Dragoncon and cosplay

[gothic_hamlet]

It's November! Time to start thinking about.... Dragoncon!! Hahahaha. We're going back obviously, and we've already started hashing out ideas for costumes and also room reservations. Concerning the latter, apparently the host hotels are already sold out? A lot of people are of the opinion that this is due to football fans stealing room rate

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Costumes!

[amnesiac_owl]

Oh god! You have no idea how relived I am to see that I'm not the only one ALREADY planning next years D*Con costumes!

Also these designs look completely awesome! I love love love them! I totally see these costumes being made in all camouflage colors with artful blood splatter, and patina brass accents (what were you thinking I wonder?). Though you need more people to be zombies for you to beat up, I may be volunteering ^_^ we’ll see.

I was thinking of going as a character from a great painting perhaps the princess from “The Apparition” by Gustave Moreau but that depends on my I managing to have flat abs by next September and how brave I’m feeling in the interim. I have a back up less crazy plan of the “Girl With the Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer or maybe “Liberty Leading the People” By Eugène Delacroix but you know not actually being topless. I don’t know yet I’m just in the mood to do some thing really different.

Re: Costumes!

[gothic_hamlet]

I haven't started thinking about colors yet actually! We definitely need to be tied in together, probably in more earthy tones, but people can obviously have their own say in things. XP

Holy crap I LOVELOVE Liberty Leading the People so much... probably because I actually got to see the thing right after I finished reading Les Miserables in 7th grade. What would you do about THE BEWB though! XP

Re: Costumes!

[amnesiac_owl]

I think I've figured out how to be "topless” but not. We sell a bathing suit liner at Jo-Ann's that looks just like skin, a little paint on that to create shadows and it would look fine in photos (I think).

Also I was thinking your team really is going to need some zombies to beat up, and I love making overly complicated dresses so I could make a costume that could be a steam punk person one day and the next be converted to a zombie it would be two costumes in one! (A money saver, except probably not) . Let me know what you think.

Re: Costumes!

[gothic_hamlet]

Totally snazzy idea! XP I was planning on doing something similar maybe so that if I ever want the dress for anything else I can use it. The one question is how to get some fake blood on there without ruining it... I'm wondering if there's some water-washable types of paint out there or something. Hmm.

Re: Costumes!

[amnesiac_owl]

What I was thinking, to make one costume work as two was snap on parts. For instance having the nice version of the dress have short sleeves and then snapping on longer lace sleeves that would be tatted and covered in blood( already dry of course). Or two bustles one thats a wreak and one thats nice and so on.

Also The more I think about the more fun being a zombie sounds I'd get to run around all day acting crazy and screaming brains, good times.

I also really like your zombie design with the face mask and leash I think thats a great way to keep a zombie near a pack of hunters ^_^. and make for awesome pictures.

Re: Costumes!

[gothic_hamlet]

Totally! I think as long as the number of zombies doesn't outnumber the hunters it'll be all good. Part of why I think having the actual zombies there really adds to it is because the hunters' faces are completely covered up... and while the costumes will be totally awesome, having someone who can be all crazy and twisty and expressive to accent pictures will be really cool. XP

Re: Costumes!

[amnesiac_owl]

Yes that is exactly my thoughts! Maybe you should do a head count for who wants to be zombies or hunters?

Dibs on zombie!