it was the best of time, it was the worst of times.
no seriously. it was. the parking was atrocious. the line to get in took us two hours (admittedly our fault for not having the scratch when advance tickets were available, but we didn't, so that's a "suck it up" situation), and my feet were killing me by the end. i didn't even give standing in line for Will Wheaton's autograph a second thought. the lines were HUGE.
but i also had a blast. stayed with some of my best friends in the world (hi Greg and Jo!!), ate the "con hot dogs" which are mysteriously delicious and repugnant at the same time, and saw some PHENOMENAL examples of CosPlay, and my friend, the wonderful and talented Greg Shelton aka Barbossa (also Bam's godfather) won the Best Costume Villain !! i'm still squeeing on this, seriously, he has worked for YEARS on this costume, and like Jo said "this is finally validation". i'm so far beyond thrilled for him. the contest is apparently going to be aired on SyFy at some point, so please be watching for it.
i put some of the photos on FaceBook, but i figured i'd just do a photo dump here and save everyone having to scroll through. (i'll get to those in a second, but first i'm going to rant)
HOWEVER....
i'm hearing grumbelings that the costume contest winners were 'screwed'. i'm not sure what's going on, but i'm pretty sure that by the end of the day, we'll find out what's up with that.
and proving that a con is still "the real world", the wonderful and lovely Miss Holly (her etsy shop is here) got her booth burgled for about $200 and some really expensive sewing equipment not to mention some sentimental items. i've bought some amazing patterns from her, and the leather mask that i said on FB that i'm going to wear to the grocery store is from her shop. please give her some love so she can at least replace her stuff, even if she can't get her special items back.
now, on to the pictures. i don't have captions for all of them yet, and if you see yourself, please let me know so i can tag you.
Don't blink. Don't even blink. if you blink you're dead
no seriously. it was. the parking was atrocious. the line to get in took us two hours (admittedly our fault for not having the scratch when advance tickets were available, but we didn't, so that's a "suck it up" situation), and my feet were killing me by the end. i didn't even give standing in line for Will Wheaton's autograph a second thought. the lines were HUGE.
but i also had a blast. stayed with some of my best friends in the world (hi Greg and Jo!!), ate the "con hot dogs" which are mysteriously delicious and repugnant at the same time, and saw some PHENOMENAL examples of CosPlay, and my friend, the wonderful and talented Greg Shelton aka Barbossa (also Bam's godfather) won the Best Costume Villain !! i'm still squeeing on this, seriously, he has worked for YEARS on this costume, and like Jo said "this is finally validation". i'm so far beyond thrilled for him. the contest is apparently going to be aired on SyFy at some point, so please be watching for it.
i put some of the photos on FaceBook, but i figured i'd just do a photo dump here and save everyone having to scroll through. (i'll get to those in a second, but first i'm going to rant)
HOWEVER....
i'm hearing grumbelings that the costume contest winners were 'screwed'. i'm not sure what's going on, but i'm pretty sure that by the end of the day, we'll find out what's up with that.
and proving that a con is still "the real world", the wonderful and lovely Miss Holly (her etsy shop is here) got her booth burgled for about $200 and some really expensive sewing equipment not to mention some sentimental items. i've bought some amazing patterns from her, and the leather mask that i said on FB that i'm going to wear to the grocery store is from her shop. please give her some love so she can at least replace her stuff, even if she can't get her special items back.
now, on to the pictures. i don't have captions for all of them yet, and if you see yourself, please let me know so i can tag you.
night before, piratin' around the table
the most beautiful 11 of the con
trixy hobbits eating first breckfast
Uncle Barbossa and 11
love this dress
Captian Jack Harkness and 11
Klingons
11 and Rose (by far the best Rose i saw)
who ya gonna call?
i love Deadpool
the best Amy Pool at the con. she NAILED it
scary scary
10 and 11. Awesomesauce
Dean and Trianna. i squeed
i loved all the classic Doctors
these guys are amazing. they even have a Stan Lee!!!
cute couple cosplay
a tiny weeping angel
Bam was in haven. a Power Ranger
the only 9 i saw. nailed it.
Bane
the cutest family of super heros
Elizabeth and Lois as Steampunk Baby
mr Freeze. i think he also won a costume prize (well deserved)
Klit man and Frodo, hanging out
love my boys
Bam and his ComiCon romance. these two were so cute together.
Adorbs
so cute
Day 2, Girl Indy and Baby 11
it's a layer cake!
he loves his r2's
how cute. every Doctor wanted a picture with him.
even some fans just wanted a picture.
he had such fun with the guy inside the Dalek costume.
i think soap box derby is in our future.
awwwww
how awesome are these costumes???
Pond, 11, and 10
Sonic Screwdriver trouble
it's adventure time!
he wouldn't give Dr Horrible his gun back.
and now you know why he loves Avengers so much
best father-son costumes there. hands down
the detail in Ivy was just amazing
triangle head
i seriously gushed at these guys. i LOVE venture bros, and i love love love that they were both Hank. i also loved that they kept making fun of the guy that was supposed to be Dean but didn't wear his costume that day. this, THIS was my favorite costume (on non family members)
even the make up. that's dedication
he's got red on him.
yes, this is the Spoonflower fabric, i touched it. wonderful
another view.
bane 2.0
this artist was amazing. even had some dwarves. but no Balin. i was sad.
velma. i loved it. i love when people who have a certain body type, myself included, costume for that body type, they don't try to squeeze into a popular costume and make it look bad. i loved this. love. i may do a velma in the future.
awesome family cosplay
the Mighty Thor
adorbs Amy Pond
11 and the Tardis
11 and Dalek
Barbossa getting his autograph from Jayne
Iron Man
Sweeny, Mrs Lovett, and Bellatrix
Iron America
War Machine
waiting for Sissy to be in the costume contest.
so all in all, it was a great experience. i know things that we'll do differently next time, but pending any real f*ckery with the costume contest winners, i'm pretty sure we'll be back.
I thought parking could have been a lot worse; at least there was a parking garage nearby. I went there strictly to buy stuff(If you saw a tall guy in a long-sleeved white shirt with unbelievably long hair, that was me). My only issue was running out of cash before finding two vendors with boxes of 1940s-50s SF pulps. Didn't think anyone still sold those anymore...
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