MelPool -> Otakon

I’m proud of this foam sword prop ok?

Sorry for late post but I was Roy today at @otakon.bsky.social , got a bit too hot so I’m out of cosplay and watching the masquerade in street clothes.

#fireemblem #cosplay

Shout out to @midnightpursona.bsky.social for drawing the artwork for my grass Miku stickers! #otakon #hatsunemiku #projectvoltage #cosplay

I’m too old for this lmao. @otakon.bsky.social day 1 as grass Miku #projectvoltage #hatsunemiku #cosplay #otakon

Otakon lineup Friday: Grass Trainer Miku Saturday: Roy Sunday: Jaune

@otakon.bsky.social I am in you! No planned shoots this weekend, just vibes. I’ll be grass Miku tomorrow, find me for a TOUCH GRASS ribbon, Saturday find me as Roy and I’ll have the ZSS SUX ribbons, Sunday I’ll be Jaune and… I haven’t made any RWBY ribbons yet, whoops. #otakon

EVA foam sword cosplay prop for Roy from Fire Emblem

Just in time for #Otakon, my new EVA foam prop sword for my Roy #cosplay is complete!

#fireemblem

Samus Varia Suit cosplay from Metroid

Samus Gravity Suit cosplay from Metroid Dread

Justin Bailey Samus cosplay from Metroid

Zero Suit Samus cosplay from Metroid

Happy 39th birthday, #Metroid!

As you can see, I really like #Samus

#cosplay

Happy 39th Anniversary Metroid!

Darn, back in the day Otakon was my shirtless con (Titan Eren, Tsumugu Kinagase, Kirishima, Galo Thymos)

Oh well, as long as this is enforced fairly and evenly, I'm cool with it.

Going through my planned cosplays for Otakon has me asking myself such questions as...

Do my grass Miku cheerleading pom poms need to be prop checked? 🤔

Yea you got a point. Our air quality isn’t as bad as Toronto but some of that smoke is blowing our way for later in the week.

I forced myself to resume my daily jogging routine today because I want to get back to workout consistency and it isn’t blazing hot outside here for once.

I then proceed to get charged at by a dog that wasn’t on a leash. 🙃

two wrestlers are fighting in a video game and one of them is wearing a mask ALT: two wrestlers are fighting in a video game and one of them is wearing a mask

Seeing the EVO cosplay contest is really inspiring...

I have a lot of FGC cosplays, albeit all of them are Smash and Smash isn't held at EVO anymore...

But I've had R. Mika on my build list for a while, and now I have motivation to build her for next year!

Random thought.

I want to do a photoshoot with an itasha car, while cosplaying as either Zero Suit Samus, Zero Two, or Asuka.

I want to be cute lady modeling with cute car. ✨

EVA foam Roy prop sword work in progress

Crunching out a new sword for my Roy #cosplay out of EVA foam in time for Otakon this weekend. Time to prime and paint.

Grass Trainer Hatsune Miku cosplay and Mirko gloves on a drying rack.

It’s the weekend before @otakon.bsky.social

Have you washed your cosplays?

「I don't get the messages, they don't come to me」

Spoken For
ft. Kasane Teto

YT: youtu.be/LvYL8u4p-aM
Streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Short but deadly 💪🏽

Mirko cosplay made by me.

#mirko #myheroacademia #cosplay

White House to end US tariff exemption for all low-value overseas packages Under Trump order, parcels valued at or under $800 outside of international postal network to face ‘all applicable duties’

USA based cosplayers take note...

The "de minimis" exemption was already eliminated for packages from China and Hong Kong in May...

After August 29, it will be eliminated for packages from *everywhere else*

Time to repost that Onion story that I always post after a-wait a minute…

Morning. Here’s a grass Miku dancey dance thing I guess. #projectvoltage #hatsunemiku #cosplay

Safety shorts are a very important of #cosplay. In the case of my grass trainer Miku cosplay, they are actually part of the design!

#projectvoltage #hatsunemiku #grasstrainermiku

2B cosplay by melpoolcos

2B cosplay by melpoolcos

2B cosplay by melpoolcos

2B cosplay by melpoolcos

"Everything that lives is designed to end. We are perpetually trapped in a never-ending spiral of life and death."

Here’s my 2B cosplay shot in a rain room! Pics and room setup by munchkin_photos_by_heather (ig). Costume by miccostumes, sword made by me.

#2b #nier #cosplay

Artwork of Prince Sidon from the Legend of Zelda

Oh, I nearly forgot a future comp build.

Per special request from my wife… she wants me to be “sexy fish man”

Planned 2026 and 2027 builds Aloy Astalos Pneuma (possibly a group entry with a Pyra and Mythra) Dark Samus

I’m coming to terms with the fact that I won’t be competing in either performance or craftsmanship cosplay contests for this year, 2025.

But… that’s ok. I hope to bring it in 2026.

Here’s what I have planned for the next year or two.

Congrats!

Pin Dot Metallic Spandex Hawaii / Baby Blue #35 Style: MTS2401 Color# 35

It's pin dot metallic spandex! I get it from Stretch House NYC: stretchhouse.com/product/mts2...

Good morning! Here’s a quick montage of how I made my custom Zero Suit #Samus bodysuit. It’s definitely my most challenging sewing project to date but I love how it looks!

#metroid #cosplay #nintendo #sewing

I’ve had some USPS packages take some scenic routes before but I can’t compete with Guam wtf lol

Got to check an item off of my #cosplay bucket list recently!

I modeled as #2B from #NiER: Automata for my first ever rain room cosplay shoot! The room was set up by munchkin_photos_by_heather (ig)

Be sure to watch to the end for some of the final results from the shoot!

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