Sunday at DragonCon 2014

The War Doctor and Miss Frizzle prepare to go out for the day:



The steampunk detective:




Tea dueling (no I have not improved since last year).



The Tesla vs. Edison debate:

Thomas Willeford may have thought to sway votes in favor of Edison, by having a beautiful, leather bikini clad minion, but it didn't seem to work.





The results were decided by which contestant had the most money in their donation box and Tesla won. All proceeds were given to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.




We met this lovely Tardis when we went out to dinner at Meehan's Irish Pub next to the Westin.



The Mechanical Masquerade:

Airship Races

The large crystal starburst chandeliers in the Westin Hotel's Peachtree Ballroom sure are pretty, right up to the point where your delicate RC airship can't seem to steer away from them.





This was the second annual Dragon*Con airship races, which is not much of a race, in the traditional sense of the word, but more of a contest to see who can make their airship maneuver even close to the set course. It's a lot of fun to watch the helium filled, mylar blimps bumble around the room and the audience often has a little thrill of danger, as the airships veer off course and careen towards their heads.

Here are some of this year's highlights:

Saturday at Dragon*Con

We missed the parade this year, because after eating nothing but salty snack foods on Friday, I woke up with a migraine. DH didn't want to go to the parade anyway, so he wasn't too heartbroken when I announced I was going back to bed.

By 10:00 a.m., the Aleve I had taken was working and I was a functioning human being again.

Blaze as an inventor and DH as the War Doctor:



Our first event of the day was the airship races, but I'm going to give the airship races their own post tomorrow.

After the races, we looked at all the amazing creations in The Museum of Alternate History.



















That evening, Blaze and I went to The Georgia Aquarium's Dragon*Con night.



Dinner was slices of pizza, eaten while sitting on the floor in the Marriott, people watching. That carpeting is surprisingly comfortable when you have tired feet and it would be hard to find a more entertaining dinner show.

After a little rest, we were ready for the midnight concert with The Cog is Dead.






I did not take this video, a gentleman named Mark Rossmore did, but it's the best one I've seen of the concert and it shows the very talented Tempest preforming with the band.

Back from Dragon*Con tired, but happy

So, you know those horrible check-in lines that conventions are famous for? They weren't here. This was the fastest, easiest check-in we have ever had at Dragon*Con.



This is not to say that there weren't crowds elsewhere.



There were some really amazing costumes at this year's con. Here is just a small sample.




































There were so many things to see and do during the 4 days of Dragon*Con that I will have much more to post in days to come.

Completed Costumes for Dragon*Con

Except for proper shaving, DH's War Doctor costume is complete.



My costumes for Saturday and Sunday are also ready.

For Saturday:







Victorian schoolmarm, Miss Frizzle, for Sunday:

Working on The War Doctor, Tesla, and Ms. Frizzle

Dragon*Con is only 30 days away and costume creation is a major topic around our house right now.

DH is working his ability to grow facial hair into both of his new costume ideas. First, he plans to be The War Doctor, John Hurt's character from the 50th anniversary of Dr. Who special.



The costume is still a work in progress, but it's coming along nicely.



Then the goatee will be shaved off, so he can be Nikola Tesla the following day.



There are no pictures, yet, of what the Tesla costume will look like. I still need to see if I can get his hair to behave like that.

The Tesla costume was inspired by a new costume that I'm working on, Victorian schoolmarm, Miss Frizzle, the steampunk version of The Magic School Bus' Ms. Frizzle, which also takes advantage of my natural hair type. My dress is going to reflect the latest subject that Miss Frizzles class is studying, alternating current electricity.



Victorian era Miss Frizzle will be taking her class aboard the Magic School Train (Blaze let me paint a toy train he had).





The fabric I ordered for my dress has not arrived, but the Beanie Baby of Liz, Ms. Frizzle's lizard should be in today's mail.

Costume Updates

Blaze has been growing out of all his old clothes, so we're working on some steampunk wardrobe updates before Dragon*Con.

The striped pants that he wore with his Tesla Ranger costume are too tight. Even cutting two pieces out of the waistband only lengthened their life by one wearing.

Blaze helped spray paint stripes onto a new pair, which are gray and black striped, instead of brown and black like the last pair.





I guess the Telsa Ranger is being retired, at least for now, because Blaze asked for me to make a gray hatband for the top hat not the cowboy hat.



Speaking of "growing out of clothes," this coat is not going to fit much longer. It's getting tight in the shoulders.