Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

John Barba

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

John Barba is a local Missoula artist and cosplayer who got into MisCon and fandom at MisCon 27 because his kid runs MisCon and he couldn’t escape it any longer.

In both his art and his cosplay, he works mostly with sheet metal, leather, fiberglass, and paint. Most of his artwork is the old art of chasing and repousse, but he’s been working on foamsmithing this year.

He has created a number of memorable costumes, including Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Iron Man, Magneto, a Cylon, Stan Lee, Rorschach, RoboCop, Jango Fett, Jack Sparrow, the Night King, and the Rocketeer. In creating these costumes, he uses a variety of things, including pepakura, 3D printing, metalworking, leatherworking, building small electronics for light and sound, etc.

Scheduled Panels and Games:

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(Tentative)

• Thu 7:00 - 7:50 PM, Meet the Artists: Speedfriending Edition, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: John Barba, Justin Barba, Bruce Brenneise, Michael Brugger, Echo Chernik, Jayel Draco, Dragon Dronet, Brian Grinnell (Belsac), Cheyenna Krone, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Randy Pepprock, Nikki Rossignol McCoy, Steven K Smith (SKS Props), Jeff Sturgeon, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Lacy Zee (Vox Moxxi)

  If you want to get to know some of MisCon 40's artists, this is the place for you! It's like speed dating, but without the romance. We'll provide lists of question prompts to help break the ice (though you can ask whatever you want), split everyone into pairs, and run quick 3 to 5-minute rounds before rotating to a new conversation partner. Come swap stories, talk art, movies, anime, pop culture, and make a new connection.

• Break Thu 7:50 - Fri Noon
• Fri Noon - 12:50 PM, Dragon & John Prop Making Demo, Fairy Pavilion
  Panelists: John Barba, Dragon Dronet

  Hollywood Propmaster Dragon Dronet and local artist/cosplayer John Barba will demonstrate and discuss the art of repousse and chasing (hammering sheet metal), especially as it pertains to making armor and props.

• Break Fri 12:50 - Sat 4:00
• Sat 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Repousse & Chasing Demo, Fairy Pavilion
  Panelists: John Barba

  MisCon artist John Barba will demonstrate the old art form of repousse and chasing (beating sheets of metal into shapes and designs).

• Break Sat 4:50 - Sun Noon
• Sun Noon - 12:50 PM, Cosplay Chess Practice, Great Hall 3
  Panelists: John Barba, William Castle, Kyle Elliott (Big Kyle), Gabby Kaiser (Mattykeehl), Samantha King (Sam), Lynn LilSnikSnak (LilSnikSnak), Mars Mars (Mars), Katie Pak, Elizabeth Shaw

  Practice for Cosplay Chess. If you are a chess piece, want to be a chess piece, or want to help run the game please show up so you can prepare for the big match.

• Sun 1:00 - 2:50 PM, Cosplay Chess!, Great Hall 3
  Panelists: John Barba, William Castle, Gabby Kaiser (Mattykeehl), Samantha King (Sam), Elizabeth Shaw

  Watch our live-actor-chess-pieces fight to the death at the whims of their commanding Chessmasters in a fantastic story of love, war, and just flat out insanity.