The Best of DragonCon 2012, Part 2!

(See Part 1 here.)

It's always fun to see the costume trends at Dragon*Con. I think TARDIS dresses edged out Dalek dresses this year, and there was a veritable plethora of Katniss and Lady Thor cosplay.

The Lady Loki in the middle here is probably the most subtle I've seen, but I love her 1940's style; look how the feathers in her hat mimic the iconic horns!

I just love it when art inspires cosplay like this, too. These ladies matched the original sketches by artist KelseyMichele perfectly, right down to the handbags!

Amazing, right?

And these ladies are wearing costumes based on artist shoomlah's "historical Disney princesses":

Here's the art, so you can compare:

This group looked like they just stepped off the set of Hook - the Captain even looks like Dustin Hoffman!

Granted, I don't remember the Crocodile looking quite like that...but the rest are straight off the movie screen!

This pumpkin head guy was incredibly tall and skinny; if he stood still, it was hard to believe a person was in the costume: [UPDATE: per the comments, he's the Pumpkin King from Nightmare Before Christmas, aka Jack Skellington dressed as a Scarecrow.]

I think John said those two on the right are from Skyrim. They were so big, it was actually hard to get a decent photo of them together. [Correction: they're Protoss Zealots from Starcraft. Thx, guys!]

I believe this is a steampunk Vader on the right - the only one I saw all weekend:

The Stargate guy on the left stood like that for so long he could have easily startled the heck out of some people. When he removed the head piece some time later, I saw that he was a white-haired elderly gentleman, probably in his sixties. This makes me ridiculously happy. :)

I didn't see many Furries this year, but at one point there was some kind of meet-up in our hotel lobby. I've never seen a head with light-up eyes before, so I had to grab this shot. Plus, the jaw was articulated!

 I'm told The Penguin was one of the contestants on SciFi's Face-Off, a show I still desperately want to see. It's easy to see why he was on the show - that makeup is insane!

A cute steampunk couple, and the best Labyrinth pair I saw. (Another pair actually won in the Masquerade, but from what I saw, I think these two were a bit better. And yes, that's a girl cosplaying Jareth!)

This Totoro was so good you'd think he came straight out of a theme park:

A few days ago I found some fun in-process shots of this costume, too. Check it out: the guy inside is wearing the whole thing on a backpack - you can see the straps and overall structure here:

 

See the rest of the build photos here.

Hooray for Lady Doctors!

I'm probably biased because I love Peter Davison so much, but isn't Lady #5 on the right adorable??
(Btw, did you guys know David Tennant is married to Peter Davison's daughter? C'mon. That is AWESOME.)

And now, the prettiest steampunk Jessica Rabbit you ever will see:

Why, yes, she IS hitching up her skirt to show me her bullet garter in that second photo. See what a persuasive photographer I am? ;)

I was going to guess Halo on the left, but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. A little help?

[UPDATE: Turns out they're from Mass Effect. Thanks, guys!]

Hey, you think this group uses LinkedIn?

{HEYO!!} Sorry, sorry. I'm ashamed of myself, truly. (But I love the Zelda in the middle!)

I was thrilled to spot a lady Ironman - and one that didn't feel the need to add impractical boob armor, at that:

And finally, this Dad and his two sons really stole the show in their crazy-impressive robot suits:


At least one of the kids won the kids' division in the masquerade. I was curious why the red kid's suit was advertising the "easy" button from Staples, so I did a little research. It looks like the dad runs a Robot Costume company, so I'm guessing that suit was corporate sponsored. (Now there's a trend I hope doesn't take off: corporate sponsored cosplay?)


Regardless, the dad's suit was definitely the most impressive. That screen in the middle had a constantly moving pattern, and the suit itself looks like something straight out of The Transformers:
 

Now THAT is Dragon*Con caliber cosplay. Awesome.

And that, finally, concludes my Dragon*Con coverage, guys! Thanks for sticking with me, and I promise I'll be back to a more diverse posting schedule soon!

If you still haven't had enough cosplay pics, though, head over to my D*C Flickr album. I've uploaded WAY more than what I've featured here, and there are plenty more amazing costumes to see!