Our Favorite Cosplay From C2E2 2024

The embroidery on the lapels, the stones on the sword, the contacts! The devil is in the details.

I think an obscure cosplay is the best cosplay. They could have just been Karlach and Shadowheart, but no, they’re the freaky little House of Healing nurses. Brilliant.

The Sisters scare the shit out of me, and this cosplay does the same.

Gender-bent Hound, hell yes. The scar! The chainmail! The giant helmet!

I love that three of them said, “Let us be the bedazzled, ethereal Bene Gesserit, and you can be a worm.”

Praise the Onion Knight! Look at this adorable helm!

I cannot believe a person is in there. This is incredible! This is movie-quality work.

I love when femmes do cosplay because they pay attention to every single damn detail from the tip of their fingers (these off-white colored nails) to the top of their head. Scary, sexy, no notes.

I like this cosplay because Hannibal gets to be wheeled around the convention floor all day. Love a low-effort cannibal.

As someone who just finally learned how to sew so I could put buttons back on things, I cannot fathom the talent, time, and patience you must have in order to create something like this. It’s exquisite. Look at the details on the mask and the pauldrons!

A more playful, cartoonish take on Fallout cosplay, which nails the games’ tone.

Look at the little bits of ice that this cosplayer added to their armor and boots! So brilliant.

This is one of those cosplays that would stop you in your tracks if you saw it in person. The light-up crown, the massive wings (the individual feathers oh my god), the staff, the gorgeous makeup—this is really beautiful work. Impeccably made, impeccably styled, this is the blueprint.

With the success of the Amazon TV series, I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot of Fallout cosplays at upcoming conventions. This is a pretty damn good one though, with some really amazing details.

This cosplayer chose to do the Clone Wars animated series version of Padmé, which kicks ass.

Hell yeah.

Queen of the Damned was one of my favorite of the aughts-era monster movie trend. Aaliyah is incredible in it, and watching it now is a poignant reminder of the sheer and total loss that was the actor and singer’s death. This cosplay looks incredible, the makeup is on-point, and she even looks like Aaliyah. I love it.

I know nothing about this show, but I do know that these costumes must have taken ages to make. The tailoring, the vibrant colors, the perfect makeup, this is really top-tier stuff.