Granted, we decided to do it a week before the event, which is never a good idea. But one good thing did come out of not getting bit...we made a pact to have a party to make our own costumes for Halloween.
My friend the Game Whore (self proclaimed and well-earned; the man is currently in a dozen different tabletop RPG adventures as well as playing Magic & board games here and there, and somehow getting sleep & going to work) was very upset that he had "half assed Convergence & now the zombie crawl" and made us promise to have a costume-making party to get our asses in gear for Halloween.
I too wanted to bring a dream I had half assed thought about last year but again was too slow to undertake it in time for Halloween. So I harrassed with the emails and four of us got together to make costumes one night.
My friend who when first introduced to me promptly said "It's spelled with one T" who forever earned the moniker 1T decided to make his own Sith costume. I had some nice darker blue fabric left over from Demona that worked nicely with some materials he had already.
A new gamer-geek-girl to the group (yay!) went with Lady CawCaw, after already having the idea to go as a blackbird and Game Whore blurted out the perfect name for her costume.
Game Whore himself was told by his 9 year old daughter what he was to be for Halloween...because it made her costume! She wanted to be the killer bunny from Monty Python & the Holy Grail. How can you not love this geekling I ask you? So of course my friend went as King Arthur.
Moi? I was destined to be Wonder Woman, but I was determined to do it right.
Armed with our ideas, we hit up a fabric store, found the perfect materials, and set to work.
Iiiieeeyee! Labor intensive does not describe.
King Arthur could settle for no less than real, hand-made chainmail for his coif. I was fascinated by his technique...with the use of a wooden spoon, wire coiled tightly around it, he cut many dozens of rings from the wire and painstakingly put them all together. The end result was so incredibly nice! I hadn't expected it to feel so heavy or move so nicely when it was all done. I shouldn't have doubted!
Lady CawCaw had her work cut out for her too--sewing feathers onto nylon fairy wings she had cut down & re-worked to fit on her arms. I teased her the day following my party as I swept up dozens of "molted" feathers.
I did not find stretchy blue material with stars already on it, so I was regulated to sewing over 2 dozen hand-cut white stars onto my homemade shiny blue granny panties. For three weeks all I felt like I did was sit and sew white stars. Doing the entire thing by hand sewing certainly didn't help! But I knew my sewing machine skills weren't up to all those tiny finicky corners. Plus I was doubtful as to my abilities to create a supportive bustier, so I planned on sewing directly onto a strapless bustier I already owned.
The crown, belt & cuffs were the easiest!
Even better, it turned out pretty well so with a few modifications for Convergence I'll be able to wear it again for next year's theme of Wonder Women. The one thing I'll have to invest in will be a pair of boots however--the bootcovers I got from my future stepmom who snatched them up at her work and I painted red leave a little to be desired for a truly good cosplay outfit.
We all think they turned out great, but I'll let you be the judge as well!
He had a shield as well but it intimidates potential conversationalists
The beak is even better in profile!
Okay I couldn't resist playing with King Arthur's real bastard sword
Darth 1T can't resist the lasso of truth!
The hubby and I--appropriate costume for him since he's moving
like an old man from another recent back surgery.
Lady CawCaw was not ready for this one
Yay! My BFF + ∞
Some more fun costumes from the night...even if they were store bought, they were cool!
He-Man would not approve
You better believe She-Ra will be at Convergence this year!
Eastbound & Down is hilarious...and my friend's
Kenny Powers impersonation was eerily spot on
Ah, Jack & Sally--maybe we'll see them again at Christmastime!
Of course no party at my house would be complete without a bit of silliness...
Don't ask what's going on here...it's my most random pic of the night
Excalibur is no match for Wonder Woman's lasso!
Epic battle! Medieval against futuristic!
All in all we were happy with our results and the party was a success. Far from whetting my appetite for DIY costumes, I find that already I am dreaming of more cosplay and am already haranguing my friends to get thinking about what to do for our next adventure.
