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All Hallows Fantasy Faire

The All Hallows Fantasy Faire in Sonora was, as always, alot of fun. We only go for one day, always Saturday.

A number of firsts for us: at least one child afraid of Mischief (usually they love her), and at least one child who thought Malice was the best thing ever (usually small children are quite scared of him). We had one little child who wanted to play with Malice’s tail so badly she tried to follow us around, much to the laughter of us and the mom.

Beast Cub was showing-off a black bird-thing fursuit commission and...wow. The wearer knew their birds and acted the part, including the articulated beak. Did I mention there were lights embedded all over it? Cool glove/claws? Just awesome.

Mischief & Malice were in the Group division for the costume contest this year (that makes the third division in four years!); but still no win. But...awesome costumes from participants.

They are getting better at the burning harvest man but still haven’t gotten it figured out. On the flipside, the fire dancers were incredible, especially the guy we kept calling Smiley. Music for the fire performance was Loreena McKennitt and Beats Antique (neither was live, FYI), which is always wonderful and somehow appropriate.

The bands on stage during the day were nice, music was still far too loud and distorted, but better than last year. They really need a better sound tech. Still not enough seating. The first year we went they had quite a bit more seating in the stage area and scattered throughout the venue; not sure why the last three years have been sparser.

Still, if you like to dress-up (adult or child!) in a festival atmosphere, this event is tough to beat.

Photos we took of ourselves were kinda “meh” this year but we’ll post at least a few eventually. As always, we púcas are vain creatures, so if you spot photos of us posted by someone else, please let us know!

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Tickets for Sonora All Hallows Fantasy Faire

We purchased our tickets for the All Hallows Fantasy Faire, see you there on Saturday, October 27th!

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Mischief, the jackalope from a much earlier and wilder time in fae history.

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Some closeups of the custom leather work on Mischief’s walking staff.

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Front 3/4 shot of Mischief and her walking staff.

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Mischief has a hand made leather lizard bag, fox pelt, bird-wing-on-a-stick (cat toy), and her own set of “human tails.” The little girl these came off of? Well, she didn’t taste like carrots...

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An overview of Mischief’s left side while she munches on a carrot.

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Another look as Mischief’s tail.

This is one of those little details from a lover of lagomorphs: real rabbits have a tail more shaped and colored like this, not the typical “puff ball on the butt” look. She has the tail set-up so it can bounce up-n-down naturally, like a real rabbit, as she moves.

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An overview of the back of Mischief’s skirt, as well as her tail. All púcas need rusty chain, in addition to her collection of trophy pelts and feathers.

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A closer view of the front of Mischief’s skirt. The cat toy is for those moments when Malice needs to be distracted from “playing” with visitors at the Faire. He’s really not good with his claws...

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The entire front view of Mischief’s skirt, showing leather pouches, a leather pelt bag, and a cat toy for Malice (bird wing on a stick!), among other things.

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Malice’s mask and makeup up-close. Some changes to the mask eye sockets, some more practice makeup, and a scruffy beard (colored with beard wax). Ear tips improved this year, and an ear cuff added.

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Malice added a badger pelt to his trophies in 2017.

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Better view of the feathers and claws near the bottom of the back of the bag strap as well as the top of the hand-wrapped and dyed leather at the top of the “human tail.”

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A closeup of Malice’s “human tail” trophy and fur bag. You’re curious about the hair braid “tail” you say? All Malice will say is she was a “delicious” blond...

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Malice’s bottom half, featuring his arm cuffs, assorted trophies and clothing, and his clawed feet.