Cosplay is becoming more and more popular around the world and at conventions. I’ve personally found a lot of joy and personal confidence doing cosplay at conventions, and the number one reason I started was as an activity with my son. After seeing a great panel about Cosplay Families at Rose City Comic Con a couple of weeks ago, I thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to parents and families who cosplay and spotlight them here on GeekDad!
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview 5 NOVCreations. Interested in participating? Leave a comment here or reach out to me on twitter @billythebrick.
The whole family is involved. Myself (DM) 41, my wife Jade (JM) 39, daughter Kendall (KM) 12 and son Jackson JLM 10. I run the family cosplay page 5NovCreations
Doug does all the building in the family, but I have just started learning some of the basics of prop construction which is fun.
I love doing cosplay, and now I am starting to do my own sfx makeup for characters.
Turkish Assassin. Mainly because of the level of detail and different types of medium used. As a favorite group, it has to be our Fallout 4 family group.
Reverse Flash. It was so cool. Fallout group is my favorite because I look so much like the Vault Boy! Haha.
If we are going to do anything, we do it all as a family. The kids decide on the genre or character, and then I try to come up with compatible cosplays for my wife and me. Even though I do all the construction, my wife and kids help out as much as possible and feed me with the ideas to finish. In the past, we have done a Star Wars Samurai group, a Fallout family, a DC Heroes and Villains, and an Assassin’s Creed group. It doesn’t feel as much fun if we do different themes and builds. I find it easier to blend a set of builds together so they all flow.
I asked Dad to sign me up to the Stan Winston online school so I have to say makeup and latex work. The webinars are so cool, and I can take my time with them or mum and dad can help me. I like to use Jackson as my test dummy. Haha. Recently I did a Zombie Jean Grey with Dad’s help that I was really happy with.
I have always been a big geek around comics, sci-fi, and pop culture, so our house is full of that sort of thing. The kids were always going to be exposed to it. However, the things I liked weren’t always going to be what the kids liked, so it became a job of working out what they enjoyed and connect with them on that level. Even if I wasn’t in love with their decisions, I tried to show as much enthusiasm as possible so they felt like I was as invested as them. This way it became a game of give and take, and we have as much fun as possible together. My kids love seeing the end result, so they like to hover over me whilst I build, and I get them to help out where they can, so they can learn and feel invested in the end result. It really comes down to as much encouragement as possible to fan the flames of their creativity.
This post was last modified on December 13, 2017 10:22 pm
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