It’s tough for me to ever find cosplay that is legitimately better than the original source that inspires it. No matter how amazing and impeccable someDevil May Cry 5cosplay may be, italways looks like a Nero imitation. Then there is this amazingThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntcosplay of fan-favorite Ciri, which is easily better than CD Projekt Red’s original character model.
Late last year, cosplayer Victoria Hofferson was getting intoThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntand decided to post her (then) work in progress. Taking on Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (better known as Ciri) from the monster hunting RPG series, the likeness is flat-out impressive:
Aaaaand she’s back with the Cosplay vs. Character spam! 😂 I wasn’t sure whether to post this one or not, because it’s still work in progress and all the pictures have of it are selfies and they’re quite bad 🙈 But here it is… The character is Ciri from the game the Witcher 3 ⚔ P.S. The picture is mirrored, if anyone thinks that I have the scar and the fringe on the wrong side :D #cosplayvscharacter #cirillaofcintra #ciri #witchercosplay #witcher #thewitcher3 #ciricosplay #cdprojektred ❤️
A post shared byVictoria Hofferson(@victoriahofferson) onNov 27, 2018 at 11:17am PST
While this is clearly from a few months ago, the cosplay got a recent surge of attention from the dedicatedThe Witchersubredditafter Hofferson posted the image. And there have definitely been updates in her style, including a more festive version of Ciri (to celebrate the New Year):
A post shared by Victoria Hofferson (@victoriahofferson)onJan 2, 2019 at 1:27am PST
Even better, this isn’t the first time Hofferson has taken onThe Witcher 3– in fact, she’s done takes of the other fan-favorite female characters from the CD Projekt Red game. While she definitely looks less like Triss Merigold than Ciri, I’m still accepting arguments that this is a better version than the game’s character model:
Aaand of course my latest creation! Triss Merigold from the Witcher 3 (her DLC alternative outfit) 😊 That wraps up all my cosplay vs character photos and I’ll be back to posting “normal” pictures again :D Hope you enjoyed these 🧡 P. S. There’s some awesome stuff coming, but I can’t show you what it is just yet 🤫 #witcher #witchercosplay #trissmerigold #trisscosplay #cosplayvscharacter
A post shared byVictoria Hofferson(@victoriahofferson) onDec 14, 2018 at 10:03am PST
A post shared by Victoria Hofferson (@victoriahofferson)onDec 29, 2018 at 9:50am PST
A post shared by Victoria Hofferson (@victoriahofferson)onDec 31, 2018 at 5:25am PST
Now all we need to do is get Hofferson around cosplayerTaryn who does a spot on Geralt of Riviafor a photoshoot.
Obviously, amazing cosplay isn’t secluded to justThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Some may remember earlier this week when we saw Shirogane-sama craft anamazing version ofNieR: Automata’s 2B. Meanwhile, I’m still banging the drum for the excellentMakotoandFutabacosplays we saw earlier this year from DualShockers favorite title,Persona 5.
The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and isone of our favorite games of all time. If you haven’t picked up the title yet, youcan do that on Amazon. Meanwhile, go make sure to follow and check out Victoria Hofferson’s other cosplay viaher official Instagramorher Twitter account.
