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30 Mind-Blowing Geeky Costumes

From Realistic Fantasy Game Costumes to Big Screen Cosplay

— April 30, 2013 — Pop Culture
These geeky costumes prove that playing dress up and making extravagant costumes aren't just for Halloween anymore.

The phenomenon known as cosplay features fully grown adults embracing their inner child by dressing up in geeky costumes based on their favorite franchises. From video game series like Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed, StarCraft and Bioshock, to other movie and comic book franchises like Batman, Warhammer and Star Wars, there's a ton of creativity and hard work that goes into getting out of reality and into a fantasy world where the costume wearer is the star.

Geeky costumes know no boundaries, and these cosplay finds prove that it doesn't matter what the budget, time of year and gender is, the only thing that stands between someone and the geeky costumes of their dreams is simply time and imagination.
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Hulking Walking Tank Costumes
Hulking Walking Tank Costumes
This Incredible Warhammer 40K Costume is a Hulking Achievement
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Turtle Hopping Sibling Costumes
Turtle Hopping Sibling Costumes
This Enthusastic Super Mario Cosplay is Nostalgic Video Game Fun
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Record-Breaking Cosplay
Record-Breaking Cosplay
Rutgers Sets Record for Most ‘Where's Waldo?' Characters
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Animal-Inspired Sci-Fi Costumes
Animal-Inspired Sci-Fi Costumes
This Stormtrooper Costume Has an Easter Spin
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Elfish Gamer Headgear
Elfish Gamer Headgear
'The Legend of Zelda' Cap Keeps You Looking Like Link
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Super Hero-Inspired Dresses
Super Hero-Inspired Dresses
The Captain America Avengers Dress is Beautifully Designed
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Intergalactic Vigilante Mash-Ups
Intergalactic Vigilante Mash-Ups
The Batman Darth Vader Cosplay is Epically Geeky
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Slicked-Out Imperial Cosplays
Slicked-Out Imperial Cosplays
Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers Gives the Characters a Badass Makeover
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Muscular Dark Knight Cosplays
Muscular Dark Knight Cosplays
The Arkham City Suit Does Batman Sweet Justice
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Horned Headdresses
Horned Headdresses
Tom Banwell's Horny Helmet is for Aries & Satyr Cosplay
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Insane DIY Cosplay
Insane DIY Cosplay
Nathan Sharratt's Bioshock 2 Big Sister Suit is a Feat of Extreme Engineering
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Costumed Anime Monster Art
Costumed Anime Monster Art
This Tumblr Gallery Depicts Pokemon Cosplaying as Their Evolved Selves
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Insanely Accurate Gamer Costumes
Insanely Accurate Gamer Costumes
Dead Space Fans Recreate Character Costumes
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Classy Video Game Costumes
Classy Video Game Costumes
This BioShock Infinite Cosplay by Ormeli is Right Out of the Video Game
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Gamer Princess Dress-Up
Gamer Princess Dress-Up
Akuriko Angelically Cosplays the One and Only Princess Zelda
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Fantasy Game Costume Competitions
Fantasy Game Costume Competitions
This Skyrim Cosplay Brings the Elder Scrolls World to Life
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Superhero Cosplay
Superhero Cosplay
The MegaCon Fantasy Convention
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Medieval Superhero Costumes
Medieval Superhero Costumes
These Medieval Batman and Aquaman Costumes Even Make Aquaman Seem Cool
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Graduation Cosplay
Graduation Cosplay
Russian Grads Make Commencement a Costume Party
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Creepy Cosplay Couples
Creepy Cosplay Couples
These Corpse Bride Cosplay Pictures Will Chill You to the Bone
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Elaborate Costume Play
Elaborate Costume Play
Danny Choo Opens the Cosplayer Floodgates with Otacool 2 Call for Entries
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Futuristic DIY Fantasy Armor
Futuristic DIY Fantasy Armor
Cosplayer Creates Convincing Skyrim Armor to Strike Fear into Evil
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Realistic Fantasy Game Costumes
Realistic Fantasy Game Costumes
This Final Fantasy Cosplay by Miss-Alice-Monster is Stunning
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Gothic Gas Masks
Gothic Gas Masks
The 'Wave Gotik Treffen' Goth Festival in Leipzig is for the Dark and Scary
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DIY Ironman
DIY Ironman
Fan Takes Cosplay to a Whole New Level With This War Suit
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Stunning Sci-Fi Fantasy Costumes
Stunning Sci-Fi Fantasy Costumes
This Korean Starcraft Cosplay is a Video Game Costume Marvel
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Scandalously Scanty Cosplay Getups
Scandalously Scanty Cosplay Getups
Jacqueline Goehner Dresses as Sara Pezzini from Witchblade
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Big Screen Cosplay
Big Screen Cosplay
New Tekken 2010 Trailer Makes This Action Flick a Little Hotter
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Anime Costumes
Anime Costumes
Cos Play for Halloween
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Cross-Gender Cosplay Captures
Cross-Gender Cosplay Captures
Male to Female Crossplay Photos by Naoko Tatibana are a Taboo
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