Shieldmaiden Brigitte
Team Victoria was able to replicate Brigittes iconic silhouette and proportion. They used a mix of leathers and furs for different textures and were able to replicate the shield force field using LEDs and plastic.
Discover the amazing final cosplay for team Victoria in the Overwatch Cosplay Battle ANZ
Scroll down to meet the talented cosplayers behind the creation.
Stephanie Vander Heyden
Altf4cosplay (Team Captain)
Stephanie has been cosplaying since 2014, in her first year of competing she took home first place in the Novice category at Madman convention. This inspired her to continue learning, crafting and competing in the cosplay world. She became Melbourne Champion in 2018 and represented her state at nationals, became the first Melbourne Supanova Odyssey Hero in 2019 and was a part of the Official Diablo cosplay team at PAX Australia 2018 with her crusader cosplay. She loves being a part of the cosplay community and considers convention weekends the highlights of her year. Her goal is to attend conventions in all parts of the world and meet as many new people as she can. Her favourite Overwatch heroes are Brigitte and Moira.
Ashleigh Priest
Ashleighlaura
Ashleigh started Cosplaying in 2008 and has won her fair share of competitions since then, including Supanova 2014,2015, 2016 and 2018, OPL 2015, BAM 2017 and Eb Expo 2018. Her favourite part of cosplaying is escaping from reality to be someone completely different for the day and working meticulously on detail work on costumes. Her favourite Overwatch Heroes are Mercy, Moira, Widow maker and Zarya.
Damien Vander Heyden
Ursok_cosplay
Damien has been involved in the cosplay and convention world since 2015, throughout the past few years he has developed a keen eye for detail and great problem solving skills to take on difficult projects.He has previously cosplayed as Handsome jack from the borderlands series and Woody from toy story, has travelled to conventions interstate and internationally and played blizzard games his entire life. He loves seeing characters from his favourite games come to life. His favourite Overwatch heroes are Junkrat and Symmetra.