Weekly fav's 18/12/11

What you can look forward to in this Weekly fav's

Volpin blogs about his build of the Gravity gun from the game Portal, an awesome Iron Man steampunk costume showcase, an awesome interview of the German cosplayer Sina Voss. The release of CosMag #8 and two articles about apparel and the signals one sends when wearing a costume.


If you got some news that you think should be presented here, please write to us at intcosblog@cosmag.dk



1 - Release of CosMag #8

Found via CosMag.dk

Casper from the blog has run the online Danish cosplay magazine CosMag since 2008. Now the latest issue (number 8) is available for reading online/downloading. Unfortunately it's only in Danish, but you can always look at the pretty pictures!

Read more here: cosmag.dk/cosmag-8-nu-tilgaengeligt-online/

2 - Not Young Justice Us - Sina Voss (German) cosplayer interview

Found via Twitter

The guys from Not Young Justice Us (NERD Cast Network), made an interesting interview with the German cosplayer Sina Voss, about her costuming and things related to the german cosplay culture.

Info on the interview

Listen to the interview here: nerdcastnetwork.com/youngjustice/interview1.mp3


3 -Steampunk Iron Man costume

Found via Twitter


Have a look at this guys awesome Iron Man retro Steampunk costume. I has been featured in Ackson's cosplay video, which you can watch here. You can see him at the period from 3:34-3:59.


See more pictures here: walyou.com/steampunk-iron-man-suit/ 

 4 - Costumes are a communicator

Found via Twitter

Whether we like it or not, the clothes and costumes we wear in different situations, are things that communicate or sends signals to others. This is a topic that the blog About Waifuz has discusses and illuminated. Have a look at their blogpost below to get into their minds. Despite the colorful image that is presented in the article, the things that is put in focus are nice to know, when you go out wearing a cosplay in public.


Read both articles here: aboutwaifuz.tumblr.com/post/12040231435/slutwalk-otakon-its-not-a-costume-its-a-hat and here
http://aboutwaifuz.tumblr.com/post/12940736099/its-not-a-costume-its-also-communication

Weekly fav's 25/11/11

Get ready for more stuff to read! 'Weekly favorites' is one of our new things to do on the blog.

'Weekly favorites' is a summary of the blogposts, articles and other online content that gets posted during the week. Every week, we will post a new blogentry with the 10 most interesting posts from around on the web about cosplay of course! (This being articles, tutorial, reviews and a lot more).

You can also contribute with posts from your own blog or other interest readings and goodies.

Be a comrade and e-mail your favorite reads about cosplay online, and if we like the content, we'll post it along with our stuff here. Send it to intcosblog@cosmag.dk

Down underneath, you'll find this weeks bunch of online goodies.


1 - Soomi Park creates LED lights to open up smaller eye shapes

Found via @francescadani

Soomi Park has created a new type of accessory for the eyes. Two sets of LED lights that reacts to movement, and fits on the lover eyelids. Can these be a new trends in cosplay?
Let's see where this goes.

Read more here: michellephan.com/post/crazy-led-lashes


2 - Volpin props walk-through of Thrall's Doomhammer build

Found via volpinprops.blogspot.com/

Known for his genius skills in propmaking, people that follows Volpins blog here on blogspot. has been amazed with many awesome cosplay prop- and costume builds. Here is an amazing walk-through of the build of Thrall's Doomhammer from WarCraft.  

Read more here: volpinprops.blogspot.com/


3 - CosplayGen 4th issue now available

Found via cosplaygen.com

CosplayGen is an international cosplay magazine that released its fourth issue in the start of November, for purchase on their website. This issue contains tons of interviews of cosplayers across the world and renowned japanese cosplay idol Kaname.

Read more here: cosplaygen.com/cosplay-gen-04-preview/

4 - Cosplay for a cause calender

Found via cosplayforacause.com/

Cosplay for a cause is a project, where cosplayers take a picture with sign including a message to the victims of the catastrophe in Japan. Now cosplayforacause.com/ has created a 2012 calender with a selection of cosplay idols from around the world. Buy a calender and support the victims. The proceeds will 100% go to the Japanese Red Cross.

Reed more here: cosplayforacause.com/calendar.html