Granite City Comic Con 2017

We are delighted to announce that Cos-Con has partnered up with Granite City Comic Con to blow the lid off cosplay in Aberdeen this Spring!
We'll be bringing a whole bunch of cosplay awesomeness (and our usual shenanigans) to the con, with panels, workshops, activities, masquerade, and competitions - including the Cos-Con Cosplay Championship!
More details about Cosplay at GCCC will be shared soon, but in the meantime have a read of what the boys had to say;

Aberdeen Evening Express Story

Are you a maker, a doer or  a performer? Do you enjoy giving presentations, putting on workshops, educating the masses? Have you got an idea for a cool activity?
Cos-Con are taking applications for Workshops and  Presentations that will be scheduled into our itinerary for a weekend full of cosplay based events on the 13th and 14th of August.  

Click this button for more info and to complete your application;
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Electrikid, aka Leo Neville is a cosplayer, model, wig stylist, and makeup artist from England, and is next in our special guest line up for Cos-Con 2016.
Leo draws much of his cosplay inspiration from Anime, and his skills include wefting his own lacefront hairlines, beards, and sideburns, as well as styling against gravity and giving wigs some impressive finishing touches.
His make-up work, as you can see, is second to none; a skill he studied at Delamar Academy of Makeup & Hair, coming out with a HE Certificate and a Distinction in prosthetics.
Leo also runs Colour Me Kiddo: through which he imports and supplies products from the best cosplay supplies companies, alongside his own creations. He also dabbles in prop making, and is working hard to broaden his skill set to include more sewing and fabric techniques.  
When not attending conventions (and sometimes while he is), you'll find Electrikid filming cosplay vlogs and tutorials for youtube, and he's sure to offer us a whole bunch of cosplay knowledge in Glasgow this August.

Next in our line up of guests for Cos-Con 2016, is Candy Valentina, a freelance performer, model and cosplayer based in Kent.
Candy trained as a performer at Reynolds Performing Arts College, and has a huge catalogue of performances which she takes to events and conventions all over the country. She is also an agency represented model, work which has seen her win a number of awards, while collaborating with countless brands and publications. She'll have so much experience of being in front of the camera to share with us when she comes to Glasgow.
She found her passion for cosplaying back in 2014, when she attended her first convention as Yoko Littner. From this point onwards she knew that cosplay was something she wanted to progress further in, and she has since had cosplay features in print publications such as Neo Magazine and MYM, among others. You may recognise a number of Candy's cosplays, a favourite being her awesome Shredder (TMNT) costume. We can't wait to see what she brings to Cos-Con this August.

One of our favourite parts of any convention is the cosplay competition. As guests, you get to marvel at everyone's wonderful creations, and as cosplayers, we get to take to the stage, strut our stuff, and showcase our hard work and skills to the audience. This is why, alongside all our stage based masquerades, panels, activities and games, Cos-Con 2016 will have not just one, but a SERIES of cosplay contests across the weekend.
More detailed information regarding the formats of and registration for our competitions will be made available soon, but the following is a brief(ish) run down.


Masquerades
On both days we will be hosting open entry Masquerades, which you can sign up for on the day and are simply a chance to have some fun up on stage and bring your character to life!
We will also have kids Masquerades on both days for the little ones to give it their all on stage and go home with some goodies.


Saturday Cosplay Competitions
On Saturday, we will have FOUR costume based competitions, and as long as your costume is predominantly hand made (around 75% your own work), you are eligible to sign up for any ONE of these competitions on the day;

• Tailoring
• Armour Building
• Props
• Makeup/SFX.

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Also held on Saturday will be an entirely performance focused competition - giving you the opportunity to wow the audience and judges with your own original performance based on your chosen character.​


2016 Cos-Con Championship
On Sunday, all our attention turns to the 2016 Cos-Con Championship, the climax of the convention weekend. Entry is via pre-registration for costumes predominately self-built; around 75% your own work. Any type of costume, discipline, materials and performance is welcomed in this competition, with our panel of guests judging based on a wide breadth of criteria. This one is for the seriously determined crafters, and is sure to be a stunning showcase of talent for those watching.

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Judge's Wildcards
Across the weekend, our judges will each have a Judge's Wildcard to award at any time to any cosplayer who they deem deserving. Winning a Judge's Wildcard will automatically qualify you for the Cos-Con Championship - so there's everything to play for!
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Vendors Choice Award
​Also up for grabs is the Vendor's Choice Award. Over the weekend, no one gets a better view of everyone's cosplay than our hardworking vendors, so we have placed in their hand a series of token to award to their favourite cosplayers. At the end of the day, whoever has earned the most tokens takes the award and a stack of cash to be spent in our two vendors halls.
There are no criteria for entry, simply mingle with vendors and be awesome!!
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If you haven't already, sign up to the Facebook Event for notifications as we add more and more details about competitions and attractions to the website.

UPDATE 07-2016 -  Laura Sindall is unfortunately no longer able to joins us as special guest for Cos-Con 2016.

Laura is a professional special effects artist and costume designer, and a graduate of London College of Fashion, with a BA in Technical Effects for Performance Ba (Hons) . Alongside her special effects work in the movie industry, She counts many of the videogame industry's biggest companies among her clients, for whom she fabricates costumes for promotional events all over the world. You've also no doubt seen many of her cosplay commissions worn by others at conventions here in the UK.

Competitively, Laura has represented the UK at the World Cosplay Summit, and was winner of the European Cosplay Gathering in 2014. Her costumes have always wowed us with their quality and exquisite detail, and it is going to be a real treat to hear her share some of her knowledge and skills as a guest in Glasgow this August.

Get this date in your diary - on the 28th of May tickets for Cos-Con 2016, our first convention in Glasgow, will go on sale. Tickets will be available exclusively from our website, so click the tickets tab at the top of the page to grab yours.

We hope our servers can handle the traffic!

You can also sign up to the official Facebook event, and keep up to date with all the upcoming announcements.