Evillecon last weekend was a blast :3
Even though it's only been around since 2009, it had a very organized staff and everyone was so NICE!
And as cosplay guests, we were treated with more hospitality than we've ever had at any other convention.
The other guests (Eric, Micah, and Shane) were equally awesome and nice, and we had lots of bro-time with them throughout the weekend as well as with our friends Jamie and Rodney. :3
Panels went ok I think. When it came time for questions during some panels everyone was so quiet that I was a bit uncertain if I was doing ok. But a few people told us afterwords that we were very informative, so I guess I did a good job covering things. I'm not entirely sure if everyone at the "Crossplay" panel knew what kind of panel they were going to, because that one was the most awkwardly quiet hahaha.
I was Guy on Friday and we went to opening ceremonies and then had a cosplay 101 panel in the evening. We had an adventure to Wal-mart for swimsuits because the pool was right outside our hotel room. It was awesome.
Saturday we woke bright and early to put on Cloud and Zack before craftsmanship judging, followed by our Cosplay Presentation panel and the Cosplay Contest in the afternoon. After that we had a lot of time to ourselves. I felt like wearing Yusei for the rest of the day, and we went to a really good Japanese steakhouse before coming back to the hotel and chilling with people until the late-night Crossplay panel. I was greatly surprised because Yusei was the most well-received cosplay I brought that weekend. That never happens; usually people are most excited about my Cloud or a more popular character, so I was really happy that so many people enjoyed my favorite costume. Oh, and on Saturday, there were two Pokemon fans that had Pikachu cars. I nerded out a lot XD
Sunday morning was our wig panel, and we didn't have as big of a turnout as I had hoped since it was so early (and most people were still sleeping or packing up their stuff). That was our only obligation of the day, but we chose to stick around until about 6 before making the drive home.
Thank you Evillecon for an amazing weekend! :3
So next convention on our agenda is Acen at the end of the month. I'm pretty much ready to go except for my Keyblade for Aqua, which I hope we can get some warm weather again soon so we can go outside to finish it.
Kaito from YGO Zexal is something I've been working on for Fanime, but he's almost done. Most of the costumes I'm bringing are super compact-able, so if there's enough room, I'm going to try squeezing that costume in for Acen. Might even attend the YGO gathering after all if I can change costumes and do his makeup quick enough. If not, I might go and derp around as Judai. I'll just play by ear I guess. Most of the costumes I'm bringing have conflicting gathering times, so I'm still pretty indecisive on when I want to wear stuff.
So here's the current Acen List (not really set in stone since I don't know what gatherings my friends and I are going to):
Friday: Yukina, Guy, Kaito or Judai, maybe Rarity
Saturday: Aqua, Kida, maybe Guy or Rarity
Sunday: I'll just be in street clothes or something comfy like Kida or Judai.
The to-do list:
-Aqua's keyblade
-Kaito's duel disk
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