As 2023 comes to a close, I am looking ahead to 2024. There are a few trips that I want to plan, goals I want to accomplish, and new conventions that I want to attend. I had this post pre-written for a while as I wanted to have a few new cosplays to start thinking about going into next year. I wanted to come up with a running list of characters that I want to cosplay as. I split this up into various categories, so it wouldn’t become an unorganized list.

Gaming

Liliana Vess – Magic: The Gathering

In Magic: The Gathering, there are certain characters known as Planeswalkers. Planeswalkers are creatures that can walk between planes or walk in between worlds. Liliana is the necromancer meaning her abilities often involve raising the dead or a player’s graveyard. I like Liliana’s look. She has this purple lace dress, a gold head band that holds her hair back, and purple arm bands that help summon her undead powers. I love her whole aesthetic.

Meren of Clan Nel Toth – Magic: The Gathering

Meren is based off a Legendary Creature card in Magic: The Gathering. Meren, similar to Liliana, has abilities that revolve around a player’s graveyard. Meren is a card that has a special place in my heart because Meren was one of the first Commander decks that I played when I was starting to get back into the game. I think what would be cool about cosplaying as her is that there are a lot of different ways to complete the cosplay. I like being able to have my own spin on a cosplay and I think with Meren, there would be a lot of different ways to put the cosplay together.

Keyleth – Critical Role

When I first watched Critical Role, I felt myself drawn to Keyleth. She’s awkward, wants to do the right thing, and at times doesn’t make the best decisions. I’d highly recommend looking up “Keyleth Goldfish” as it’s one of the most hilarious moments in Critical Role. It’s funny, I have an orange wig in my closet that I haven’t figured out what to do with and Keyleth is a character that I could put the wig to good use.

Imogen Temult – Critical Role

Imogen is a Sorcerer in the third campaign of Critical Role. I’m playing a Sorcerer in my Dungeons & Dragons game right now and it might be my all-time favorite class that I have ever played. Imogen’s look is feminine, yet gives off this archaeologist look. I like the purple hair contrasted with the pale blue dress.

Comics

Scarlet Witch

Scarlet Witch was the first character I thought of when I decided to put this list together. I love her. I’m reading the current Scarlet Witch comic run right now and I am really enjoying it. I think the Scarlet Witch look I love the most is Elizabeth Olson’s look in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Another look I like is Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Endgame when she flys down to fight Thanos in the final battle. Similar to what I said about Meren, there would be a variety of different ways to cosplay as her.

Kraven

Since playing Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, I’m obsessed with Kraven’s look. The shark tooth necklace, the skull on the shoulder and the fur vest. I think it would be neat to take that look and make it my own. I could see finding a brown body suit, brown khakis, brown combat boots, adding the shark tooth necklace, the fur vest etc. I think this would be fun to do, I’m not sure if anyone would recognize it as Kraven, but I think it would be a blast to do it.

Doctor Aphra – Star Wars

Doctor Aphra would be one of the easier characters to cosplay as. It would feel more like taking my regular clothing and adding a few things to it. Sometimes it’s nice to have an easier cosplay in between the cosplays that are a bit more complicated to put together. I could see Doctor Aphra being an easier, casual cosplay.

Film / TV

Padme

Padme (besides Scarlet Witch) is the second character I thought of when I put this list together. As a fan of the prequels, I loved Padme and I think her character doesn’t get the recognition that other Star Wars characters get. I think my favorite Padme look is from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones when she’s in the arena on Geonosis. It’s a classic look. The white crop top that’s torn in the back, the white pants, and her blaster on her hip. Another nice thing about cosplaying as Padme is that I wouldn’t have to wear a wig, which would be a nice break.

Nightsister – Star Wars

I have been adding images to my Cosplay board on Pinterest. I found the coolest Nightsister cosplay that I pinned to my board. The one concern I have with cosplaying as a Nightsister is working with body paint. The Nightsisters have gray skin and I would want to be accurate if I were to cosplay as a Nightsister. The nice thing with cosplay becoming more popular is that there are tutorials everywhere! I’m also in a local Minnesota cosplay group, so I think I could find some resources there.

There are so many characters and so little time. Knowing me, I will probably end up cosplaying something that’s not even on this list, but I’d love to start challenging myself to cosplaying as these characters that I have listed. I can’t wait to attend my next convention in 2024.