I think that’s because it was posted a little bit too late (by like an hour and a half, depending on where you’re located). According to the blog post, “Entries for the EVE Cosplay Contest, announced several weeks ago, will be accepted all week until 23:59 UTC 24 September”
Thank you for the consideration. I am “Victory Bear”. I probably should have put my name in the post.
If you would like to see the backstory behind my entry and some further sourcing of the historical authenticity please check the following posts. Good luck everyone!
All great costumes, and hopefully some day we will all get to meet again and see them in person! Here are a few photos of the Venture up close. I hope you enjoy.
Huge respect for the work that went into this. “May the best costume win”, sure, but I’d be disappointed if you don’t win anything next Thursday. As you said, I also look forward to seeing yours in person. Here’s a few of my WIP’s:
The mask, neck wires, chest piece and all the solid doodads on the suit are, actually! In addition to being my hobby, I actually work with 3D printers for a living. I’m a bad painter, so it was natural for me to edit the model to give me “lines” to follow for the paint, or it wouldn’t have looked that clean otherwise.