#Norcal Ren faire

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Eremis St. Clair de Lunel reporting for duty at the Masquerade.

[bookmothic-dyke]

GOING TO THE REN FAIRE THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!

I CANT WAIT!! TIME TO BE A GAY VAMPIRE WITH A MOTHER FUCKING SWOOOORRDDDDD!!!!!

I’m excited. I’ll send pictures.

This is my Christmas.

[jeff-goldbluhm]

Unprecedented cuteness at the renfaire today tbh

[ibixii]

Went to the first day of the NorCal Ren Faire season last Saturday!! Was going to bring Annalise for ease of wear but then I saw Chappell Roan’s “Roan of Arc” at the VMA’s and was super inspired. Awesome day with the homies, hope to come back for at least one more day this season but who knows with work 😅

Made this green dress back during peak panini hours and the robe is repurposed from my Coronabeth cosplay, it’s so fabulously versatile ☺️

[gender-trash]

blinged out and going to the ~mall~ with @combat-epistemologist so they can buy more Perfectly Generic Clothes With No Attributes. and also jamba juice

lapel pin is a gay pride x-wing from @ashleyrguillory!! rings are: 2 puzzle rings from the puzzlering.co guy (EDIT: sorry for fucking up the url like three times his name is norman greene and i have bought his rings from both the norcal ren faire and the dickens faire in daly city), 1 snake ring from norcal ren faire, and my mit class ring. the bracelet is a leatherman tread and my little Ring Of Keys moment includes a keychain level, a leatherman squirt (the edition they discontinued ;-; with the wire strippers ;-;), an ubuntu 18.04 live usb (you never know when you'll need an emergency ubuntu), and a vintage key i got from an infosec researcher guy i met at a robotics friend's party. he was like, yeah i collect old keys and locks so now my friends are constantly giving me weird old keys and i have a ring of like 200 of them. do you want some. and if i've learned something from children's fantasy literature it's that if someone offers you a weird old key you say thank you and accept the quest hook

[voidfishbitch]

2022 Cosplay Roundup ft my napkin costume from beauty & the beast

I got back into live theater and as such, have been making a lot less “content”. But I also finished my first real “build” (kinda. I added wefts to a wig & altered a dress with my limited sewing skills) and went in cosplay to my first real event (NorCal ren faire!) I know 2023 is still gonna be busy & I probably won’t get to everything I want to finish, but! It’ll still be there for me :)

From Top Left to Right: Istus (TAZ Balance), Mama (TAZ Amnesty), Hollis (TAZ Amnesty), Beacon (TAZ Amnesty), myself, Dani (TAZ Amnesty), Amber (TAZ Ethersea), Imogen Temult (Critical Role), Napkin (ensemble costume)

[love-wing]

I saw your post about driving to NorCal for ren faire, and it's not immediately right now but if you're in SoCal, Escondido has a ren faire at the end of October https://oldetymeproductions.com/escondidorenaissancefaire It's very small but it's still a ren faire

Thank you anon!!! I am in SoCal, and actually a regular attendee of the Escondido Faire! 🥰 It is small, but I love the coziness of it. It holds a special place in my heart ❤️

[alicornpig]

Opening day at NorCal Ren Faire!

[filmcowgirl]

september 2022 • california

First time going to a ren faire. Was unable to take more pictures because it started raining like crazy

[littleechocosplay]

Finally made my way to the Norcal Ren Faire! It’s about an hour south of San Jose, and along the way you can see why they call California the Golden State. 

[cosplayinamerica]

Spiderman from Marvel 1602 // Cosplayer: kammospark

Tell us about Spiderman1602, I’ve seen many versions of Spiderman but  thiis is a new one to me! What led you to this concept of this version of Spiderman?

Well I've always had an appreciation for lesser know outfits of popular heroes. Looking through many wardrobes and outfits, the obscure ones always stood out to me, "Wow, I've never seen this one before!" I'd think to myself, and I figured others who know the characters well would love to see them brought to life too, or even people curious about the stories of them would enjoy seeing it. I feel everyone has a love for Spider-Man; he's such an iconic superhero and has so many suits, and even though they can be quite diverse, they still feel recognizable as one of the Web-slinger's costumes.

While I was looking at different Spiderverse characters for inspiration on a new Spider-Man cosplay, I saw Marvel 1602 and it immediately caught my attention; I thought it was such a fun looking design. Definitely away from a modern or futuristic look, it's charm won me over, and I had to put it together. And as a fan of the fantasy genre in general, thanks to many years as a GM from D&D as well as other media, I also enjoy Ren-faires and wanted something to wear to show my love for Superheroes and Renaissance.

