This weekend was a ton of fun! In-between a ton of work on my
Choco-mog sculpture I just blogged about, and other homework, I went to a Zombie Pub Crawl and to Fallcon (a Minnesota comic book convention). Here is how the weekend went!
I started off at the comic convention, FallCon, on Saturday around 1:00. It took me three hours to get ready in my Aphrodite IX costume, so it might not come to a surprise that I am retiring it now that I have worn it several times! The convention was awesome, even thought it was sweltering hot. It was hard for me to stay there for more than a few hours, and the friends who went with me, Ashley and Nick agreed. We looked around, shopped, and took some pictures next to the Batmobile and headed out. I was on a budget but ended up buying some heroclix, a Kabuki figure and a Valkyrie Profile figure I did not have.
The visit to the convention was extra special because I got to talk to an amazing artist about a project we will be collaborating on. I am not sure if I am allowed to talk about it yet, but I am excited!!!
After we got done with the convention we headed back to Ashley’s place to get ready for the Zombie Pub Crawl. Essentially, the ZPC is 300 or so people who dress up as zombies and run around downtown Minneapolis to drink. We got a large group together, and all headed out. Ashley and I were a little concerned as we opted not to dress as zombies, but as zombie hunters, Jill Valentine and Alice from the Resident Evil movies. Our costumes went over really well, more people broke character to tell us how cool it was that we dressed as zombie killers than those who went out of their way to “kill” us. I did have a few people bite me throughout the night. I managed to go the whole night without getting blood on my costume till a guy came and spit it on me about an hour before we left. Looking back it was funny because it made the costume more authentic…lol. The whole thing was a ton of fun as you will see from the pictures below. By the end of the night most of Washington Ave was covered in fake blood, and you could not tell who was stumbling because of being undead or having to much beer. Enough of the talking though, on to the pictures! Hope you enjoy!
FallCon Photos
Awesome van outside the comic convention…
Ashley and I in front of the Batmobile!
I finally learned to hold my gun straight!!!
Ashley getting her Star Wars on…
And now for the Zombie pictures!!!
The zombies in our group!
I was called Lara Croft all night. Really??? Do I look anything like her?!?
Kicking some zombie butt…
Some of the really good zombies:
EWWWWW!!!!
The Zombie crowd!
Scary!!!!
Scary husband!!!
The blood was made out of chocolate syrup and food coloring, I guess it tasted good!
Zombies in the stairwell…
I seem to think it is more funny than scary…LOL
We found Chris!!!
The Best zombie photo of the whole night!!!
Our Umbrella scientist zombies!
Star Trek zombie!!
The guy who spit on me…I do not look amused!
But in reality it was fun!!!
Ashley made friends with the zombies!
By the end of the night we were all having a bit too much fun…lol
I don’t know how I am holding the gun like that…
Then we went home and played HALO!!! THE END!!!
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Thats actually what I end up looking like after a normal pub crawl.
Zombies!!!! Yes, that looked awesome. And god damn you were rocking that Jill outfit!
The first picture of you in the Jill outfit, I swear you look like the actress who played Jill in RE2 movie.
Hamza is both a smoooooth operator and a sexy motherf**ker.
Those zombies look really well done, and that million corpse march looks epic :)
Hey chocolate syrup is what Hitchcock used in psycho. If its good enough for the master of horror and supense than its good enough for anyone.
@Cowzilla3: Only Psycho was in black&white.
Oh yeah and your outfits rock as usual, VG. It's become like a standard of quality so I forgot to mention it :(
All the pictures are great. That looks like a total blast to participate in.
Zombie Lincoln wins.
I wish I could have been there. Also, I want these glow-in-the-dark toys.
You are one fucking sweet Jill Valentine, Meagan.
Haha, Ashley in the Stormtrooper helmet makes me giggle. I think the thumbs up + Optimus Prime shirt are waht do it.
While I love the Jill Valentine costume, I'm sorry to say you're outshined by Zombie Lincoln.
OMMFG! How the hell does someone get an event like this to happen where I live. So jealous...
@solesurvior: Zombie lincon def beats my costume, hands down...LOL
@Volcanon: Just start and event! Go to zombiepubcrawl.com and contact the guy, ask him how he got his started!!!
I love those big honkin.... guns.
looks like you guys really had a blast. Wish I was there.
I'm sad I missed the pub crawl this year. I haven't been able to go to the last two, *cry*. Oh well. Looks like you guys rocked a pretty awesome party.
look awsome!
Yay! Another U of M person! I went there for my masters, but I don't live there anymore :( Do you eat at Al's Breakfast? I miss that place.
And when did this Zombie/Pirate thing start happening and why I don't I remember it? I only left there like two years ago!
I think they're in their 3rd or 4th year. VirtualGirl may know better than I, since I haven't been able to make it for a few years.
This was the third year, so it looks like they started right after you left naia!!!
"@Volcanon: Just start and event! Go to zombiepubcrawl.com and contact the guy, ask him how he got his started!!!"
SWEET!
yo if u like comics with good art and/or story u should try spawn u can read about it and stuff at www.spawn.com