My daughter and I in our outfits for this year's Boston Comic Con. We didn't go as Sentinels characters, but we're still superheroes so I thought I'd share.
I'm cosplaying as Kevin Matchstick from Mage (I figure Matchstickman will approve) and my daughter is Nico Minoru from Runaways.
My approval is through the roof!
Runaways was also good.
First, awesome costumes! I knew who you were right off the bat, and that's always a good thing when it comes to cosplay.
I'm curious though, will the convention let you bring in the bat? Or is it just a whiffle-ball bat painted over, and so it's okay?
Thanks!
It was a plastic bat that I spray-painted with a layer of white and then a layer of slightly yellowish glow-in-the-dark paint to give it a bit of a shimmer. The con was fine with me bringing it in.
Generally lightweight or plastic props are fine (think about all of the Harly Quinn's that carry giant mallets), but an actual wood or alumninum bat would be frowned upon and possibly confiscated at the prop check. My daughter's staff was a light-weight wooden dowel with a foam headpiece (spray-painted gold).
Of course, prop rules vary from convention to convention, so always check first.
My daughter, who wasn't even born when the last issue of Mage came out didn't think people would recognize me. But she's young and forgot to account for all of us "olds" who go to the cons and I got a bunch of high-fives and smiles from the folks who appreciated my outfit.
Your daughter looks amazingly advanced for somone only just a month old!
The last issue of Mage came out on the 13th of July this year, the final part of the trilogy is finally starting!
Yes, yes, you knew what I meant :-P I thought about correcting myself, but felt that it wasn't worth it. Besides, the July issue wasn't a full issue, just a half-size issue #0 prelude (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).
What'd you think of the full-on #1 for the new series? I _loved_ it and am really excited to see where the story goes and how we got from Defined to Denied.
Plus, Matt's art is just amazing and his son's work on the coloring is excellent.
I forgot that was his son doing the colouring.
I'm loving (whole one issue!) series so far, though I do think it was odd the way they framed the "reveal" of his wife, we knew who it was going to be from the get go so I'm not sure what the point of concealing her face was.
And finally(!) we will get to know more about the pack by the end of the series, I figure it's death or time. And who will be Mage this time around? I suspect we will see a similar transformation into Mirth again.