Day 27 of #28DaysOfBlackCosplay2021 showcasing @panteronacosplay in her UNBELIEVABLE Queen Neptulon costume build! You MUST visit her page to see the video! Unreal! 🙌 • • • • • • Trinidad and Tobago Queen Neptulon: The Tidehunter! Elemental Goddess of Water! Write up below........... This cosplay was a doozy and I am proud to say it is my most difficult, detailed and challenging project yet! I entered this into @blizzard Cosplay Contest for #Blizzconline this year...finally! I initially made it for Blizzcon last year but was unable to finish it in time so when this online competition came around it was the perfect opp to get it done. I designed the costume obviously using the actual character (Neptulon the Tidehunter) as very close reference. Being possibly the first contestant from Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean, I wanted to reinterpret him not only as a Queen but also incorporating elements and design features of my own, influenced heavily from organisms found in the Caribbean ecosystem and also stylistic and crafting elements found in our carnival crafting culture. I created 8 coral sections in total showcasing a total of 5 coral types (carnation coral, tubular/organ coral, two types of table coral and a brain coral piece along side various rock and barnacle formations). We here in Trinidad and Tobago have the largest brain coral in the world as one of our big tourist attractions and I wanted to pay homage to that and the Buccoo Reef found in our sister isle by recreating it on my cosplay! Unfortunately, the state of the reef has been deteriorating over the years and coral bleaching is also an issue so I tried to also mimic some aspects of that on the brain and table coral pieces in my look. The cosplay was shot on location at Tyrico beach here in Trinidad 😀 I will be sharing more factoids about the costume and build in my other posts so if you are into that sort of thing, stay tuned! Photography @gurukast.photos Special shout out to Dwayne for all the help in getting it done! #blizzard #blizzardentertainment #neptulon #elemental #tidehunter #blizzardcosplay #blizzconline2021 #cosplaysubmission #tyrico #trinidad #tobago #coralreef https://www.instagram.com/p/CL01xLlj5sW/?igshid=ygxblbixib1l
