By: Stefany Olivas & Jonathan Gamboa | Photos By: Scott M. Roberts & James Roach
Grand Prize winners: Chris Whyman and John Ramsey
How long did the costumes take to make?
“We made it from scratch. It took about 6 months all together. Hopefully we’ll keep evolving them and win again next year.”
Chris Whyman
“I thought we’d place as a team but I did not think we’d win the whole thing. It originally started by us wanting to do a red versus blue situation, and it evolved from there. We wanted to stay true to how we actually make them”
John Ramsey
“I wanted to incorporate Star Wars and use light sabers next time. Everything besides shoes and swords are made from scratch.
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Judges Choice Award: Former CNM Student Dustin Kiska
What inspired your costume?
“It’s one of things that is unthinkable. You can’t buy this in a store. This is larger than life, so I had to shrink it down to make it life size.”
How long did it take you to build?
“It took me a month to build and month to think about how to engineer it together.”
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Comic Winner: Greg Brittelle
What inspired your costume?
“I read comics my whole life and Captain America has always been my favorite. I came last year and saw the costume contest going on and I got really excited about it. I said to myself, ‘Next year I will definitely enter.’”
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Movie/TV Winner: Pre-Nursing Major K’Dawn Butle
Why did you pick this costume?
“It’s my favorite Disney movie. As soon as it came out I watched it all the time. It took a week total to put together. When we found out about the contest we picked out these costumes because they were the most work.”
How long did it take you to make?
“The dress took a week by itself to make from scratch.”
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Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Winner: Ashley Baker
What inspired your costume?
“I’m really a fan of the steampunk genre. I shopped at Goodwill and other garbage places to make my costume. I came up with the costume myself. She’s an adventurer, pirate, always moving from one place to the next. I’ve worked on this costume before. It’s more elaborate than it used to be. I love it. I think it’s futuristic but Victorian, I just love it.”
How long did it take you to put the costume together?
“It took about a month total to find all the materials and put it together.”
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Anime Winner: Former student Julia Harris
What inspired this costume?
“The steampunk aesthetic is incredibly gorgeous and interesting, and I absolutely love the Sailor Moon anime. I had the wig made a few years ago, so I thought it would be great to combine them and I’m really happy with the result.”
How long did it take you to make?
“It took me about three weeks to design and construct it all — the moon crystal jewelry, guns, gas mask, hat, sailor bows, collar — everything!”