When you wore it out to conventions, what was the response? Obviously they knew you were Spiderman because of the mask but were they confused about the rest of your outfit? What were some of their guesses?

Oh people certainly get a kick out of seeing the outfit. Some people have called Me 'Lord Spider-Man', 'Ren-Spidey', 'William Spider-Speare', a lot of creative names for it that never fail to make me smile as much as it does for them. Whenever I wear a Spider-Man cosplay, I always want to try and take pics with as many Spider-Men as I can find, and most of the time it's the other Spiderman cosplayers that recognize who the character really is. I love having people laugh and get excited over the character, it's part of that Con Magic where people just can't help but feel like a kid when they see something that fills them with joy; its my favorite part of this fun hobby, just making someone's day memorable, even for a moment.

Besides conventions , I see you wore the costume to a Renaissance Fair. What was responses there? Was it different from conventions?

Ren-faires in general are a great time! And when I started this costume, I was excited just thinking of the reactions from people and how happy they may be. I've taken 1602 to quite a few Ren-faires: Central Coast Ren Faire, NorCal Ren Faire, and Kingsburg Renaissance of Kings.

The first place I ever debuted it was as CCRF, and I was stopped by about 20 people before I could make it past the first 3 booths. It really does feel like a different environment going to faires. D

uring them, I'd be a bit more 'theatrical' and introduce myself as Peter Parquagh, and try my best to make people smile or laugh. I've gotten the opportunity to meet many wonderful people and people with stunning and gorgeous Renaissance outfits. Kids come walk by amazed that they actually got to see a Spider-Man at a Ren Faire.

One instance, a bard played the spider-man theme song on a lute as he traveled around me. At two different faires my presence was requested by the Queen, and I was escorted to her, one even knighted me! Everyone just has a blast role playing and getting caught up in the fun, the energy is so infectious and delightful! 

Take us through how the outfit was put together?

Well, I cannot take full credit on the cosplay. My mother was actually a large part of it. Growing up, my mom was always really involved and loved making costumes for Halloween for me and my sister. And one of her favorite aesthetics is period piece era fashion and she loves Jane Austen.

As I was looking for ideas for a new cosplay and showing her, she was drawn towards 1602 and offered to do as much as she could to help create it, and she loved helping putting it together. The suit is a handmade outfit following a 14th century cavalier pattern. The design called for detachable sleeves and very baggy slops, but we decided to have the sleeves attached and slim down the slops slightly, to give it a mix of authentic and Spider-man's sleekness.

We went looking online and found this wonderful blue velvet fabric with Fleur De Lis imprinted onto it and thought it'd really help the outfit pop! We had to make sure we kept the fabric in the same direction: it has a difference in shimmer if facing a certain way, and we wanted the Fleurs facing the same way as well, so we tried to be mindful of that. We pleated the red fabric in the front and it was quite stubborn, but we tried our best to make it look similar on both sides of the torso. The back has a spider and has legs that lead unto the front; we cut out red fabric and hand-stitch embroidered on, and was quite meticulous.

Me and my mom kept an eye out online for just the right buttons we wanted for the costume. Something antique and era appropriate but also thematic, and after a while, we stumbled across a web-designed antique gold button set. We also looked for a thick ruff rather than the costumes original thin look. The original costume look also called for the mask to have open eye holes, but I opted out of that, and felt that a traditional mask look better complemented the costume. After that I acquired socks and shoes and then it was finished! 

How did you discover cosplay?

As mentioned earlier, my mom loved making mine and my sister's costumes growing up. She's a seamstress as a hobby, and is so creative and artsy. Halloween was probably my favorite holiday growing up, and I was so happy I got to wear something made with much love from my family. Some of my favorite notable costumes growing up was a knight, an astronaut, and Pikachu.

As I got older, around high school, I still liked the idea of costumes, even bought a cheap Captain America outfit for The Avengers premiere night, but I mostly dropped off on dressing up. I grew up in a very small town, but eventually, after I moved out to the city, I heard about 'conventions' and I was interested and wanted to try and wear something to one. I decided to make a classic Punisher costume, and wore it for the con. It was a small venue, but even then it finally hit me, 'This is a thing people do. People love to dress up, go make friends, bring smiles and show their love for their Fandoms and interests. THIS is what Cosplay IS'. I finally understood what this little hobby of mine was, and I embraced it.

Have you discovered something about yourself through cosplay?

