Cosplay Prop Contest
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
May 17th-19th
Bring us your axes, swords, helmets, or ray guns! This is the maker community's chance to show off their props and handheld items and compete for some excellent maker prizes. [Enter Here]
Jackie Craft
Cosplayer and costume designer Jackie Craft has taken her passion for costume and prop making and turned it into a career. Jackie has worked with many game companies including Blizzard Entertainment, Nintendo and Versus Evil. You can check out some of her work in commercials for Blizzard's Hearthstone.
https://www.jackiecraftcostumes.com/
Norman Chan
Norman Chan is the co-founder and Editor of Tested.com. Norm loves learning new photography tricks, is fascinated by comic book and cosplay culture, and is still on the hunt for the perfect pair of headphones. He is also an unabashed adult fan of LEGO.
https://www.tested.com/
The Egg Sisters
The Egg Sisters are two sisters from Chicago who enjoy making creature-type costumes with an emphasis on SFX, prop work, armor building, and costume design. Their builds come to life through the use of diverse materials, intricate detail work, and a whole lot of trial and error. They approach each project as an opportunity to try out new tools and learn new techniques.
http://eggsisters.com/
Chad Hoku
Hokuprops is a team Lead by Propmaker Chad Hoku and Sammy Hoku. Chad's background in 3d has him designing props and costumes digitally and utilizing different fabrication techniques to produce armor, props, and other costume components. HokuProps is best known for their Lionhardt cosplay which won Twitch's 2016 Twitchcon Cosplay Contest's grand prize.
https://www.hokuprops.com/
Shawn Thorsson
Shawn Thorsson is the author of Make: Props and Costume Armor and the founder of Thorsson & Associates Workshop. He has long suffered from a severe case of Obsessive Creative Disorder which has manifested itself as a continuous drive to make bigger, more elaborate costumes and props. You can usually find him in his workshop, buried in dust and a cloud of paint fumes and loving every minute of it.
http://www.protagonist4hire.blogspot.com/
