Supanova 2005

I had a great time at Supanova on Sunday, and at dinner afterward. My cosplay was pretty well received in general. Oh, and Richard Taylor, the HEAD OF WETA (for those heretics among you who know not, the company that did the props, costumes etc. for Lord of the Rings), told me he liked it and SIGNED MY SWORD. That was possibly one of the best prop-geek moments of my life. I’ll take some pictures sometime. You’ll note that I am kinda calm about this now - I really wasn’t on Sunday.

Con itself was cool - I guess Supanova’s biggest advantage is that they have enough successful multi-fandom cons under their belts now to be able to pull the big names. Having celebrity panels, seminars and so on really does give you more things to do. I would have loved to go to Richard Taylor’s Narnia panel, but it was on at the same time as the cosplay, and at the same time as the Neville-from-Harry-Potter panel. That’s what you want from a con - to have people run off their feet trying to see all the cool stuff.

I got photographed a fair bit, and interviewed twice, which was cool too. And I only accidentally whacked one person with the sword.

Dinner was at the Lowenbrau, in the Rocks. I’ve heard about it, but never been there before. The entertainment was great, and the litre of beer meant I really enjoyed it. To everyone who came, thanks for making the evening a great one.

All-in-all, a great con. I’m definitely glad that my last cosplay got some props from someone I respect as much as the WETA guys.

All that said, it’ll be nice to have a bit of a break from being quite so geeky - it’s been a lot of weekends in a row, and I’d like to put some time and attention into other areas of my life.