WoW cosplayer channels Dragonflight as stunning Alexstrasza Blizzard Entertainment, Gio AugustIn the wake of Blizzard announcing World of Warcraft\u2019s ninth expansion, WoW Dragonflight, one cosplayer has chosen to celebrate by transforming into the Life-Binder herself, Alexstrasza. The shadows have retreated around World of Warcraft\u2019s ninth expansion, and WoW Dragonflight has officially been announced to the world. Set amid the emerald shores of the secluded Dragon Isles, players are finally returning to Azeroth to explore a domain dominated by dragons. In order to celebrate the return of the Dragonflight and the appearance of Life-Bringer and queen of the skies, Alexstrasza, Brazilian cosplayer Gio August (Gio) has perfectly recreated the iconic dragoness in a cosplay that will leave you looking like the little emoji with heart eyes. WoW Alexstrasza cosplay brings new life to Azeroth With fourteen years of experience under her belt and a passion for all things Warcraft, Alexstrasza was the perfect fit for our cosplay aficionado. \u201cI\u2019m a long time WoW fan,\u201d she told Dexerto. \u201cI started with the launch of Cataclysm and played for a long time. I\u2019ve already done an Anduin Wrynn cosplay back in the day, so it\u2019s only logical to always consider a WoW costume when I want to dress to impress. \u201cAlexstrasza is a collaboration between me and an old friend who\u2019s also a crafter. She\u2019s such a bada** with a great design only made better by the eyes of Zach Fischer, the amazing artist who inspired this costume build.\u201d Despite her extensive history of transforming into her favorite characters, she recalls \u201cthis was a very challenging costume. It\u2019s the only one I had to collab with someone to build. Also, it\u2019s my biggest costume; it takes up the same space as about five other costumes when storing it!\u201d While there may not be a lot of space left in her closet, this stunning rendition of WoW\u2019s dragon queen is well worth the sacrifice. Gilded horns protrude from beneath swirling ruby hair, which cascades down across her iconic scaled armor. Lined with gold from the tips of her fingers to the chains that dangle from her horns, you\u2019d be forgiven for assuming that this was a 3D rendering of Azeroth\u2019s high flying savior. View this post on Instagram \u201cThe costume is all made of EVA foam with details made of resin,\u201d she states. \u201cMy friend took charge of the build and I worked on the fabrics since it\u2019s my speciality. I\u2019m updating this costume as we speak with even better fabrics and materials for an upcoming convention I\u2019m attending.\u201d View this post on Instagram As the WoW community dissects Blizzard\u2019s Dragonflight announcement, Gio is pleasantly surprised by what she\u2019s seen so far; in fact, she was even in tears! \u201cTo be honest, I wasn\u2019t expecting much; after all, WoW fans are cursed with false hope when the expansion doesn\u2019t live up to the cinematic trailer. But I have to say: Alexstrasza\u2019s appearance was so great in the Cinematic Trailer that it got me tearing up. Her dragon form is majestic. I missed the dragons so bad, and it\u2019s great to see them make a comeback.\u201d She also hints that more WoW cosplays will be coming soon. \u201cI can\u2019t seem to tear myself away from WoW. It holds such dear memories to me. I\u2019m looking forward to make a warlock tier set next.\u201d With hope returning to the emerald plains of Azeroth and the Shadowlands banished to the annals of history, we can\u2019t wait to see where this all-new adventure takes our heroes. It had better not disappoint, though, or you\u2019ll have to face Gio\u2019s wrath!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WoW cosplayer channels Dragonflight as stunning Alexstrasza Blizzard Entertainment, Gio AugustIn the wake of Blizzard announcing World of Warcraft\u2019s ninth expansion, WoW Dragonflight, one cosplayer has chosen to celebrate by transforming into the Life-Binder herself, Alexstrasza. The shadows have retreated around World of Warcraft\u2019s ninth expansion, and WoW Dragonflight has officially been announced to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}