Update! Aphrodite IX 2.0 costume description and gallery added. Be sure to check it out below.
Aphrodite IX has been a favorite character of mine for a long time. What isn’t there to love? She is a hot android-assassin who forgets who she is after every mission. See? No baggage! Jokes aside, Aphrodite is one of many Top Cow babes who won my heart after I first set eyes on her. The fact that she doesn’t wear much was a plus, as it meant the costume wouldn’t be hard to make.
Another of the million reasons that this past month has left me in a tizzy is the massive amount of Gears of War 3 coverage we’ve been pumping out at gameinformer.com. I was lucky enough to be one of three to fly down to Epic HQ and see the game, and as such was responsible for the large majority of online content for the month that our June issue hit stands. Most of my time and energy was spent developing a visual identity for the 30+ days of coverage.
Things have been a bit crazy lately with work and travel lately, so I’m combining a few posts about recent events into one! First, I mostly finished my Silk Spectre II costume, and debuted it at Free Comic Book day with my MN cosplay troop! I also wore the costume to SpringCon two weeks later, and it seemed to go over fairly well. As always, I plan on setting up a shoot to properly show off the costume, and will post a full description and gallery then! For now, enjoy the photos below!
After years of waiting, Video Games Live finally made its way to Minneapolis in April. This gave me the chance to introduce the concert to family and friends – something I’ve been wanting to do for years.
Friend and VGL host Tommy Tallarico let me help out with the costume contest before the show, so I paraded around in my Mario garb for the entire event. All and all, I enjoyed the concert as much as I did the first four times I attended!
You can check out a handful of pictures from the show below!
A quick and dirty update! I was recently asked by a fellow MN cosplayer Chris Ross to join him at the midnight debut of Iron Man 2 as Black Widow – to complement his ridiculously impressive Iron Man suit. This costume is very much a “closet cosplay” because I didn’t need to buy much to pull it together. The bodysuit was used for Catwoman/Sydney Savage in the past and the wig came from my Poison Ivy costume. I whipped up the bracers and the belt in a few hours and was done.
I had the good fortune of heading out to LA last week for some pre-E3 festivities and was able to check out a slew of new games. One of them was Treyarch’s newest iteration in the Call of Duty franchise – Black Ops. Considering all the turmoil surrounding Activision, Infinity Ward, and the CoD property at the moment, the demonstration was impressive – full of the action-centric set pieces that we’ve come to expect. Check out my initial impressions and the debut trailer here.
Bad games happen. Playing them is part of the gig. It’s always a letdown, though, when an anticipated game fails to life up to its potential. Alpha Protocol was on the cover of the first magazine I helped put to bed back when I started at Game Informer a few years back. The long wait didn’t pay off, however, as Alpha Protocol turned out to be underdeveloped in nearly every aspect. Check out our reviews here.
After reading Preacher – now my favorite comic of all time – I found myself thinking about how awesome a game based on the property would be. That idea spun off into a feature for gameinformer.com highlighting some other obscure (meaning, not superheroes with capes) comics that would translate into unique games. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Read the full article here.
Just a quick update to my modeling portfolio! I recently shot with student photographer Kelly Lyall and phenomenal makeup artist Corrie Sorenson. The concept was something that I came up with – wanting to play with a mirror in various states of disrepair. Check out the results below! Enjoy!
Uber quick update! Awesome pinup artist/fellow Witchblade cosplayer Randi LeeAnn was nice enough to use me as inspiration for her newest piece of art – a tribute to Poison Ivy. This is one of her most impressive pieces, and I say that without bias. The detail work in the hair and leaves is stunning. Check out some progress pictures and the final piece below. Thank you Randi!
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