Dragon Con 2015, The Best Cosplay Pt 4

The next Dragon Con is less than 6 months away, you guys... which makes this the perfect time to finish up last year's cosplay pics, right? 

Heh, aheh, yeeeeeaaah.

But never mind that I've put this off forever; let's just get on to COSTUMES.

 

First, I went nuts for this post-apocalyptic Wizard of Oz group:

Tin Man is clad in an armor of old road signs! GENIUS.

The Wicked Witch was especially stunning:

DAT FLYING MONKEY.

I like how cheerful Dorothy is with her giant gun - which, look closely - is named Toto.

YESSSS.

The "Cowardly" Lion isn't looking so cowardly, either. Love how her fur perfectly matches her hair!

Here's the most creative Baymax cosplay I've ever seen:

POOFY GOODNESS!

I like the nurse-hat headband, plus the smiley faces in her skirt were back-lit!

A hilarious Jurassic Park group:

The T-Rex bush prop is faaaabulous. Love their expressions.

Anyone remember last year's viral sensation, Kung Fury?

  

Reference:

And here's the arcade flipping off a poodle, because that's just how insane this movie is:

 (You can watch the whole thing at the Youtube link up there, btw. It's only 30 minutes, but I'll be curious to see how far you get. :D)

A steampunk pirate who's mechanical parrot stole the show:

The bird moved and blinked! I posted video of it eons ago on Vine, I think.

Dragon Con always has some of the best visual gag costumes:

Get it? GET IT?? :D

A beautifully creepy Alice from the game Alice: The Madness Returns:

Speaking of creepy, here's someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley:

I took this in bright afternoon sunlight, and I still got chills.

[Note: That's a Wendigo from Hannibal. Thanks, commenters!]

This Sally's face paint was flawless:

Such a great illusion when she closes her eyes!

Plus I like their Victorian take on Jack & Sally.

My friends Christie, Dana, and Alexie made an excellent Sherlock trio:

... with a disturbing photobomb by Joker.

Now I'm going to brag on Christie for a sec, because LOOK how well she channeled Moriarty here:

She did his famous neck roll for me, and it. was. PERFECTION.

Gah, I love how talented my friends are.

The Scooby-Doo gang:

And an unfortunate encounter for some Red Shirts:

Part of the fun of DCon is stumbling across cosplayers goofing off like this. This is the one con where most people aren't in a hurry to get anywhere, so they just wander and talk and pose for pictures.

Another great example, which I love so much more now that I've seen the new Star Wars:

I am feeling feelz, you guys. FEELZ.

Then there were these guys, who clipped velvet ropes to their belt loops and formed a mobile private dance party:

There are a LOT of mobile dance parties at DCon.

An adorable gender-swapped Eggs from Box Trolls, and a less-adorable, more-assimilating Borg:

John brought the wide-angle lens on his own camera one day, and went around asking scary characters to "lean waaaaay in." Most of the time the results are just so-so, but sometimes:

... you get cool shots like this.

(I didn't Photoshop any of those prosthetics, btw; they just looked that good, that close up. RESPECT.)

Here he is with Harley later:

And a few more of my favorites from John's camera:

These are really fun to edit; I like to bump the fish eye effect even further.

Here's my friend Dana again, this time as Riddler:

 And while we're talking Batman villains, how about a rave-worthy Mr. Freeze and Bane?

My photo doesn't do them justice; love the use of lights.

Aaand I'm going to break there for now.

BUT! My final DCon post (no, really!) is coming up later this week - so stay tuned!

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Did you miss one? Here are my previous Dragon Con 2015 roundups:

2015 Reflections  - (a snapshot of the DCon experience)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3