Now first of
all I must inform you that the journey from my hometown Edinburgh to Birmingham
took a long time due to traffic but beside that we made excellent time. We were
booked in at a nearby hotel for convenience due to it being cheaper and more
affordable (the more money we save on the hotel the more money that can be
spent on merchandise) so then we registered in the event and were given a
wonderful con bag, which included the programme for the events that had
wonderful artwork submitted by fans and map of the Leo of the building due to
the size of the building it would have been hard to navigate without it and an
amazing glow stick that was reusable and battery powered.
here is an example of one of the panels with the amazing team of Kita Con
We then attended the
opening ceremony (after a quick change of course of course as I was in my
travel outfit when I registered) in which the house rules and format for the
event were laid out including several jokes that would become the staple of the
weekend. The main joke that was the staple of the weekend was the phrase “Safe”
due to the safety officers that were briefing everybody on how to correctly use
the glow sticks their catchphrase of being safe and not safe became a staple
joke for all attendees during the weekend and personally it was a very funny
joke and made the event more community-based due to everybody having the same
sense of humour. The event also was 18+ so there were various panels
specifically for those of the devious nature for example there was a Yuri event
etc. photo bellow are the people who won the cosplay contest they were Mad Moxxi, Tiny Tina & Handsome Jack from borderlands and the real people were Pinnku, Miro & JediKnight
There were
also some really cool cosplays going around such as not only ones from anime
but also games like Danganronpa and League of Legends which is good because it
means that all types of cosplay are respected whether they were made or bought.
The atmosphere surrounding the convention was very good,
which overall created and memorable convention experience for myself. It also
gives me a new drive into understanding the ins and outs of cosplay
development, my hope is to make a cosplay for next year (I'm open to
suggestions). I also did meet some wonderful vendor's who were selling their
merchandise at the convention, Tofu Cute is a name of not as they were selling
a large selection of snacks and cute merchandise such as the Alpacasso Alpaca.
They were selling goodie bags of snacks which I could not turn down as I love
surprises and snacks. There were also sellers selling figures, model kits and
many other things. From what I can understand there was a lack of fake
merchandise which I consider to be one of the best things about the convention
the fact that they make sure to have the best things for the goers. over all it was amazing and I know im going next year so im planning next year already
Regards Fiona
