I can't even! I just can't! We are on our way home and still we are non stop talking about how AMAZING Gen Con is!
Nana The Red and Two Fairies and a Dwarf had the BEST time, Thank you Gen Con for making our life have meaning!!!
Here are a few of my favorite snaps from the trip! Added bonus...We collected Indiana's local Pokemon to our Pokedex!
GEN CON 2016!!!!
Oh my Geek Goddess I am beyond excited for this one!
Making a few chainmail dice bags, GM dividers with dual dice towers and some messenger bags
Emerald Dee's Baby Sprinkle party was a hit! Fun people, food, Alice in Wonderland, Cake and gifties!
I am super excited to be back in Knoxville! I love this area and I love Fanboy Expo!!
This is the first trip that the ladies are making SOLO! Jackie and I will be traveling with our friend and fellow vendor Psychedelic Snowflake TO Knoxville, Henry will fly in after work and join us.
Check out Space Ghost Baby Lily!Nana the Red and Two Fairies and a Dwarf!
Nana The Red and the Just BeCos Players of Tampa at the Pre screening event for World of Warcraft! GEEKING OUT!!!
When the Studio asks if we can attend in cosplay! The Answer is ALWAYS YES!Just BeCos Players of Tampa at the Captain America Civil War Pre Screening
My teenhood friend Karaly and I went to see mc chris tonight at the Crowbar in Tampa FL
mc chris is doing great things, touring and raising charity for cystic fibrosis!
It was a FANtastic show even though he was OBVIOUSLY under the weather, When he asked “What Tampa was KNOWN for” I should have yelled ALLERGIES!!!
It seems the two options for this Convention is HOT as the Human Torch or WET as Aquaman!
Here is a photo of the forming line on Friday @8 A.M from the 16th floor of the hotel! It got MUCH longer and Saturday (and early Sunday) these con goers were in the pouring rain!
This convention is ALWAYS packed and seems to struggle a bit with proper signage for where things are located. (The security for this convention...That's an entire different and negative review!)
Roxy the Rancor was at the convention this year!
So, we are taking photos at the booth and the gentleman running the area asks if I wanted to use this prop. It was a HUGE bone almost as big as me! I laughed and said "No Thank You, that thing is Huge!" When from about two people behind him there was a deadpool waving a bone at me saying "you can use MY bone" and I say "Oh! Look at that cute little bone!" When he says "HEY NOW!" And his friend says "she called your bone little" so I quickly respond with "I mean, that's a perfectly adequate sized bone!" I thought Emerald Dee was gonna LOL to tears. What made it so funny is I never seen the guys face because...well deadpool! It was his body language that made it so funny! I didn't mean to insult the man's bone size @.@
Catwoman is tired of messing around! I'm thinking of hiring Boba Fett as one of my henchmen!
Got my dental check up while at TBCC and I'm all good! With Emma Rubini
Jack Skellington!
Princess Leia bought my Starwars tote bag!
These Killers aren't Clowning around! Chamber of Terror
The new corset I picked up for my future Cosplay as the "Red Queen" from Hellfire club. I bought it from Black Rose Corsetry.
I have to say it's the con goers that make TBCC worth attending for me. It's like a family reunion inside a sea of distant relative geeks and gamers! I had an amazing time talking with friends from online getting to know them more and meeting new faces too! I didn't get in one line! Not ONE! I didn't do any of the Q&A's or photo opts or Autographs etc. I worked the booth Friday and Saturday. Friday night after the vendor floor closed I went with my hotel mates to the Karaoke room, we went and did the "Time Warp" at the Rocky Horror Picture Show" room which was spilled out into the hallway packed and we watched the Geek Jeopardy type trivia match. Then, Saturday night I had an amazing time being escorted to "The Castle" for the first time since 1994/95 for the Charity after party. We met up with the classic 66' bat crew and laughed/danced the night away enjoying the Super Burlesque show! We cheered on the ever so lovely Claire (Tampa's Wonder Woman) from the front stage! I highly suggest you go like her page because she IS wonder Woman reincarnated! A FANtastic time was had!
Sunday was my chill day. No Cosplay just out on the floor as my geeky self (Even though I got a ton of "I love your Riddler cosplay" comments, it's just a dress I wear all the time LOL!
My Daughter, Her future husband and his little brother joined us Sunday to try and catch Carrie Fisher's Autograph but sadly that fell through. We all still had fun walking the floor and looking at/buying a few new things. Emerald and Derrick played games in the awesome game room Sponsored by the fine folks of Armada Games while I took Terry up to search for some comic loot! Then we all enjoyed a tasty lunch at "Precinct Pizza"
A special Shout out to all you who made this event a memorable one! Especially Elizabeth, Brian, Evan, Nick, Valerie, Emerald, Derrick, Terry and The Classic 66' Bat crew (I'll keep your secret identities safe!)
Now, it's time to rest and get back to normal until October!
