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We have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of cosplay we’ve seen this year. More than 85% of the 148 competing costumes were fully handmade, making the judges’ job a very difficult one. Every cosplayer was judged on Quality, Accuracy, Presentation and Effort with attention to every little detail from the way they talked and moved to how polished the overall costume was. Here are the overall top 20:

1st

2nd

3rd

1st Place – Sergey Dexter – Invoker – Dota 2

2nd Place – Nyree Hapetian – Death – Darksiders 2

3rd Place – Christos Peppos & Ouranio Anastasiou – Big Daddy & Little Sister – Bioshock

Top 10

Sofoklis Sofokleous – Grell Sutcliff / Mileena – Kuroshitsuji / MKX
Andreana Lemonari – Lagertha – Vikings
Anastasia Grusha – Fionna the Human – Adventure Time
Gloria Roussou – Chell – Portal
Stefanos Gregory Demetriou – Reaper – Overwatch
Luisa Vasiliadou – Ririchiyo Shirakiin – Inu X Boku SS
Nicos Tsouris – Thor – Marvel

Top 20

Maro Savvides – Rebecca Anderson – Dog Days
Andrea Pavlou – Hinata Hyuuga – Naruto
Sophiya Nikiforova – Star Butterfly – Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Constantin Catalin Cazan – Batman – DC
Anton Kontushev – Hospitalier Knight – LARP / Kingdom of Heaven
Daniel Ellinas – Green Arrow – DC
Christian Jocson – Snake eyes – GI Joe
Fiona Aynedjian – Nidalee – League of Legends
Leda Mappouridou – Female Loki – Marvel
Andy Markides – Deadpool – Marvel

Before you get on stage, you will go through a private judging session with our 3 judges who will rate your costume and performance on a five-point scale for a total of 20 points from each judge. The criteria that you will be judged on are:

Quality

What we look at: If your costume is handmade or store bought, we look at the stitching, material and fit. Handmade costumes get a bonus on this category. If you have compiled your costume from things found around the house, we look at how you have modified them, how you paired them and how creative you were. We also take into account, wig styling and make-up.

Tips: We favour handmade costumes over anything else. If your costume is handmade, make sure to let us know how you made it, if not, try and put more emphasis on something you styled, like your wig or make-up. Chinese fancy dress quality costumes will score much lower than well tailored ones.

Accuracy

What we look at: We will be checking how faithful your costume, hair, make-up and props are to the character you’re cosplaying as.

Tips: Print out a picture of your character showing the full costume. Do mention any variations or specific versions you took into account. If what you’re cosplaying as is not an existing character, mention at least a point of reference or inspiration.

Presentation

What we look at: The goal of cosplay is to look as much like your character as possible, this includes body motions and phrases you say. Those who act in character will score higher than those who do not.

Tips: Talk in the tone of your character and try to say things that he would say. Stand, pose and move like him too.

Effort

What we look at: We will try and determine how hard each person had to work to complete his costume, find a rare prop, style the appropriate wig or do his make-up.

Tips: Make sure to tell the judges how long you worked on compiling your costume and point out details that required effort to complete.