Steampunk Festival: Sunday

[vilakins]

Later than I'd planned, but here's the last lot of photos.


Taking a traditional tintype photo


I was intrigued and got one. Not a good shot, taken unflatteringly from below, and it was very hard to take a photo of the plate as it was extremely shiny; I had to crop out lots of reflections. I should have worn the curly wig; it would have looked better (see below).
And huh! I just realised why it looks odd; it's reversed. I wonder why.


And this is the shot of me that ended up in the local paper last year, snipped from the online edition. Yep, back to the wig next year.


And more up to date - hamster cheeks me! My goggles are very like the real aviator ones I wore for the Tiger Moth flight.


A couple I encountered. She not only has the same raygun as me; she has one of the teacup-and-saucer holsters attached to her belt.


I thought Monster Teapot Racing would be, well, monster ride-in teapots like this one. I was wrong.


It was the a few of the same teapots raced yesterday, but in an outside area. You can see the real monster teapot to the left. I was disappointed I didn't see it being driven.


Closeup of a contender


The only reason you get this one, taken by someone else, is that I'm in it in the front row right below the right-hand frame of the furthest window. And man, it was cold!


And finally: parasol duelling which is somewhat similar to rock, paper, scissors.

• Plant (planting the parasol on the ground in front) – rock
  
• Twirl (twirling over your shoulder) – paper
  
• Snub (opening the parasol out in front of you) – scissors

Here you see the plant and the snub.

There is talk of a gentleman's cane duel next year.

Comments

[judo100]

These are great! It gives a nice overview of the activities. And you found your sister in ray guns! Love the parasol dueling, which your photo captures nicely.

I keep forgetting it's winter there and you're cold. It's ridiculously hot here (95 yesterday), and I kept thinking about how much one would sweat in all that clothing. Much more appropriate for winter!

Yes, definitely go with the curly wig next time. You're probably already posted about this, but what is your persona about?

[vilakins]

I am Lucinda Augusta Throgmorton, intrepid airship pilot and explorer of strange new realms. Unfortunately I now know a real Lucinda who steampunks and she said she knows a couple of others adopting the name, so I may have to go by Augusta. :-)

[vilakins]

And yes, it's cold here, just hovering over freezing though it's rare to get snow near the coast.

Our Victorian festival is in November when it's usually rather hot for all those layers, though I do wear the wig. It was catching in the necklace, but I think I'll attach the necklace to my clothing next time to solve that problem - either as another fancier chain, or to the steampunk cowl I'm going to crochet.