LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-01 AT 07:04 PM (EDT)

Me, my digital camera, and a poor, confused young lady. And my new Giant Robo figure.

Larger version available at http://genom.otaking.org/cons/awa/Large/ as Image034.jpg

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Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>LAST EDITED ON Sep-24-01 AT
>07:04 PM (EDT)
>
>Me, my digital camera, and a poor, confused young lady. And my new
>Giant Robo figure.
>Larger version available at http://genom.otaking.org/cons/awa/Large/
>as Image034.jpg

i was at awa, and remember that cosplayer....scary

>Me, my digital camera, and a poor, confused young lady. And my new
>Giant Robo figure.

To quote Kasumi Tendo: "Oh, my."

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.

Today's Global Thermonuclear War Strategy: Israel Discretionary
Winner: None

>Me, my digital camera, and a poor, confused young lady. And my new
>Giant Robo figure.

Erm. Ahem. Um. Cool.

>Larger version available at http://genom.otaking.org/cons/awa/Large/
>as Image034.jpg

I'm more partial to Image030.jpg and Image032.jpg. (Had I been at AWA and walking by while you were taking 32, I probably would have walked into a support column or wall or door or something else... I really do need to get to more anime cons...)

It reminds me of when I was at ConnCon '99, and I'm sitting at a table in a hallway with the guy I was there with, reading game rulebooks, when three LARPers walk by (I hadn't known that the game had started yet, so this was a double shock), two guys in T-shirts, blue jeans, and capes, and a rather mousey girl wearing Coke bottle glasses and a vinyl B&D outfit (including knee-high boots) walked by. My brain just ground to a halt, and for a few seconds I forgot how to read.

-- Sean --

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Nah, 20 is coolest.

Seriously, though, 12. Then 13.
But 17 looks like she actually should be in the costume... even though I can't tell who she's supposed to be.

-Craig

>Nah, 20 is coolest.

Whenever I find a picture like that I wonder what it means. Would that be Geoff?

>Seriously, though, 12. Then 13.

Boba Fett and the cast of Space Ghost are cool and all, but I still like my girlies. Besides, for coolness, I have to say the best costume is the guy dressed as an angel.

>But 17 looks like she actually should be in the costume... even though
>I can't tell who she's supposed to be.

Is her skin purple because of makeup or weird lighting? At first, I thought it was the former, but on looking again (and this time at the larger picture), I'm starting to think it might be the latter, or a combination of both. Especially when I look at her hand and notice how it's purple (well, okay, lavendar) on the top but a normal skin hue on the bottom.

And I'm not sure if I'm out of the anime loop or not, but I only recognize about one in three characters. Boba Fett (of course), the Space Ghost CTC people, the Mega Man characters, Nakoruru, the Trigun characters, and, of course, Utena... um, without looking again (and, over this dialup, that can be excruciatingly slow), those are all I can remember recognizing. I don't recognize 30 but I feel like I should. (Of course, looking at her can make thinking difficult.) 17 is another one I feel like I should know but can't put my finger on. Anyone feel like trying to identify everyone?

-- Sean --

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>Whenever I find a picture like that I wonder what it means. Would
>that be Geoff?
>
Nope - I've met him at several cons and that's not him... Now if I could only get a picture of him wearing his Fez... :)

>Is her skin purple because of makeup or weird lighting? At first, I
>thought it was the former, but on looking again (and this time at the
>larger picture), I'm starting to think it might be the latter, or a
>combination of both. Especially when I look at her hand and notice
>how it's purple (well, okay, lavendar) on the top but a normal skin
>hue on the bottom.
>
I'm 99% sure it's a lighting issue - I helped set up the lighting at WorldCon so I've gottan a clue about its visual impact :)

>And I'm not sure if I'm out of the anime loop or not, but I only
>recognize about one in three characters. Boba Fett (of course), the
>Space Ghost CTC people, the Mega Man characters, Nakoruru, the Trigun
>characters, and, of course, Utena... um, without looking again (and,
>over this dialup, that can be excruciatingly slow), those are all I
>can remember recognizing. I don't recognize 30 but I feel like I
>should. (Of course, looking at her can make thinking difficult.) 17
>is another one I feel like I should know but can't put my finger on.
>Anyone feel like trying to identify everyone?
>
I don't recognize a whole bunch of them either, but then again I was almost totally lost at Otakon... There's just too damn much anime out there :)

Offsides

#include <photos.h>

The tinge is an artifact of the lights in the Dealer's Room. All my pictures taken in there have people that look blue-ish. The Iria, the Faye and Spike... alla dem.

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>>Nah, 20 is coolest.
>
>Whenever I find a picture like that I wonder what it means. Would
>that be Geoff?

That's my friend, artist James Dawsey, who I took a picture of, and when the page is finished and all links and stuff are up, will be titled 'Portrait of a Grumpy Artist Who Needs More Commissions'.

