Yes, you can make great costume armor without investing in metalworking or risking toxic chemicals! We'll show a variety of inexpensive readily-available materials and you'll make a piece to wear out.
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Did you know it's possible to make great costume armor without investing in metalworking or risking toxic chemicals? We'll cover alternative armoring for historical and fantasy costumes, using a variety of inexpensive, readily-available materials. You'll also make a piece to take home yourself.
Japanese Folklore & Mythology - a primer for enjoying films, anime, manga
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Get the most from Asian entertainment when you understand the cultural background. Come learn why it's smart to fart at a kappa and why to this day the Japanese answer the phone, "Moshi moshi"!
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Who are those four guys wandering in the background everywhere? What's the difference between bakemono and ayakashi? What are those little creatures that show up in your favorite anime? Get the most from your Asian entertainment when you understand the cultural background! Come learn why it's smart to fart at a kappa and why to this day the Japanese answer the phone, "Moshi moshi"!
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance and always useful -- and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less-confident dancers.
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance, and always useful - and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers (experts are welcome, too!). Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best with the most fun possible.
Did you join us for Part 1 this year or at a previous con? Then you're ready to kick it up with us!
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance, and always useful - and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers (experts are welcome, too!). Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best with the most fun possible. PLEASE NOTE: Part 2 assumes a basic knowledge of Part 1. You're welcome to join us without it, but we can't cover the previous workshop here. Thanks!
No costume is complete without makeup! Photograph better, appear more masculine or feminine, change features or ethnicity, add special effects, etc. Workshop includes instruction, hands-on practice.
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No costume is complete without appropriate makeup! Makeup can make you truly resemble your character and look better in photos. Learn how to look more masculine or more feminine, give yourself enormous anime eyes, change your ethnicity, create alien prostheses, or add special effects. Workshop includes instruction, demonstrations, discussion, and hands-on practice using high-quality theatrical and special effects makeup.
Learn how to comport yourself in character, from movement to speech to gestures: Walk like a man or a woman at will. Change your age or your personality. Includes professional photos!
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You've spent hours and hours creating the perfect costume, but somehow it doesn't seem to get the attention it deserves. Or you have only a simple costume, but you want to make it seem like much more. Or maybe you hate all your costume photos. All of these challenges can be met with solid presentation! Learn how to comport yourself in character, from movement to speech to gestures: Walk like a man or a woman at will, change your age or your personality. We'll also discuss live performance, and how to write a skit or presentation that will become a crowd favorite. You'll learn to pose for maximum effect and get professional photos of your character.
Nothing defines a character like a signature weapon or unique tool, but props can be difficult to find or create. We'll discuss various methods of prop-making and make small hall-safe weapons to take!
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Nothing defines a character like a signature weapon or a unique piece of jewelry, but props can often be more difficult to find or create than the fabric clothing of costumes. Don't let your amazing costume be brought down by an aluminum-foil-over-cardboard sword, when for just a few bucks you can make something that completes your look! Join us for talk about how to make good props on the cheap, and how to make better props for a bit of investment. We'll cover the pros and cons of various materials, and you'll make small hall-safe weapons to take with you!
The best wigs look like real hair - even if impossibly colored or improbably spiky. We can help you find the right wig to start or modify, and you'll make your own custom-styled clip-in extension.
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The best wigs look like real hair -- even if impossibly colored or improbably spiky. But it can be hard to find the perfect wig for your fantasy costume or to replicate that style which has never existed in real life. Your wig is too long, the wrong style, not curly enough, or the wrong color? Need to make that cheap wig look better and last longer? We can help you find the right wig to start and then modify it to be your perfect costume accessory. Also, you'll make your own custom-styled clip-in extension!