Dragon Con '13: The Best Cosplay, Part 3!

Egads, you guys, I had no idea I took this many photos at Dragon Con! Ack! Ok, I'm pumping myself up here. We WILL get through these... we WILL.

Or I'll get tired and just upload the rest to Flickr later.

Deal? Deal.

Annnnd, we're walking....

First up on our tour you'll see my best missed video opportunity of the whole con: a Weekend At Bernie's Bernie dead-dancing (best way I can describe it!) to a Storm Trooper's boom box:

It was hysterical, trust me. 

(When he wasn't dancing, "Bernie" was propping himself up in unlikely corners for more hilarity.)

And straight ahead, more punny brilliance:

 HAN SOLO CUP.

Next up on your right, the undead Village People:

And hey, my most popular group from last year is back again!

Oh! And while we're talking crossplay:

Slave Leo.

Before you laugh, you really should read Ryan's post on why he decided to create & wear this costume. It's both thought-provoking and inspiring - while still managing to be pretty darn fun. (I think the look in his eyes says it all, don't you?)

A battle-scuffed Chell:

Avengers, assembled:

"Moisturize me! Moisturize me!!"
 

And probably my favorite cosplay group of the con, this group from The Fifth Element:

See the guy on the left, with the board strapped to his head? That's the character who blocked the door peep hole with a photo of an empty hallway - remember him? And keeping in character, this guy was vibrating and jittery, bouncing around on the balls of his feet (ergo the blur). It was fantastic. Also love the bald girl in the plastic skirt - although really they're ALL bang-on perfect.

 Now some fun couple costumes:

And you thought John's Cheshire Cat was creepy. ;)

Great pair from Borderlands:

Her makeup was fantastic.

These two had a dreamy, Cirque de Soleil vibe:

(Or a Night Circus vibe, per the comments. I still have to read that one!)

A lot of the readers I met were rocking sweet steampunk costumes this year, including this steampunk Rainbow Brite that I wish I had a better shot of:

(Please forgive me again for not listing names, guys! Feel free to remind me in the comments, tho, and I'll add them in.)

Plus here's a steampunk Dorothy and Strawberry Shortcake! Eee!

Geeklings:

You can't handle the deadly cute.

Effie and Lady Loki:

And my encounter with my friend Steampunk Boba Fett, during which I got my chin pinched:

He's RUINING my sense of dignity. RUINING IT, I SAY.

 And these three are gonna wreck it!

My friends Christie and Robyn knocked my socks CLEAN OFF Sunday night with their steampunk Evil Queen and Maleficent. I didn't have my camera, being in costume myself, but here's one of their own photos:

via Rees Sister Cosplay

Robyn's staff has a mechanical crow on it - THAT MOVES. And Christie's accessories included potion tubes, a mirror with her husband's face superimposed on it, and apples with glowing green skulls carved into them. I fell so hard for these two, I was THIS CLOSE to proposing marriage. :D

My parents took some nice close-ups of them, too:

I LOVE THIS SHOT.

I wish you could see those glowing apples here, but she hung them behind her back! You can see her mirror better, though - see the picture of her hubby, Chris, in a proper steampunk bowler hat & goggles? And would you believe these two just started cosplaying a few years ago? Talk about inspiration!

Oh, I nearly forgot: when my mom heard about our costumes this year, she decided to get in on the action, too:

Yep. THAT'S MY MOM. :)

(My Dad was also steampunked out a bit, but we never managed a good family portrait that night.)

And lastly, I was delighted to discover that Yaya Han had assembled a group to cosplay that awesome Moulin Rouge Princess art I featured here a while back - you know, this one:

I found Yaya as Snow White with Cinderella and Aurora:

SO COOL.

Later I found some fantastic professional shots of all seven together, though (they added one in red - Esmerelda, maybe?), so head to Fashionably Geek to see those.

And that officially wraps up my Dragon Con 2013 coverage. PHEW! Whattayear.

I'll leave you with the best video compilation I've seen come out of this year's con (so far!), and it is WELL worth seven minutes of your time. It's beautifully shot and edited, and I'm not ashamed to say I actually got teary-eyed a couple times. This is cosplay at its best, and it really captures the joy and passion we fans have. Enjoy!

PS - If you still want more, then head over to my Flickr gallery for ALL of my DC photos!