Because I’m in no way unbiased I’m going to show you my little group first:

This is, of course, Husb0t and baby unit being cute. Unfortunately there’s nothing handmade about these costumes :-( I’m just not that hardcore…

But check out this adorable andorian we found:

She was so surprised when we asked to take her photo, but painting yourself blue takes effort and commitment!… not to mention how difficult it must be to make antennae!

But if Trek isn’t your thing, what about Wars?

These guys were all posing in the same area, and it wasnt quite clear if they were there as part of a Star Wars Costuming organisation, or whether they’d just been stranded next to the cool starwars-y props and backdrop by snap-happy con-goers. But whatever the case they were all COMPLETELY into their characters. and yea, that backdrop did look great, but it plays havoc with the old camera. Sorry about the glare. bad blogger, bad! I particularly like Greedo, the husb0t has that mask… he went through a phase of putting it on at random times during the day to scare the bejesus out of me… traumatic!

Prepare to have your mind BLOWN:

Anyone who can make (and wear!) those headpieces deserve some serious respect. Wonderfully accurate (and heavy looking) costumes! well done ladies!

Which brings me to some of my favourite groups of costumes.

These guys weren’t together but I feel they bridge the gap between excellent costume execution, and cardboard-based-humour:

If you’re not having yourself a little ‘lol’ right now you need to watch/read Death Note, RIGHT NOW!

Hey! you and your old college buddies still got your morph suits? Costuming idea one – Black Mages!

Costuming idea two – PIKMIN!!

Costuming dilemma solved … you’re welcome.

There were people I photographed who I haven’t featured… and many more people who I didn’t photograph in the first place. I wish I could put you all on here, but there is only so much space. You can see the whole album here.