Windy Con is a small Sci Fi con held at the Westin in Lombard, which coincidently is the same place I've gone to for Adepticon (though Adepticon is going to be held at a new location this year). Overall it's a small con, but nice. While my big attraction to the con was seeing friends up north, I happened upon some really neat costumes. First up is a member of the 501st on his way to judge a costume contest:
Unfortunately I either didn't get his name, or forgot to write it down, but he had important business to do. I've been following the 501st on Facebook and admire the group. They have a very positive message for people who want to costume, and are very anti-bullying among other noble qualities. Getting to meet one was pretty awesome!
As if meeting one of the 501st wasn't awesome enough, I saw an incredible fallen Chamberlain costume from Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal:
Seeing a costume like this is always a wonderful treat, and there was a lot of hard work and TLC that went into this. I was so taken aback that I didn't think to get a picture *WITH* the Chamberlain. I'll not be so surprised next time!
Last but not least is a bit of swag that I came across:
I was surprised to come across these two gems. I have been hunting for Nyan Nyan and Captain R for a while, but they have been in short supply with no relief in sight. The dealer's room at Windy was a bit lacking for my tastes since it's more of a sci-fi/local con rather than a gaming con, but coming across those two minis was a pretty nice find!
My painting has been lagging behind a bit, but now that the ZOE-miniatures are done (and on display this weekend!) I'm back to focusing on commissions with a few pieces of my own mixed in for flavor. Currently up on deck is a Snow Storm model I'm doing for a friend. The first piece, Snow, is done and below. You might notice the start of a holiday theme, but it will become more apparent once I've finished Storm:
Now that I'm not traveling as much I hope to get some more painting time in on the weekend. Once Snow Storm is finished I'll be painting up an NPC referred to as Alta which uses an Elf from Reaper's Warlord line.
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