Chiki Cosplay

Chiki Cosplay developed her sewing expertise under the tutelage of head costume designers for operas and professional theatres. She has won a multitude of awards, including several best in show for construction and masquerade skits. Her work can be found featured in the book: 1000 Incredible Costume & Cosplay Ideas: A Showcase of Creative Characters from Anime, Manga, Video Games, Movies, Comics and More as well as publications like Cosplay Realm Magazine and Craft Center Magazine.  She has been a craftsmanship judge at Animazement, Katsucon, Otakon, TsubasaCon and more as well as a former cosplay guest at GalaxyCon Raleigh, ConVivial, Miryokucon and RavenCon. She is the current cosplay director for NekoCon. When not working at conventions, she focuses on her photography career, escapes home to the Appalachian mountains as much as possible, and spends too much money on Fallout collectibles. You can find Chiki on Instagram: @chikicosplay and on facebook.com/chikicosplay

Website- https://chikicosplay.weebly.com/

Katsumi Cosplay

Katsumi cosplay (they/she) is an East Coast cosplayer best known for their original  designs. With over ten years of experience on the convention circuit, they figured why not share *all* the stuff they learned? From costume concept to crafting, cosplay photography to contest participation, they have a panel for anyone interested in the wonderful world of cosplay! And, if you find them on the convention floor, they’d love for you to stop and say hi or even ask for advice!

Social media link: https://katsumicosplay.carrd.co/

Naychan Cosplay

Naychan is an award winning central Virginia based cosplayer who has been sewing and creating costumes for well over a decade. She takes pride in clean craftsmanship and adding personal details to every costume. Naychan strives to learn something new with each build and has found a real passion in bringing that knowledge to other cosplayers through panels and workshops at conventions all over the east coast. She truly believes anyone can cosplay and loves to empower that crafting spirit! Her favorite projects usually involve sewing, painting, rhinestones, and especially a crafted fake food prop.

https://www.naychan.com

https://www.instagram.com/naychan_

https://www.twitch.tv/naychan_

https://www.youtube.com/@naychan_cosplay

Richard Siebigteroth

Rick and family took their love of theater and science fiction and formed Luna-C Productions in 1997.  In addition to producing, directing and acting in a number of their amateur movie and staged productions, he is also the driving force behind Old Dominion Daleks and Loki Gators Con-Quest.

In competition Rick and Family has won costuming and presentation awards or been part of numerous Best in Shows, Best Presentations, Most Humorous and workmanship awards over the past 40 years.

Luna-C had the honor of receiving the 2023 Volker/McChesney Award winners for service to Fandom from Farpoint 2023.