It’s just one week until Cosplay Day! We have a whole host of amazing panels from our cosplay guests and our main event, the Cosplay Central Virtual Competion 2021, hosted by Jaremi Carey. You’ll be able to watch live on the website via the event page – coming soon – or you can go direct to the Cosplay Central YouTube to chat with other fans during the premieres or catch up with any panels you missed.
Can’t wait until Cosplay Day? Make sure to check out our special Cosplay Master Class: The Art of Cosplay Wig Making with bakka cosplay next week. Tune in every day 6-9 July, at 11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM BST, on the Cosplay Central YouTube for a new episode of this Cosplay Master Class series with professional custom wig maker bakka cosplay. And don’t miss your opportunity to ask bakka’s advice in the Live Q&A on Cosplay Day.
Read on for all the wheres and whens of everything happening on Cosplay Day!
COSPLAY DAY, SATURDAY JULY 10
Cosplay Clinic
9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM BST (1 hour)
Discord – #cosplay-clinic
The Cosplay Doctor is in! Cowbutt Crunchies will be on hand in the #cosplay-clinic to solve all your cosplay emergencies! Just join the #cosplay-clinic channel to ask advice.
Perfecting 3D Prints with Xephyr Studios
9:30 AM PST / 12:30 PM EST / 5:30 PM BST (30 mins)
Cosplay Central YouTube
Xephyr Studios will guide you through getting a perfect finish on 3D prints for your cosplay, taking you through his process from sanding to how to make them really shine with airbrushing and how he uses 3D prints in combination with resin casting to create an alternative effect.
Live Q&A with bakka cosplay
10:15 AM PST / 1:15 PM EST / 6:15 PM BST (30 mins)
Cosplay Central YouTube
Whether you have a question about bakka’s ‘Art of Cosplay Wig Making’ master class or want to know more about this creative cosplayer’s approach to making her incredible fabrications – join the live chat on YouTube to ask your questions and bakka will answer all live on stream.
Cosplaying Over 30: All Levelled Up, with SheProp
10:45 AM PST / 1:45 PM EST / 6:45 PM BST (1 hour)
Discord – Cosplay Stage
Designed to support female, non-binary and transgender cosplayers, artists and makers of all skill levels across the globe, the SheProp community will be taking over our Cosplay Stage channel on Discord! Join Deela Designs and the panel (including Downen Creative Studios, OrangeGoFish from Over 30 Cosplay, Geeks A GoGo and Cons of Pros and Cons Cosplay) as they talk about the joy and pitfalls of cosplaying when you are that little bit older. Join the stage channel to hear what their panel has to say and discuss in #panel-chat!
Cosplay Makeup with Alyson Tabbitha
11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM BST (30 mins)
Cosplay Central YouTube
The queen of cosplay makeup transformations, Alyson Tabbitha, answers fan questions and gives advice on how you can transform into your favourite characters through the magic of makeup.
Cosplay Competition News from ReedPop
11:45 AM PST / 2:45 PM EST / 7:45 PM BST (10 mins)
Cosplay Central YouTube
We can’t wait to see you and your incredible costumes on stage again at our shows! Tune in to this special panel to hear from the ReedPop Cosplay Team about what we have coming up at the shows this Fall and news about our cosplay championships.
The Cosplay Central Virtual Competition 2021
12:15 PM PST / 3:15 PM EST / 8:15 PM BST (1 hour)
Cosplay Central YouTube
Join our host Jaremi Carey and our esteemed panel of judges, Alyson Tabbitha, Xephyr Studios and bakka cosplay, to hear what they thought about the fantastic cosplayers in our virtual competition this year and find out who will take away the title of Best in Show.
Join the Community
If you are missing that con crunch feeling, there’s still one week left to join our Cosplay Challenge! You can chat to other fans about our Cosplay Day panels in #panel-chat and don’t forget the #cosplay-showcase channel is always open and we’d love to see your latest cosplay! Find out more about the ReedPop Discord here: https://www.findthemetaverse.com/discord
