edgejedi88

There are a whole load of Northerners for sure who would dearly love to see CM back in Manchester....

Hi Jackie We'd love to know more if you could post an update please? I noticed the last post you made here was back in February?

Im an adult and I will be lapping up every moment of Clone Wars on the big screen again - cant wait! Ive not seen too much promotion for the film though in the UK I think at the moment...so I guess it will be low key....

Hi guys and gals...Ive read this thread with interest and about the new approach. I guess its that 'new broom sweeps clean' scenario with a new person leading the way, so all praise to LadyD who is obviously striving to bring something new and fresh to the cosplay events across the board for SM - not just at GMEX. Thats a big challenge but Im sure LadyD will overcome! However, I have to say that IMHO its disappointing that things that obviously seemed to work well (certainly at GMEX) seem to be getting dropped from what Ive read, rather than built upon. Emily did a great job at the last GMEX with the groups and kept it flowing nicely and is to be congratulated for her efforts. I dont think any of us who do cosplay or costuming do it for the money though or worry about 'splitting' the prize too much (although of course its nice to get something as recognition in what is afterall a competition!). As a costumer myself, IMHO I'd say that we do it for the love and the passion of our interests and the friendship that it can bring too at events - its something to aim and aspire to for many who sometimes struggle to find the courage to stand on the stage portraying their favourite characters. Friendship, support and confidence follow. It brings us together under one roof where we can work together on costumes, support each other, help each other build costumes and express our interests together without fear of ridicule so we can have fun and take our thoughts away for a brief period of time from our daily lives. But we tend to do this as groups, mostly... I will just say, as one of the panel members that judged the event last time on the Saturday at GMEX, alongside Legolassie Malfoy, I personally thought that the groups worked great and looked awesome. Their interaction impressed me and brought life to the characters which helped me when judging. Just my 2p....

My bad - got you mixed up with someone I though I had met.....no worries - good to meet you now though! Good luck with your costumes! Just give us a shout if you need any help or resources....we cant have a bad tempered princess on our hands can we???

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Haha!!! Are you a fellow SW costumer? Ha ha!! Yes, Im the CO of the costuming group you just joined - the Rebel Legion? We met at GMEX recently and have met many times before.... BTW - thats an awesome costume you got there Andy - there are very few Endor troopers in the UK, a couple of people I know currently building them.....but that looks great!

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Of course you can! heres the link to the pic.... http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/edge...cosplaygmex.jpg

Hi peeps - I just wanted to drop by and say a big hi and thanks to everyone for a fun time at the GMEX - especially Emily and the Cosplay crew who looked after us so well (thanks for lending us the hairgrips too! ). There were three Star Wars groups who come together regularly at events under a joint group called 'Docking Bay' - Fan Force (a website for the social side of Star Wars fandom), Rebel Legion (for the 'good guys' of the Star Wars saga) and The 99th Imperial Garrison (for the bad dudes of Star Wars!). We thoroughly enjoyed judging the cosplay contest too - but it was a tough decision - so many great costumes! Well done to everyone - great effort! We had a great time interacting with some of the anime cosplayers and just wondered if anyone would like to work together again at one of the next SM events? If you have any ideas or things that you think we could do together at an event then please feel free to drop them in here? We love to entertain the SM public and think we could have more fun and get more people involved

Caroline Blakeston - because she's British, she's Mon Mothma for gawdsake and shes a lovely funny lady! I wish I could have spent more time chatting with her at CE....lets have Caroline there pleaeeeese?!

looking great - cantwait to see all these costumes around!

...just to let you guys know that there will be a large group of Star Wars costumers at this event...from both the 'Lightside' (Jedi, Han Solo, Ewoks, etc) and the 'Darkside' (Vader, Palpatine, Stormtroopers, etc)....we always look forward to doing events like Collectormania - the people there always rock! Looking forward to seeing you all there again - cant wait to see our HP friends again! People will be attending from Rebel Legion UK, The 99th Imperial Garrison and Fan Force UK

Clothears are great people - they make absolutely superb costumes and are the nicest people you would ever wish to meet. Ive seen a lot of their work close up. Stick with it and be patient - well worth the wait.

Great to know that the public appreciate us being there!

......sits back in eager anticipation.....who...?