INFESTATION: Halfway to Dragon Con to hit Atlanta on 3-31-12

February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

WARNING: An INFESTATION will happen in Atlanta on March 31st, 2012! An infestation of Superheroes, of Stormtroopers & Jedi, of Monsters and Pirates. An INFESTATION of Kilt-Wearing Men and Scantily Clad Women. An infestation of Leather and Lace. An infestation of ALL types of COSTUMES…and most threatening of them all, an INFESTATION of ZOMBIES!

‘The Shelter’ (voted BEST NEW CLUB by Atlanta’sCreative Loafing readers) will be the setting for this fun & unique event, hosted by CON*tourage (and produced by RockEgos) on March 31st, 2012 from 9 pm–3 am

Already lined up for the evening:
• DJ/VJ Anthony, Atlanta’s premiere video DJ, and DJ Ghost, will keep ‘The Shelter’ moving until the early morning hours. Anthony, who played Dragon*Con in 1992, 2004, 2009 and 2010, adds a video element to the dance club experience ~ mixing and beat matching the actual music videos to create a fluid and energetic night that pleases multiple senses.
• Makeup Artists will be ready to help turn willing partiers into zombies.
• Billy Tackett, known as the Zombification Specialist™ and the Father of the Zombie Mash-Up, will have his art featured and will also be the evening’s Guest of Honor Artist.
• Photographers will be set up around the venue to snap photos of partiers as the INFESTATION unfolds.
• A PANCAKE CHOWDOWN (from 9 p.m.–11 p.m.).

Visit the official website: www.InfestationAtlanta.com

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Bodyhammer’s Building A Better Bounty Hunter

July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A Costume By Pete Hickey

How do you build a better bounty hunter? We asked our very own correspondant, BodyHammer, AKA Pete Hickey, deep in the process of building one himself to chronicle his efforts. Much like a hamburger, the bounty hunter costume has many complex layers, some of them meaty, some more like lettuce, and then then, of course, you have cheese. What we really mean to say here is that each bounty hunter should be unique. Here’s our man in the field’s take on the whole thing…

Hey all, BodyHammer here with a little blurb about the costume I’m building this year for Celebration V, and of course Dragon Con. I started my bounty hunter costume about a month ago, and let me tell ya, it’s not as easy as I thought!

A lot of painting, sanding, testing and, of course, the headaches and getting upset. Good thing I gave up drinking before I started this project! Ha! Everything seemed to go swimmingly at first, I went on the internet, made a few orders, helmet, vest, gloves. Painless, right? NOT! Being a Bounty Hunter is tough business :)

Then my gauntlets arrived, and I had to re-adjust my vest so that I could get them on. Then I realized that they were absolutely way too big for me, so the sanding and trimming began. Being a perfectionist, I couldn’t just leave it alone, so I had to edit it further and try to MAKE it work. Eventually I realised I was spending way too much time with the gauntlets when I had so much else to do. So, I ordered a smaller pair. They should hopefully arrive in a couple of days, when i’ll have to sand and paint again. So as of the writing of this article, I am finishing up my knee pads and my extra guns. I finished the back plate last night, and the cape is being weathered as you read this. I still have a lot to do on it, although the large part of it is finished, and I’m happy with the outcome so far.

 I will keep you all posted on the finalized product. A special thanks to CON*Tourage of course, also my Mandalorian Merc friends for all the help, guidance and just for being really neat and cool to a newb and of course any one else that I missed for the kind words! Visit me on Facebook for more pics of the costume.

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So you wanna be a pirate!

June 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End

With so many different costumes at DragonCon it’s hard to stand out from the crowd. There are many things to consider however, when choosing a costume and one of my main points is ease of use. It’s tough going to the bathroom in that Batman costume, so I chose a Pirate as one of my main costumes for CON. Having made that decision, I went about finding the best sites on the internet to build the perfect Pirate costume. Keep in mind that there are many types of pirates, including the famous to the infamous and, of course the swabby.

Building a pirate costume requires lots of choices and a good amount of time to complete. If your crafty with the sewing machine, you can make a lot of what you’ll need yourself. For those of us, myself included, who are tailor-challenged, then cobbling together a costume from bought items is the only way to go. You want to purchase stuff that will stand up to the rigors of CON*life, so make sure you shop around and get the highest quality for the best price. Also, many of the pirate type costume pants and coats DO NOT HAVE POCKETS, so you’ll want to get a belt bag or pouch to carry your stuff in.

Here is my collection of excellent sites that sell pirate gear. I have purchased items from many of these sellers and I can tell you, these are the best-of-the-best! If you have any links that you would like to share, email me at webtodd@hotmail.com and I’ll share them with the community.

http://www.sodhoppers.com/
http://www.pendragoncostumes.com/
http://www.armory.net/Clothing_Header.cfm/SectionId/clothing_men/start/25.htm
http://www.kristismart.com/index.php
http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/index.html
http://www.caboots.com/
http://tobeapirate.com/
http://www.topnotchcostumes.com/index.html
http://tudorshoppe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT
http://www.bestbuyswords.com/movieproducts.html
http://www.dearbloodymary.com/goth_products.html
http://majesticvelvets.com/index.html
http://stores.ebay.com/ALTERED-EGO-COSTUMES_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
http://www.authenticwardrobe.com/Pirate/pirate.html
http://jas-townsend.com/index.php

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the links! (Please note that this was originally written in October of 2008. It is part of my article re-gentrification program bringing back my old articles from the static site so they don’t get lost in the shuffle.)

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