More than a competition, the Overwatch Cosplay Battle is a celebration of creativity, craftsmanship, and national pride.
Learn moreIn the Overwatch Cosplay Battle, six teams of three cosplayers from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Russia will showcase their skills by creating one costume each over the course of three months. Help choose which cosplay your team creates by voting for your favorite project! You can learn more about the teams and follow their progress right here.
An official jury made up of Blizzard artists and cosplay professionals will select a Grand Prize winner from the six completed costumes, and you’ll be able to cast your votes once again to choose the Community Favorite.
Rachel Day
Blizzard Visual Effects Artist
Rachel is a Senior FX Artist at Blizzard Entertainment. She is also an enthusiastic member of the cosplay community, having created costumes including Warcraft’s Sylvanas Windrunner, Overwatch’s Widowmaker, and a gender-bent version of Olaf from The Lost Vikings.
Renaud Galand
Blizzard Lead Character Artist
Renaud is a Lead Character Artist for Overwatch. He was the first character artist on the project, and works to ensure the continuity and evolution of the Overwatch style by mentoring new artists. He also continues to create new, exciting heroes. Outside Blizzard, Renaud is an avid digital sculptor, cinephile, and board game enthusiast.
Svetlana Quindt
Kamui Cosplay
Svetlana started her cosplay adventure in 2003, and crafts her costumes together with her husband, Benni. She won the 2013 BlizzCon costume contest, and also had a World of Warcraft item named after her (Kamui’s Crystalline Staff of Wizardry). She loves sharing her cosplay experience with the community through tutorials, videos, and books.
Justyna Sosnowska
Sosenka
Justyna is a Polish SFX make-up artist and cosplayer who started her hobby in 2014. She has a degree in Landscape Architecture, and her cosplay and make-up skills are entirely self-taught. Her experience with special effects make-up brings her costumes to a whole new level.
No competition would be complete without prizes! Each member of the Grand Prize-winning team, selected by the jury, will receive a brand-new 3D printer worth approximately €2,500. Members of the Community Favorite team, selected by Overwatch players across Europe, will receive some framed Overwatch artwork signed by the Overwatch development team.
Follow the different stages of the Overwatch Cosplay Battle.
