Make mine Marvel! |
As dedicated con-goers, we went out for breakfast instead of queueing up to be in as soon as the doors opened. As traditionally British as queueing is, I'd rather eat an awesome breakfast instead and saunter in when the queue has died down. Plus, standing in a queue with an increasingly bored kid is misery incarnate.
Mind you, the funky Predators would have livened up the queue! They had moves.
Hey, Predators can party, too! |
Lucas also briefly teamed up with The Avengers (and was deemed so cute by the bloke running the Panini stand that he was given a free book)!
This year, rather than queue up for sketches as I normally do, I was quite content to wander around and chat to friends between geeking out over some totally excellent cosplay.
This pic is one of my favourites; for one, the Judges look badass, and the realistic Iron Man armour is beyond amazing, but there's also the Samsung camera robot following everyone around and taking it's own action pics. I can't wait to see some of the shots it took during the con. (And I really I hope I don't make the cut--I pulled the most dreadful face while I read it's sign, and then realised it was staring at me. Eeek!)
Isn't this incredible? Never seen cosplay armour like this before!! |
Deathstroke & Batwoman // Batgirl & Commissioner Gordon |
Loved the Ghostbusters! |
The Cyberman was amazing; he even had air-conditioning in his helmet! |
Still, Dave has now met Frank Cho and also has a rather lovely (and naked) She-Hulk commission! (I expect Lucas to be mortified by this when he's in his teens.)
As I said, I didn't get any sketches done for myself. I did stop by a few of my favourite artists for a quick chat--always lovely to see Ian Churchill and Mark Buckingham--and I treated myself to a fantastic Second Doctor print by Al at Astral Gypsy. It's so very him; I love it!
Unsurprisingly we spent ages standing around while Lucas pawed through all the toys on display looking for the perfect Transformers toy. He found one rare one which was ridiculously expensive and had just enough money for it, but then discovered that it was a statue rather than a proper Transformer. He was gutted. I've never seen him go from happy to tears so fast.
He cheered up with the promise of shopping for Transformers at Forbidden Planet the next weekend, and on the Sunday I bought him a Transformers commission from the very lovely (and eternally cheerful) Lee Bradley which he loves.
One of the coolest things about this year's con was bumping into the Sneaky Zebra guys a few times and getting to watch how they shoot their epic cosplay con videos. There's a fair chance that we might be in the background this time--Lucas is beyond excited to see their video!
The con also saw the début of my Fourth Doctor scarf! Dave and Lucas drifted off to sleep on Friday and Saturday nights to the clicking of my needles as I frantically knitted. In the end, I finished adding the fringe about five minutes before we left for the second day of the con. I was thrilled when a few people stopped me to ask about it!!
We had a brilliant time at LSCC, even better than previous years which is quite a feat, and will definitely be back next year. We're hoping to bring along some friends and their kids, and maybe dress them all up as a super-team!
Sounds like you had an awesome weekend! Those costumes are so amazing, I can't believe one had air-conditioning haha :) xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic scarf! Love the colours. Some seriously impressive costumes out there. The ghostbusters are my fave!
ReplyDeleteIt is a beautiful scarf!
ReplyDeleteAnd the air-conditioned Cyberman! How smart! I sincerely hope they do that in Disney World, but I would be more surprised if they did.
This looks like..my perfect day!
Oh wow that looks like SO much fun! On my list of things to do next year :) Your scarf looked amazing! x
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you do end up going, Liz! It's loads of fun--unleash your geekiness!
DeleteGreat post! I got here from Sunnysweetpea's blog. I went to LSCC too and have my report(s) up on on paiwings.blgospot.com (scroll back a couple of posts).
ReplyDeleteYour Shulkie commission is great!
Hope to see you in may!
ReplyDeleteKenny!! Your Iron Man suit was totally, 100% AMAZING!! I can't believe it was a rush job! Not sure about May--I'm off to a conference which means money, money, money. We'll see :)
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