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>And I'm not sure if I'm out of the anime loop or not, but I only
>recognize about one in three characters. Boba Fett (of course), the
>Space Ghost CTC people, the Mega Man characters, Nakoruru, the Trigun
>characters, and, of course, Utena... um, without looking again (and,
>over this dialup, that can be excruciatingly slow), those are all I
>can remember recognizing. I don't recognize 30 but I feel like I
>should. (Of course, looking at her can make thinking difficult.) 17
>is another one I feel like I should know but can't put my finger on.
>Anyone feel like trying to identify everyone?

That's my next project - getting it all ID'd and stuff.

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

My, My. Such creativity these days. Kind of depressing though... I just realized that I don't recognize most of these charecters! In fact, about 90% of the pictures I looked at and had no idea who they were based on... Except for 30 and 32... those I was to buzy drooling to have the question cross my mind.

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>My, My. Such creativity these days. Kind of depressing though... I
>just realized that I don't recognize most of these charecters! In
>fact, about 90% of the pictures I looked at and had no idea who they
>were based on... Except for 30 and 32... those I was to buzy drooling
>to have the question cross my mind.

Ok, I wasn't there, but I'll go through them and ID the ones that I can...
1) Tri-gun
2) Morrigan from Darkstalkers (Capcom fighting game, and a bad, bad cartoon)
3)I have no idea. Neat outfit tho. Like the wig.
4) Again - No clue. But I have this nagging feeling that I know what who it is..
5) Usagi Yojimbo...I think...The character is a guy, and there hasn't been a female rabbit in any of the manga's I've read, but then again, I've also never seen another Samurai Bunny...
6) Clockwise from top left: Ultimacia from FF8, Rinoa (ibid), and I think the little sprite is Shiva from same..
7) I have no clue...Nice gun tho..another one of those ones that nags in the back of my head: "You know that gun!"
8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..
9) CW from top: Ultimeca, Shiva (I think) and Seifer (bad guy from FF8)
10) (L-R)MM, and ZX from the MegaMan game series..
11) (L-R) MM, ZX, and I think he's supposed to be Razor Leaf Power MM..but I could be wrong, I haven't played the DC MM games..
12) Right...you don't know this one, and I'll come over to your house and toss you into a sarlacc pit..
13) Cast of SGC2C
14) You know, I'm not sure..but I want to know...
15) I *think* that she's Sakura from Outlaw star, but I could be wrong. There's several characters that she could be...
16) No clue..but she's missing a pip on her right ear..
17) Ok, she trips *three* characters...1: The Count from Pet Shop of Horrors; 2: Hsien-ko from Dark Stalkers; 3: Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken 2-4; But I'm not sure which one...
18) Ok, looks like we got the norns (one forgot to put her makeup on) and an angel....
19) Ok, sorry folks...looks like I need more anime...right after I get more manga...and more music...and pay my bills...
20) Some Con-Guy.
21) Wolf and Tri-gun: From trigun..
22) A very...purple...costume. And I have no idea what it's based on.
23) Whoopass angel costume. Not sure the basis, but it's still *really* neat.
24) The reason that it's really neat.
25) Squall Lionheart. Hmm, I wonder if he'd sell me that gunblade...
26) Zidane from FFIX. (Yes, I know Zidane's a guy...) But she's missing a knife.
27) Kuja from FFIX
28) A very grumpy looking fellow carrying a cross.
29) Pink wig...lightning bolts...Hmm...Haven't read the Flash in a while...:-)
30) *drool* excuse me folks while I pick my jaw up...(tho I don't know who it is..
31) See 17.
32) Hey! I know her! I don't know who she's dressed up as, but I know her!
33) No clue...cute ladys in skimpy outfits...
34) Right, well...we've all seen this one...

ok, I got 22/34 (I think..) If any are wrong, well you get what you pay for...)

--
-Pasha
Umm, right....I'll be with you in just a sec now...

>7) I have no clue...Nice gun tho..another one of those ones that nags
>in the back of my head: "You know that gun!"

Iria

>8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..

Bebop and his female secondary character whose name I can't remember.

>14) You know, I'm not sure..but I want to know...

On the right is the cat-girl from the anime with the scoop noses, with a certain mech which, when transformed, leaves it's pilot on the OUTSIDE... enough of that. The other two, eh, also from that series. More or less nameless bad guys.

>19) Ok, sorry folks...looks like I need more anime...right after I get
>more manga...and more music...and pay my bills...

Looks like Sephiroth to me.

>28) A very grumpy looking fellow carrying a cross.

Mmm Wolfwood...

-Craig

>>7) I have no clue...Nice gun tho..another one of those ones that nags
>>in the back of my head: "You know that gun!"
>
>Iria

merci

>>8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..
>
>Bebop and his female secondary character whose name I can't remember.

Yeah, yeah. I dare you to stand Lupin and Spike next to one another and be able to tell the difference..

