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Furthemore Recap
10 years ago
Had a great time this past weekend with my friends lafete, ultrahorror, eemamminy, and gmnchampion. Also said hi to flickybird, spiffyfox, and madam-demonessa. Saw many other NoVA furs that I didn't poke because I don't know them as well; I do wish I'd had a chance to hang out with cheesebeagle and tigris but they were busy and I was a little shy. I'll see them around at some of our meets, though.
The highlight of the convention for me was definitely the Chimera Build panel. My friends and I went expecting to watch pre-selected teams putting together 2-hour builds--like Iron Chef for fursuit makers. We got there and they were like "Okay, everybody pick a team and start grabbing what you need!". We stared at each other for a few seconds, figuring out whether we were going to do this, so when we went up to get materials they were pretty picked over. But lafete is magical and put together a pretty decent head (imo) given the time and material constraints (we didn't even have scissors for most of the time and when we did get hold of a pair they were safety scissors) and I proudly wore it for most of Sunday. Here's a pic: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16719735/ I also had a mini leopard-print tail.
lafete has been interested in making me a suit for a little while now but time (for him) and money (for me) have been in short supply for the past few months. Now that those blocks have been resolved he's going to see if he can make me a partial before Anthrocon. I enjoyed being a griffin so much that I decided I wanted a griffin suit. I came home and started looking at references and stumbled across the most adorable little potoo griffin. I absolutely love potoos (dem eyes!) so I put together a design concept for a potoo-griff fursuit. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16719777/)
Last but certainly not least, Sunday was gmnchampion's birthday! I got him a custom patch design (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16707397/) and embroidered bandana (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16707570/) of his fursona from lafete's company One True Patch. (Shameless plug: go commission him for a patch of your own! A great way to decorate bags, bandanas, hats, etc.!) We hung out a bit at the con and then (after closing ceremonies ran way over and made me late) celebrated with a dinner at Friendly's.
It was a good first con experience overall, though it was a lot smaller than I was expecting. If my friends hadn't made it I don't know what I would have done the whole time. I'm also making plans to go to Anthrocon now because lafete wants to sell there and we can still get a room if we hurry; I'll probably book that tonight. (Fingers crossed that it's still open.) Really looking forward to suiting there so hopefully that pans out. :3
The highlight of the convention for me was definitely the Chimera Build panel. My friends and I went expecting to watch pre-selected teams putting together 2-hour builds--like Iron Chef for fursuit makers. We got there and they were like "Okay, everybody pick a team and start grabbing what you need!". We stared at each other for a few seconds, figuring out whether we were going to do this, so when we went up to get materials they were pretty picked over. But lafete is magical and put together a pretty decent head (imo) given the time and material constraints (we didn't even have scissors for most of the time and when we did get hold of a pair they were safety scissors) and I proudly wore it for most of Sunday. Here's a pic: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16719735/ I also had a mini leopard-print tail.
lafete has been interested in making me a suit for a little while now but time (for him) and money (for me) have been in short supply for the past few months. Now that those blocks have been resolved he's going to see if he can make me a partial before Anthrocon. I enjoyed being a griffin so much that I decided I wanted a griffin suit. I came home and started looking at references and stumbled across the most adorable little potoo griffin. I absolutely love potoos (dem eyes!) so I put together a design concept for a potoo-griff fursuit. (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16719777/)
Last but certainly not least, Sunday was gmnchampion's birthday! I got him a custom patch design (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16707397/) and embroidered bandana (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16707570/) of his fursona from lafete's company One True Patch. (Shameless plug: go commission him for a patch of your own! A great way to decorate bags, bandanas, hats, etc.!) We hung out a bit at the con and then (after closing ceremonies ran way over and made me late) celebrated with a dinner at Friendly's.
It was a good first con experience overall, though it was a lot smaller than I was expecting. If my friends hadn't made it I don't know what I would have done the whole time. I'm also making plans to go to Anthrocon now because lafete wants to sell there and we can still get a room if we hurry; I'll probably book that tonight. (Fingers crossed that it's still open.) Really looking forward to suiting there so hopefully that pans out. :3
