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Cosplay: short for Costume Play; is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea [1].

Cosplay is popular for many fictional properties, including Blizzard's. Diablo cosplay has long been popular owing to the many colorful and creative character looks seen in the game. The fact that most of the characters are humans, or at least roughly human in shape helps with cosplay as well since clothing and props, rather than elaborate construction and costumes, are all that's required.

Blizzard hosts a Costume Contest at each Blizzcon convention, with prizes and fame for the best outfits.

Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains a huge Diablo cosplay gallery with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.
Full collection of Diablo news items concerning cosplay.

1 Known Cosplayers
2 Gallery
3 Questions and Answers
4 Related Links

Known Cosplayers[edit | edit source]

There have been many known Cosplayers over the years. Some examples of these are listed below:

Rainyia -- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2010 in her Mistress of Pain costume.
Christina Simms -- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2011 in her Female Monk costume. (And was later hired as the community manager for Hearthstone.
Rythos and RampagingCoconut -- A married couple who met while cosplaying at Blizzcon 2009. Rythos was interviewed on The Diablo Podcast #6.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

A few sample images. Many others can be seen throughout this wiki, and Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains a huge Diablo cosplay gallery with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.

Christina Simms as the female Monk. First Prize Blizzcon 2010.
The Mistress of Pain by Rainyia. First Prize Blizzcon 2009.
Witch Doctor by RampagingCoconut
Adria cosplay.
Diablo I rogue
Female Barbarian from Diablo III.
Female Demon Hunter from Diablo III.
Leah from Diablo III.
Lyndon and a female Monk from Diablo III.

Questions and Answers[edit | edit source]

Who can make a new cosplay?

Anyone can create a cosplay. Just be sure to upload it to the Cosplay Gallery. Also make a post on the Creations Forum to show off your work there.

Related Links[edit | edit source]

Fan-made Creations - Fan Creations Forum[e] Art Artists Cosplay Fiction Poetry Writers Classes/Skills Characters Monsters Locations

Fan Art	• All Fan Art Articles	• Nameplates • Fiery Runes Series	• Behind the Fiery Runes • Diii.net's Fan creation support	• Fan Creation Forum • Deviant Art

Fan Artists All Fan Art Misc. Fan Art	• 2mindsstudio • bluejoe • Boqu • Brom • Caniroth • Cowguin • Chaoyuan Xu • DarkGeometryArt • Darkrusader • dasAoD • DefiledVisions • Delowyn • elvarsteinn • FGART	• GAMi • GavinUnit • Glaurung • GuardianHadriel • Holyknight3000 • HorseRotovator • iDR3AM • Inkarnus • jbabler • Johntorrio • Juanbjuan • KaanaMoonshadow • KhalNik • KLS	• Knight_Wolf • Kracov • Kunkka • Leugi • madbrush • MalmerDK • MilligramSmile • Muldric • Mr. Jack • mwille • NAstyJ • Necrotwosixzeroseven • nEgativezEro • NuMioH	• Ocean-Redwood • Paalt • Paneseeker • Phoenix995 • Pixelcharlie • Ratzgoblin • ROCKETEER • Romak • Sasin • Scarypet • Shadem • Shiramune • Sledge dnp	• Softshack • Strongcoffee • Tepes • TheShadowZero • Tigerpaw • Toby Lewin • Veskin7 • VioletJoker • Vexing • Vortexh • Yngvar • Yuudaimuhi • z00t • zore

Cosplay	• Christina Estrada • Rainyia • RampagingCoconut	• Fan Creation Forum • Diablo Cosplay Gallery	• Deviant Art • All Cosplay Images

Fan Fiction Stories	• A Call to Arms • A Moldy Tome • A Stone of Contention • Bane; Hero of the North • Bane; The Writings of Sanett • Chronicles of the Dark Library	• Compendium of the Orue Agea • Endgame • Eternity is too Short • Fulcrum • Last Dance • Last of His Kind	• Return of the Three • Seeking the Fifth Hero • The Destruction Within • The Fall of Nightmares (Revisited) • The Journal of Leoric, King of Khanduras • The Journey Through Eternity: The Maiden of Anguish	• The Key: Book I - (The Rewrite) • The Mage Academy of Gea Kul • Winds of the Kae Huron • Fan Fiction Forum • The Dark Library

Fan Fiction Poetry	• Amazonette • Brio • Chaos • Death Rose	• Embers • Equilibrium/Gray • Rudiments • Signs...	• The Ballad of Ib • The Chamber of Bone • The Cow King • The Tale of the Fall of Levid	• Time to die • You Were There... • Fan Fiction Forum • The Dark Library

