Friday, June 26, 2015

Podcast Update!

I'll keep this short and sweet! I've never had such a nice time with two people I just recently met. We all chatted so casually it was like we've been friends for years. Thank you so much to Ash (the one and only) of A Chick With A Joystick and Brian from The Captain's Pod for having me over to record. Sounds like we got enough content for more than one episode, so I'll be posting the new one here tomorrow as well as the others when they are done being edited. Be sure to give Ash a like on her Facebook page and listen to her previous episodes!

A Chick With A Joystick

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Captain's Blog Meets the Captain's Pod

A month or so ago my boyfriend, room mate, and I all went out for dinner. We had an insatiable hunger for red meat, "gator eggs," and sangria. On our delicious food journey, we also came across someone I am now happy to call a friend. While I haven't known her long, I can tell you that she is a kind and charismatic person, and we hit it off right away. In the short time I've known her, I can tell you she loves video games and she's kind of a tomboy.
She works hard, loves her family, and has an emphatic personality. (Good friend material right there!) She's an avid gamer who even started her own podcast. Well who is she already?! Her name is Ash, and this Friday I have been invited to be her guest on her podcast, A Chick with a Joystick. We're gonna talk Destiny and E3 amongst many other things and basically just have fun geeking out to shit together. I really look forward to being on her podcast and cultivating our new friendship. If you're interested in nerd talk, check out her facebook page and give her a listen and a like. She's got all of the previous episodes posted there on her wall. The new episode will be recorded this Friday and should be available Saturday, June 27th. Feel free to leave questions or comments here or on her Facebook page to join in on our conversations, I've included a link below.

A Chick With A Joystick

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Destiny Cosplay Recap

Well the con has come and gone and I am just finally getting around to posting pictures and what not. Sorry about the delay, I'm just really good at procrastinating and playing video games. Below are my WIP photos for the build, before and afters, and also the con photos.

Again, the build was relatively easy since I didn't cast any of my own materials. I used fast drying modeling clay for the wings around the wolf head and mounted it all on the motocross chest plate with epoxy putty. Whatever you're doing, make sure you rough up your materials with sand paper and then paint or glue together what you want. A Dremel is lost a necessity to someone who is serious about make their own costumes, armor, and/or props so I highly recommend getting one if you don't have it already. If anyone is serious about this kind of build that may need help or advice feel free to contact me here and I will assist you with what I can.

Projects for the future include getting a 3D printer and learning how to use it. We will take commissions once it's up and running! Other costumes I would eventually like to build are N7 armor, stormtrooper armor, Boushh (Leia as the bounty hunter in Return of the Jedi), and an appropriate wastelander outfit for a Fallout costume since I'm getting that fabulous looking pipboy with my Fallout 4 preorder ;)