Drakku
Active Member
Workshop Status:
Still Preparing!
Major Requirements: Pamphlets need content, pepakura demo needs printed cardstock.
Everything else is pretty much covered at the bare minimum. Still need more, though!
6/99 tickets have been sold to event as of July 16.
405th Members Attending Gencon:
Drakku
LeeKegan
Spartan137
Noble
rvb18
Loess
{Cortana
AlyxOokami
Ehkru
Might Be Attending:
smick6
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Goooood evening, fellow members!
As a few of you may know (but probably more of you know not), the 405th is proudly hosting a costuming workshop at GenCon Indy, Friday, August 14, at 9:00am.
I, along with our renowned Elite member LeeKegan, will be teaching potential members the process of our creations.
And that’s about all we have planned.
So that’s where you guys come in!
I need your opinions, suggestions, and help to make this first foray a successful one.
This is what I’m thinking will go down in our two hours:
- Introduction to the 405th
- Pepakura hands-on experience
- Discussing each step with examples of works in progress
- Show finished products and allow audience interaction
- Q&A with LeeKegan and I
- Photo-op with members of 405th
Also, I wanted to do some door prizes, like 405th lanyards that Adam was kind enough to give a few towards.
I was thinking hand plate casts? They seem simple to make a lot of, and they are rather neat.
And! A raffle for a bigger prize, such as a helmet or something else. If my Hayabusa is finished by then, I'll offer that up as the raffle prize. But if anyone wants to donate something, we could have multiple drawings.
So anyway, this is where I need help. Please let me know if you can contribute!
And note, if you’re submitting things to let us borrow for the workshop you will get them back, I swear it!
Color Scheme: We will have it there, we might have it there.
Introduction to 405th
I’m going to be handing out a pamphlet about our community, what we do, and have a bunch of references in case people want to start making armor like us.
What we need:
Content to fill the pamphlet. E-zine writers, perhaps old articles that cover integral parts of the pepping process?
Kaya Tetsu has offered help
Pepakura Demo
We need pepakura examples for the audience to get some hands-on learning of putting a pepakura piece together. I’d like it to be of something simple that the audience can easily finish within the 2 hour workshop. I’m thinking grenade, or maybe low-def hand plates?
What we need:
Pre-cut pepakura pieces of the simplest pep file we can offer.
kasper is providing MK5 back plate, child Thigh piece, Iron-Man Helmet
Drakku is providing Arbiter neck plates, small Arbiter chest/back armor
Discussion/Examples of WIPs
I’d like to be able to show: a finished pep, a resin’d pep, a fiberglassed pep, a bondo’d pep, and finally, a painted product. Also casts. Most of these I’ll have examples of, it’d just be more fun to have multiple users contributing, y’know?
What we need:
User-created items they don’t mind letting us borrow for the convention. They WILL be returned, you have my word.
Drakku is providing
- An Ithica Hayabusa helmet cast
- An Ithica Recon helmet cast
- Sculpted masters of my Arbiter armor
LeeKegan is providing
- M6C ODST Pistol* with molds/casts
- Primered Battle Rifle*
kasper is providing an EVA helmet with bondo
Loess is providing
- Rundown Mk V helm, pepped, resined, and lined with smooth-cast.
- H3 version ODST shoulder, Pepped & glassed, partially bondoed.
- H2 ODST gear
- Lee Battle Rifle*
(LeeKegan's original and Loess' kit should be interesting to show together)
Finished Products and Audience Interaction
Examples of finished armor, weapons, etc, to show the audience the potential of pepakura and the process we use.
What we need:
Finished armor, weapons, etc, to be borrowed until the end of the convention.
Drakku is providing an Adam Assault Rifle
LeeKegan is providing
- M6G Pistol*
- Rube's ODST Helmet
- Privateer's Pilot Helmet and Armor
- Adam's Marine Helmet
Ithica is providing
- Soaring Hammer props (including plasma grenade)
Drakku may be providing a smick6 Spiker*
Photo-Op with 405th Members
I know of quite a few of us that will be there. We’re having an official gathering on Saturday, but after the Friday workshop, I’ll see how many of us I can wrangle up to be there.
{Cortana will be Cortana
Loess will be an ODST (I'm assuming?)
(Anyone else have suits they can wear for people to take pics? I'm thinking also letting them take their own pictures holding the weapons, wearing some of the helmets, etc.)
Door and Rifle Prizes, Giveaways
Items to be handed out or raffled off, to generate interest in the event and the site.
Drakku is donating an unfinished Hayabusa helmet [raffle] ( <-- will offer to finish it for them and ship it. )
rube is donating an ODST helmet [raffle]
{Cortana may be donating a Cortana plushie [raffle]
* The weapons with stars are pending approval from Gencon staff. We may be unable to bring them, or we may need to modify them for safety reasons.
So there we go, let’s start planning this out! After all, we already have one person that bought a ticket to the event! Haha.
Again, any suggestions to help make this an even better experience are greatly appreciated.
And also, please note:
A workshop is not the same as an exhibition booth. We cannot sell anything during the workshop. We can simply state some users have items for sale, and if they are interested, to contact them.
I was getting a very strict explanation from the woman helping me organize the event.
If this event is a success, we can plan much further in the future for getting an actual booth to sell our props and generate some interest and some profit on the side for the users.
Other things for me to keep track of: Need to get raffle tickets. Check prices on printing out pamphlets at store versus at home. Double check workshop arrangements. Contact staff about weapon approval. Need to buy glue.
