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One of the defining sights of Comic Con is this: fans dressed up in their favorite costumes. And it's not just comic book characters like Captain America here.

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Can you guess who these guys are?

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You're looking at rebel pilots from Star Wars, of course. And this guy is dressed up as Snake from the Playstation 3 game Metal Gear Solid 4.

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But not all costumes are as easy to identify, like this next one. And I have to admit we're not too sure what this costume is supposed to be.

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So if you got an idea send me a tweet. I'm @klustout.

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But what motivates people to dress up like their favorite movie character, or well, like a slab of bacon? Well, let an expert explain.

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A thief with an affinity for leather. A gun-toting archaeologist. A megaphone-wielding psychopath. 

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I'm an assassin. I'm a Gear. Actually, I'm Meagan Marie, and I'm a cosplayer. 

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Cosplay without a doubt is a craft; it encompasses so many different forms of art--

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painting, sculpture, clothing design... learning how to do all these different skills... it's a challenge, and it's something I absolutely enjoy.

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When you put on one of these costumes, it is literally instantaneously empowering. It's such a high.

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Anya is one of... well, she's one of the only female... she was one of the debut females in the game Gears of War.

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And I was just always drawn to her by her latent strength. And she's just always this very multifaceted character.

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Four years ago when I started coming to Comic Con more seriously, I decided to look for a makeup artist, and I found Hydred. 

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She puts that final little bit of polish on your costume and really makes everything pull together wonderfully.

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I think that it's a disservice to work so hard on a costume and then just have a couple of snap shots from a... you know, with bad lighting from your camera phone of your costume. 

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You want to be able to show it to the world. 

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So I knew that there was a battleship, the USS Midway, right in San Diego Bay. 

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So we showed up there today. We tried to do some calling ahead and then showed up today for a photo shoot 

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and they let us on the ship and we got to pose with various props and against the planes and it was really... to date, 

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I've done quite a few shoots for my costumes; it was absolutely the most successful and the most fun and exciting to do.

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I love comic books. I love video games. I've always wanted to be a superhero somehow, and costume play, cosplay, let's you do that.