Cosplay Catwalk

Only owners of a valid FedCon 33 ticket for convention saturday are allowed to enter the contest. In order to be admitted to the judged competition participants must be at least 16 years of age. Costumes must be mostly self-built, the notion of "built, not bought" is paramount to this competition. There are no extra rules for the weapons. The con's rules are applied. A confirmed regristration is required at first. The costume must not have participated in any FedCon contest before (see also the Terms of Participation above).

The participants present their costumes on the convention saturday with short acts on stage. Accompanied by self chosen music they do a walk on stage while pictures of their characters are presented on a screen. Parallely, the act will be commented and facts concerning the costume will be delivered. Afterwards, the jury will make a comment. After the presentation of all costumes and groups the evaluation will be done and the prizes will be handed out directly. The contest will start at 8 pm. We will inform you soon enough where the meeting point will be.

Since we have a limited schedule for the contest we reserve the chance to do a prejudging. If it is necessary to do it the prejudging will be set right after the regristration deadline and a chosen jury will take a closer look and decide which participants will enter the final contest on stage. We will inform you if the prejudging takes place and who will be in the final round.

Of course it is your decision which music belongs perfectly to your performance. Due to the organizaion the cosen titles have to reach us until the deadline shown in the regristration. The music sequences will take 30 seconds (for groups 60 secons) but please send us the whole song. No shortened or cut sequences. Please only normal audio files (mp3, wma, wav), no youtube or download links.

Yes, every group participant has to sign a single formular and mention the group name. Groups often present a short show and of course, they will get more time for it. Pleas contact us in case of questions.

Well-known actors, stars of the scene, artists and fandom-experts. The jury line up will be announced.

Yes, probably, it will be possible to visit the stage the evening before the contest and to have a closer look on it. We will explain how the contest will work and we will show you a demonstration walk with technical feedback. There you can enter the stage and explore everything you need.

The contest will take all in all about 1 1/2 hour.

Each costume fitting to the themes of FedCon is allowed. It can represent a character out of a book, film, game or even be self-invented. All costumes have to be mostly built by yourself. The costume must not be judged in any FedCon contest before.

There won't be any special rules for the contest. The rules of the con will be applied.

The Maritim Hotel offers enough toilets with big space to change.

During the contest you will be able to leave your bag at our booth. But we only have limited space and cannot store your things the whole day. The garderobe will store things for a small fee.

Drinks will be prepared for you backstage.

The Maritim Hotel got lots of toilets with big mirrors.

Disabled people are allowed to bring an assistant to the event for free. Of course, they will be your companion for the contest but please inform us.

Pyro effects are not allowed, light and stage effects will be realized by the technique team, always making your performances great.

You are not allowed to bring a set. Only props belonging directly to your costume are allowed.

If you want to say something during your presentation please mention that in your regristration. We will check the practicability with the tech-team.

We assume that the host may ask you some questions regarding your costume. The more information you deliver the easier for the host to prepare questions to which you know the answers. We want to make you looking great on stage, not embarrass you.

Due to technical issues it is not possible to do a singing performance.

The categories will divide into cosplay and crafting with several sub categories which will be presented.

The prizes will be announced soon via the Hydra Forge website and the appending Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Yes, our photographer, Daniel Dornhoefer, will be there to take pictures of your performance during the biggest moments. Furthermore, you can always visit us at our Hydra Forge booth to take pictures with a background.