As often happens
when I want to cover subjects that I don’t know anything about or
have any experience with, I asked for help with my Dragon Con
costuming/cosplay interviews. Luckily for me I am friends with Sara,
who was happy to not only set up Q&As with a number of people in
the costuming community, but also wrote some dandy intros.
I very much want
to feature these folks, but I just don’t know a whole heck of a lot
about them. And as much as I’d love to have one-on-one interviews,
it just isn’t practical at this time of year. So I needed an
intermediary. Okay, fine – I needed somebody to do all the work for
me. The questions are mine, though. That’s got to count for
something, right?
This first one
is of particular interest to me. As some of my long-time readers may
know, it took me a while to get on board with Steampunk. Ever since
I was young I have had a certain resistance to things that I
perceived to be overnight fads – the whole grunge thing, vampires,
Avatar.
But over time I have really come to appreciate the ingenuity and
creativity that goes into costumes from this genre. Not only standard
fare, but the numerous mash-ups as well.
Please sit back
and enjoy one of a series of Q&As brought to you by Sara.
Think of them as Guest Posts that I specifically asked for. And
thanks to all of the talented people who responded. You guys truly
are the heart and soul of Dragon Con or any other con.
Danny is a sculpture artist and an
incredible costumer. He and his group, Outland Armour, are
pretty much responsible for any high quality steampunk costume you've
ever seen at Dragon Con. They were the pioneers and continue to
make incredible work and travel around the world as convention
guests.