Saluki Comic Con 2018 | #FeatureFriday2018

While the Saluki Comic Con at SIUC is still quite small (and honestly, still quite disorganized, but hey, we all start somewhere), in my opinion, it's what we have available in our area and as a student, I did very much appreciate the fact that I could get in for free.

I'd gone last year as Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy Advent Children, and after my love for yet another Japanese character was rekindled from watching Incredibles 2, I decided to go THIS YEAR as Edna Mode (1/2 German, 1/2 Japanese). I wasn't super thrilled about the idea of going to con in a glorified lounge robe though, so I went with her costume from the first movie. 

My costume consisted of:

• custom dress made by my friend, Gail (who you'll see later)
• K-beauty (Korea) glasses rather than overly giant glasses so that I could maximize its re-usability in future costumes
• Fake K-beauty bangs / fringe 
• Cigarette holder stick thing from Goodwill
• Official Disney store Edna Mode bag (Incredibles 2 based design), birthday gift from a friend

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Saluki Comic Con 2018

Going to a con is still a bit of a scary experience for an ambivert like myself with mild - moderate social anxieties, but going with a friend always makes it better! Gail (who made my costume) went as Naruto's Gaara. You can't see it super well, but she had a gourd bag that was SO COOL. That thing could carry a hefty amount if she wanted.

There were several interesting booths at con, a lot of indie artists and authors and lots of merch booths as well. There was a booth that was selling BTS merch, which while the quality wasn't worth the price they were asking for, it was nice to see that the boys were making it into Saluki Comic Con. lol XD

The Star Wars group that was there was really cool, but the introvert kicked in in FULL swing, so I didn't take any photos with them. Sorry! >_<

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Pictures with Alex

Our friend, Alex, went as Nora from RWBY for Day 1 of Saluki Comic Con and was part of a panel talking about Con Etiquette and some Cosplay Basics. 

I felt less than stellar on Day 2 of con, so I simply didn't go, but Alex was sweet enough to stop by so that I could see her Obi-Wan Kenobi costume (also made by Gail). Killing it, in my opinion. :)

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Pictures with Kevin

As I said earlier, one of the best things about con is going with friends, but the second best thing is running into friends you weren't expecting. One of these was Kevin, pictured to the left with a panda that someone said he should get because he's basically like one.
A fact I will 100% agree on. :)

I mean, just LOOK at the huggable friendliness that is Kevin >>>>>
I love my Indian brother. Can you tell? :P

Thanks for hanging out with us, bro! I hope you had fun for the rest of the time you were at con!

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Quick plug before I go, my friend, Hailey W. from SIUC, created this game called "Good Gods" for a summer course that we took where we designed our own original board games.

Truth be told, I made one as well that I may end up taking to Kickstarter or something later on in life, but Hailey's taking the plunge next summer to produce this game.

This is HONESTLY one of the most interesting board games I've ever played. Follow her on social media and keep tabs, guys. You will want to be in on this. It's SO. MUCH. FUN. I kid you not!!

I DO plan to go to other cons in the future, so if you know of one you think I'd like or if you think of any other cosplays I should try, I would LOVE to hear from you :)

~ Ariel

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