2018 Ogre Magi from Dota 2
We built this two-person Dota 2 Ogre Magi costume to participate in The International Cosplay Competition (TI8) in Vancouver, August 2018.
So excited we made it into the top 15 and won Biggest Transformation award!
The challenge of doing an oversize two-headed, paunchy, blue behemoth is appealing, but the main motivation is that ogres are awesome. So much so that we also built an Alchemist for Seattle in 2023
This is Aggron Stonebreak, the Ogre Magi. Once every few generations, a two-headed Ogre Magi is born and given the name Aggron Stonebreak, honoring the first and perhaps only wise ogre in their history.
Auspice of the Whyrlegyge
This is Ogre Magi's weapon that he weilds on his back. He carries this "blessing of the Goddess of Luck" onto the battlefield.
Apparently a whirligig is a type of spinning mechanism. So this baby spins!
Thanks Adrian for helping out with the whyrlegyge on the amazing spinning and lighting!
Most of our materials are pretty low tech: cardboard, floor mats, cushion foam, paper mache, aluminum foil, styrofoam, clays, spackling, felt, silicone, epoxy, resin, fun fur, duct tape, lots of glue, lots of acrylic paint.
For the character himself, everything was handcrafted. For the rotating Whyrlegyge weapon on his back, we carved the structure but we had a friend help us with the super cool rotating lights and movement.
And special thanks to the Positron Emission Tomography Research team at UBC who generously donated thermoplastic strips. They were imaging masks in a former life, and we recycled them to make wonderful ogre support mounts!
Bonus Ogre Magi Pug!
PugDonut is the King
