Good and bad....

[patgund]

Did the certification test yesterday. Bad part - they gave me the wrong test. Good part, I still scored 60 or 60% on it with no studying.

Still would have prefered getting the test over with.

Went to preview night for ComicCon, then home.

Went back thursday for ComicCon, and the first real test of my TIE outfit. For the most part, very well recieved. and has been approved as "canon" for Lucasfilm events. I'm now a member of the 501st. However....

Okay, having been in faire and the SCA, I've encountered the so-called "Costume Nazi", or, as I call them, "Muslin Terrorists". These are the types of people that delight in tearing down anything that anyone else does, because They Are The One True Authority.

Sad to say, the 501st has an example of this type of vermin as well.

Gentleman came up while I was in the TIE suit. Turns out he's the quartermaster for the 501st's TIE detachment. We exchange greetings, and then he says "Okay, now let me tell you everything you've done wrong on your costume....."

WTF???

Nevermind it's been approved as Lucasfilm canon, never mind that the local 501st XO has said it's better than *HIS* TIE outfit, this twit has to make himself feel like a big shot. (And the thing was, he wasn't in a SW outfit himself, but was dressed in a uniform from Stargate SG1.)

Pictures of my outfit, (staged, mind you), are at:

http://home.earthlink.net/~patgund/cc2004/cc2004.html

Anyway, going back tomorrow, this time in my full Jedi outfit, working this time with the *other* SW group I'm in, The Rebel Legion, (the Rebel sister group to the 501st). The Jedi outfit was already approved as canon, and I was accepted as a member last week.) Saturday has me, (and a *lot* of people), making a mad dash as the RL is doing their group photo at 2:30, and the 501st is doing theirs at 3:30, and I'm not the only one who's a member of both groups. Sunday may see either my Ringwraith costume, or my "Jedi on vacation" outfit......

Comments

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

Just remember, people are stupid.

[angelique69.livejournal.com]

I SO desperately need that icon! Blessed Be, Angelique

[angelique69.livejournal.com]

Great pictures, sweetie. I hope you had fun in spite of the asshat. Blessed Be, Angelique

Screw'em

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

... and the bantha they rode in on. With a wire brush. Nobody has the right to inflict that kind of pain on you. I hope you interrupted him and told him you were not interested in his "opinion."

"Quartermaster." Hmm. That suggests to me that this character has some "authentic" items to sell you, instead of your wearing something you worked hard to make yourself but which did not profit him personally. What, me cynical? Too many years in the SCA and Star Trek fandom I suppose.

I've probably bored you before with the story of how I was apprehended by Costume Police at RenFaire [back in the Agoura days, so it's been awhile] who took it upon themselves to lecture me about the trim on my skirt and how I could not wear that kind of hat unless I were a widow. This was done in front of the Churros and Teriyaki Beef Skewer stand, mind you. Oh, sure, I'm going to take them seriously as Historical Authorities. Even bigger faux pas; I wasn't even working for them, they were hassling a paying customer.

Re: Screw'em

[patgund.livejournal.com]

I suspect you're right. I passed this on to the gentleman in Omega Wing who built my chestbox, and he told me about "Mr. Quartermaster." Seems he sells armor and chestbox kits.

Well, the guy who built my chestbox, (and also does Klingon armor, just FYI), builds them and then either gives them away or only charges cost of materials. (I did some graphics work for him in exchange for mine). As he said, he's retired, and it's something he does to keep busy.

So more than likely someone had a burr up his rear that I didn't use his kit.

It was a great warning though - if I decide to do a "Stargate" costume like I'm thinking, I know who *NOT* to go to for that as well......