Mass Effect’s Commander Shepard cosplayed by Anais Roberts. [via]

It’s that time of the week where we post a mixed bag of intriguing costumes we spotted recently. Some of it’s new; some of it isn’t; all of it is worth highlighting.

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Onward to the gallery:

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In 2006, Robert Burden began a series of huge, ornate paintings based on his childhood action figures.  He’s finished twenty-one paintings so far and is currently working on a ThunderCats painting.

Burden made time-lapse videos for three of the paintings: Voltron (11′ x 7′), Battle Cat (70″ x 100″), and Tauntaun (10′ x 7′).  All three videos are embedded below.  If you’re wondering why he painted the Battle Cat pink at first, it was to make the colors painted over it seem more vibrant.  Or it’s just a girl Battle Cat.  I don’t know.  What do I look like, a Battle Cat sexer?  Don’t answer that.

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This is the greatest Star Wars Tauntaun costume I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen thousands four.  You can read how Scott Holden built it here, or you can do like I do and just gaze awestruck at the video, certain that the tauntaun is real.  So beautiful.  Majestic.  *unsheathes knife* Now let’s get warm.

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