Getting set to ramp up 2015

​1st half of 2015 events list. All events tentative except SnF and Megacon

February 7 Boggy Bottom Auto Fest
February 17 Mr Big concert
February 21 Planes Trains and Automobiles

March 1 Kennedy Space Center and VAC
March 8 St Pete Festivals of Speed
March 15 TICO Warbird Airshow
March 21 Melbourne Air and Space show.
March 22 St Pete Grand Prix

April 3 Fast 7
April 10-12 MegaCon
April 22 and 26 Sun N Fun

May 8 VE Day 70th in DC (If in any way possible)
May 24 Omni Con

June 7 Star Wars Weekends

July 25-26 Fanboy Expo

August 1-2 Tampa Bay Comic Con

COOOOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!! (In a Shatner voice)

As many of you are already aware, this weekend I attended the Fanboy Expo Tampa here at the Hilton downtown.  UNLIKE my usual attendance to these events, though, I wasn't working in any capacity whatsoever, whether as crowd control, photography, or as companion/gopher to the Celebrity guests, but this time just went as a fan.  And, since a few of the people I've been lucky enough to meet through Cons in the past few years are amongst the best in Cosplay, I thought I'd try my hand at it.

Since Jewel Staite and Sean Maher were the featured guests, I decided to go as Jayne Cobb, the Hero of Canton.  As you will see below....I wasn't the only one! (Although I was the tallest)

Shiny.  Let's be bad guys.  Anyone remember the grenades??

There were quite a few of us in Firefly gear, and an improptu group Browncoats shot was arranged:

 Loved this group shot so much I'm posting it from both photographers I met at Fanboy Expo, Travis Kirk and Justin Rentz.  Which reminds me......Gents, I need to order 11x17s of these from each of you!!!!

 

The "Official" photo with Sean and Jewel

 

The rest of these from Fanboy Expo are from MY camera ;)

I always seem to find a Shindig Kaylee whenever Jewel is around....takes some talent to make that frilly "Layer cake" dress!!

Got to meet another of the amazing Cosplayers on the circuit, and tell me that this Wonder Woman isn't pretty much perfect!

At one point in the afternoon, Jewel and Sean went out to goof off with a couple of the R2 units at the convention.  I fired off three or four quick shots as they started to get mobbed by photographers, and of those, I loved this shot the best, and, apparently they did too, since it showed up on both of their twitter and instagrams!!

I hope you all enjoy the pictures half as much as I did the event itself!!!

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