the most special one I’ve ever made. It is everything to me. That I put all of my talents, my faith, and my love into this, in a crunch of 8 days straight. I owe it all to God & I hope that little girls and boys who love Raya can look at this and know that with keeping our Faith and having it strong, Nothing is impossible. 

Photos and Video taken by my Husband, Robert <3 

All photo edits, video editing, hair styling my real hair, directing by me. 

I want to thank my Husband so much for motivating me to always do everything I love all at once and for believing in me. I love you forever!

I also wanna thank @nammai​ for inspiring me to make this & all the tips he gave me to start. I applaud his talents in costuming (and how fast he works) and hearing his podcast episode with @asiansewistcollective gave me that push to really go for my dream to make this cosplay.

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2021 Comic-Con@Home virtual Masquerade

Devon Baker (Komickrazi Studios)

Costume Name: Carlotta

Costume Description: Phantom of the Opera Musical, Hannibal Scene (Re-creation)

This costume is a recreation of Carlotta’s Dress from the Phantom of the Opera’s Hannibal Scene.  It contains a Multiple layered skirt on a steel hoop frame.  Each Tab on the skirt was carefully embroidered with embroidery floss, sequins, and seed and bugle beads over the course of 4 months.  The bodice is fully boned and contains 4 layers of fabric (a satin liner, duck cloth, velvet and gold lace netting).  It was trimmed and beaded with an assortment of sequins, gems and plastic and glass beads.  The costume took approximately 300 hours of work to complete.

Creator Bio:

Devon Baker is a cosplayer from Canada.  She has been making costumes for over 20 years.  She loves nothing more than a spooky horror movie, a good cup of tea and maybe a musical soundtrack or two to sew to.

Welcome to the Comic-Con@Home 2021 Masquerade!

Distinguished artists, writers, and publishers Phil and Kaja Foglio, Master and Mistress of Ceremonies for Comic-Con's and WonderCon's in-person Masquerades for many years, give you an introduction to our virtual contest in this short video before you enjoy the amazing costumes.

Don't miss any of the videos the contestants have included, some have important information and music. Anytime you see an arrow on a photo, click on it, and be sure your sound is turned on. Enjoy!

Julieta Ravencrest - Miss Ravencrest

- Costume Entry Title: Judgement Paladin

- Costume Description: Re-creation: Art by Weis 2008 World of Warcraft Judgement Blood Elf Paladin

- Bio: Hello! I am a cosplayer in British Columbia Canada! I do a game, anime, and art cosplay. Armor and props are what bring me joy. My husband is my amazing photographer!

The individual strands from the waist piece, each of the gold lining were initially hand stitched on and then sewn over to create a smooth look and avoid stretching.

Comic-Con@Home Masquerade Entry: Nina London Cosplay

Costume Title: Arachne by Sakizou

Costume Description: Re-Creation (from manga artist Sakizou)

This costume is entirely handmade.  

Starting at the top, the wig is actually three wigs cobbled together.  The fifth photo in this post shows the basic process: one wig forms the bottom layer, the middle is stuffed with pillow batting, and the remaining wigs have been styled around the batting in curls and tendrils.  The entire thing was sealed off with Mod Podge to endure many wearings.  All trim (ribbons, etc) were hand-styled and are permanently attached.  

As for the ruff, the third photo depicts the basic frame, which is made of 16 gauge wire covered in fabric, lace, and beads.  The ruff stays attached to the costume through wires that run down the front of the corset.  

The corset is the only piece of the costume for which I used a pre-made pattern, and I layered various pieces of lace and ribbon over the front to achieve the detailed effect.  

The bustle is actually two layers.  The base layer is simply there to give it that “pumpkin” shape.  Once I had that in place, I took several small pieces of satin and hand-sewed them directly onto the pumpkin to make the layered, bustly look.  

The train is delicate mesh, which I reinforced with water-soluble interfacing while I hand-stitched hundreds of beads into spiderweb shapes.  The bottom of the skirt is also cut with pinking shears and stained with arcyllic paint thinned out with vinegar for aging. 

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