{"id":21662,"date":"2017-03-02T15:28:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=21662"},"modified":"2017-03-02T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T15:28:15","slug":"cosplay-is-more-than-just-dressing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/cosplay-is-more-than-just-dressing-up","title":{"rendered":"Cosplay is more than just dressing up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cardiff Film & Comic Con is on a two-day countdown. Not long until you can meet your beloved characters from your favourite movies and comics. Taking a step back, \u00a0we are asking cosplayers how life is like as fictional figures.<\/h2>\n

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Van Wolf, commonly known as Wayne Vanic Jones, is looking at himself in the mirror. Working as a supporter worker, today he looks in no way like what he always does. Wearing a blood-stained T-shirt with a 100-colour eyeshadow palette in his hand, he is\u00a0carefully blending one colour with another over his forehead, creating a messy and dirty look.<\/p>\n

He is dressing up to cosplay the main protagonist Logan in the new superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Wolverine.<\/p>\n

Being a comic fan from his young age, dressing up to be different characters is a great fun for Wayne. He’s confident about dressing up and cosplaying: “When you first do it, people may think ‘oh I\u2019m going to look silly and people are going to laugh at me.’ For me I don\u2019t care and I\u2019ll dress up like whatever I want.”<\/p>\n

Right besides him was his partner Sash Robbins who is known in the cosplay community as Little Vamp. She had already dressed up in full gear and ready to hit the road. As Wayne’s wingwoman, she sat by his side with a little bottle of fake blood and more make-up products in her hands. She is going to cosplay\u00a0X-23 by the side of her Logan.<\/p>\n

“People who don’t know abut cosplay may don\u2019t understand that. They may think it\u2019s just about fancy dresses. There is so much more than just dressing up and cosplaying.” said Sash. For the duo, cosplaying is about having fun with lots of friends.<\/p>\n

Cosplay generally refers to the act of dressing in a costume in attempt to portray a character from films, comics, anime and the likes. Costume ideas can also be taken from mangas in Japan, where cosplaying is trending. In Cardiff, the cosplay community is described to be extremely friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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