Gearing up for ECCC

So, I have plans to attend Emerald City Comic Con this year, and have been slowly trying to work my way on this year's schedule.  It appears that there's a waiting list, which is a nice look for Seattle.  I never knew that ECCC was the 3rd largest convention in the country....being from Seattle, I deeply understand the kind of image this creates.

I'll be very excited to launch issue two of Reclamation, as well as my new statue.  Hope to see some of you there.

Photoshoot in the works

I meant to surprise you all with some crazy pics from the photoshoot that we had planned, but I ended up postponing it due to budgetary reason.  I hope to launch it sometime in December, but that all depends on everyone's schedules.  What I can let you in on is that I am really eyeing this location:

Firehouse Alleyway, Seattle WA

Seattle still has some "cultural" areas, making for some nice environments to shoot in.  The ideal location was Harbor Island, but certain sectors had security clearances, making it nearly impossible to rent a space.

For anyone looking to shoot anywhere around the Port of Seattle, they do have locations that they rent out to photographers/filmmakers.  You can always look on their film page for that information.

Washington Films Works is also a great resource.  They're are a non-profit organization, dedicated to finding great filming location, as well as advocating for more filming projects to stay/come to Seattle.  They do fantastic work around the film incentive programs.

More to come....Stay tuned...

Last installment of the cosplay costume (the pants)...complete!!!

Here is a glimpse of the finished design for Layna's pants.  Great work by Nune Hov.  After several fittings, and adjustments, it finally came together.  Overall very fluid process, especially since the designer and model lived near each other, and could meet for several fittings.  Great job everyone.

Weapons Props

Great work on this project Brian Johnson for creating the props for Layna. They look crazy cool.  Highly recommended for those who are interested in getting some custom props done.

See how Brian explains the project here:

The 1st costume fitting

Everything seemed to go well.  It was my first time meeting the designer in person, so I was hoping that my bulldog'ish mug wouldn't scare her away :).  In any event, it was a nice gathering, we got to size all of the custom material, and I must say, it did not disappoint.

It fits Mikey it fits... we got it.

Here is the final product for the Reclamation Armor.  Pretty cool huh?

Costume props for Cosplay Model

Here is some of the costume work for the cosplay model. Great work by Dragonstorm Sports on the leather work, and Organic Armor on the armor work. The armor isn't finished yet, but it should be finished by the end of the week, so stay tune.  Plus I plan to work with both JohnsonArmsProps to design custom gun replicas and Nune Hov Couture on the pants design.  I'm excited to see how this all comes together.