The Best of MegaCon 2011, Part 3

I got so many great photos at MegaCon on Saturday that I had to split the day's post in two. Here's the second half:

I don't know the character, but I love this costume! Let's call her Samurai Fish. With piglet.

The Joker & Harley Quinn get married?

These guys are ready to believe you:

This is the first time I've seen The Real Ghostbusters - aka the animated version - cosplay! Love the red glasses on Spengler. (The guy on the right just happened to be standing there; he's from GB2.)

These three were amaaazing:

Again, I don't know the characters - assuming they *are* characters, and didn't just invent cool costumes.The guy had small birds all over his costume, which you can see better here:

The feather headpieces on the girl in red were just gorgeous, too.

Anyone else play Kingdom Hearts?

That's one creepy looking Halloween Town Sora.

This lady had a neat concept costume: "Sarah, Queen of the Goblins."

Hey, any reference to The Labyrinth is good with me!

When I pointed this next girl out to John, I'm pretty sure he blushed:

While I took her picture John stared studiously at the floor. Ha! (He was convinced she was 16. I'm pretty sure she was older than that, though.) She's from World of Warcraft, btw.

Time for a Bender!

Saturday evening was the costume contest. We photographed most of the best entries before or after the show, but the only shot I got of this Super Family was onstage:

They entered their newborn baby as baby Superman, and then dressed as his parents Jor-El & Lara! Talk about starting your geeky parenting off on the right foot - this kid is going to have a super childhood, I just know it. (Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

Here's a handmade Zazu puppet, ala The Lion King:

And now those Bioshock photos I promised:

YES! They even found a willing Splicer to play dead for them.

Look out! There's another one behind you! *giggle*

(Actually, to be more accurate that Splicer should be ambushing me in the bathroom. Eh? Am I right, or am I right?)


Hey, Jokers, why so serious?

Captain America:

This next guy made his entire Iron Man costume. As often as I've seen great Iron Man costumes, I still can't wrap my brain around that.

Amazing.

A cool looking Mandalorian:

I got a chance to chat with the builder of that great Time Machine, Thomas Galvin, and also to take a few detail shots:


The large disk/saucer in the back actually rotated, and the whole thing is built on a medical scooter, so Thomas can drive it! It took 15 months to build, and took first place in the 'Technical Achievements" category of the costume contest.

Here's a shot of the console, which was set to the day's date:

You can see a few progress pictures, plus get links to Thomas' video series, here.

And finally, here's the stuff a geek's dreams are made of:

Two time machines! Can I get a "Awwww, yeeeaaah!?"

Just one more post of MegaCon costumes coming up, and then we'll get back to some crafty tuts and general geekery. Thanks for bearing with my cosplay craziness, all. :)

The Best Costumes of Megacon 2011, Part 2

Oh, you guys, Saturday at Megacon was sooo crowded!

Don't believe me? Check this out:

Yeah. Oy.

With great crowds, however, come great costumes. So let's get right to 'em:

An excellent (though backlit) Joker and Batman.


Everyone's favorite Big Sister:

You'll be seeing more of her (with her Little Sister and Big Daddy!) in my next post.

Old school Joker with a gorgeous Harley Quinn:

I really like the way this Splicers shot came out:

Sometimes a little over-exposure can be sweet.

And now: Steampunk!

And a closer look at these two:

Check out the hardware on these guys:

Pyramid Head:

Ok, this next one made me laugh. I was shooting this awesome zombie pirate - he just had a skull for a head - when he suddenly noticed me standing there with the camera. Now, you wouldn't think a zombie skull could smile, but darned if he didn't manage it!

Take a look:

It's all in the head tilt.



Prepare to do a double-take:

It's the Christopher Reeve look-alike from Dragon*Con!
And can I just say: grrrrrrowl.

(That was my sexy tiger growl. In case you couldn't tell.)

Oh, and also the Silver Surfer. (He's on his surfboard, but I'm so short I had an arm get in the way. Sorry.)

These guys were fun:

And this guy was just plain "Weird."

Can I call you Al?


More great Tangled cosplay:

Heh. Aheh.


I actually managed to startle myself with this one:

Hey, you try having this pop up full-screen while you're sorting photos. It's kinda creepy, Ok?

Oh, I should mention that we went to both Trek panels: first for William Shatner, and then for the TNG trio:

Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Michael Dorn.

Interestingly enough, right off the bat Marina assured the crowd that this panel wouldn't be as bad as the one at Dragon*Con last year. So I guess they must have gotten a lot of (deserved) flak for that train wreck. Anyway, I'm happy to report that it was much better: plenty of laughs and fun, and no drama at all.

Now let's continue with a pink, half-nekkid Snork:

Just kidding. He's not a Snork. He's a [commenters, please fill in the blank here*], of course!

[*Majin Buu from Dragon Ball Z. Thanks!]

And speaking of mysteries, who wants to guess what's keeping this lovely lady in her costume?

I'm going with "a hope and a prayer," myself.

This one's for my friends Scott & Missy:

And finally, one more goofy cartoon reference:

It's Powdered Toast Man.

Who is from Ren & Stimpy.

Which I learned from Google.

That's only the first half of Saturday's photos. Part two, coming soon!