2011 Texas Renaissance Festival 10/8

[trifin]

ill be there tommorrow also! probably spend a bit of time over by the pirates ship gazebo. the cast pipers are well known to me and have said if i bring my pipes that i can play with them. i hope they are up to it!!lol

[Zardoz]

Ya'll have fun! The way my schedule is going now, it looks like my next chance to get up there will be for closing weekend... see ya' !

[Iain Robb]

Well, that's a disappointment. I was looking forward to meeting you on Highland Fling weekend.

[Tobus]

I'll be there this Saturday (October 29th). Should be nice weather.

[Popinjay]

Here I am at faire!



oh. Just in case. I'm on the right lol
I will of course be in a kilt for highland fling weekend. Maybe even barbarian invasion.

[Tobus]

I was at TRF last Saturday. The weather was nice and cool, and the crowds were not too bad. Overall, it was a great day. Lots of weirdos, though, what with it being Halloween weekend. I saw costumes such as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man (with a hot Ghostbusters chick accompanying him), a guy dressed as a whoopie cushion, a dwarf painted blue and dressed like a Smurf, and other similar oddities.

I was pleasantly surprised, though, that skimpy chain mail has made a comeback. It's been years since I've seen so much female flesh walking around, pushing the limits of legality. Thank goodness I had a heavy sporran on!

By far the best costume I saw was this woman dressed in what appeared to be authentic French Renaissance style. She obviously spent a lot of time on this, and it had to be terribly uncomfortable. But man, it sure looked impressive!




My lovely bride of 14 years was looking particularly good in her wench dress...



I usually go to the festival in a kilt, but not as a 'costume' - just regular modern kilt wear. This year I decided to get into the spirit of the fantasy/romantic getup. I was not too thrilled about the look, but this is what I wore. It's a "Jacobite vest" from Geoffrey Tailor (circa 1985), a home-made "Missouri boatman's shirt", my usual Colquhoun tank, my home-made sporran, and my new Son of Sandlar boots.

[KWD]

I was at TRF last Saturday. The weather was nice and cool, and the crowds were not too bad. Overall, it was a great day. Lots of weirdos, though, what with it being Halloween weekend. I saw costumes such as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man (with a hot Ghostbusters chick accompanying him), a guy dressed as a whoopie cushion, a dwarf painted blue and dressed like a Smurf, and other similar oddities.

I was pleasantly surprised, though, that skimpy chain mail has made a comeback. It's been years since I've seen so much female flesh walking around, pushing the limits of legality. Thank goodness I had a heavy sporran on!

By far the best costume I saw was this woman dressed in what appeared to be authentic French Renaissance style. She obviously spent a lot of time on this, and it had to be terribly uncomfortable. But man, it sure looked impressive!




My lovely bride of 14 years was looking particularly good in her wench dress...



I usually go to the festival in a kilt, but not as a 'costume' - just regular modern kilt wear. This year I decided to get into the spirit of the fantasy/romantic getup. I was not too thrilled about the look, but this is what I wore. It's a "Jacobite vest" from Geoffrey Tailor (circa 1985), a home-made "Missouri boatman's shirt", my usual Colquhoun tank, my home-made sporran, and my new Son of Sandlar boots.

you guys look great, but i have to say, it is a little disappointing you don't have pictures of the chain mail......

[Zardoz]

you guys look great, but i have to say, it is a little disappointing you don't have pictures of the chain mail......

Well.... some of the chainmail girls' outfits might push the limits of our family friendly forum



on topic; there's a slight chance I might make it up to faire this Sunday...

[Tobus]

you guys look great, but i have to say, it is a little disappointing you don't have pictures of the chain mail......

I know. I'm such a goober - I always bring my camera, and then it spends most of its day in my sporran. By the time I think to dig in there, pull it out, turn it on, and take a picture, the moment has passed.

I did snap this one picture, though, of a woman wearing a short ruffly skirt that was FAR beyond the line of modesty. And another woman wearing some sort of skimpy fur outfit and face paint. Note the dollar bills stuffed in her bra...




I hung around for a while watching Circa Paleo, too. They always have such wonderful music. And I must admit to having a slight crush on one of their belly dancers (the one on the left, below).

[Zardoz]

I hung around for a while watching Circa Paleo, too. They always have such wonderful music. And I must admit to having a slight crush on one of their belly dancers (the one on the left, below).

The lovely and talented Jessica wins the heart of another fanboy