Tampa Bay Comic-Con 2016, Pt 3

Aight, peeps, let's see if I can fit the rest of my Tampa Bay Comic-Con favs into one last post. This... will be a challenge.

(You HAVE seen Part 1 and Part 2, right? Yes? Excellent. Carry on.)

Let's start with one I actually missed: here's my friend May's photo of herself as a gender-swapped Marty, along with THE coolest Transformer:

"Are you telling me you made a Transformer... out of a Delorean??"

Yes, someone did. AND IT IS GLORIOUS.

(Cosplay confessions: I've dreamed of building an Ecto-1 Transformer. Maybe someday.)

This Eleanor was part of the BioShock group that went on to win Best Video Game in the costume contest:

(She's holding Subject Delta's drill; sadly he wasn't around at the time!)

These two Splicers were also part of the group:

And I just really like that close-up of Eleanor. :)

This little Wonder Woman was so on point I didn't have the heart to tell her her shield was upside down:

:D
Seriously, check out that pose! Perfection!

Pearl and Garnet from Steven Universe:

And a mother/son duo as Boba Fett and Endor Leia:

This Lady Kylo Ren covered her lightsaber in something - maybe hot glue? - to make it look more like ragged flames:

It doesn't show well in the photo since the 'saber lights up, but it was a really nifty effect.

Next is one of those mashups that took me a second - especially since he wasn't posing when I first spotted him:

Sailor (Freddy) Mercury.

Bwahahaa!

John's a huge Fallout fan - so much so that I'm kinda tempted to try the new Nuka World DLC coming out this month - so I'm learning to spot the various Fallout armor:

Fallout has especially cool helmets.

I'm one of those people who thinks every and anything done in an inflatable dinosaur costume is hysterical, so this next one made my day:

Please note the inflatable dinos are wearing wings, so they can be Daenerys' "dragons." BWAHAHA!!

Yet another example of the amazing kid cosplay in Tampa: brother & sister Assassins from Assassin's Creed:

They crouched low so I couldn't see their faces - in keeping with the characters - but then I got down on the floor and aimed up anyway, which I think both startled and amused them. Love his little smile. :)

This tiny Joker was demanding fist bumps from every passer-by:

I made him wait 'til after I took his photo, but I don't think he minded too much.

The con's Best In Show went to this incredible Sora from Kingdom Hearts:

I see a lot of Soras - so much so that I almost tune them out - but this one radiated perfection, down to the last detail. I was so happy when I found out she won! 

An eerie Enchantress & Killer Croc from Suicide Squad:

And armored Batman from Batman vs Superman:

I like this take on Jack from Nightmare Before Christmas:


He's "walking" Zero! And you rarely see the Mayor cosplayed.


This female Psycho from Borderlands had excellent cell shading:

If only we could all paint on abs so well, amirite? 

Speaking of Borderlands, Saturday night we saw something I've never seen at a con before:
 
 An aerial stunt & parkour show. And not only that, it was all Borderlands themed!

My pics are kinda useless (too far back), but this was a surprisingly well done show, with a full script, costumed characters, plenty of laughs, and some impressive acrobatics put on by the Shinobi School and CRH. They played to a fully packed house, so I'm hoping this encourages more cons to book shows like this!

Moving on, here's a fierce Xena and Callisto:


And I looove this shot John took of the Tooth Fairy from Fairly Odd Parents:


SO CUTE.



 I think I caught this little Donatello *just* as she was starting to cry:

I asked her folks for a photo before I saw her face, and then I felt bad since it was clear she was upset about something, but the little trooper let her mom pull her mask down, and darned if she didn't even give me a smile while her sister was giving her bunny ears. I wanted to give her a medal. ROCK ON, little Ninja Turtle. (Also you have good taste in Turtles. Donny is my second favorite. ;))


A lovely Ariel & Eric:

And Deadpool being distracted by a bomb:

Which is creepier: Ghost Pikachu Mimicyu or Jason Voorhees?

I honestly can't decide.

No, wait, yes I can:

 

It's this guy from Five Nights at Freddy's.


Mostly because just before I took this photo, he gave hugs to three little kids - who are much, MUCH braver than I ever will be. [shudder]

And I'm going to finish up with this gorgeous Daedric armor from Skyrim:



I have LOTS more photos, though, so if you want to see the rest head over to my Flickr album.

(And if you're sad I'm not posting them all here, take heart; Dragon Con is less than 3 weeks away!)

[blinks]

(DRAGON CON IS LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY?! AAAAAA!!)