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fandomhigh2022-05-23 10:43 pm
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Tuesday, 3rd Period (5/24)
There was a soundtrack of retro, 8-bit video game music playing softly in the background today, because Steph would swear this stuff was great for motivation without being too distracting.
The pencils and markers and colored pens were back, too, along with stacks of graph paper and large-format blank sketch pads, but more notably there were some new things out on the tables: craft and EVA foam and carbon fiber rods in several pre-cut lengths, various scissors and cutting tools, glues, duct tape, paint, and othermoddable within reason craft supplies.
"How's everybody doing with their character creation so far?" Steph asked as soon as it looked like everyone was present. "Coming along? Hope so, because we're going to start with some hands-on work this week. I'm talking costume props and weapons here, people. It's gonna be awesome."
She did a little spin turn and gestured toward the table of supplies with a flourish.
"Now, just to be clear, this isn't going to be a combat heavy LARP, but half the fun is in wandering around and getting to whack each other -- lightly -- with foam swords and things," she added, holding up her hands for emphasis, then tilted her head. "Maybe half. Give or take. Point is, I'm not taking that part of the fun away from you."
She gave a quick overview on the basics of building LARP weaponry, helpfully demonstrating the various components as she did.
"As for costumes... be creative. See what you can come up with out of your own closets -- hell, your friends' closets, as long as you have their permission. If you want to spend your own money on stuff, I'm not gonna stop you, but it's not necessary. I'm a big fan of people exercising their imaginations in these situations, and sometimes all you really need is a cool hat, or a little bit of facepaint, and the fun of bringing your characters to life. The rest is just a bonus." Her expression got a little more serious. "Anyone who tries to make anyone else feel like their costume isn't fancy enough or whatever is not going to like what I have to say to them. Got it?"
And just like that the serious moment was over, and she was back to being upbeat and enthusiastic. "Okay! Anyone who still wants or needs help working on their characters, come and talk to me. And start thinking about what you want your character to accomplish in the actual story, because we're going to start working on that next week. Otherwise, go nuts coming up with your costumes, get started on building your props, work together as much as you want to. Just... maybe don't glue yourselves to anything, okay? Trust me when I say that can get kinda bad."
The pencils and markers and colored pens were back, too, along with stacks of graph paper and large-format blank sketch pads, but more notably there were some new things out on the tables: craft and EVA foam and carbon fiber rods in several pre-cut lengths, various scissors and cutting tools, glues, duct tape, paint, and other
"How's everybody doing with their character creation so far?" Steph asked as soon as it looked like everyone was present. "Coming along? Hope so, because we're going to start with some hands-on work this week. I'm talking costume props and weapons here, people. It's gonna be awesome."
She did a little spin turn and gestured toward the table of supplies with a flourish.
"Now, just to be clear, this isn't going to be a combat heavy LARP, but half the fun is in wandering around and getting to whack each other -- lightly -- with foam swords and things," she added, holding up her hands for emphasis, then tilted her head. "Maybe half. Give or take. Point is, I'm not taking that part of the fun away from you."
She gave a quick overview on the basics of building LARP weaponry, helpfully demonstrating the various components as she did.
"As for costumes... be creative. See what you can come up with out of your own closets -- hell, your friends' closets, as long as you have their permission. If you want to spend your own money on stuff, I'm not gonna stop you, but it's not necessary. I'm a big fan of people exercising their imaginations in these situations, and sometimes all you really need is a cool hat, or a little bit of facepaint, and the fun of bringing your characters to life. The rest is just a bonus." Her expression got a little more serious. "Anyone who tries to make anyone else feel like their costume isn't fancy enough or whatever is not going to like what I have to say to them. Got it?"
And just like that the serious moment was over, and she was back to being upbeat and enthusiastic. "Okay! Anyone who still wants or needs help working on their characters, come and talk to me. And start thinking about what you want your character to accomplish in the actual story, because we're going to start working on that next week. Otherwise, go nuts coming up with your costumes, get started on building your props, work together as much as you want to. Just... maybe don't glue yourselves to anything, okay? Trust me when I say that can get kinda bad."
Re: Work on Costumes and Props! (LARP Project, Week 3)
What she had in mind was pretty simple, maybe a nice robe or something like that, but what she was really hoping to find in the assortment of supplies was something to make a lot of pouches and pockets out of. That was definitely something she imagined a healer character wouldn't be able to have enough of!