After getting most of my gear on, we headed out. Going out the door, there was this nice breeze, and it whipped my scarf out behind me, all action hero style. I felt so bad ass.
As I mentioned in Day 1's post, the first area of the Con had a bunch of Star Wars themed photo ops. This day, we found Wookiees giving out hugs...
...and Tusken Raiders ready to fight.
After getting some photos in, my husband and I set off to take in the sights and crowds. Oh, did I mention the crowds? It was pretty insane by mid day. I thought I knew what to expect, having gone on Saturday last year, but the attendance seems to have sky rocketed.
As we wandered around, I stumbled across a couple archers, and decided to bond with my fellow arrow using cosplayers.
While there were people dressed in cosplay on Day 1, there were many more on Day 2. With the convention in full swing, and the costume contest that night, people in character were all around.
We started things strong with spotting Waldo pretty quickly. It became something of a game for my husband.
We stumbled upon Deadpool number I-lost-count-at-this-point, along with Domino.
I was stoked to see Baymax. I super wanted to fist bump, but thought that might be a little difficult, so I suppressed my urge and got my husband to snap a photo instead.
Eventually it was time for our first panel. Luckily we headed for the line fairly early, because everything Star Wars was super popular that day. The line had a good start when we arrived, and only continued to lengthen. The nice thing was we were pretty close to the front, which meant our seats were still in a good position as far as watching went. Unfortunately, this was one of the panels that was awkward for me to sit in due to how packed it was. My husband was a great sport, and sat in a manner that better accommodated my slightly encumbered state.
This panel focused on Star Wars: Clone Wars, with panelists Matt Wood and Olivia D'Abo. While I haven't personally watched Clone Wars (this panel was mostly for the enjoyment of my husband), I actually enjoyed the panel quite a bit. Particularly Matt's account of how he came to work at Skywalker Sound, and Olivia's brief story of being Tak from Invader Zim (including a jaunt with Tak's voice).
We had some time to kill before the next panel, so we decided to explore for a little while. While wandering about, we came across some more neat cosplays amid the crowd.
I practically threw my husband at Gandalf in my eagerness for a picture. An adventure or some fireworks would have been better, but you take what you can get.
I think this was one of the more interesting Joker/Harley cosplays we saw. After Jedi/Sith and Deadpool, it was probably the most seen cosplay there.
This Deathstroke was pretty cool, and he pulled out different weapons for different photo ops.
My husband spotted Waldo yet again.
And we came across a pretty sweet Bobba Fett. Always a favorite of ours.
After several hours in heeled boots (normally, I'm in sneakers), and the crowds thick as they were, we opted to just sit and people watch in the lounge for a while. It can be fun and quite interesting. I was actually speaking to a student who was working on a project while there. He asked about things I was doing at the convention, and apparently I was the first to mention people watching. If you go to this type of event, I highly recommend just taking a few minutes to kick back and watch.
After all, you might see Koro Sensei heading up an escalator.
Time for the next panel! Being one of the art panels, which are always under appreciated, the crowd was much lighter. I already knew it was going to be a good panel for me just based on the fact that there was room to spread out and be comfortable. This panel was about Digital Painting, and was hosted by Brian Haberlin. Co-creator of Witchblade, an artist for Spawn, partner in Anomaly Productions, and teacher/tutorial creator, Brian Haberline was quite entertaining. I think his classes would be quite enjoyable to attend. Watching him work his live demonstration, everything he did looked so effortless. I have to work super hard to make drawings look decent, so watching those with talent work is always kind of like magic to me.
After chilling for a while, and debating on our tiredness level versus the huge line, we ended up watching the costume contest. The judges were in full garb, and the hosts kept things moving at a good pace, with funny little quips here and there. There were a good number of entries, so I'm just going to post a few here.
I immediately recognized these mischief makers from last year. Their costumes were still impressive.
Given who the main audience was, it should come as no surprise that the Lone Star Samurai earned a raucous round of applause.
Every gesture this guy made told of how many times he must have watched the Pirates of the Carribbean movies.
This cosplay of Blue was pretty impressive. It had some pretty good rigging in it given the awesome way it moved.
This Harley/Queen of Hearts costume was fantastic. I saw it closer earlier in the day, and it must have taken hours and hours to sew.
The only Batman vs Superman fight I will ever need to see. Seriously, there's no way the movie measures up to this cat fight.
And the Chaos Space Marine. Unfortunately, he was too big to get onto the stage, and the lighting where he was standing was not the best, but the fabrication and detail that went into this definitely earned him the first prize he won.
With the winners announced, we quickly made a beeline for the doors before the bulk of the crowd stood. Day two done, it was time to leave, grab a bite to eat...
...and ditch the armor. As much fun as I had making it, and as awesome as I felt wearing it, after a long day, I was ready to be in pajamas. And even more important than the armor, it was time for the boots to go. With a sigh of relief, I yanked them off and we headed home, ready to rest up for the final day of fun.
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