SDCC 2006 Funny

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! Just a random story to share. Here's a photo from San Diego Comic Con 2006: This was our third and last Comic Con, and the only one Chase went to. I took my Stormtrooper armor to wear to the 501st photo - only my second time wearing it. Chase had his brand new Darth Vader costume. So here's both of us, I'm still not ...

Continue reading

2006 in review

At the beginning of the year I said I wanted to do: 1. Hoth Leia 2. Darth Vader 3. Padme's Lake dress 4. Bespin Leia 5. Finish Yuuko 6. Padme's Funeral Dress 7. Wonder Woman 8. The Bride 9. White Witch 10. Dorothy 11. ANH Leia 12. Team Zissou outfit So what did I finish? Hoth Leia? Yes, plus Bespin Escape: Darth Vader? Yes: Padme Lake Dress? Yes, twice!: Bespin Leia? Nope. Bought the materials, haven't touched them. Finish Yuuko? Somewhat - ...

Continue reading

Dragoncon 2006 wrap-up: everything else

All the non-new costumes, and how the held up. I wore classic Leia friday morning at the RL table. That was fun! I had planned on doing that last year, but ended up wearing the metal bikini instead. Got pics with PsychoShinji... yay! I missed her when she was in Robin and I was in Starfire last year. I also got pics with WF&DT! He makes such a ...

Continue reading

Comic Con 2006 Roundup: Everything Else

And as for my costumes that weren't new... here's how they did! Animated Leia: I know you all know I was squeeing like mad when I saw Gentle Giant had a huge version of the animated Leia at their booth! So first thing thursday morning was to hop over and get pics with it! I was stuck there for some time with folks taking pictures. I really enjoyed wearing it ...

Continue reading

a long overdue update

(EDIT: This was a catch-all collection of recent costume photos and events originally posted to my livejournal. Since I ported it over here, it may be a bit redundant.) As I said in the last quick post, sorry for disappearing the past couple of months! Besides the usual weekday work drudge, I've been out of town almost every weekend since March, and add to that trying to finish various costumes ...

Continue reading

MTAC 2006 pics!!

here's our MTAC pics! We went up for a bit Friday night, and most of the day Saturday, and Sunday morning. Friday night was mandos and aliens. I wore Starfire! Saturday I wore Belle first thing in the morning. A friend of ours kindly let us change in their room, so Chase put on his clone, and I put on Yuuko for a while. Then Chase put on Darth Stitch... ...

Continue reading

Finished Costume: Stormtrooper

I've finished my Stormtrooper costume and have added it to my portfolio!

Midsouthcon 2006 Pics :D

Here's our MidSouthCon pics! We went up for a bit to say hi to people friday night, and I wore my new 70s Leia poncho: On to Saturday! We stayed in the hotel this year, first time ever. It was nice to have a place to change! I started out wearing Leia, since Kevin was wearing hsi new Luke costume I put together for him. "Moooooooooooooom how come Luke gets ...

Continue reading