NYCC 2016 Champions of Cosplay: The Winners (and Everyone Else)

The NYCC Eastern Championships of Cosplay returned to the Javits Center last night, just as it does every year. It seems like every year the quality of the cosplay gets sharper and sharper, in both materials used and creative ideas pursued. Competitors battle for $5,000 in prizes, which is always nice, but for most of these folks it’s not about the money. Glory and the satisfaction of a job well done. Winners also qualify for the final round of the 2017 C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay in Chicago, which is the the final stop in the Global Championships of Cosplay.

As sponsor of the event, Autodesk is given access to the contestants earlier in the day, which we love because we get to ask them all kinds of questions about how they made their cosplay. It’s a group of people who are really experienced at making things, including a few people we’ve met in past years who are returning again, but it’s also a bunch of folks who’ve never been in any kind of competition like this before. Some of them have serious butterflies, but our photographer Michael always has a way to get them to stay focused for their photo shoot. As usual, the final photos look great. Here are the winners and all the rest of the competitors for 2016….

Category: Overall

First place: Frau by Lucky Grim from Sakizou Art Work

Second place: Voltron by outLAW2LK from Voltron: Legendary Defender

Third place: The Wanderer by Cap Santiago from Fallout 4.

Category: Armor

First place: Tyrande by Sayakat Cosplay from World of Warcraft Heroes of the Storm

Second place:: Imlerith by PhazonJuke from The Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt

Third place:: Iron Man by Allen Wong from Iron Man

Category: Needlework

First place:: General Hux by Vanya Yount from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Second place: The Sorcerer Supreme by Canvas Cosplay from Doctor Strange

Third place: Homulilly by With a Thorn Cosplay from Madoka Magica Rebellion.

Category: FX

First place: Belldandy by Alchemical Cosplay from Ah My Goddess!

Second place: Immortan Joe by Adam Shefki (not pictured)

Third place: Tiny Tina by Mangoloo from Borderlands 2

Category: Larger than Life

First place: Voltron by outLAW2LK from Voltron: Legendary Defender

Second place: Count Chocula 2.0 by Michael Wong from Monster Cereal

Third place: Doctor Octopus by Tony Reinen from Spider-Man 2

Everyone Else

These folks didn’t win a prize, but they definitely won a place in our hearts.

The Baker’s Wife by Lady of Time Cosplay from Into the Woods.

Cersei Lannister by Lia London of Go Sew Cosplay from Game of Thrones. (not pictured)

Samus Aran by Victoria Miller from Metroid

Yennefer of Vengerberg by Elynne Costumes from The Witcher 3

Erza Scarlet by Amanda Gazzola from Fairy Tail

Iron Man Mark 1 by Kevin Uribe from Iron Man

Harley Quinn by Autumn Sharer from Batman Arkham City

Oswald Cobblepot by Ozwald Cobblepot from Batman Returns

Tracer by Foxtail from Overwatch

Johanna by A. Steakhouse from Diablo Heroes of the Storm

Gamora by Violette Fiasco from Guardians of the Galaxy

Morrigan by Gabriella Nuovo from Dragon Age

GLaDOS by Orisen from Portal

Junkrat by Hanari Solomon from Overwatch

The Corpse Bride by Amanda Dawn from Corpse Bride

Iron Man Mark 43 by Ken from Iron Man

Clara Oswald by Jana Kucera from Doctor Who

Leona – Valkyrie by Kath Dragons from League of Legends