Re:Character Contest

[sivvrianBARRY]

Haha, my new entry shouldn't have that problem.

[Drunken Chinchilla]

Welcome Tawmis and Nice costume!

I'm looking forward to seeing James develope Mr Sneezy though

[Tawmis]

Welcome Tawmis and Nice costume!

I'm looking forward to seeing James develope Mr Sneezy though

There were some great submissions from what I could see. I was indeed honored to be picked as one of the possible finalist... but man, those are some great submissions over all, and I can't wait to see what gets done.

[Louisiana Night]

TALK ABOUT THE CONTEST PEOPLE!! !! !! !!

*heeds his own advice*

I think MadMan will win!

[koko_99_2001]

Hmmm...I like Wisteria.  Very cool costume...but of course, I love that era!  So I may be a little biased there

[sivvrianBARRY]

I like Cuatokomacen myself  

[Tawmis]

TALK ABOUT THE CONTEST PEOPLE!! !! !! !!
*heeds his own advice*
I think MadMan will win!

Heh, are ye the one who submitted MadMan? Also, are the profiles that are written up anywhere for viewing or commenting?

[Tawmis]

I think Wisteria made an astonding outfit. Elara also had a cool outfit, but the picture is blurry!
Cassiopia probably has my favorite one. I think she's so beautiful and so innocent looking. And just love the ... casual feel of the submission. Sir Bolas has a pretty rockin' costume. The only thing that threw me off for a sec was the thing on his head. But I think that's only cuz the picture's so small, I had to squint a bit. Sepultra is another one that's beautiful, her costume reminded me more of Night Elves from World of Warcraft/Warcraft III (I think because of the big elf ears and green hair color).

And for some of the others... French Maid... again, because of the picture... it looks like there's something in her mouth... or is it me?

And I am floored that Lilliana didn't make it in. She looks great, and has a nice costume.

And Marie... a shame we didn't see a head also... because um, everything else, looked uh, real nice.  

[Louisiana Night]

TALK ABOUT THE CONTEST PEOPLE!! !! !! !!
*heeds his own advice*
I think MadMan will win!

Heh, are ye the one who submitted MadMan? Also, are the profiles that are written up anywhere for viewing or commenting?

No.
He just seems to fill the part about "be creative".

That part of the contest hasn't even been finished yet.

You'll just have to , until Neil sees your post.

[Tawmis]

TALK ABOUT THE CONTEST PEOPLE!! !! !! !!
*heeds his own advice*
I think MadMan will win!

Heh, are ye the one who submitted MadMan? Also, are the profiles that are written up anywhere for viewing or commenting?

No.
He just seems to fill the part about "be creative".

That part of the contest hasn't even been finished yet.

You'll just have to , until Neil sees your post.

So Neil is the one who submitted it?

[Louisiana Night]

Neil=Yonkey=a KQ9 Director

I was just saying your question about the profiles(for when/if the profiles will be posted), would have to be answered by Yonkey(Neil).

Although, I somehow doubt that the Character Profiles are available for public viewing(at the moment).

[sivvrianBARRY]

If anyone's curious, I didn't just buy my mask. I designed it myself, although it is professionally made.

Obviously, it wasn't made for this contest, or else I'd be the biggest loser in the world for shelling out 100 dollars for the thing (as it stands that's not such a cool thing to do anyway, lol).

[Yonkey]

Just like Phase One, we'll be posting the finalists and runner-ups when the contest is over.  

And for some of the others... French Maid... again, because of the picture... it looks like there's something in her mouth... or is it me?

It's a white feather-duster.

And I am floored that Lilliana didn't make it in. She looks great, and has a nice costume.

Let's just say in the actual picture, she was looking a little "flat".

And Marie... a shame we didn't see a head also... because um, everything else, looked uh, real nice.  

I think the person taking the pic chopped off Kimmie's head.

[sivvrianBARRY]

Also, the non-closeup that wasn't posted shows the rest of my costume:

[Tawmis]

Pfft, if you enjoy the mask, then cost shouldn't be an issue. You only live once, ya know? Like the outfit I wore for the contest - the shirt and bandana were all a part of a Ren Fair outfit that I have assembled. The dagger is because I collect daggers (ye may recognize it from GLADIATOR, the movie)... have a whole wall of various daggers, and a wall of swords (some from LotR). Sure, they were all expensive... but like I said, ye live once. Might as well buy and enjoy the things that ye can while you can.

[Tawmis]

So pulling it BACK towards the subject (Character Contest) - I know there's a few active posters here who submitted into the contest...

Where did you get the costumes you used for the contest? Was it specfically for the contest? If not, why and where did you get the costumes?

Figure that might be fun to talk about (and perhaps get people in here stirring once more)

[sivvrianBARRY]

Well most of the things for my costume I just had lying around the house. The mask I designed and had made about a year ago, for no reason other than I wanted to design a lucha libre mask.

[Tawmis]

Well most of the things for my costume I just had lying around the house. The mask I designed and had made about a year ago, for no reason other than I wanted to design a lucha libre mask.

I dig the outfit... though it reminds me of the guy from Star Wars: A New Hope (the one who "narks" on Solo and the others to the Storm Troopers).

Also, what got ya interested into the lucha libre?

[sivvrianBARRY]

Well I'm not interested in lucha libre persay, but I've been a wrestling fan since I was a little kid. For my 3rd birthday I went to some WCW event. I think it was WCW at least, I didn't really follow wrestling I just liked it.

Anyway, I went on www.highspots.com looking to see how much wrestling ring costs and I saw you could get custom masks. So that's where that came from.

Anyway Tawmis, where did you get your costume? It's pretty damn good if I say so myself.

[Tawmis]

Well I'm not interested in lucha libre persay, but I've been a wrestling fan since I was a little kid. For my 3rd birthday I went to some WCW event. I think it was WCW at least, I didn't really follow wrestling I just liked it.
Anyway, I went on www.highspots.com looking to see how much wrestling ring costs and I saw you could get custom masks. So that's where that came from.
Anyway Tawmis, where did you get your costume? It's pretty damn good if I say so myself.

See, I think it's cool how you came about getting the mask. The whole childhood thing. Always kinda cool to find out where the roots of these ideas come from. :-)

For myself... the costume comes from the Ren Fair. We go to the Ren Fair every year, and we used to rent costumes (which are somewhat costly) and dress up for the Ren Fair. And I finally decided I would make my own, slowly but surly, since we go every year, anyway. So the first piece was the shirt, then the bandana thing. The daggers and swords were something I always collected, being a big fan of fantasy in general (which goes back to the 4th Grade, when my teacher read THE HOBBIT to the class!)

The picture submitted was actually taken before hand, when on the other Sierra forum (www.sierra.com), someone had started a fun thread called "So You Want To Be A Ninja" (or something to that degree). A few posted ninja pictures, then someone posted a pirate one, then the joke about Pirates vs Ninjas came about, then I took a mess of pictures trying to look as Piratey as I could! And that picture was one of them.

(Went over and dug up the thread)... Hope its okay to post, if not a moderator can be free to remove the link...

http://community.vugames.com/WebX?14@1.9hVqdVGz1JT.9263507@.f00ce78

(You will have to copy and paste the URL since the forum breaks it)

I even did a short movie/slide show with all the submitted pictures. (But took it down a month or so ago, because it killed my bandwidth)

Wow. So yeah, there's my rambling reply! (Goes to show, ye shouldn't ask me questions... I never seem to shut up... see what I mean?) :-p