My first steampunk convention

AnachroCon 2011! I kick myself for not knowing about this little jewel of a convention before being a late blooming steampunker. This would have been the ideal place to start. So to remedy my lateness I pre reged for next year. I'm even debating becoming a life time member as it is $250 for now. I've learned the hard way with conventions of my favorite genres offering lifetimes is to catch the lifetime before they get bigger. Cardinal rule: As the conventions get bigger in rep so doeth the pricing of the badge/ticket/membership. And once you get a lifetime it pays for itself. I made that "If I only knew then what I know now" mistake with DragonCon. Well I stepped into the Holiday Inn and saw corsets, gauntlet, goggles and history galore.



I got to meet President Jefferson, Ben Franklin hear what the teachers didn't tell me about my country's Founding Fathers, get a great deal on goggles and gears. I discovered what a small world it is when the girl in the lovely golden steampunked dressed happens to know my seamstress friend Aleathia...whoooo!

I made the acquantaince of a trailblazer in native punk regalia at a panel on proper Steampunk costuming and makeup. To me she is a trailblazer as she is representing her heritage with a steampunk feel and doing it right! I couldn't resist following her around praising her costume and gleaning tips from her about corsets. She was as good natured as she was informative about her craft. To get to know her I have the link on the side. I also learned just how broad, vast and wide the world of steampunk is. It spans the imagination. And I saw so many versions varieties and flavors it was an inspiration and a sensory overload at the same time. As the parade of gaunlets goggles corsets guns and leather passed my eyes my own steampunk creation was building in my mind. And I vowed to myself after gleaning tips pictures etc that if my own wasnt something I could be proud of I would only have myself to blame.