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Celebrities weren’t the one ones getting a whole lot of consideration on the Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo on Saturday.

Cosplayers, dressed up as their favourite characters, typically take years to good their outfits. And whereas the origins of their costumes may not be obvious, their efforts weren’t misplaced on the crowds.

Halle Stolk and Ethan Andrews attended the occasion as Waffle Woman and Powdered Toast Man from the 1990’s animated sequence Ren & Stimpy.

“Even if people don’t recognize us they seem to want to take photos with us anyway,” Stolk stated. “Because – come on – we look pretty cool.”

“People need to learn the Ren & Stimpy show,” Andrews added.

Whether identified or not, cosplayers typically put plenty of time and particular consideration into their costumes.

“All of the embroidery down the front and down the sleeves and down the dress is all hand done,” stated craftsmanship cosplayer Austyn Larkam.

Dressed as Sylph, a personality from a Japanese Manga journal, her outfit included a nine-pound wig and wings adorned with LED lights, took three years, 11 months and 22 days to make.

Despite that, she stated it isn’t the time spent or the small print on a garment that make cosplay particular.

“Cosplay is just wearing a costume and playing in it,” Larkam stated. “Whether that means you go and thrift something, you meticulously hand make something, you go and you buy a costume – we just want to dress up and have fun and embody these characters that we love so dearly.”

David Huculiak, whose speciality is 3D printing and physique armour work, stated it is the small print on his Doctor Strange costume that get probably the most consideration – like his holographic LED fan or magnetic cape.

“You can just throw it on, pull up the collar and it’s just like in the movie where the cape flies and lands on him and does it on its own,” he stated.

For some, like Tony My, this yr’s cosplay meant a way of life change.

Dressed because the 1995 model of Wolverine, My’s stated his look required work on extra than simply assembling his outfit.

“Everything was thought out for months, and then it was for me to get into physical shape,” he stated.

For Derek King, dressed Saturday because the Predator, dressing up is a technique to interact with the characters and their worlds in several methods.

“It’s something else to just actually live it other than it is to just see it on a shelf or read about it and fantasize,” he stated.

“It’s like Disney World for geeks.”

For Larkham, the most effective a part of cosplay is the characters she’s met from world wide and the group she’s present in costumes.

“I have friends all over the world in cosplay,” she added. “It’s such an amazing way to meet new people, learn new skills. I have life-long friends that I have built through cosplay.”

The Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo expo runs till Sunday.