>>14) You know, I'm not sure..but I want to know...
>
>On the right is the cat-girl from the anime with the scoop noses, with
>a certain mech which, when transformed, leaves it's pilot on the
>OUTSIDE... enough of that. The other two, eh, also from that series.
>More or less nameless bad guys.

Hmm...Must see....do you have a name for it?

>>19) Ok, sorry folks...looks like I need more anime...right after I get
>>more manga...and more music...and pay my bills...
>
>Looks like Sephiroth to me.

You know, you're right...damn. Now I need to go play FFVI again. Bastard. :)

>>28) A very grumpy looking fellow carrying a cross.
>
>Mmm Wolfwood...

No, a *different* grumpy looking fellow carrying a cross.

--
-Pasha
Umm, right....I'll be with you in just a sec now...

>>8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..
>
>Bebop and his female secondary character whose name I can't remember.

Spike and Faye Valentine. Both from "Cowboy Bebop."

-- Juniper

"Lift the world's lid!" ... "For the Revolution of the Restaurant!"
-- Saionji and Miki

>8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..

It's Spike and Faye from Cowboy Bebop (with a plushie Ein for flavor, and a somewhat craftily hidden Bandai bag--are they real con-goers or corporate plants? nyuk nyuk).

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J. Random VFX Company

>>8) No clue. I think the guy is lupin tho..
>
>It's Spike and Faye from Cowboy Bebop (with a plushie Ein for
>flavor, and a somewhat craftily hidden Bandai bag--are they real
>con-goers or corporate plants? nyuk nyuk).

Ok, I'm a gonna save face here and say that spike and lupin look *damn* alike when cosplayed...

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-Pasha
Umm, right....I'll be with you in just a sec now...

>>My, My. Such creativity these days. Kind of depressing though... I
>>just realized that I don't recognize most of these charecters! In
>>fact, about 90% of the pictures I looked at and had no idea who they
>>were based on... Except for 30 and 32... those I was to buzy drooling
>>to have the question cross my mind.
>
>Ok, I wasn't there, but I'll go through them and ID the ones that I
>can...
>7) I have no clue...Nice gun tho..another one of those ones that nags
>in the back of my head: "You know that gun!"

As somebody else pointed out, Iria.

>15) I *think* that she's Sakura from Outlaw star, but I could be
>wrong. There's several characters that she could be...

Looks like Nakaruru from SS, but with a yellow sash and no sword.

>17) Ok, she trips *three* characters...1: The Count from Pet Shop of
>Horrors; 2: Hsien-ko from Dark Stalkers; 3: Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken
>2-4; But I'm not sure which one...

It's not Hsien-ko (doesn't have huge-ass sleeves) or
Ling (doesn't match any of her fighting outfits.)

>22) A very...purple...costume. And I have no idea what it's based on.

a rather iffy EVA-01

Polychrome

Not to seem too much like a wet blanket or anything, but could the cosplay-pic-identification maybe go to email or something? It's pretty far OT even for this place.

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Not to seem too much like a wet blanket or anything, but could the
>cosplay-pic-identification maybe go to email or something? It's
>pretty far OT even for this place.

Ease up on the sphincter, Tex. I already said I plan to put the info up soon - I just ran out of motivation.

I had hoped you'd be amused by the image. Guess I was wrong.

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>>Not to seem too much like a wet blanket or anything, but could the
>>cosplay-pic-identification maybe go to email or something? It's
>>pretty far OT even for this place.
>
>Ease up on the sphincter, Tex. I already said I plan to put the info
>up soon - I just ran out of motivation.
>
>I had hoped you'd be amused by the image. Guess I was wrong.

I was amused by the image. It's just that the thread then started looking like it was going to turn into everybody and his duck identifying the rest of your cosplay pictures, which has bugger-all to do with UF. :)

--G.
-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>I was amused by the image. It's just that the thread then
>started looking like it was going to turn into everybody and his duck
>identifying the rest of your cosplay pictures, which has bugger-all to
>do with UF. :)

Oh, OK.

{Gets up on soapbox}

You heard the guy. Move my cosplay discussion pictures down a few blocks to the 'General' category, please! So that me and Charles Barkley can work on it with you. Thanks.

{Gets off soapbox}

{Gets back up on soapbox}

And someone get the duck, too.

{Gets off soapbox}

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

{snip}
>{Gets back up on soapbox}
>
>And someone get the duck, too.
>
>{Gets off soapbox}
>
SHATTER

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#include <duckofdoom.h>

LAST EDITED ON Sep-25-01 AT 04:21 PM (EDT)

Sorry about this post. Another post was made while writing it.

-Craig

>>22) A very...purple...costume. And I have no idea what it's based on.
>a rather iffy EVA-01

I shattered when I saw that... full marks for effort, but damn...

-={(Astynax)}=-
"Really must attend a con soon... they actually have CUTE girls there..."