I hope you get to come and they get it sorted out! If they get it sorted out, I'd love to meet you in person... though right now, I'm on the fence about going this year (It's my local convention) because my suit didn't get finished and I'm having all sorts of anxiety issues (LOst a lot of financial security)

It'd be nice to meet folks...I rarely get the chance to get off the farm. This would have to be a very fast trip, as it's ten hours round trip for me, which is why I wanted to know exactly when the presentation would be.

My own costume needs to be sewn together. The outfit is mostly off the shelf, but I need to sew on the gold cuffs and collar, change the buttons, and put the medals on the jacket. I hope nobody gets offended by my using actual medals I bought off eBay.

The head and mask might take a little longer to pull together. I have all the parts, I'm just waiting for the inspiration to strike. Plus, I was debating about wearing a mask and being there primarily to attend an award ceremony.

You should really ask your boss for the weekend off. You do get vacation time right? (I kid - I grew up on a farm and know the struggle) The costume sounds cute.

Telling people "I can't find a farmsitter" sounds lame, but everyone accepts "I can't get time off from my job."

And a farmer works 24/7, especially if s/he raises livestock!

Brigade suit?
Pix or it didn't happen.

Red like Freddy's Or white like Jingurs?

Bunners

Red, of course.

I look forward to it dear.

Bunners

Heh, so do I!

I've contacted UMA on Twitter. Let me see what they say. Both their website and Twitter as of April 1st says AnthrOhio.

Keep me posted. I have my doubts about the ability of the UMA's to survive now that their founding member is deceased.

Sounds like their organization is dis-. I hope they get their act together in time.

Sorry to hear about the situation with the UM award ceremony. Perhaps someone at the Ursa Major Award organization will be able to sort things out in time for AnthrOhio.

I do hope that if you wear the Brigade uniform, you have some photos taken a post them.

I intend to post some photos once the uniform is finished.

I'm working on a short story that involves humans, lions and hyenas. (All anthro.) I must admit that, as I pictured the guards of the hyena queen, I pictured a more barbaric type of uniform, with breast armor and something similar to a kilt with brass feathered plates to allow movement and protection at the same time. (I know there's a specific name for it but I can't remember what it is.)

Oh, the "ceremonial armor" for the hyenas is Graeco-Roman in appearance, and I've drawn it before on the guards. Corporal Taffy was wearing hers. Penthesilia wears a variant of it.

The red tunic and breeches that Fred wears are the "everyday" uniforms. The armor was historically used in battle, but in recent times, modern body armor has supplanted it (like what Koz and Uri and Lucius were wearing at the outpost).

The ceremonial armor itself is a metal-and-leather version of the "naked chest and grass skirt" look of ancient Crocutan warriors.

The Duchess's palace toyboys---er, guards--wear small jewelled chest plates held in place by leather straps, and short kilts. You can see this in the scene where she is presenting young Fred with a dagger for saving the Loweza, and in the scene where Kathy and Sandy are sharing a wildebeest with her.

Yes. The "ceremonial armor" is similar to the standard armor of my hyenas since, technically, they're in a primitive state being both 10,000 years in our future and 3000 years in our past. I put it that way because, in my story, human civilization had fallen about 6 to 7 thousand years before the time of the story. When I finish the story, I'm going to post it to my page here. Unlike "Carry On", which has plenty of humor, humor isn't going to be in abundance in my story.

I started working on sewing the jacket. The fabric is far tougher than I imagined--it's an Ann Taylor trenchcoat--and I managed to prick my finger on the needle. Ow. I had to use a thimble to push the needle through. The silly straight pins almost bent as I put them in--they're cheap, yes, but still--damn!

I might need to re-think my stitching this and go get some of that fabric you can use to bind stuff together with an iron.

I also picked up an old purse at the Goodwill to scavenge the gold metallic braided leather straps off of to use on the collar. Then I found out the purse can sell for $15 on eBay. I paid $2 for it.

Mrrrrmmmmnnnn!

For the cuffs I bought a pair of shorts in a gold-yellow color. I'll get the collar trim from them as well. I have replacement gold buttons, and the coat actually buttons across the left side like I draw the uniform tunic. I even found a dark brown lather belt with the same type of buckle--a solid rectangle that has a pin in the back.

I have a pair of ivory stretch breeches, a pair of knee-high black boots, and the braid from an old band jacket.

The mask is a half-mask that I'm repainting from "wolf" to "hyena" and I have to create a hood for the neck and eard. The mane is a furry head-band, the fabric comes from a child's leopard-print coat, and the rear "cartilidge" I cut from a plastic iced tea jug, and will glue to the mask, then put fabric ears over top.

...damn typos...

As of 5/02, my contact at the UMAs says the committee is looking into the issue.

I have had a word of possible Good News--it's not official yet, but there WILL be a UMA presentation ceremony at AnthrOhio, and the UMA's WILL be continuing in the future.

More details as they become available.

At the moment, it looks like the presentation will be Sunday, May 26, at 5-6 PM.