Welcome to a new season of Comic Cons and Renaissance Fairs!
For those not familiar, this is our 5th year of being a part of the ICT ComicCon and GPRF. We’ve made a bit of a name for ourselves by helping out other groups that get in a pinch setting up or running things, but we’re also growing our presence at these events. We’re not just the guys with a spare wrench, we’re getting known for bringing new and exciting features to the events.
There are a few things we’re planning to do before the events if you would like to help outside of the events.
Comic Con
- We’re known for a cosplay repair station, so we want to up our game with a changing room. We’re looking at bringing one of the smaller pop up tents to the event with some walls, but we need to come up with a Handicap accessible doorway as well as a way to accommodate people with tall cosplays.
- We’re looking for some exciting new things to display at the booth, our old box ‘o’ stuff is getting a bit worn out and not exactly reflecting of what people are making today. If you would like to lend something for us to use at the event, please let LaDeana or myself know
- We’re also making more use out of the castle, which means we will definitely be in need of help setting that up (it may end up behind their giant animatronic dragon)
Renn Fair
- Looking for help refreshing the ballista (new bow string, windings, and a good cleaning)
- The front and back panel of the tent need some TLC
- The problem with powerful seige weapons, is that the targets take a pretty hard pounding. The targets are showing their age and we need to glue them back together and find a way to make them more robust.
- There is some talk about building a 2nd seige weapon… if we can get a group together for the ballista, we might want to consider building a watcha after we (specifically me) got hit by a canon during the last game. Michael A is up for guiding this group if there are others interested.
- Another improvement we’re looking at is turning the towers into Arabian inspired wind catchers (medieval air conditioning). James and I are looking at trying to crank out a concept over the weekend, and if that is successful, we might take it further into something that looks more period correct.
Vending
If you are interested in vending at our booth during the Renn Fair, guess what? You can! But let us know first so that we can coordinate with the event organizer so that we can help you advertise as well as make sure there aren’t 4 other vendors already selling the same thing.
Want to help?
If you are interested, let us know, send an email, talk to us in person, or even reply to this post.
If you’re wanting to help out, we’re always looking for more help with setup and tear down for both events, especially with the renaissance fair. We do ask people to let us know before showing up if you’re going to help with an event, even if your on the fence. This it to help make sure we have supplies (like water, sunscreen, and gloves) for everyone as well as be able to point people towards the right places at the right times for the events.
| ICT Comic Con | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Setup Aug 29th | Rustin A | James L | LaDeana | Aaron G. | |
| Aug 30th (9:30-6pm) | Rustin A | James L | LaDeana | Aaron G. | |
| Aug 31st (9:30am-5pm+ tear down) | Rustin A | James L | LaDeana | Aaron G. |
| Great Plain Renaissance Festival | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Setup Sept 27th (10am - 6pm) | Rustin A. | Gretchen K | Matthew C. | Aaron G. | Michael A. | LaDeana D. |
| Sept 28th (9:30am - 6pm) | Rustin A. | Gretchen K | Matthew C. | Aaron G. | Michael A. | LaDeana D. |
| Sept 29th (9:30am - 6pm + tear down) | Rustin A. | Gretchen K | Matthew C. | Aaron G. | Michael A. | LaDeana D. |