Dragon*Con 2004

Well, we just got back from Dragon*Con 2004 and it was an absolute blast!!!! I taught many panels and was co-announcer with Kelly Lockhart for the robot battles. When I wasn't in panel I had the opportunity to walk around with my wife and enjoy some of the most incredible costumes that I have ever seen. Then the evening came along with many more costumes (and a decent amount of frosty malt beverage *wink wink*) and the real fun began. I have over four hundred pictures here that my wife and I took over the four days of the event (be warned that some of these pictures are PG-13). We wanted to bring our reaper robes that we used at BattleBots but we couldn't find them. I guess it is all as well as we were woefully unprepared for the level of costuming at this event. So, after all that we saw my wife and I are planning on joining the 501st. It's going to be a new experience building costumes instead of robots but I think we'll manage with the help of some the great friends that we made this past weekend.

My deepest thanks goes out to Simon Arthur and the Dragon*Con organizers for inviting us out to experience the best con that I have EVER attended (that includes Mega Con in Orlando and Comic Con in Dallas). I hope that I get invited back next year to teach some advanced robotics panels along with other cool interactive goodies.

To everyone that we met: Thank for an awesome weekend! and to those that we didn't get the honor to meet we hope to hang out and share a brew next year!

I guess the sour look on my face is because I would rather be out with the rest of the freaks :-)	Co-panelist Lionel Voght	Co-panelist Michael Macht	Co-panelist Terry Talton
This panel was about building a bot on the cheap.			Pitching a friends book.
Here is a shot looking up inside the Marriott	Look at this awesome Alien made entirely out of scrap metal welded together.	In the game room some of the playing fields were simply amazing!


I never knew there were female predators but then again, were would all the male ones come from?	Speaking of male predators this one looked awesome! Look at the skull and spine in his hand.

		I guess her patient didn't make it out of the E.R.	I thought all stormtroopers were cloned....
	Yeah! Buddy Christ!
Strawberry Shortcake looks all grown up with her friends.	Yikes, it's that creepy clown and chick from House of 1000 Corpses!	Holy cow, she is TALL!
DUDE!!! It's not just Master Chief, it's a whole platoon of them!!!			Mou*Con Rouge
Yikes, the council looks ticked off!			No wonder, Boba crashed the party.
	Uma has nothing on this Black Mamba!
		I don't remember Minnie looking this good!	Hellboy!
	Here's a shot from outside our room on the 22nd floor of the Hyatt.	Here is Shaggy's wife, Val with a good looking Wolverine.	and with a great Jack Sparrow.
R2 want's to play too!			Mmmmmmm... Minnie
When Stormtroopers go bad...	When Stormtroopers go even better...


	These bounty hunters are after someone...
Looks like it's going to be a full moon tonight...
		Sailor Moon is looking a little rough around the edges these days...
	How did this picture wind up in the middle of an AeroSith concert?		Contestants in the Star Wars costume contest.









I guess George showed up looking for help with the next script :-)		All hail Dark Helmet!!
		Look at these gorgeous wings!	And she isn't too bad either :-)

	Awesome Dawn!	More miniature robotics combat.
			Here is a promotional commercial while we wait for the Dawn look-alike competition. If Kerry wasn't running then I would have to pick Jar-Jar over Dum-Dum, err Dub-Dub.














	The winner of the 2004 Dawn look-alike competition.
	Mega-man, in the flesh (even though it was a girl)
	Kelly and I announcing the robot micro-battles.


			RoboSapiens even dance in celebration of the competition.











	Here is the X-Kids at the 2004 Masquerade Ball.	What a cute little Ewok.

An alien and a couple of predators lock horns.		Van Helsing and Frankenstien's monster putting on the Ritz!
	This is a great looking Drizzt costume.		I am evil Homer! I am evil Homer!
	All of the Master Chief's of Nightmare Armor make an appearance.
Undead Lucy from Bram Stoker's Dracula		Lucy's trying to influence the judging.
Holy Crap!!! It's the real life Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem!!

	A band of monsters doing "He had it coming" from Chicago.
Celebrity Comic Jeopardy	With Sean Connery, Goku, and Spider-man	Unfortunately, the skit sucked so they had to be led off stage at gunpoint.

Armageddon, the ultimate battle between Good and Evil this Sunday only!!!			It's time to announce the winners!
Dr. Demento is in the hiz-ouse!



			Lara Croft!
	What an incredible Aeon Flux!!		And the devil from Legend...
	Cool Fairy wings!	Yet another hot Dawn	Look out for Mangalors running around.

Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg tests his latest gun.			Pimp-troopers in the house showing off the goods.
Here's Blade looking for some vampires	You will be assimilated.

	Let us not go to Camelot, it is a silly place.



		Someone's getting lucky tonight
	You would think the predator would be weaned by now...
		Major Asshole reporting, Sir!

	Pirates looking for some booty.
Here are the bots the entered into the Robot Battles main event...