When it comes to dressing up, the de Wild family take it so seriously they have been crowned 2015 Cosplay Cup winners at this year's Armageddon Expo.

The Tauranga family returned home from the Auckland proud of their efforts in the Cosplay competition. In Cosplay, individuals or teams dress up as characters from TV shows or movies. Rozanne, her husband Paul, and their son Stephen and daughter Kali transformed into characters from the TV series ‘Game of Thrones'.

Rozanne, who dressed like Queen Cersei, says the family spent hours putting their costumes together.

'When you're looking at Cosplay there are so many different elements to it. I mean you've got make up, you've got clothing and you've got how you make different props.”

She says the family started planning their costumes in August last year.

'My husband's Jamie Lannister armour is a full suit of armour. We actually made a mannequin of his body shape which we built that suit of armour on. We had to order the scale mail and put it all together. So you make everything.”

The family won the right to go to the Auckland show for the chance to win the overall prize after winning the Cosplay competition at the Wellington Armageddon Expo earlier this year.

It was a surprise moment when the family were named overall winners, Rozanne says.

'We were expecting Warren from Christchurch to get it. He was a very amazing talented young man. He put together an amazing rocket costume from the film Guardians of the Galaxy… I was actually turning to congratulate him as they said it and then they said our name.”

Plans are already afoot for next year's Armageddon Expo however, the family have decided not to compete in the Cosplay Cup.

'We're really happy to have gotten that acknowledgement for our efforts. But we won't be competing next year… because we want to see others come through.”