I know Liana mentioned it in a previous column, but this video really drives home the importance of makeup in cosplaying; you can see the full gradient of "somebody who just put on a jacket", through stage makeup, to something that actually tries to emulate the cel-shaded style of Borderlands, and the last option is by the far the most impressive. I don't know how long it took the girl cosplaying Lilith to do her makeup, but it was definitely worth it.

I should cosplay Axton at some point in my cosplay career.