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atolnon ([personal profile] atolnon) wrote2010-10-03 01:34 pm
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Post-Archon Post

When you read this you're tagged! Take a picture of you in your current state, no changing your clothes or quickly putting on makeup. NO PHOTOSHOP. Show your flist the Real You!

Photos are under cuts for space.

I saw that and chuckled a little to myself. I'm post-convention, so while I'm shaved and showered, I'm still pretty rough and bearing the remnants of last night's eyeliner application."Fine," I thought, "I can still make this happen." The camera on my phone's not that great, and the pictures come through best when they're a little duller. My hair remains quite orange.



I do have some pictures from the convention, but it's pretty important to note that it's basically impossible to do anything but the most basic hand gestures with the gauntlets in their finished form. They're constructed to allow the grasping of a glass or mug, which they succeeded at. Anything else risked ripping them from their base glove. That includes using a camera. Here's the shot done by the photographers. I'm on the farthest left, if you're interested.



And the reaction shot from part of the group when we learned we won.



We look quite a bit friendlier here, don't we?

Other then that, pre-Archon, I had the MineCraft monkey on my back. When I felt ill on Wednesday and called in sick, I installed it and decided I'd give it a spin since I wasn't going anywhere that day. I'm not kidding you when I tell you I played it for about 8 hours straight before I managed to tear myself away from it and cook dinner. At work all the next day, my mind was on MineCraft. When I got back from the convention today, I decided to start it up and see how I felt, but I really wasn't having any. I really don't care to build the tower I'm working on and I don't really care about the mine I've dug then spulunked. Right now, I'm just thinking about how my legs are sore from dancing like an idiot until late last night, which was great fun with some terrific people, and now I just want to take it easy, maybe clean house a bit, and cook something tasty.

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_paradoxboy_/ 2010-10-03 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
The costumes look fantastic. Excellent work, from someone who tried and failed to make his own Nazgul costume a couple of years back. :)

[identity profile] atolnon.livejournal.com 2010-10-04 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I'm writing up a little step-by-step to see how I can best explain the process. I feel like if I can learn something from previous costume attempts, I can get a lot better.

[identity profile] asimaiyat.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, hey, you're cute! Love the slightly dishevelled post-party look.

*smiles and waves at above comment*

[identity profile] atolnon.livejournal.com 2010-10-04 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw, thanks. = ) A little flattery certainly isn't taken amiss.