Otakon 2009 Picspam
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jeriendhalWhile the con is stil going on today, I'm probably not going to go back to it. There arent any panels of videos I'm particularly hot to see(beyond the opening ceremony vid, and I can go to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jvowles's house for that), I don't have any money for shopping left and all the walking around had left me exausted. I'll do a proper ater action report later, for now here's some random pics.
GET READY!
First, some pictures from while I was in line.
Me. As you can see, I was the creepy guy with the camera.
A group of Hetalia cosplyers. Unfortunately I never found them again ot do a proper group shot.
PokeV!
Everyone's favorite whiny Sith
Next, I finally got inside the building
I believe she was coplaying a Warhammer 40k character.
Santa Claus with Samus (from Metroid Prime) in his lap (the woman's real name apparently was Samantha, so she tended to get VERY confused when random people called out to her for photos)
Rorshach and a pair of 300 cosplayers. There's a set of poster boys for confused sexuality...
Zenigata finally gets his man!
If I'd thought about it, I would asked for a follow up pic with Lupin out of the shot and Zenigata handcuffed to the railing....
"YOU PROMISED ME PRETTY, SIMON!"
I was trying to take a picture of Captain Falcon there, srsly... ;p
Once again, the RED team fails to notice the Spy in their midst.
Tigress and a clever way of cosplaying Crane. I was getting seriously ticked off at myself, because I would manage to take a photo of them about a half-second after they dropped their "action" poses about five times in a row.
Beautiful Jack Skellington outfit. You can't see it in the pic, but he's got LED's blinking on the collar of his coat.
Mewtoo and um... someone.
Terrific Avatar cosplay group.
WoW dryad. No, I don't how he (it's a guy) managed to walk around in that rig.
Harlie goes formal one evening with a friend.
This one should makemoonshadowed laugh.
Kamen Rider.
Snake and a lady with amassive weapons rack a large caliber railgun.
Zelda and Sheik
Remarkably for a con, this was the only stormtrooper there.
I have no idea who this guy is supposed to be.
Doctor Venture and the moth guys. Alas, the boys didn't get it when I asked them to start humming "Mars, Bringer of War."
Mecha suit from something or other.
DAY TWO
Nice Appa costume andthe lady who was playing Kitara again a girl cosplaying Sokka.
Two World of Warcrakers
Very nice Okami costume (which I really have to get for the Wii once I scrape some cash together)
Spy vs.... Rorshach?
Kingdom Hearts Cosplay. Walking around Baltimore in those coats could NOT be fun.
BIG O! (also the one item you were allowed to take a picture of in the Artists Alley) This thing was over eight feet tal and made of solid resin. Starting bid was $9,500.
Red XIII
Professional looking Halo armor.
A pair o' Fetts
No idea what show this is from.
More Team Fortress cosplayers
The Baroness! Cobra Commander was next to her out of shot, but he was partially out of costume.
"Gender" Bender
Super Deformed Inyuasha
Again, I have no idea...
People were dying of the Cyute around these two.
Portal cosplayers
Close up of a Chell and her plushie turret. I didn't know you could make a plushie turret.
Random Resistance fighter, Alyx Vance, and a scientist with a Headcrab.
Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill games
Yes, that Starscream was wore by the fellow crouching down there. No, I don't how he could possibly move.
More unidentified mecha costuming.
This is why you shouldn't let cosplayers play Team Fortress LARPs near the Inner Harbor...
jvowles's house for that), I don't have any money for shopping left and all the walking around had left me exausted. I'll do a proper ater action report later, for now here's some random pics.GET READY!
First, some pictures from while I was in line.
Me. As you can see, I was the creepy guy with the camera.
A group of Hetalia cosplyers. Unfortunately I never found them again ot do a proper group shot.
PokeV!
Everyone's favorite whiny Sith
Next, I finally got inside the building
I believe she was coplaying a Warhammer 40k character.
Santa Claus with Samus (from Metroid Prime) in his lap (the woman's real name apparently was Samantha, so she tended to get VERY confused when random people called out to her for photos)
Rorshach and a pair of 300 cosplayers. There's a set of poster boys for confused sexuality...
Zenigata finally gets his man!
If I'd thought about it, I would asked for a follow up pic with Lupin out of the shot and Zenigata handcuffed to the railing....
"YOU PROMISED ME PRETTY, SIMON!"
I was trying to take a picture of Captain Falcon there, srsly... ;p
Once again, the RED team fails to notice the Spy in their midst.
Tigress and a clever way of cosplaying Crane. I was getting seriously ticked off at myself, because I would manage to take a photo of them about a half-second after they dropped their "action" poses about five times in a row.
Beautiful Jack Skellington outfit. You can't see it in the pic, but he's got LED's blinking on the collar of his coat.
Mewtoo and um... someone.
Terrific Avatar cosplay group.
WoW dryad. No, I don't how he (it's a guy) managed to walk around in that rig.
Harlie goes formal one evening with a friend.
This one should make
moonshadowed laugh.
Kamen Rider.
Snake and a lady with a
Zelda and Sheik
Remarkably for a con, this was the only stormtrooper there.
I have no idea who this guy is supposed to be.
Doctor Venture and the moth guys. Alas, the boys didn't get it when I asked them to start humming "Mars, Bringer of War."
