Surviving My First Con (Pictures!)
PostPosted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:45 pm
Just got back from AWA today, and I've got to say... it was great. =D
Me and three friends drove up their together: two guys and a girl (she and I were the only ones of the four to cosplay; she Sakura, me Luffy). Upon enterting the (MASSIVE) lobby, we soon discovered, after taking a picture of our Sakura and a Zabuza, that thanks to the glass cieling, flash was not required on the cameras (which totally killed one of our photos X_x ).
Anyhoo, we went to get our badges, but one of the guys hadn't preordered and had to wait in line. So after the three of us got our badges, we just stood to the side and waited, when all of a sudden I head someone shout "Luffy!" as two girls (a catgirl and some other costumed girl) suddenly, how should we say... "glomp" me. 15 minutes in, and I'm the one getting glomped (and I'm betting the friend in line would have been jealous as he came mainly for the girls XD )?
Anyhoo, we wandered around the art dealers' area and Dealer's room to till more of the vendor's and such showed up, and typically just hung out and checked out the costumes.
In all, I bought the least: one (AWESOME) Luffy fanart print (for $12 instead of the usual $15 =D ) and three Japanese One Piece manga (a bit cheaper, so I couldn't pass it up).
At one point, I even had a photoshoot with other One Piece cosplayers ,which was great fun. I even got to meet a fellow CAA member, Wingzero22! =D
I'll definetly be going next year. But now, to the stuff you people even bothered to click this thread for: the pictures:
To start us off, a very well done Xemnas:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478996
(There were quite a few KH and Organization members there, some good, many others, 'meh', though I do believe this was one of the better ones).
Gir!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478993
A guy from Contra (he even had a small speaker playing the NES music from the game):
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478992
This was just plain cool:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478991
(Though there were one-too-many Ichigo Cosplayers there...)
Pirahna Plant!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478990
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478951
One of the better Cloud and Tifa pairs (again, lots of Clouds):
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478989
V...:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478988
...is for Vacation!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478971
Caught them outside the place and just had to get this shot:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478987
Viewtiful Joe. There was also a regular Joe walking around (was a freind of one of the guys with us), but I don't think we got a picture of him:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478984
Heh...:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478983
ROFL:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478981
More to come!
Me and three friends drove up their together: two guys and a girl (she and I were the only ones of the four to cosplay; she Sakura, me Luffy). Upon enterting the (MASSIVE) lobby, we soon discovered, after taking a picture of our Sakura and a Zabuza, that thanks to the glass cieling, flash was not required on the cameras (which totally killed one of our photos X_x ).
Anyhoo, we went to get our badges, but one of the guys hadn't preordered and had to wait in line. So after the three of us got our badges, we just stood to the side and waited, when all of a sudden I head someone shout "Luffy!" as two girls (a catgirl and some other costumed girl) suddenly, how should we say... "glomp" me. 15 minutes in, and I'm the one getting glomped (and I'm betting the friend in line would have been jealous as he came mainly for the girls XD )?
Anyhoo, we wandered around the art dealers' area and Dealer's room to till more of the vendor's and such showed up, and typically just hung out and checked out the costumes.
In all, I bought the least: one (AWESOME) Luffy fanart print (for $12 instead of the usual $15 =D ) and three Japanese One Piece manga (a bit cheaper, so I couldn't pass it up).
At one point, I even had a photoshoot with other One Piece cosplayers ,which was great fun. I even got to meet a fellow CAA member, Wingzero22! =D
I'll definetly be going next year. But now, to the stuff you people even bothered to click this thread for: the pictures:
To start us off, a very well done Xemnas:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478996
(There were quite a few KH and Organization members there, some good, many others, 'meh', though I do believe this was one of the better ones).
Gir!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478993
A guy from Contra (he even had a small speaker playing the NES music from the game):
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478992
This was just plain cool:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478991
(Though there were one-too-many Ichigo Cosplayers there...)
Pirahna Plant!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478990
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478951
One of the better Cloud and Tifa pairs (again, lots of Clouds):
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478989
V...:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478988
...is for Vacation!:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478971
Caught them outside the place and just had to get this shot:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478987
Viewtiful Joe. There was also a regular Joe walking around (was a freind of one of the guys with us), but I don't think we got a picture of him:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478984
Heh...:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478983
ROFL:
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3478981
More to come!