Fan Fiction Writers	• 0xDEADCAFE • Anyee • Bane • Bereyn • David Craddock • DoomBoy	• Dalai Lama • Flux • Holyknight3000 • Indefatigable • Kire	• Knight_Wolf • LFox • Madrik Rimesorrow • mrGrobyILM • Mr. Zongo • Nephilim	• RevenantsKnight • rodge • Tamrend • Veskin7 • Wondersmith

Fan-made Classes			Fan-made Skills [e]
• Alchemist • Arcane Warrior • Artisan • Aurian Mage • Bard • Channeller • Dragon Warrior	• Flagellant • Giant (U) • Hollow Man • Nomad • Onaga Manji • Phase Knight	• Ranger • Slayer (U) • Techpriest (U) • Telepath • Untainted (U) • Zealot	Dragon Warrior Skills • Bow and Throwing Skill Tree • Dragon Disciplines Skill Tree • Martial Arts Skill Tree	Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree	Aurian Mage Skill • Holy Power Skill Tree • Shadow Spells Skill Tree • Nature Forces Skill Tree
(U) = Unfinished				Untainted Skills • Divine Skill Tree

Fan-made Characters[e]
• Run Azar

Fan-made Monsters [e]
• Black Hand Mage • Brutal Beast • Cavern Toad	• Dark Venom • Death Claw • Desert Cyclops • Devil Monkey	• Harrier Imp • Gilded Miser • Keeper of the Spitting Terrors • Kraken Soldier	• Mephisto's Handmaidens • N'ghaalii • Soulcollector

Fan-made Locations [e]
• Avien

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 '''Cosplay''': short for Costume Play; is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay ].
+Cosplay is popular for many fictional properties, including Blizzard's. Diablo cosplay has long been popular owing to the many colorful and creative character looks seen in the game. The fact that most of the characters are humans, or at least roughly human in shape helps with cosplay as well since clothing and props, rather than elaborate construction and costumes, are all that's required.
+Blizzard hosts a Costume Contest at each Blizzcon convention, with prizes and fame for the best outfits.
+* Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602 a huge Diablo cosplay gallery] with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.
-__TOC__
+* Full collection of [http://diablo.incgamers.com/media/cosplay Diablo news items concerning cosplay].
-==Background==
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 There have been many known Cosplayers over the years. Some examples of these are listed below:
-* [[Rainyia]]
+* [[Rainyia]] -- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2010 in her [[Mistress of Pain]] costume.
-* [[Rampagingcoconut|RampagingCoconut]]
+* [[Christina Estrada|Christina Simms]] -- Won the Blizzcon costume contest in 2011 in her Female [[Monk]] costume. (And was later hired as the [[community manager]] for [[Hearthstone]].
-* '''[[:Category:Cosplay|All Cosplay]]'''
+* [[Rythos]] and [[Rampagingcoconut|RampagingCoconut]] -- A married couple who met while cosplaying at Blizzcon 2009. Rythos was interviewed on [[The_Diablo_Podcast:_2011_Episodes#Episode_Six|The Diablo Podcast #6]].
-==Example Works==
+==Gallery==
-These are some of their works to show as examples to others.
+A few sample images. Many others can be seen throughout this wiki, and Diablo.IncGamers.com maintains [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602 a huge Diablo cosplay gallery] with hundreds of photos of fans in a wide variety of costumes.
+<gallery>
+File:Cosplay-christina-estrada06.jpg|Christina Simms as the female Monk. First Prize Blizzcon 2010.
+File:COS_Rainyia_MOP.jpg|The [[Mistress of Pain]] by [[Rainyia]]. First Prize Blizzcon 2009.
+File:COS_RAMPCOCO_WD.jpg|[[Witch_doctor|Witch Doctor]] by [[Rampagingcoconut|RampagingCoconut]]
+File:Adria-cosplay1.jpg|Adria [[cosplay]].
+File:Cosplay-d1-rogue.jpg|Diablo I rogue
+File:Cosplay-fem-barb.jpg|Female Barbarian from Diablo III.
+File:Cosplay-fem-dh1.jpg|Female Demon Hunter from Diablo III.
+File:Cosplay-leah1.jpg|Leah from Diablo III.
+File:Cosplay-lyndon-monk.jpg|[[Lyndon]] and a female Monk from Diablo III.
-<gallery>
-File:COS_Rainyia_MOP.jpg|The [[Mistress of Pain]] by [[Rainyia]]
-File:COS_RAMPCOCO_WD.jpg|[[Witch_doctor|Witch Doctor]] by [[Rampaging Coconut]]
 </gallery>
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 Anyone can create a cosplay. Just be sure to upload it to the [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/602|Diablo Cosplay Gallery]. Also make a post on the [http://forums.diii.net/forumdisplay.php?f=138|Fan Creations Forum] to show off your work there.
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-{{Fan creation navbox|art}}
+{{Fanmade navbox|cosplay}}
 [[Category:Fanmade]]
-[[Category:Fan art]]
+[[Category:Cosplay]]