I have been taking a class online through EdX, It's called "The Rise of Superheroes and their Impact on Pop Culture" and it's taught by the Legendary Stan Lee and Michael Uslan!
The course was 5 weeks long and you have the choice to either join for free using the Honor system or if you'd like a certificate of completion and a link to your Linkdin profile it's $50.00. I opted for the $50.00 verified course since I'd like to be able to add it to my resume.
Once you've decided to join the class they offer all sorts of social media communication (Twitter, Facebook and EdX) I joined all 5 of the Facebook class related groups during the class and I am now a member of the "First class" group. They have a group for Artists, writers, history buffs, Science buffs and then the general classroom group. They also have a killer optional reading list for week one, people in our class formed mini book groups where they shared their thoughts and opinions about the current graphic novel they were reading.
I found this class to be extremely fun and had a FANtastic time getting to know other fans of comics and fandom films! I was even chosen as a staff pick based on my project! That really surprised me because there were SO MANY really talented people in this class! It can seem a bit overwhelming but don't let that get to you at all because everyone was SO helpful and willing to share and help each other out!
If you are interested in taking a look at my project HERE is the link, I've set it to view
Cosplay interview with Myriad: Cosplay Character: Claire Redfield Facebook page: Facebook.com/myriadmargo Photographer name and/or link: Jimmy Talley
Interview Questions:
1. How long have you been Cosplaying and why do you do it? I've been cosplaying for 10 years, but it was on and off for four of those years. I do it because I enjoy going to shows and being in character. I enjoy it when I see the face of another nerd light up at seeing a character brought to life before their eyes. Its like working for Disney, but without all the crappy rules.
2. Do your family and friends support you as a cosplayer? Oh yes! Almost all my friends are cosplayers, and even my mom and dad do it too!
3. What was your FIRST convention you cosplayed at? AdventureCon 2007
4. Are there any charities you work with locally? I work with my local library, and I do fundraising for some small charities in my area, including a wildlife rehab clinic, and a local food bank.
5. Do you follow other cosplayers? Who inspires you the most? I really love Nana Bear. Ivy Doomkitty, too. I love that curvy, plus sized women can get far in this (the cosplay), world.
6. Are you an avid comic book reader? Which is your all time favorite? I don't read that many comics, except for old star trek ones. I like really off beat stuff when I can find it, and really inappropriate ones. I once found one called Battlepope which was amazingly hilarious and one of those things where you think 'I Shouldn't read this'...and I loved it!
7. Other than Cosplay, what else are your hobbies or interests? I love knitting and crochet and spinning my own yarn. I run a fiber processing business on the side, where I turn wool fleeces straight off the sheep, and into useable yarn and wearable products.
8. Why did you choose Claire Redfield? I'm a huge Resident Evil fan! I love the games, and the horror game genre. Claire always spoke to me as a character, I love what kind of a badass she is. I also love how simple her costume is, and comfortable for convention wear.
9. Have you done other versions of this character? I did her about four years ago, her 'Code Veronica' outfit. It wasn't flattering at all! I really hated how it came out, and I'm glad I got to redo it.
10. Are there any other characters you cosplay as? Oh yes! I regularly do Black Canary, which is my other 'go to' costume. I also do a version of Jubilee, which is one of my VERY favorites, since I get to be annoying and hyper and a lot closer to my normal personality.
11. Have you ever “CrossPlayed”? Define cross play? I haven't done a straight up guy character as a guy. I'm a fan of rule 63 if its done well. I've done a girl version of Hellboy (retired now) and I've done a girl version of Dean Winchester (from supernatural.)
12. Do you have any upcoming appearances? My next show is going to be Marble City MiniCon, a one day show in Knoxville , in October. I'll be part of a huge Game of Thrones group there. I'm doing Sansa's black raven dress, which I'm excited about!
13. Can you give us a detailed description of how you made your cosplay and props? For being such a SIMPLE costume, I really love this one. The Jacket was the hard part. It started out as another version that I had painted as a trade at a show (I did a favor for an artist friend, she painted my jacket.) But that jacket failed. I cut the painting out of it, and glued it onto the red denim version shown here. The red denim vest was originally a dress that I cut down. I purposefully didn't hem anything, since the character was a biker chick, I wanted the rough-edged look. The shirt was a last minute 'I ripped my shirt' stop by goodwill on the way to a show, but it looks better than the original. The jeans were the hardest part to find. I'm a big girl (size 12) and I'm short, and the character is very lithe and lean and tall, so it took some doing to find the right ones on a budget, that gave the right look. Everything else was a closet dive. The prop weapons were already in my closet, I have a habit of buying them and sticking them away just in case.
Working on the Baby reveal D&D campaign for Emerald Dee! More on this AFTER the party as I can't post details or the group will see :)
Here are a few snaps of the finished project, I'll take some more when I bring it out to play on July 18th for Emerald Dee's Baby reveal party (My first time DMing)
