Discworld Con 2026 1

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As I have mentioned (probably many times) before, Teddy and I used to run Chaos Costuming at many cons, including the Discworld con.

When we decided to retire from this onerous activilty, one of the last cons we did it at was a Discworld con. They were very grareful and not only gave us free ticket to the gala banquet , but floweres, chocolates and a bottle of champagne as well.

That( we thought) was that.

The Discword cons a bi-annual and the tickets sell iut very fast.

Just before they went live for the 2026 con, we were contacted and told, as an additional 'Thank You' we had been given free memberships.

So , as 'twould be churlish to refuse...

The con was being held at the Hinkley Island Hotel, which is well known to us crom many previous cons.

This did, however, did raise one complecation, as out=r Sat Noav has developed a quike and won't let us type the number '1'. As the postcode for the hotel included this forbidden number, we had to program it for nearby and partially rely on maps and memory to get there.

Somewhat surprisingly, this worked.

The theme of the con was Masquarade, so we just HAD to bring to bring costume.

here is the wizard outfit Teddy wore

The hat was covered in sparkly orange fabric which spread its joy of glitter everywhere it went- in the car, on the seats, on other people, thoughout the hotel....

As for me- on the first day I wore my blue velvet and gold lace georgian coat, which I have posted pictures of before.I wore it without a wig, but didn't get any pictures on this occasion.

I decided to call myself Count Casanarfwe (to tall for Casanunder, but to short for Casanova)

On the second day I wore uniform, Monsterous Regiment style.

This was my Steampunked Guards uniform worn with my Napoleonic officer's sash and LIght Company shako and, of course, some Steampunk medals I mounted up myself.

This outfit proved very popular and I let lots of people take pictures.

I will post more about the con later.

Until next time

Adieu

Oriental 18

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I am having considerable fun playing with this particular artwork...

Here is another vesrsion with him in his undies...

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Even the trees object.

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I live in the the London Borough of Merton and have done so all my life.

I and my fellow residents often have cause to be dissatisfied with some of the actions of our local council, who seem to have their own particular fashion for applying various rules and regulations.

This is a leafy and tree-lined-street area of London, but recently, the council seems to have decided that quite a number of trees are no longer required.

Now, some of these have proved to be deseased or otherwise on their way out, but I came across this one the other day...

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Oriental 17

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Here is another new version of this computer art.

Just the wet britches...

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It's a hard life...

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I have made and aquired quite a large amout of costume over the years and much of it is kept hanging on rails in the sewing room. There is not much space on each rail.

I was putting one of  the bishop's copes away the other day and , in the process, one of his day robes decided to leap from the rail.

When I picked it up, I discovered the reason for this.

This is the wire coathanger I extracted from it.

I did not alter this shape in any way and (briefly) considered giving it an odd title and entering it for the Turner Prize .

Unfortunately, I seem to be cursed with too much integrity...

So, instead, I put the day robe on a better( wooden) hanger and threw out the old one.

Until next time

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Oriental 16

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Here is a new version of this computer art.

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New Regency 4

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I have now tacked the interfacing to the front panels of the coat.

The  instructions said I should have already added the main pocket flaps, but I still need to work out how best to add the stips of bullion on silk I am using to decorate the coat, so I haven't made them up yet.

I think this will turn out quite well, however, as I plan to use the pocket flap to tether the lower edge of the interfacing.

Until next time

Adieu