FirstPerson Shooter’s Fave Odd & Obscure Cosplays of 2017!

I shot enough photos of cosplay this year in the category I call Odd & Obscure for two galleries. This could be because I probably took more photos this year than most. But it could also be because conventions seem to be expanding the definition of what they call “nerdy” content to include more nostalgic, albeit mainstream, elements. To that end, I felt I could create a separate gallery just for the ’90s-themed after party at Granite State Comic Con.

By the way, not from the after party, but also from GraniteCon this year, is the cosplay featured above, Houkakyou as Yubaba from Spirited Away. Not something you see often (or ever, for me).

This category should really be called “Innovative, Odd & Obscure” but then the headline would be too long. Possibly taking the Innovative top spot is The Dark Knit, the fully crocheted Batman. High on both the Innovative and the Obscure charts is Mini Mal Cosplay and friends as the characters of the web series Critical Role. And possibly topping the Odd (and fabulous) charts is the milkshake cosplay inspired by Kelis’ hit song. Also, what’s up with two cosplays from My Chemical Romance videos on the same day (within an hour of each other actually) at Anime Boston?

I have included in this list of my shots some that were taken at MASSive Comic Con not by me. At the last minute Vander the Generalist, Wonderllama Photography and Robbins Studios stepped up to fill in for me during the two days of the con.

Other cosplayers in this first of two galleries include Wonderllama Cosplay, Veronica Marie, IceKhaleesi Cosplay and Photography, West Street Studios, T Wylie’s Misfit Toys, Cold Slither, LenaKali Cosplay?, Miss Kits Cosplay, Kataclysm, Quinnjob Cosplay, Alie_Lynn, Stolen Soul Photography, Lady Jay Cosplay, The TANK – Life Size Action Figure, Cosplay Dad, , fashionenigma, Princen cosplay, Everyone’s Hero Cosplay, makeupmermaid22, chickalittle, and more.

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High-res images for sale!
If you are pictured in any of our galleries and want the high resolution download for yourself, we can make it available via a private, password-protected link, for $8 per image. Just send an email to editor AT nerdcaliber.com.

We are also now selling high resolution images of some of the photos taken of cosplayers that have agreed to let us do so. To see the 50 or so images we have available to download for a mere $8 each, go to our Anime Boston 2016 sales gallery and our brand new Spring Super Megafest 2016 sales gallery.

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