So Kumoricon was this last weekend. Sigh.
It did not go as planned. First of all...here is the iteration that ended up at the con..
It did not go as planned. First of all...here is the iteration that ended up at the con..
The greaves did not work, so they are conspicuously absent. Other than that it looks almost what I wanted. I did not have time to get makeup worked out. Well, I tried. But I have not the makeup knowledge. And the white I got had adverse effects. I am apparently allergic. First it turned blue, then my eyes started swelling up. Then I got itchy lumps, and I am still dealing with those. Today they were so bad I couldn't walk and thus missed the last day of the con. :( And the top...
Well, it looks great, but that fabric is weak. So fricken weak. It disintegrated within a few hours of the con. Unfortunately, though they looks great, the leaf scales are also grabby fuckers. Every time I moved my arms, they grabbed the already precarious sleaves. After a while thye started falling apart. I ended up borrowing a tshirt from a friend to keep from exposing my shame to the kiddos. I need to figure out a better way to implement that.
But Saturday at the con was the DnD open. It was fun, but also frustrating. It was not well written, so there were huge holes in implementation. You don't have a timed side adventure with many, many arbitrary parameters, then expect the player to know the paramenters. You can't possibly complete a timed game like that. One fun part, though...THIS HAPPENED!!!
Well, it looks great, but that fabric is weak. So fricken weak. It disintegrated within a few hours of the con. Unfortunately, though they looks great, the leaf scales are also grabby fuckers. Every time I moved my arms, they grabbed the already precarious sleaves. After a while thye started falling apart. I ended up borrowing a tshirt from a friend to keep from exposing my shame to the kiddos. I need to figure out a better way to implement that.
But Saturday at the con was the DnD open. It was fun, but also frustrating. It was not well written, so there were huge holes in implementation. You don't have a timed side adventure with many, many arbitrary parameters, then expect the player to know the paramenters. You can't possibly complete a timed game like that. One fun part, though...THIS HAPPENED!!!
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This, my friends, is a teleporting T-rex. And he rolled a mondo D20 the size of a baseball. the guy on the left is my friend Krush. My friend Krush was playing a character that has polymorph And he turned me into a great ape. Great Apes have 157 HP. They ahve an armor class of 12, so easliy hit, but can withstand a ton. So basically, we had a Kaiju fight on our hands. T-rex vs KING FLIPPIN KONG!! We almost won too, if the encounter hadn't run out of time.
But anyway, I wish I had more to report. I went to several panels on Friday. But because of joint pain I ended up going home early. The DnD lasted from 9:30am to 6:30pm on Saturday, and I did not get much time to do anything else. We even had only 30 minute break for food in the middle. Barely had time to get that.
So the torso armor and the horns worked well, the skirt is ok. But the shirt...I really need to rethink that. Krush suggested I try a bodysuit. See if I can get one that is flesh colored and glue the fabric to it a bit better so it doesn't get ripped off or disintegrate. I will think about it. For now, I need to go lay down and put my ankle up. I really wish this would jsut stop happening.
But anyway, I wish I had more to report. I went to several panels on Friday. But because of joint pain I ended up going home early. The DnD lasted from 9:30am to 6:30pm on Saturday, and I did not get much time to do anything else. We even had only 30 minute break for food in the middle. Barely had time to get that.
So the torso armor and the horns worked well, the skirt is ok. But the shirt...I really need to rethink that. Krush suggested I try a bodysuit. See if I can get one that is flesh colored and glue the fabric to it a bit better so it doesn't get ripped off or disintegrate. I will think about it. For now, I need to go lay down and put my ankle up. I really wish this would jsut stop happening.
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