Hi everyone,
I thought I'd make a little report on a convention I went to last weekend. It was great fun
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The convention started around 10:30 and I hurried to the bathroom to paint my face into a wraith (not from Middle Earth but from a planet somewhere in the Pegasus Galaxy) and put my cowboyhat on. The convention had a western theme and was held in Condor City, a western styled party centre. First Q&A session was with David Nykl, who plays Dr. Zelenka in Stargate Atlantis. He was very funny and told about his work on Atlantis and that filming for the new season has already started a couple of weeks ago. I asked him about his rivalry with main character Rodney McKay, also a scientist. They often disagree on things
but that's what scientists often do. In between there was a lot to do and there was a photoshoot with Dominic Keating. I think he was pretty quiet at that time of the day. I guess it was still early for him and these actors coming from across the atlantic often suffer from jetlag. Soon after that David Nykl came upstairs for the photoshoot and me being in character, I pretended to feed on him . Once I get the picture, I'll make a scan and post it here His reaction was very funny
Then was Dominic Keating's Q&A session, he played Lt Reed in Enterprise and he was pretty entertaining. I asked him about his role in an Inspector Morse movie (he's done lots of British detectives) and where the scene with Reed's father, played by Guy Siner (well known as Lt Gruber from Allo Allo and other roles) was shot, since that scene was a subspace communication with Captain Archer).
Ben Murphy, well known from a western series, was also one of the guests and he's a very nice guy. He doesn't have much convention experience but I believe this event was great for him. All the actors were very relaxed and having a good time. Utopia has the tradition that they all go on stage for 45 minutes and lie. This means they mustn't answer questions from the audience truthfully. Well this is always hilarious! Once I asked what they would do if they ever caught a wraith and what they would do with her. They made me come on stage! Dominic asked me what I would do with him. Well, being in character I replied I would feed on him
I got autographs from David and Dominic. Additionally David wrote: The wraith are coming! The wraith are coming!
After the photoshoot, I got changed for the dress-up contest as Lunthoniel, sherrif of Lothlorien (I put on a cowboy hat and badge to be in western style). The evening started with an all you can eat buffet with lots of chicken and spare ribs. The food was great The costume contest was held after dinner and I put on an act in which I was looking for a dwarf who had been peeing in Galadril's Mirror. I even made wanted-posters and passed them out . Others were doing a firefly act, a friend of mine danced the can can, another lady did a dance as Orion Slave Girl. There was a guy playing a Mexican sort of ranger and two sisters did Calamity Jane. The can can dancer won best act and I won best costume Dominic called me the Centurion from Hell I'll keep that title .
A few weeks ago, I've bought LARP arrows to complete my costume. These are arrows with large foam tips so you can actually shoot them at people. Even, you're not allowed to evade or deflect these arrows as you might damage them. I'll post pictures of the dress up contest soon.
After the contest, the actors did a sketch arguing their show was best . It started with David yelling: The wraith are coming! Later that evening there was disco and a dance performance. It was a great convention and I'm already looking forward to Utopia in october.
I thought I'd make a little report on a convention I went to last weekend. It was great fun
.The convention started around 10:30 and I hurried to the bathroom to paint my face into a wraith (not from Middle Earth but from a planet somewhere in the Pegasus Galaxy) and put my cowboyhat on. The convention had a western theme and was held in Condor City, a western styled party centre. First Q&A session was with David Nykl, who plays Dr. Zelenka in Stargate Atlantis. He was very funny and told about his work on Atlantis and that filming for the new season has already started a couple of weeks ago. I asked him about his rivalry with main character Rodney McKay, also a scientist. They often disagree on things
but that's what scientists often do. In between there was a lot to do and there was a photoshoot with Dominic Keating. I think he was pretty quiet at that time of the day. I guess it was still early for him and these actors coming from across the atlantic often suffer from jetlag. Soon after that David Nykl came upstairs for the photoshoot and me being in character, I pretended to feed on him . Once I get the picture, I'll make a scan and post it here His reaction was very funny Then was Dominic Keating's Q&A session, he played Lt Reed in Enterprise and he was pretty entertaining. I asked him about his role in an Inspector Morse movie (he's done lots of British detectives) and where the scene with Reed's father, played by Guy Siner (well known as Lt Gruber from Allo Allo and other roles) was shot, since that scene was a subspace communication with Captain Archer).
Ben Murphy, well known from a western series, was also one of the guests and he's a very nice guy. He doesn't have much convention experience but I believe this event was great for him. All the actors were very relaxed and having a good time. Utopia has the tradition that they all go on stage for 45 minutes and lie. This means they mustn't answer questions from the audience truthfully. Well this is always hilarious! Once I asked what they would do if they ever caught a wraith and what they would do with her. They made me come on stage! Dominic asked me what I would do with him. Well, being in character I replied I would feed on him
I got autographs from David and Dominic. Additionally David wrote: The wraith are coming! The wraith are coming!
After the photoshoot, I got changed for the dress-up contest as Lunthoniel, sherrif of Lothlorien (I put on a cowboy hat and badge to be in western style). The evening started with an all you can eat buffet with lots of chicken and spare ribs. The food was great
The costume contest was held after dinner and I put on an act in which I was looking for a dwarf who had been peeing in Galadril's Mirror. I even made wanted-posters and passed them out . Others were doing a firefly act, a friend of mine danced the can can, another lady did a dance as Orion Slave Girl. There was a guy playing a Mexican sort of ranger and two sisters did Calamity Jane. The can can dancer won best act and I won best costume Dominic called me the Centurion from Hell I'll keep that title . A few weeks ago, I've bought LARP arrows to complete my costume. These are arrows with large foam tips so you can actually shoot them at people. Even, you're not allowed to evade or deflect these arrows as you might damage them. I'll post pictures of the dress up contest soon.
After the contest, the actors did a sketch arguing their show was best
. It started with David yelling: The wraith are coming! Later that evening there was disco and a dance performance. It was a great convention and I'm already looking forward to Utopia in october.
That's a great picture! Truly one for the books. I like the whole 'sucking the life out of' pose as well. Too much fun!!
