Here are at least two things you can pray for in cosplay: legendary fantasy heroes and real-life sexy women. Both are embodied by the model and designer Marie-Claude Bourbonnet. The French-Canadian model rocked the cosplay world a few years ago, impressing even the most staunch saints with precisely detailed and 100% revealing costumes.
As a child, she loved creating costumes for school plays. Then she thoroughly devoted herself to studying clothing design. She was first spotted by the right people on a high-profile calendar project in 2008, which turned into a whole model tour. As a result, she upgraded to a serious glamorous model. By 2009, she was already cosplaying with might and main, and the fan's delight was enough to understand - here it is, the meaning of life.
For fun, dressing up like your favorite anime character is one thing, but designing and sewing costumes yourself in the sweat of crazy creativity for many hours is another. Marie tirelessly creates beauty from latex canvases and leather pieces, and even makes shoes and building elements for exhibitions. The heroine of labor spends over 100 hours on each costume, presenting 3-4 pieces at each attended convention. She has been a guest of more than 50 similar events in North America, Mexico, Argentina and beyond.
Marie-Claude now has her own studio near Quebec. It would seem, what else to dream of. But this girl does not stop there and plans to improve her skills in the design of costumes for films. That would also have starred in a couple. Also check out our 15 Sexiest Marvel Villains article.
15. Power Girl
Marie-Claude is simply obsessed with costume. Montreal Comic con-2014 She was Power girl... In an interview, she said that she did everything to the last stitch herself, including leather gloves and shoes. She works in her own studio near Quebec, where she models the form, draws the ornament, in general, creates as she can. This is not a course on cutting and sewing.
The downside is that the process does not always go smoothly, trial and error is indispensable. But the results! They exceed all expectations. Power girl - a character in the alternate universe of DC, Superman's cousin from Earth-two. She has already disappeared from the pages of comics, but the image performed by Marie-Claude will stay in the memory for a long time, there is no doubt. You might be interested in article 15 Super Hot Photos of DC Actresses.
14. Rachnera Arachnera
Some of Marie-Claude's masterpieces, like cosplay on Rachnera Arachnera - more than art. She presented this image at Anime Expo 2016 In Los Angeles. Spider Rachnera Arachnera - hero "Monster Museum», A Japanese manga written and illustrated by Okayado in 2012 and a full-fledged anime series in 2015.
The action takes place in a world where the government is covering up and classifying monsters. One of them is a spider woman Rachnera Arachnerawith incredible agility and sensitive reflexes. She also dresses frankly and spicy, for which I bow to the creator. Marie-Claude had a hard time with this costume. the work demanded a concentration of enormous strength and patience.
She shared step-by-step shots of a fiberglass frame with metal tubes in Instagram and other social media so that fans can feel like they are part of this truly great process. The seat of the spider construct is located at a height of about one and a half meters from the floor, it is designed with maximum comfort especially for many hours of convention.
13. MKX Scorpion
«Vengeance will be mine!"A phrase that is eerily familiar, and when combined with a sexual connotation, it is a breathtaking experience. The process of removing the Scorpion costume from Mortal kombat also available on Marie-Claude's personal Internet accounts. Scorpio comes from the universe Mortal kombat x, the classic legendary video game - the result of a collaboration NetherRealm Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
The outfit consists of many parts, but the most important from a practical point of view is the mask. The poor girl has to breathe somehow during the long, long hours of the convention. Marie-Claude scanned her body on a 3D printer, and then sent the data to the printing company so that they could create a mask based on the exact parameters of her face. Further, it is more difficult. The cosplayer made a lithograph of the mask and reproduced it using silicone and glass, and then painted it in the color of the costume. This is a really serious approach to business.
12. Rainbow Mika
Due to the immense popularity of invitations to various festivals pour in to Marie-Claude from all over the world. At a convention in Guadalajara in Mexico in 2011, she appeared as R. Mika (arcade video game character Street fighter from company Capcom, a female wrestler from a Japanese women's wrestling organization). The suit, of course, is purely frank.
Some versions of the performance of the character in the series of games, by the way, border on eroticism. Marie-Claude decided to adhere to the norms of morality and performed a classic costume that covers everything that is needed. Many fans were not pleased with this fact, but the cosplay is gorgeous, as always. Project producer Yoshinori Ono is a big fan of virtual Rainbow Miki. I wonder how he would react to the real one?
11. Heroes Of The North
They stand guard ... "Heroes of the North"Is a Canadian superhero Internet series released in Montreal, Marie-Claude's hometown. Unsurprisingly, she got the role of a sexy villain in him. The plot is as follows: superheroes work for the government, and villains oppose them. Hornet (Marie-Claude) is in a secret and devilishly evil organization Medusa Industries, the director of which is the same Dr. Josef Mengele.
The series was broadcast on online TV resources, was printed in comics and photographs from 2010 to 2013. It is worth noting the scene with the helicopter, where Marie-Claude showed what it ishot", Skillfully handling a sophisticated machine gun and hand-to-hand combat techniques. Yes, she is a supporter of the Doctor and is obsessed with the ideas of world domination, but no one canceled the showiness of the latex suit.
10. Caitlin Fairchild
The girl made a boom in the image of Caitlin Fairchile from the comic book series Gen 13 early in his career. These are the popular teen superhero comics from the company Image Comics, which later became part of DC. Caitlin is the think tank for a group of five super kids. According to legend, the girl from a typical teenager suddenly turned into a model for swimwear: her muscles and shape grew at a cosmic speed, and her clothes were torn.
