New York Comic Con is four days of comics, movies, video games, and of course, cosplay. Last week I went to the Javits Center to find the coolest cosplay in the Shapeways Community and you guys sure were impressive!
Here are a couple of my favorites:
We started the week by scanning some of the cosplay world’s best artists at the Kotaku + io9 Cosplay Ball in New York. Folks dressed in crazy gear, including a 10 foot tall Overwatch Outfit were 3D scanned using the Occipital Scanect. They could then go into our Shapeways scanning shop to order their figures in Full Color Sandstone.
Scanning, photo credit Kotaku and Erik Erikson
Scanning, photo credit Kotaku and Erik Erikson
After the party, we headed to the convention center to meet up with some of our favorite designers. We found Sarah Awad and Dhemerae Ford of The Laser Girls showing off their amazing Final Fantasy-inspired costumes, complete with full-sized, 3D printed Buster Swords. They’ve been sharing tips on designing for cosplay here, and it was amazing to see the results of their hard work.
Close up of Sarah’s 3D printed earings, necklace and shoulder piece
Another of our favorite designers, Melissa Ng of Lumecluster, was decked out in her fully articulated, 3D printed Sovereign Armor. We featured her a few months ago when she unveiled this project, but seeing her in person was unreal. Check out the video below to for an interview with Melissa about how she created this armor and her experience at Comic Con.
Melissa’s Sovereign Armor with the mask down
Melissa talking about her Sovereign armor
Were you also at New York Comic Con wearing 3D printed cosplay? We’d love to see! Let us know in the comments below.
It wasn’t much but I created custom speaker housings in the likeness of Edward Elric’s Screw-like wrist pivots on my Automail and had them 3D printed by shapeways. They held up perfectly and looked right at home fully concealing the speakers within. I had hoped to do a lot more 3D on this one but ran short on time. perhaps next year will feature even more prominent evolutions.
Gus thats awesome, show us some pics!