Henrik Pilerud is our first judge on this year’s cosplay contest. Cosplayer, photographer, graphic designer, member of the 501st Legion and filmmaker, he was attracted to visual arts and costume-making since he was young. Although in the beginning his costumes were simple and lacked finish, he persevered and honed his craft, building ever more complex costumes that required mastery of several disciplines. A couple of recent examples include the xenomorph from “Alien” and a fully-functional Space Marine power armor. MORE...