Day 2 of my RICC adventures is all about costumes. If you missed the first post about RICC, check it out here.
What would a Comic Con be without people dressing up as their favorite pop culture characters? Pretty boring, I'd say! I'm just going to highlight a few of my favorites here but you can check out all
my RICC pics over on Flickr.
Hands down, one of my top favorites from the whole weekend. Granny from Looney Tunes is not a cosplay I've ever seen done before and she nailed it. Speaking of classic cartoons...
The Great Gazoo! I'm always amazed at the stuff people can make.
And of course, you could find plenty of K-Pop Demon Hunter cosplayers.
I'm guessing no one had Venomized Pikachu on their cosplay bingo card! If you look inside it's mouth, you can see the person's head with a Venom mask on.
We ran into this Art the Clown furry in the parking garage.
Over the weekend, they had scheduled cosplayer meetups for different properties. It was a lot of fun to see them all gathered but the real reason for the meetup was so the con photographers could get pics for their socials. It was kind of annoying for those of us that also wanted pictures because they were in front (in the way) and constantly telling us to step back.
This Carnage was pretty impressive but I don't know how they managed to walk around.
Two of my favorite Spider-Verse characters: Spider-Ham and Spider Punk. The Were-verine was pretty awesome in person. They had a speaker rigged up so they could make snarling sounds.
Here's an Avengers only group shot. The Thor on the left had electronics in the hammer that made it look like there was lightning inside it and check out the tiny Black Widow in the bottom right.
Closing out the con on Sunday was a cosplay contest. There was one just for kids and then there was a competition in novice, intermediate, and expert levels.
This is the winner of the kid's competition. The suit has lights in the arc reactor, hands and all the jets. It's impressive but I feel like it's kind of cheating for him to be in the kid's part even if he is just a kid because of how well done the suit is.
Here's another pic to give you an idea how big the suit is.
This Doomslayer (Doom: The Dark Ages video game) took Best in Show in the main competition. I wish I'd gotten better pics of him because it's amazing head to toe. He's also carrying a rifle behind the shield.
Finally, this Assassin's Creed costume took first in the expert category and there's a lot of intricate detail you can't see here. Prior to the contest, the judges meet with each contestant to get an up close look at their work. They're looking at details as well as craftsmanship. Contestants have to submit a build sheet or book that outlines basically how they made the costume and any props.
That's a wrap on day 2, tune in on Friday for the final post!
