Finally, the photos from the X-men shoot from Connecticon 2011 are here. I’d like to thank Christina Colon for photographing us in our costumes.
So our X-men cosplay group started off with just Cyclops, Mystique, X-23, and Sabertooth. But along the way we picked up a Nightcrawler and Rogue.
This is me in my Laura Kinney cosplay, a.k.a. X-23 as seen in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
This is Kelley as Mystique. It took us about two hours to paint her blue.
This is Ryan, whose oversized coat and shoulder pads make him look a lot scarier than he is. Though that is his real hair.
Finally, Lou played Cyclops with a light-up LED visor.
Here are the mutants with an edge.
My talons were carved from pine wood and riveted to detachable Velcro gloves which I made for the sole purpose of mounting these things to my hands.
And here are the all around good guys, the X-men.
Next, we pretended to fight.
What is a super hero photoshoot without a few action shots?
It was a good time.
My costume is made almost entirely out of PVC. You can read more about how I constructed it on the X-23 page.
I had made talons for my feet, but they were so hard to walk in, I took them off almost immediately.
Ryan (Sabertooth) is sporting some pretty snazzy fake nails which he sharpened and painted himself.
A little photoshop for dramatic effect: this photo manipulation done by Christina Colon
Here is a shot of Cyclop’s light up visor.
One of the toughest part of playing a bad guy is trying not to smile in pictures!
At the end of the day, we all had a great time cosplaying from the X-men, and hope to wear the costumes again soon.
Thanks for reading!
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