Super Delayed Update On A Convention I Was At

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Sorry about how long this took to get up everyone. For those looking at this, you now know what I look and can stalk me at Everfree Northwest. I demand hugs if you come across me!

So over Memorial Day weekend, I attended a local scifi/fantasy convention known as MisCon. It's Montana's longest running scifi convention (we just celebrated our 27th year). The theme for this year was The Resistance, so I went with a steampunk look.

We had several guests of honor, but our big name guest was Jim Butcher. For those who don't know who he is, he's the author of the book series The Dresden Files. You should totally check it out! It's a fantasy story set in a modern setting, and it works a lot better than you would think.

Our artist was Theresa Mather, who is known for her unique fantasy art and for being a carousel restoration artist. She gave a really awesome talk about the old steam powered circus attractions, and how some of them are still going in the UK. Definitely fit my outfit well, but was also very cool to hear about. Now I really want to go to the UK to see one of these steam powered circuses.

The final of the big three guests of honor was Dragon Dronet, who does a lot of stunt work and creative design in movies and video games. He did all the stunts for Darth Malgus in the online Star Wars MMO "The Old Republic." It was fascinating hearing him talk about stunts he's gotten to perform in movies, along with all the props he's made. This guy has a ridiculous amount of talent.

We also had a lot of other artists and authors there, along with Paizo. If you don't know Paizo, they do all the publishing for Dungeons & Dragons Pathfinder. I was bummed I didn't get to see any of these guys, because Pathfinder is my favorite version of D&D.

There were a lot of really cool crafts and items to purchase. So, on with the pictures!

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Jul 3, 2013
  • NotWhatWeExpected
    NotWhatWeExpected Jul 3, 2013
    Velox has some tiny wings, bro.
    No wonder he couldn't lift those ponies out of that hole x3
  • Rashall
    Rashall Jul 3, 2013
    And Dronet was wearing a Black Hand belt buckle, I know that emblem anywhere.
  • SoulEmber
    SoulEmber Jul 4, 2013
    [MENTION=2368]Jhera[/MENTION]: The artist kind of forgot to put wings on Velox lol. So when he was almost done, I pointed out the lack of wings. So those wings are actually just inked only. No lines to guide the inking process or anything like that was involved. So even though they look disproportionate, I thought he did a good job at recovering from that fumble. Could have easily been a lot worse.
    [MENTION=1077]Rashall[/MENTION]: Good catch. I never really noticed that, actually.
  • Rashall
    Rashall Jul 4, 2013
    To be more precise it's from the Black Hand faction of Command & Conquer: Kane's Wrath....I'm a Command & Conquer fanboy what can I say.
  • Flutteryshy
    Flutteryshy Jul 5, 2013
    First time I've seen a picture of Soul.

    He's even more majestic than I thought.
  • SoulEmber
    SoulEmber Jul 5, 2013
    [MENTION=1077]Rashall[/MENTION]: I still think that's really cool you recognized the symbol so quickly and let us know what it is and where it's from. Kudos to you.
    [MENTION=2710]Flutteryshy[/MENTION]: *Bumps your stalker status up slightly* Hehe Thanks for the nice compliment :grin:
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