For 2023, SMASH (Sydney Manga and Anime Show) requested a 25cm trophy for the Best in Show in their Cosplay Masquerade. SMASH's 2023 theme was The Moon, so this was our main starting point for the piece. Throughout promotion, SMASH had been sharing a lot of art inspired by anime/manga such as Sailor Moon, featuring nighttime city skylines
We recently tackled the ambitious build of Alear's Liberation sword and sheath from Fire Emblem: Engage, and the project has been an incredible success. As avid fans of the game, we were excited to take on this project and bring this iconic weapon to life for cosplayers around the world. After putting them up on our store, we've constantly had the swords printing due to high demand!
At Illustris Models, we pride ourselves on doing the 3D modeling for all our kits in-house. We acknowledge that 3D printing and cosplay aren't the easiest of hobbies - as a result we endeavour to model all our props and accessory kits for ease of printing and sanding. Additionally, we strive to ensure all our kits are structurally sound when built to our guidelines, and also con-safe!
On occasion, our products include more work than just 3D modeling and 3D printing. This often includes collaborations with other creatives and special, personalised commissions for customers upon request!
Sunday December 1 | 11-3pm
Meers Hall (Naala Badu, North Building lower level 2), Art Gallery of New South Wales
We're honoured to announce we're hosting a coslay workshop for the Art Gallery of NSW to celebrate the oppening weekend of Cao Fei: My City is Yours! Perfect for new or seasoned cosplayers, come along for the free workshop and learn how to make a vambrace from EVA foam or European 4-in-1 chainmaille!
We had the honour of being chosen to participate in Captain Patch-It's iconic Wheel of Chaos panel at Sydney Oz Comic-Con in 2023. We played alongside fellow cosplayers/idols including Coraberry, Obscuregirlcosplay and Punziepyon, battling it out on stage to see who could fix the most of Patch-It's cosplay repairs gone-wrong.
We were invited to talk on the Cos-Ability panel at Sydney Oz Comic-Con to discuss our personal cosplay journeys, and how we went from casual coslpayers to working in cosplay full time! We panelled alonside Porateo, hosted by Rangagirlnads as the MC.
At AVCon in 2023 we hosted our brand new panel, From Fiction to Fashion: Translating Cosplay into Real Life alongside The Green Duchess Cosplays.
Have you ever looked at a character design and wondered how you'd ever achieve it in real life? This panel runs through different ways you can make those impossible cosplays seem more achievable!
It was an honour to represent Riot Games at their League of Legends Worlds 2024 event at UTS Underground for the Worlds '23 watch party! Appearing as Baker Pantheon and Starry-Eyed Songstress Seraphine, we took photos with guests and led the Cosplay Parade with other talented cosplayers.
We appeared alongside a handful of other talented cosplayers at Harajuku Gyoza in Darling Harbour as Baker Pantheon and Cafe Cuties Gwen from League of Legends to promote the upcoming Esports world championships for 2023. We took photos with guests, providing fliers and information about the upcoming watch party at UTS Underground.
At PAX 2023, we were proud to host a huge Zelda meet-up on the Satureday, amassing over 20 incredible cosplayers - most of which were coincidentally using our 3D printed props/accessories to finish their cosplays!
At Illustris Models we're passionate about making cosplay accessible to everyone. This is why in 2022 we started our sponsorship initiative, to give young and/or low-income cosplayers one of our prop or accessory kits for free once every 6 months!
Illustris Sponsorships is now sponsored by Polymaker 3D, 3D Printing Solutions, Monocure3D, Anest Iwata Australia and Rakuda Cosplay to bring more of our products to those who are less fortunate.
At Sydney Oz Comic-Con in 2021 we hosted an Introduction to 3D Printing for Cosplay panel which drew an audience of 30+ attendees!
At Illustris Models we're passionate about sharing knowledge and helping cosplayers grow, so we created a Community Discord server to give cosplayers and 3D printing enthusiasts a safe place. Join us today here.
