A Lexx UScon Briagade to Dragon Con 2003
DragonCon 2002 rocked! I’ve been to this convention before, but I never had this much fun. I think I had so much fun because I was there with my fellow [i]Lexx[/i] fans. We were a small but visible group. Every few minutes, someone would stop the costumed trio in the halls to get their photo. It was sooooo cool! And it was wonderful to meet some of my online buddies in person for the first time. We had a good time on Saturday night after the [i]Lexx[/i] panel discussion.
We need to get Brian to DragonCon 2003! Of the three main actors, I think he would be the most open to the idea. It would be swell if Xenia could come because she would attract plenty of Xev-droolers. I couldn’t guess about any of the other actors, but it seems to me that others could be available. MMM thwack (sp?) is out of the question so forget the idea of having him come.
But next year, it would be great to see more people in [i]Lexx[/i] costume! A round of applause for HDS and his costumes. They were amazing in their complete and total accuracy! Fans at the convention were very impressed! And although HDS had a friend wear the [i]actual[/i] costume of His Divine Shadow, someone else was there wearing an His Divine Shadow that looked even better than the weathered original!
Next year, I think I’ll work on a simple Divine order cleric costume. I can picture several of them being made for people because the design is so simple. If we had that guy with the really nice His Shadow costume return, we would look very scary indeed!
I’ll let HDS describe our appearance at the Masquerade. But I will say this. Every year I seem to always forget that this event is the climax of the convention. As we left the backstage, there was hundred-meter-long “perp walk” completely packed with people with cameras creating that unbelievable blinding effect of constant flashes. I had no idea. I felt like dork schlepping my backpack. Note for next time! (And there will be a next time!)
A little side note for any [i]Farscape[/i] fans. There were some really cool [i]Farscape[/i] costumes! I’ve decide that I’m going to go as John Chriton or a Peacekeeper next year for a “hall costume”. At DragonCon this year, I bought my very own resin model of Winnona (heeheeehee).
Conventions are so much more fun if you are wearing a costume! I had never done this before but had always thought about. And there I was, wearing a Brunnen-G costume! Thank you again, HDS! We’ve got to do this sort of thing again next year!