Perfect for Marie-Claude's appearance. The heroine of the comic is worried and shy of her modifications, while the cosplayer, on the contrary, boastfully demonstrates the dexterity, endurance and strength of character of the character. A thousand points for style adds a brilliantly executed outfit.
9. Katsuragi Misato - Race Queen version
Mary-Claude is loved for her beauty and sexuality, and she is adored for her rich inner world. She is a dedicated fan of anime, manga, video games and geek culture. Take the image of Misato Katsuragi from Neon genesis evangelionwhich was a hit at her first festival Dragon con in Atlanta in September 2010.
Misato is a key figure in the military department protecting the Earth from the Angels in the Evangelion universe. For cosplay, Marie-Claude chose the queen of the races (one of the versions of the character), that is, she bet on a combination of intelligence and sexuality. And she didn’t lose.
8. Vampirella
Sometimes Marie-Claude works for months on a massive suit, honing all its details and touches. And sometimes there is so little fabric that there is nothing to work on. Just look at the photo session as Vampirella. The cosplay is awesome, but the costume is not enough, so a little history. Vampirella has never been part of the popular Marvel and DC, but already in 1969 had an army of fans.
Her posters were printed in Warren Publishingthen in Harris Publications... Since 2010, stories about her have been published in Dynamite entertainment... One glance at the photo of Mary-Claude is enough to realize that the character has gained its former popularity for a reason.
7. Sue Storm
Marie-Claude was at the start of her career when she participated in New york comic con in 2010. Of course, outstanding forms are the key to success, but she relied on more than that, like many aspiring cosplayers. While creating the Invisible Lady costume from the Fantastic Four, the girl was sensitive to detail. This made the image authentic and sensual.
It's not that sex doesn't work, she just wanted to show fans what her heart really lies in - designing and creating costumes with a high level of precision. Sounds like an obsession, but in a good, geek way. At the time, latex was unpopular for conventions, so “SueStorm, clad in hand-made latex jumpsuit, made a splash among the media and fans.
6. Frost
The girl was working as a glamorous model when she was attracted by the wonderful world of cosplay. She took part in a photo shoot as part of the tribute Mortal kombatorganized by P&P Image Factory... The Montreal photo studio has consistently collaborated with the model, but this series of images is perhaps one of the best. It took several molds and casts to work on the garment, converted into armor and a mask.
They filmed a girl in the form of the character Frost - a female ninja who is a cryomancer (like Sub-Zero). The level of skill, when gloves and narrow strips of leather covering the chest are worked with amazing precision, deserves world recognition. As soon as the photos hit the web, users instantly responded by dubbing the gorgeous Frost the queen of cosplay.
5. Betty The Soda
Marie-Claude not only creates costumes from scratch, but also makes props and exhibition items. She was invited to Anime Expo 2015 in Los Angeles and other conventions composed Ninja Division Publishing, whose employees were promoting the popular board game Soda Pop Miniatures.
The model was in the role of Betty, the heroine of the game in an orange racing suit. With the manufacturing company Relic knights the girl worked regularly, and the suit was not the only contribution to the event. Robot Lug is also her creation, which, judging by the posts on social networks, ate six months of her life. But the bottom line is ... impressive squared.
4. Elsy Valnitier
On the social network Marie-Claude, there is a post about an early photo shoot as the main character of a novel written by French-Canadian author Anne Robilliard. The image is based on leather items and fake tattoos. Even without details, the suit is approved!
The plot of the book intertwines the stories of two friends, whose life paths diverge in the face of a global epidemic. Elsie (the same heroine) controls a squad of mercenaries and leads a dangerous mission to stop the inhuman forces. All this is spiced with dark fantasy and magic.
3. Ryofu
Marie-Claude copied Refa with incredible precision on Atlanti-Con Science Fiction Festival in September 2015. The character comes from the manga and TV series “School wars"Based in part on the Chinese novel"Three kingdoms". The plot is based on the confrontation of fighters from seven universities, who fight for supremacy, sacred treasures and much more. Refu Hosen is one such fighter, wears knee socks with miniskirts and is bisexual. Oh yes, she is also brave. It was on her that Marie-Claude was chosen, with green pigtails and a school uniform - to the very point.
2. Rin Farrah
Soda Pop Miniatures from Relic knights - board game with elements of strategy and battle, using cards. The bottom line is that the game uses large-scale miniatures that bring characters and the game to life, each 30 mm high and incredibly detailed.
Marie-Claude has worked with Soda Pop Miniatures and modeled the characters in the game. One of them is the fighting character Rin Farah, whose cosplay model presented on GenCon 2012 in Indianapolis. The suit is orange, armored and ... well, very delivering.
1. Green Lantern
«Green light"- a 2011 film starring Ryan Reynolds. "Deadpool", Of course, good, but romantic sparks flying from the screen are not able to light a single lantern, especially when it comes to Marvel... How is the movie? So-so. Cosplay Marie-Claude is much better.
The intergalactic policeman's line she showed on Comic con in Montreal in 2014. For latex excellence, she deserves an A, unlike the movie. The image has been used more than once, but it is unlikely that you will ever get tired of admiring the cosplay goddess in shiny, tight and original clothes.
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