Every year our 'nerd herd' heads to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, Texas. It's a big deal for us and we go ALL out as far as costuming is concerned. No store bought stuff for us. It's mostly handmade. Angela, being the theatre director and costume designer, forced me to go about 6 years ago...and I've been going in costume ever since. We also convinced our husbands to go in costume. My husband is a non-geek, but the dude makes his own garb and looks awesome in all his creations. I'll post a few pics from past T-Rens in the coming weeks.
This year, Angela and I are going to the festival two weekends in a row. The first weekend will be our small group of "girl friends"; there are four of us in all. We usually have a costume theme for the entire group, but that weekend the girls will go as whatever they darn well feel like going as. I believe we'll be podcasting from the camp grounds and there may or may not be video footage that will make it into our podcast feed. We have press passes / a work relationship with the folks at T-Ren so there may also be interviews.
The weekend after our "geek girl trip", our entire flock of friends will be going together. That includes our husbands. The theme this year is The Wheel of Time. Ironically, we all seem to have been written into that series of novels...some of us even look like the characters described in the book. If you haven't read the books here are some links that will include photos and a bit of a description about each character.
I will be going as Min Farshaw. WoT Wiki article: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Min_Farshaw (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Min_Farshaw)
Angela will be Nynaeve al'Meara. WoT Wiki article: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Nynaeve_al'Meara (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Nynaeve_al'Meara)
Our friend Stephanie is going as Elayne Trakand: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Elayne_Trakand (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Elayne_Trakand)
Our friend Jen(y) is going as Egwene al'Vere: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Egwene_al%27Vere (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Egwene_al%27Vere)
My husband is Rand al'Thor: http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Rand_al'Thor (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Rand_al'Thor)
Angela's is Mat Cauthon, but he's insisting on going as Lan just so he can be a warrior and walk around arm in arm with Angela.
I'm currently making Aes Sedi rings for Angela, Stephanie and Jen(y). I'm also helping to gather props for Dave (my husband). I found a great looking dragon buckle and he's currently making a red velvet long coat, based on an image he found online. It looks pretty cool.
Oh man how awesome does that sound. Can't wait for the photos and podcast report :)
Yeah, that sounds like fun!
I look forward to this report every year!
Awesome!
cool!
Don't let anyone put one of those collar-thingeys on you....
:)
Quote from: Bromptonboy on October 13, 2011, 07:19:23 AM
Don't let anyone put one of those collar-thingeys on you....
:)
Ha-ha!!! Well, I think "Min" will be safe. Angela and my other three gal pals will have to be careful!
Have fun Jen, sounds like it is going to be exciting
Here are some photos from our recent "Girls Only" trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival. We're going back this weekend in our Wheel of Time costumes. We'll be doing a special Anomaly T-Ren report, which will include video and photos from both trips, in a couple of weeks.
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Anomaly Jen and Angela pose with King Arthur and Sir Somebody from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Girls Only Trip Group Pic
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Anomaly Jen and Stephanie at a pub in the Polish section of T-Ren
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Jen-i (AKA "Bug's Jen" or "Little Jen") share a laugh at a pub in the Polish section of T-Ren
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Stephanie strikes a fierce pose
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Jen-i does her best imitation of a Steampunk fashion model
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I'm not sure what Angela's doing in this pic :D
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Anomaly Jen strikes a voge pose
That Monty Python pic is my FAVORITE. :D
Awesome photos! Looks like you had so much fun!
Great pics! Looks like it was a blast! Knee!!
fun! the costumes look great!
Very cool, great costumes and you guys always look like you have a blast!
"Who are you that are so wise in the ways of science" ........ great pics thanks for sharing..
Marko
Fantastic photos! :)
Love them! SO COOL! On second thought, let's not go to Camelot, tis a silly place.
Fantastic pictures Jen, you ladies are super cool. :D
Cool pictures Jen, looked like it was a great time
Here's a sneak peak of the photos that will be in our Renfest Vidcast, which will include a report from Angela and I as well as video footage. That will hit the feed in a week. Our group dressed as characters from The Wheel of Time. I was Min Farshaw, Dave was Rand al'Thor and Angela was Nynaeve al'Meara. We also had a Brigitta Silver Bow, Elayne Trakand and Egwene al'Vere. We posed for a BILLION photos that fellow Renfest goers took. It was a blast...now we're considering attending cons as these characters. :)
Jen, you look downright heroic!
Awesome photos and Jen your hair looks cool and Dave looks mighty heroic.
Great pics! But using a cell phone in that outfit Jen makes you look like a time traveler. :)
you guys look amazing!
yeah, you all look terrific. :)
Rico, no cell phone that! It is a special Ter'angreal used to communicate with others at a distance... ;)
Quote from: Bromptonboy on November 15, 2011, 07:10:30 AM
Rico, no cell phone that! It is a special Ter'angreal used to communicate with others at a distance... ;)
Ding ding ding! Give that guy a prize! ;) Thanks everyone. There's a bunch of cool photos and video that I plan to add to our vidcast. I hope you download!
Awesome costumes.. great pics and I look forward to the podcast. Still want to join you guys for a Ren fes one year.
What awesome pictures! You guys are so cool!
Cool FAQ about the last book in the series:
http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light (http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light)
Loved the podcast ladies.. I can't wait to get down there and join you guys for one of these things.