Katsucon 2011 Friday

      Boy we were working on projects right to the last minute before this one.  We only just managed to get to the Gaylord and check in before the One Piece shoot.  As Boa Hancock and Strong World Luffy, we rushed up to the Gazebo to find a very cool group of Cosplayers.  I was especially fond of Ramen Pirate who was also Strong World Luffy.  Things just flowed well,  a lot of great pictures were taken,  and everyone was totally cool. Also the gazebo when that area isn't crowded is a great location.  All this stood in direct contrast to a later shoot,  ( cough, cough Final Fantasy Sat.9pm, cough ).  Another quite helpful soul was the Straw Hat's musician Brook who, of course, provided music.  Really helped to set the mood.  Kimi did a YouTube video as a tribute.

That was such a great start to Katsucon, but we had some business in the dealers room.  I needed a new wig for Lantis.  First though, we went to the sports bar in the Atrium for a snack.  That place was not open last year, but we found it to be good bar food and was cheap compared to other food there.  Also our Bartender actually recognized our fairly obscure One Piece Cosplay and was very nice.  After a quick shopping trip we needed to get ready for Marvel vs Capcom. But here's a few cool Cosplayers we saw along the way.

Trinity  Blood

Great D-Gray Man group

Otome Youkai Zakura

A very cool outfit and an adorable little Kiki

Of course,  Kimi's Morrigan wig came in the mail Friday right before we left so it needed some work.  Very luckily,  Regena was getting ready with us,  and was a life saver with the wig.  Off to the Marvel vs Capcom shoot which was on the upper side of the fountain.  Now this is a great place for a photo shoot if you have say 10 or fewer people.  It's just too small and too crowded a space.  But, it was actually pretty well run, and the best was made out of a lousy space.  Those pictures have gone up on Marvel.com 

Group shot turned out pretty well.  All in all a good time.

We hung out for a while then went over to Moon Bay for some cocktails and food, see the other days post for Morrigan with a Margarita. Then we actually got out of costume to hang out at the bar and relax. We ran into Misato Katsuragi in the bar and Cobra Commander in the Lobby.

Misato

Cobra  Commander

Met lots of nice people, hung out, went to bed.