Fearless on my breath...

Wee! Thanks to the ever watchful tersa, I was alerted to the fact that trystbat posted more Baycon pics!. Until the official ones come out these are some of the best quality shots you'll see. If you want to note details in the costumes definitely give this link a click.

Speaking of tersa we were talking while playing "Jaws: Unleashed" last night and I proposed the idea of starting an American Quidditch League community to see if we could encourage others to make their own variations of Quidditch robes for their local teams. It'd be kind of cool if this concept caught on :)

And on the subject of Jaws, I have to say the game provides a gratifying level of carnage and gore. My favorite bit was trying to sneak up on swimmers and yank them under before someone could sound the alarm and they all scurried for the beach. Heh. Unfortunately I discovered that I can play the game just fine, but not watch someone else play as it causes me intense motion sickness :P Reminds me of Rogue Squadron, it always had that effect on me.

So I can finally reveal the Super Secret Project to the world, woo-hoo! The brilliant tamago and chrisber came up with a wonderful plot to create a group Baycon masquerade costume...the San Jose Sharks Quidditch team. I was asked to join as one of the Chasers and semi-official team artist...and Wanda "Socks" Wildersock was born.

The other members of our conspiracy, dubbed "Sovereign" were jimweasel, aelfsciene, tersa, melimus, and ravenmb. C- and J- were my fellow Chasers, M- was our Keeper, C- and LA- Beaters, and of course A- as our Seeker.
( Costume creation details behind this cut... )
( Baycon and 'Oh good, the number people are here'... )
And now for your viewing pleasure, Best in Show 2006, the San Jose Sharks:

My gallery of photos and art from the project.

ShoutingBoy's shots from the Baycon official photo shoot.