Introduction to Dragon*Con 2004 Photo Gallery

September 10, 2004

Every year Dragon*Con brings together costumed hordes of science fiction, anime, fantasy, film and role-playing game enthusiasts in the nation's largest gathering of its kind. Dragon*con takes place over Labor Day weekend in Atlanta; this year it was September 3-6. The convention takes over the Hyatt Hotel and the Marriott in downtown Atlanta as well as various other venues in the area. Many participants attend in full costume of their favorite character. The vast majority of these costumes are made by hand, costing anywhere from $60 to $3000 in materials. Some costumes come together in a few hours; others take an entire year. In the photographs below and on ensuing pages, EntertainmentStuff brings you a small sample of the wide array of characters at this year's Dragon*Con.

Scroll through our photo album showing off some of the interesting costumes that we saw.


Darth Vader's costume came together over the course of a year. When he's not leading the empire, Vader is a Computer Network Technology student at Harrison College and a part-time grocery bagger.

Things


As always, The Thing looks mildly befuddled. Terry Peterson owns the eyes behind this Thing costume. It's made of individual 'rocks' of foam, all held together with rubber cement. It took 2.5 months and two people to put it together.


RPG, anyone?

Storm / Naboo


Storm from "The X-Men" uses her powers of manual kinesis to scratch readable 'words' onto this flat surface called 'paper.'


It's amazing how cheap Naboo tickets are now that the embargo's been lifted.

Leia / Maleficent


Definitely not the droids he was looking for.


Karen Harris as Maleficent from 'Sleeping Beauty.' Her costume took 40-50 hours to produce and involved hand-gluing thousands of individual beads to the cape.

Dark Helmets / Tuscan Raiders


Two Dark Helmets enter. One Dark Helmet leaves.


Who was supposed to bring the chapstick?

Clover / Thor


Twelve hours, two disemboweled umbrellas and a dollar store wig haircut later, Katherine Reed emerges as Sue from the anime 'Clover.'


The mighty hammer of Thor passed the gun check without incident.

Cap'n Jack / Edward Scissorhands


Johnny Depp circa 1990...


Depp circa 2003.

Fetts


Jango Fett uses his sharpened bounty hunter instincts to safely negotiate a revolving door.


Boba Fett made most of his costume from scratch, including his weapon but probably not the air fetts on his feet.

Myria / Sango


Andrea Zempella's Myria costume from "Robotech" and "Macross" features a custom helmet made from fiberglass, Lexan, foam, bondo and weatherstripping.


Beverly Young dressed as Sango from "Inuyasha."

Seras Victoria / Scary Child


Gypsy Long as Seras Victoria from "Hellsing."


This baby costume took over 9 months and two people to produce.

Vader / Minotaur


More remastered footage from the new "Star Wars" DVDs.


Jason Lacey constructed this Minotaur costume for an RPG (role playing game). In the next revision, Jason will add the ability to shoot clouds of CO2 from the nostrils.

Nymphs / Predators


Frightening predators...


...lovely fairies.

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