You can make great costume armor without metalworking or toxic chemicals! We'll cover alternative armoring for historical and fantasy costumes. You'll also make a piece to wear out.
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Did you know it's possible to make great costume armor without investing in metalworking or risking toxic chemicals? We'll cover alternative armoring for historical and fantasy costumes, using a variety of inexpensive, readily-available materials. You'll also make a piece to take home yourself.
Get the most from your entertainment when you understand the cultural background! Learn the basics of Japanese mythology with an award-winning author and see examples from anime and manga.
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What's the difference between Mononoke and Ayakashi? What are those little creatures that show up in your favorite anime? Get the most from your anime and Asian cinema when you understand the cultural background! Learn the basics of Japanese mythology with an award-winning author and see examples from anime and manga.
Michael Jackson's iconic THRILLER is always useful! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers. Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best.
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Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is an iconic dance, and always useful -- and you can learn it. Yes, you! This tutorial is specifically for novice and less confident dancers (experts are welcome, too!). Your instructors are TAGteach-certified to help you achieve your best with the most fun possible.
Makeup can make you truly resemble your character and look better in photos. Workshop includes discussion and hands-on practice using high-quality theatrical and special effects makeup.
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No costume is complete without appropriate makeup! Makeup can make you truly resemble your character and look better in photos. Learn how to look more masculine or more feminine, give yourself enormous anime eyes, change your ethnicity, create alien prostheses, or add special effects. Workshop includes instruction, demonstrations, discussion, and hands-on practice using high-quality theatrical and special effects makeup.
Nothing defines a character like a signature weapon or a unique piece of jewelry. We'll cover the pros and cons of various materials, and you'll make small hall-safe weapons to take with you!
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Nothing defines a character like a signature weapon or a unique piece of jewelry, but props can often be more difficult to find or create than the fabric clothing of costumes. Don't let your amazing costume be brought down by an aluminum-foil-over-cardboard sword, when for just a few bucks you can make something that completes your look! Join us for talk about how to make good props on the cheap, and how to make better props for a bit of investment. We'll cover the pros and cons of various materials, and you'll make small hall-safe weapons to take with you!
The Not-So-Sinister (and Actually-Quite-Silly) Secret of Graveperil: A Toon-geon Crawl
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Buckle up for the zaniest dungeon ride ever! Play a traditional adventure as a wacky Toon, and find why the Giant Snail Accessibility Act of '57 is a rogue's dream come true.
Fairy wings? Bat wings? Make a pair of hallway-safe wings you can wear through the con! Creativity strongly encouraged!
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Don't want to pay $80 or more for a pair of wings to wear about the con? Make your own! Fairy wings? Bat wings? You decide! Make a pair of hallway-safe wings you can wear through the con. Creativity strongly encouraged!