Mecha suit from something or other.
DAY TWO
Nice Appa costume and
Two World of Warcrakers
Very nice Okami costume (which I really have to get for the Wii once I scrape some cash together)
Spy vs.... Rorshach?
Kingdom Hearts Cosplay. Walking around Baltimore in those coats could NOT be fun.
BIG O! (also the one item you were allowed to take a picture of in the Artists Alley) This thing was over eight feet tal and made of solid resin. Starting bid was $9,500.
Red XIII
Professional looking Halo armor.
A pair o' Fetts
No idea what show this is from.
More Team Fortress cosplayers
The Baroness! Cobra Commander was next to her out of shot, but he was partially out of costume.
"Gender" Bender
Super Deformed Inyuasha
Again, I have no idea...
People were dying of the Cyute around these two.
Portal cosplayers
Close up of a Chell and her plushie turret. I didn't know you could make a plushie turret.
Random Resistance fighter, Alyx Vance, and a scientist with a Headcrab.
Pyramid Head from the Silent Hill games
Yes, that Starscream was wore by the fellow crouching down there. No, I don't how he could possibly move.
More unidentified mecha costuming.
This is why you shouldn't let cosplayers play Team Fortress LARPs near the Inner Harbor...
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Date: 2009-07-19 10:46 am (UTC)With Il Porco Rosso.
Rorshach and a pair of 300 cosplayers. There's a set of poster boys for confused sexuality...
Hrrm. Possibly homosexual. Must investigate further.
I was getting seriously ticked off at myself, becuase I would manage to take a photo of them about a half-second after they dropped their "action" poses about five times in a row.
That happens all the time when I'm photographing Richard (and I should think you'd be getting that from T&G), so I'm used to taking up to ten pictures for every one I post. Yet another reason to be glad for digital photography.
Spy vs.... Rorshach?
Is that the same guy from your previous Rorschach picture? If so, he gets points for changing masks to have a different pattern.
Walking around Baltimore in those coats could NOT be fun.
I think it was being out in the sun all day at the Renaissance Festival one year that convinced me how important a factor "comfort" was in costuming.
Super Deformed Inyuasha
Those masks always creep me out.
Portal cosplayers
I can't help noticing that none of them has cake.
More unidentified mecha costuming.
Aha! One I can help you with! That one is from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (Wiki, TVtropes). "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is what happens when you ask Studio Gainax to create a Saturday Morning Cartoon."
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Date: 2009-07-19 12:44 pm (UTC)Diferent guy I think
And now I'm going to have to ind TTGL on DVD ASAP.
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Date: 2009-07-19 01:25 pm (UTC)Is that the same guy from your previous Rorschach picture? If so, he gets points for changing masks to have a different pattern.
Diferent guy I think
Oh well. If I ever do Rorschach, I'll have several different "faces" and change them periodically.
And now I'm going to have to ind TTGL on DVD ASAP.
I read only two sentences about TTGL. One of them was "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is what happens when you ask Studio Gainax to create a Saturday Morning Cartoon", the other I won't repeat because it contains spoilers (though you've probably seen it if you clicked on either link I gave you). Anyway, it took only those two sentences (and really, either one would have been sufficient) to make me decide I had to see it.
Oh, BTW, I mentioned this to
moonshadowed already, but I loved your book. Particularly enjoyed the way you handled Tez's extremely long life and the way it's shaped his character ("I'll just outlive you") – and the literate Ogre named Arthur. Just in general, you have a gift for characterization (and interaction).
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Date: 2009-07-20 08:39 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-19 02:39 pm (UTC)That would be Jack Ryan, AKA The Creeper.
Nice set of pics!
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Date: 2009-07-20 11:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-19 03:26 pm (UTC)The Kamen Rider is "Kamen Rider Kabuto" just to make it a bit more specific.
The 40k cosplayer was doing one of the Sisters of Battle, pretty much the only Imperial faction with female members.
The "Mecha suit from something or other." is GaoGaiGar
The red samurai-like cosplayer is Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, or in the states "Ronin Warriors"
And the ones below the SD Inuyasha look to be Pokemon costumes.
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Date: 2009-07-19 03:28 pm (UTC)I'm assuming wheels in the rear hooves. That would help.
This one should make
moonshadowed laugh.
Considering the way people like to cruelly kill off their Sims characters in a variety of ways, I'm not sure if that was the safest costume choice.
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Date: 2009-07-19 04:40 pm (UTC)Pretty sure that's the Final Fantasy version of Ifrit.
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Date: 2009-07-19 11:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-20 04:37 pm (UTC)Are you sure he wasn't co-playing this: http://www.onemanga.com/Bleach/296/04-05/ ?
Of course, if Kubo Tite is channeling WoW for his character designs that would be quite funny. Also, if that guy is cosplaying Neliel that would be freaking hilarious. XD She also has green hair as well, as this really tiny fanservicy book cover scan shows: http://www.bleach7.com/media/images/covers/v34.gif
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Date: 2009-07-20 06:57 pm (UTC)Also, image 38 looks like a bad cosplay attempt of Gilgamesh from FFV
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:FFV-Gilgamesh.gif
Before he got like, four more arms and an indeterminate amount of swords...