I've always thought of myself as a people pleaser. I'm someone who really only want others to be happy. I'm also someone who loves to share their interests and engage with others about things that we can share and discuss and geek out over.

When I was young, I often felt left out from social circles, due to my often eccentric personality. I found it really hard to make friends, and I am forever grateful for the friends that I have made and been with me for years.

Cosplay has opened up another avenue as far as friends and socializing. My first couple of cons I was initially intimidated, but I have to say that I'm so glad I got into this hobby, for I've met many people with interesting stories and wonderful personalities, and people I still talk to often. It's really helped me feel like I can make good friends and memories, and I'm sure that others have felt similarly and that's something I treasure.

What are your future cosplay goals?

As with most cosplayers I'm sure, I have way too many projects in my head with very little work on a lot of them. I suppose my current goal is to rework the headpiece of a cosplay I finished last year, my Bioshock Big Daddy Doll. The head was massive and too cumbersome so it needs to be redone.

As far as new projects, I would very much like to do a Prince Link cosplay, inspired by the creation of theLostSindar. Another idea would be to do more superhero variants and make a Blue Lantern Flash that 8ve been eyeing for a couple of years.

One thing I definitely want to get good at is working with foam. I am massively inexperienced with foamsmithing, and I strive to learn how to be good at it and learn how to make wonderful things with it. It's just like when I first went to cons; starting off can be a bit scary or even overwhelming before we really get it going, but that exposure to things we really desire is all we need to get hooked and make it our passion.

https://www.instagram.com/kammospark/

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My friend, Jon and I, at his first Renaissance Faire.

[unexpectedreylo]

Trapped In The Closet:  A Star Wars Story

One day there’s going to be an infuriating but highly entertaining tell-all about all of the chaos behind the scenes of TROS.  In the meantime, we get tidbits here and there from folks involved in the film.  The latest is sound effects supervisor Matthew Wood, who appeared on a podcast recently.  He talked about all of the last minute ADR work (post-production voice recording, basically...very little of the dialogue you hear in a movie was actually recorded on set) done for TROS, including traveling around to record Jedi ghost cheerleading, recording Ian McDiarmid from Scotland, and having Adam Driver record some masked Kylo Ren dialogue in his own closet just before Driver had to go appear on a talk show.  Fans estimated this would have been on November 20th or 21st.  In other words, the last minute.

I know for a fact a lot of voice actors and people who do voice over work for a living sometimes record in their closets at home because not everyone has a home studio and not everyone has access to one when it’s needed.  Closets have pretty good acoustics and the coats and shirts and pants serve the same purpose as the foam padding you find on the walls in regular studios.  Fair enough.

But it strikes one as very strange that a $275 million movie had to go this route instead of using that super expensive Oscar-winning Skywalker Sound facility.  This is desperation arising out of some last minute changes (the movie was “locked” just a few days later on November 25) that made it impossible for Adam to come out to NorCal, so Matthew Wood had to go to him.

My guess is, at this point “Rey Palpatine” was already in the movie but they decided to change for some reason who reveals that information and when.  I think it was originally going to be Palpatine himself while Rey is confronting him on Exegol.  Josh Gad’s recent comments about visiting the Exegol set during filming seem to indicate that.  At the last minute somebody decided to make Kylo reveal that info much earlier in the film and the stuff Adam had to record among the Big ‘N Tall wear and the missus’s handbags was probably, “You’re a Palpatine.”  So they drop in the dialogue during one of Kylo’s masked scenes so it didn’t have to be re-shot.

Which makes me wonder:

1.  Why? 

2.  What was originally said in those scenes with (masked) Kylo and Rey?  

[facultyloungecosplay]

2018 Tentative Event Schedule!

(Emphasis on tentative.)

~ Qrow’s birthday (soon, old man)

~ Disneyland (late July) 

~ SacAnime (August 31st)  

~ Bruce Campbell’s Last Fan Standing (Sept 21st) 

~ NorCal Ren Faire (TBD) 

~ Halloween?? 

~ Ruby’s birthday (late Nov)

~ Oz’s birthday (late Dec)

& maybe some cosplay shoots if we can find the bloody time.

[sigilmint]

Some more NorCal Ren Faire photos from this past weekend!

I loved trying out this totally different style for Taako~

[sapphicfairystories]

😍 I just went to th NorCal ren fair and there were no ladies competing. Probably for the best because I would have died on the spot

Alicia Archer fights for France - Washington Midsummer Renaissance Faire - August 11, 2018 (and yes, in the rain) Photo by Douglas Herring