Still Preparing!
Major Requirements: Pamphlets need content, pepakura demo needs printed cardstock.
Everything else is pretty much covered at the bare minimum. Still need more, though!
6/99 tickets have been sold to event as of July 16.
405th Members Attending Gencon:
Drakku
LeeKegan
Spartan137
Noble
rvb18
Loess
{Cortana
AlyxOokami
Ehkru
Might Be Attending:
smick6
---
Goooood evening, fellow members!
As a few of you may know (but probably more of you know not), the 405th is proudly hosting a costuming workshop at GenCon Indy, Friday, August 14, at 9:00am.
I, along with our renowned Elite member LeeKegan, will be teaching potential members the process of our creations.
And that’s about all we have planned.
So that’s where you guys come in!
I need your opinions, suggestions, and help to make this first foray a successful one.
This is what I’m thinking will go down in our two hours:
- Introduction to the 405th
- Pepakura hands-on experience
- Discussing each step with examples of works in progress
- Show finished products and allow audience interaction
- Q&A with LeeKegan and I
- Photo-op with members of 405th
Also, I wanted to do some door prizes, like 405th lanyards that Adam was kind enough to give a few towards.
I was thinking hand plate casts? They seem simple to make a lot of, and they are rather neat.
And! A raffle for a bigger prize, such as a helmet or something else. If my Hayabusa is finished by then, I'll offer that up as the raffle prize. But if anyone wants to donate something, we could have multiple drawings.
So anyway, this is where I need help. Please let me know if you can contribute!
And note, if you’re submitting things to let us borrow for the workshop you will get them back, I swear it!
Color Scheme: We will have it there, we might have it there.
Introduction to 405th
I’m going to be handing out a pamphlet about our community, what we do, and have a bunch of references in case people want to start making armor like us.
What we need:
Content to fill the pamphlet. E-zine writers, perhaps old articles that cover integral parts of the pepping process?
Kaya Tetsu has offered help
Pepakura Demo
We need pepakura examples for the audience to get some hands-on learning of putting a pepakura piece together. I’d like it to be of something simple that the audience can easily finish within the 2 hour workshop. I’m thinking grenade, or maybe low-def hand plates?
What we need:
Pre-cut pepakura pieces of the simplest pep file we can offer.
kasper is providing MK5 back plate, child Thigh piece, Iron-Man Helmet
Drakku is providing Arbiter neck plates, small Arbiter chest/back armor
Discussion/Examples of WIPs
I’d like to be able to show: a finished pep, a resin’d pep, a fiberglassed pep, a bondo’d pep, and finally, a painted product. Also casts. Most of these I’ll have examples of, it’d just be more fun to have multiple users contributing, y’know?
What we need:
User-created items they don’t mind letting us borrow for the convention. They WILL be returned, you have my word.
Drakku is providing
- An Ithica Hayabusa helmet cast
- An Ithica Recon helmet cast
- Sculpted masters of my Arbiter armor
LeeKegan is providing
- M6C ODST Pistol* with molds/casts
- Primered Battle Rifle*
kasper is providing an EVA helmet with bondo
Loess is providing
- Rundown Mk V helm, pepped, resined, and lined with smooth-cast.
- H3 version ODST shoulder, Pepped & glassed, partially bondoed.
- H2 ODST gear
- Lee Battle Rifle*
(LeeKegan's original and Loess' kit should be interesting to show together)
Finished Products and Audience Interaction
Examples of finished armor, weapons, etc, to show the audience the potential of pepakura and the process we use.
What we need:
Finished armor, weapons, etc, to be borrowed until the end of the convention.
Drakku is providing an Adam Assault Rifle
LeeKegan is providing
- M6G Pistol*
- Rube's ODST Helmet
- Privateer's Pilot Helmet and Armor
- Adam's Marine Helmet
Ithica is providing
- Soaring Hammer props (including plasma grenade)
Drakku may be providing a smick6 Spiker*
Photo-Op with 405th Members
I know of quite a few of us that will be there. We’re having an official gathering on Saturday, but after the Friday workshop, I’ll see how many of us I can wrangle up to be there.
{Cortana will be Cortana
Loess will be an ODST (I'm assuming?)
(Anyone else have suits they can wear for people to take pics? I'm thinking also letting them take their own pictures holding the weapons, wearing some of the helmets, etc.)
Door and Rifle Prizes, Giveaways
Items to be handed out or raffled off, to generate interest in the event and the site.
Drakku is donating an unfinished Hayabusa helmet [raffle] ( <-- will offer to finish it for them and ship it. )
rube is donating an ODST helmet [raffle]
{Cortana may be donating a Cortana plushie [raffle]
* The weapons with stars are pending approval from Gencon staff. We may be unable to bring them, or we may need to modify them for safety reasons.
So there we go, let’s start planning this out! After all, we already have one person that bought a ticket to the event! Haha.
Again, any suggestions to help make this an even better experience are greatly appreciated.
And also, please note:
A workshop is not the same as an exhibition booth. We cannot sell anything during the workshop. We can simply state some users have items for sale, and if they are interested, to contact them.
I was getting a very strict explanation from the woman helping me organize the event.
If this event is a success, we can plan much further in the future for getting an actual booth to sell our props and generate some interest and some profit on the side for the users.
Other things for me to keep track of: Need to get raffle tickets. Check prices on printing out pamphlets at store versus at home. Double check workshop arrangements. Contact staff about weapon approval. Need to buy glue.
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