Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Derek Kat of Dkreations.
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Nicole started it. Loving anime, she would dress up when going to conventions. Then soon Maddie followed in her mother’s footsteps with their first cosplay together being Sailor Moon and Mini Moon. I spent 13 years going to conventions and never dressing up until I met Nicole. Our love and passion for all things geeky brought us together and the itch to cosplay infected me, but like all my hobbies, I went full out for my first cosplay making a full Heathcliff armor from Sword Art Online which I then won a craftsmanship award at the Anime North Masquerade in the novice division.
Nicole’s favorite cosplay is being dressed as Gun Sinon from Sword Art Online, and her favorite group cosplay was Sailor Moon and Mini Moon.
Maddie’s favorite group cosplay was the recent Skyrim which her costume earned her an honorary mention, and her favorite cosplay was being Asuna from Sword Art Online.
My favorite cosplay was my Commander Shepard Mass Effect/Dragon Age armor. It was the costume that elevated me into the Masters division skipping past Journeyman. My favorite group was our Sword Art Online cosplay.
Though Ryker hasn’t “cosplayed” before, he has been Batman, a spider, and a pirate all for events/birthdays and loves dressing up. He really wants me to dress up with him as just the Voltron cats (new show).
My most challenging piece was my chest armor for Mass Effect. It was tough to find the right shape and resulted in many breaks.
Find something your kids enjoy that you could dress up as or make a prop [from]. If they like Star Wars, making their own lightsaber, letting them pick the parts and where they go, and you helping them to make it. Let their ideas drive the project. They have better imaginations than we do. To encourage them to dress up, tell them tales of your adventures of dressing up. Let them know there are tons of geeks out there like us.
For me, growing up my father passed his loved of sci-fi and video games onto me just by spending time together watching Star Trek and playing Mario Golf on N64. Back then it was still tough to be a nerd growing up, and I learned to surround myself with others that have similar interests. This is where kids and adults can thrive, feeding off of others’ geeky and nerdy passions. Look for events at your local comic book store, find a local group on facebook for a show you love, and go from there.
Ultimately, kids just want to have fun. If they see us having fun, they want to do what we are doing.
Nicole enjoys a little bit of everything geeky from the Andromeda to the fantasy world of Eragon to Justice League and X-Men, but anime is her passion.
Maddie is a geek when it comes to Minecraft, LEGO skills competitions at school, watching anime, and medieval fairs.
Our entire house is decorated with signed photos of actors we have met, maps from Game of Thrones, and even swords. The geek is strong in this family.
Ryker loves to help me kill dragons in Skyrim, playing Minecraft, and watching Star Wars: Rebels, How to Train Your Dragon, and Pokemon.
This post was last modified on December 13, 2017 10:21 pm
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