I’m FINALLY finished writing this thing. Yowza. It’s not quite as comprehensive as my previous reports because I pretty much refused to write anything down while it was happening, relying instead on the powers of memory and youtube to recount the experience. But the highlights are there. (I think?) Read this if you wanna know exactly what it’s like ( Read more... )

i know dragon*con is already over so i should really be working on my con report right now, but i felt like i ought to finish this whole ronon costume process thing first, since i actually wore it at dragon*con. i, in fact, wore it on the first day of dragon*con, which of course means that when we drove up to atlanta the night before, i was working ( Read more... )

i know i've said this before, but i'm cosplaying(/crossdressing) as ronon dex from stargate atlantis at dragon*con this year. (OMG IT'S IN TWO DAYS.) so remember when i posted [ how i made my ronon sword]? well, this post is about how i made my ronon gun. i thought the sword was complicated, but it was nothing compared to this. here is what the gun ( Read more... )

last year when i was a na'vi from avatar for dragon*con, i did a step-by-step photo album on facebook as i made different parts of the costume. it was kind of fun, so even though my costume this year isn't going to be quite as elaborate, i thought i'd do it again. i just posted the first batch of pictures on facebook, so i thought i'd share them ( Read more... )