ReedPop / Case study

Cosplay Central Crown Championships Awards

The crown and medal sets for the Cosplay Central Crown Championships, the cosplay competition ReedPop runs across Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, Florida Supercon, New York Comic Con and MCM London. Hoku has designed and built the awards each year since 2023.

The 2026 Cosplay Central Crown Championships crown by Hoku Props in mirror gold and rhodium with an enamel crest, on a red velvet cushion — Photo by @elfdarlingcami

The challenge

One award system, five shows, every year.

The awards had to carry a single identity across five conventions and a global final, survive being handed out on stage dozens of times a year, and come back fresh each season with new category and placement medals.

The approach

Hoku designed the crown and the medal family, sculpted and printed the masters, cold cast and hand finished the medals, and painted the crown in house. The 2023 medals were fabricated with HDC Fabrication from Hoku designs; from 2024 the full set has been built in the Hoku shop, with presentation boxes for the winners.

A Crown Championships winner wearing the mirror gold Hoku Props crown at home, hands raised in celebration — Worn by the winner / Photo by @elfdarlingcami

The mirror gold Crown Championships crown by Hoku Props seen from above, showing the pointed band and velvet-lined interior — 2026 crown, from above / Photo by @elfdarlingcami

Three 2025 C2E2 Crown Championships placement medals by Hoku Props in a row on red velvet — C2E2 placement medals / Photography by Alee Studios

Three 2025 C2E2 craft category medals by Hoku Props with sculpted tool emblems, on red velvet — Craft category medals / Photography by Alee Studios

A 2025 C2E2 Crown Championships craft category medal by Hoku Props with a sculpted tool emblem — Craft category medal / Photography by Alee Studios

The 2025 Crown Championships Global Champion medal by Hoku Props in red and blue enamel with a gold crown — Global Champion medal / Photography by Alee Studios

A 2024 C2E2 Crown Championships medal by Hoku Props mounted in its black presentation box with the glass door open — 2024 medal in its presentation box / Photo by Hoku Props Team

Photo by @elfdarlingcami / Photography by Alee Studios / Photo by Hoku Props Team

Credit

Cosplay Central Crown Championships crown and medals designed and built by Hoku Props for ReedPop. 2023 medals fabricated with HDC Fabrication.

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One award system, five shows, every year.

Cosplay Central Crown Championships crown and medals designed and built by Hoku Props for ReedPop. 2023 medals fabricated with HDC Fabrication.

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