Dreams Of Noise

Christmas stuff at CostCo notwithstanding, it's getting closer to that most glorious time of the year: Halloween! When candy isn't fattening, scares aren't that scary, and everybody cosplays.

Anne steered me to a couple of costume sites I think you'll like.

• First is Take Back Halloween, a resource guide for unusual and quick costuming and especially for breaking out of the "Sexy _____" mold (read their About page).
• Second is Carbon Costume, another DIY costuming site with some innovative stuff going on. Some of their costumes are pretty pricey, though.
• At the other end of the spectrum, Cosplay Tutorial covers everything from make-up to PVC, from wig-making to LEDs. NOT a quickie-costume site, but if you want to seriously get into cosplay it's an amazing resource.
• Buzzfeed has a couple of surprisingly excellent pages for quick & easy costumes.
• Lilluna.com's page has many excellent ideas.
• And, last and least yet still great, the certifiably nutso costume ideas at Haunted In Hillsboro.

Any particular sites you like? Either how-to resource archives, or cosplayers you really enjoy.

ETA: several more sites.

Right here. Note in particular #4 (the Hercules is spectacular), #9 (Wouldn't Samuel L. Jackson and Will Smith go together just great in Men In Black Of S.H.I.E.L.D.?), and #10 (Lego/Minimates/Minecraft Avengers cosplay FTW). And, if you read the descriptions, the captioner actually knows his/her comics lore, which is pretty damn rare for the Lamestream media.

Any good Avengers cosplay or fan art you'd like to share?