Thanks for fondling my Gunblade :3

Smidge

Howdy! My name is Smidge, obviously, and I came down from Bellingham, WA for Sunday (my only day off... U_U), dressed as Squall Leonhart, with my friend as Rinoa. I tempted fate by bringing my LIVE STEEL Gunblade replica as my prop, and rather than keeping it in the rapidly deteriorating sheath, I opted to have it out and visible. However, it does have a slight sharp edge to it so, not wanting PAX to go down in flames due to a law suit, I did the right thing and asked the Reg table whether I had to take it back to my Rinoa's car. After a few fanboy moments from staff (I was SO flattered! Thanks guys!), Shades-san and Khoo-san (Thanks for the corrections!) graciously allowed me to keep it on my person. Not only that, they took almost ten minutes out of their busy schedules (I assume ) to painstakingly trim the edge of the blade in black duct tape (and hunt down the tape, for that matter) so that it didn't interfere with the aesthetic quality of my prop or my really fragile paintjob.

I didn't get to spend NEARLY enough time at PAX, but I just wanted to thank the staff for going above and beyond to accomodate my prop when they could easily have made me march right back to the car 6 blocks away and put it away. They appreciated the work I did to make it accurate and the importance of it to my costume, and were nothing but professional and courteous. I would just like to express my profound gratitude to the incredible staff at PAX, and I'll have you know that come hell or high water, I WILL be attending every second of PAX next year that I possibly can. Heck, I may even shoof out of work early and volunteer!

November6

no seriously it was hot... oh and yeah so was the gunblade. ill post my picture when I can

The_Saves

I saw you there, only once as i walked by :X, but still once. You looked real good though. Grats on the awesome costume. Hopefully plenty of people told you that.

Slipstream.cc

Ok.. I really wanna see pictures now. I loved FF8.

MJPM

Saw you (nearly ran into you actually, wrong end of the blade, but it was taped by then, heh). Thought it was cool, even though I loathe FF8 with every fiber of my being. Ellipses Man just didn't do it for me.

Gwaehur

I was at the info booth when you came up, and that was an awesome replica that you had with you. The two guys who helped tape that up for you were Shades and Khoo, and they definitely looked like they had fun with your gun

Sleepy One

I drove down from Bellingham too and you had the most awesome getup! I wish I could see you every day as I walk to work! Serious props for coming dressed up.

Nephirij

the costume freaking rocked. I am really hoping for pictures, Because FF8 is my favorite one. huge props for the great cosplay.

Aydr

Wow, there was a Squall at PAX? Cool. I cosplay Squall myself (woo live steel gunblades! Except for how much they can make your shoulder hurt after a while). Some of my friends said I should have cosplayed, but I decided that I'd prefer function over form for PAX and leather, steel, and six belts aren't exactly easy to move around with when you want to get from place to place quickly in a crowd.

endlesswaltz

I'm glad you had a great time as Squall! (Too bad I didn't spot you. It would have been cool.)


But just so you know, you do not call someone "an oriental dude". That adjective is for objects, not people. The term Asian is the correct one.

Kane

I saw you two behind the Nvidia booth. Very cool. Pointed out to the wife how much you looked like the character...you know, since the male leads in the Square RPGs are such women! Seriously...they all look super femmy. Anyway, you two looked (please don't take this wrong) so CUTE!

Houn

I'm the dude who complimented you on the escalator yesterday as PAX was breaking up. Again, they were really good costumes. I'm not a fan of FF8, but I can appreciate the time and detail you spent on it. Kudos! =D

mudron

Ah, so *you're* Lady Squall! Great costumes, guys.

strangemusic

I saw you in the Exhibit hall also! The gunblade was wicked cool, I'm not going to lie.

Shin-RYU

Hey, did not get to chat much as the day was winding down yesterday, but I was the tall slender guy that asked for the cell phone pic of you both. Thanks for being so polite, as you were kind of getting slowly mobbed by admirers, and you asked everyone to back off a sec for the pic. I must say that as this was my first PAX, I had a great time and met lots of very cool people. I will definately be back next year!

Shades747

Thanks for bringing your gunblade straight to the info booth to check with us first. I did feel bad about having to tape it up (and I tried my best to get a decent line), but I'd rather do that than have building security upset with us (or you). Thanks for being so understanding about it and letting me get a picture on my phone. Hope all the tape goo comes off without any issues.

8-)

Smidge

Thank you all so much for the kind compliments! If anyone could find/post the picture floating around of me kissing my lovely Rinoa, I would be forever grateful!

chadm

Here's a photo I took of Khoo sizing up your gunblade

Raslin

I loved the costumes...

Sorry about thinking your friend was yuna though, and yelling that FF's are generic JRPG's