Costuming Guests, Pros, and Panelists
MisCon 38
Everything related to costuming: learn how to make your own costumes of different types from steampunk to Star Wars to Victorian dresses to monsters.
- Eekie and Snow Cosplay
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Montana natives Eekie and Snow are ready to help you create and conquer the costumes of your imagination. Eekie has been an active performer for 6 years and a costumer for 10 years: crying and sewing her way through many an event and creation. She specializes in cosplay that can be worn for performance purposes whether it be for dance, music, or LARP as well as thermoplastics and EVA foam armor. Snow has been an active costumer and prop builder for 4 years. She specializes in working with thermoplastics, craft/EVA foam, and electronics to bring an otherworldly flair to the design. They have been a team for the past 6 years and look forward to sharing their passion with you.
- BJ Allen-Prudden
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BJ is a Montana cosplayer and long-time MisCon supporter. She's also involved with Ookisoracon in Helena, MT.
- Lynn Bailey
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Lynn, or Lil Snik Snak graduated with a major in Costume Design and Technology. She often jokes that costuming is her only life skill but also has hobbies in poetry, history, fashion, and performing. Snak proudly invites everyone to follow and join Zootown Tea and Missoula Cosplayers to get in on the Missoula costuming scene! For more details or to ask questions about cosplay feel free to ask her in person at Miscon!
- Chris Blazer
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Chris has long helped make MisCon happen, especially working in costuming.
- Becky Cass
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Becky is MisCon's Vice Chair (and has been for years). You'll probably see her running around the convention putting out fires.
- Jinx Chadwick
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Jinx is a local cosplayer just wants to talk about nerdy stuff and cosplay who has been cosplaying for about 7 years. They have been involved in much of the Missoula cosplayer scene from competing in the MisCon costume contest, attending Zootown Tea, to performig in Cheeky Geeky Vaudville
- Jessica Fuerst
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As a designer, costumer and entertainer, Jessa-Kate has thirty years of passion for historical fashion, twenty years of interest in corsetry and over a dozen years combined in dance.
Growing up on the east coast inspired the love for historical fashion, and watching Rodgers & Hammerstein, classic MGM and 20th Century Fox musicals inspired a love for dance.
- David Gianforte
- Gail Glass
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Gail is a retired recreational therapist who has done con costuming for 20 years as well as workshops on healing dance.
- Robert Grey
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A member of the multiple award winning Sakura Rangers. Robert helped start the organization and has led them to over a dozen awards and hosted multiple events/conventions. Most recently he's hosted Cosplay and Skit contests at Sakuracon and Kumoricon as well as guested at Montana's own OokiiSoraCon.
- Desirée Greystone
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Desiree's first con was MisCon25 (Silver). She won best of theme for her Silver Steam Punk Outfit, and 3rd place overall...And she was hooked. She is thrilled to be judging the costume contest for the second year at MisCon.
When she is not working on costumes for Cons, she creates costumes for her local theatre. And, oh yeah…she makes her living as an art teacher at two elementary schools in Pullman, WA.
You can follow her on Instagram as she works toward opening an art gallery and art supply store in Pullman. Instagram.com/Greystonegrandgallery - Kurt Jagielow
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A Missoula cat and cosplay photographer, often found experimenting with vintage lenses and unusual film stocks when not at home sewing or reading Warhammer novels
- Stephanie Jagielow
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Stephanie is a local cosplayer and nature photographer who loves to crochet and read fantasy adventures.
- F.R. "Diz" McNeil
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Diz is an enthusiastic costumer with a love for fantasy, nature, cats, and art as a whole. He has worked professionally as a costume designer and technician around the state for 14 years, including work on private commissions, cosplays, theatrical plays, and films.
- Erika Noble
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Montana natives Eekie and Snow are ready to help you create and conquer the costumes of your imagination. Eekie has been an active performer for 10 years and a costumer for 15 years: crying and sewing her way through many an event and creation. She specializes in cosplay that can be worn for performance purposes whether it be for dance, music, or LARP. Snow has been an active costumer and prop builder for 12 years. She specializes in working with thermoplastics, craft/EVA foam, and electronics to bring an otherworldly flair to the design. They have been a team for the past 12 years and look forward to sharing their passion with you.
- Lily Oliver
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Montana natives Eekie and Snow are ready to help you create and conquer the costumes of your imagination. Eekie has been an active performer for 10 years and a costumer for 15 years: crying and sewing her way through many an event and creation. She specializes in cosplay that can be worn for performance purposes whether it be for dance, music, or LARP. Snow has been an active costumer and prop builder for 12 years. She specializes in working with thermoplastics, craft/EVA foam, and electronics to bring an otherworldly flair to the design. They have been a team for the past 12 years and look forward to sharing their passion with you.
- Katie Pak
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I am the owner of DigiKat Cosplay in Missoula MT. I have been cosplaying for over 20 years. I love all areas of cosplay spanning numerous fandoms, especially the underdogs.
- Kelsey Rocheleau
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Kelsey, aka Small Maus, has been casually cosplaying since 2014. Maus was taught how to sew at the age of 5 by making cat toys with her grandmother. She loves to learn new crafts and hobbies, which has brought her to learn leather work, upholstery, and now her job at Kerr's Drapery shop. If she is not sewing she can be found hiking with her pup, Woola, or trying her best to playing computer games with her husband. Maus looks forward to meeting many new people at Miscon this year!
- Nikki Rossignol McCoy
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Nikki Rossignol is a mom, illustrator, art teacher, dancer, mythology buff, and poet from just outside of Missoula, Montana. She has illustrated a mythology-based brand for Down The Road Brewing Company in Boston, MA, worked as a court-room sketch artist for Dateline NBC, and as a concept artist for Peach Pit films. She has danced with Donlavey and Mimoda dance companies in Los Angeles, and for Chicago Opera works.
- Meagan Scruggs
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Hair and makeup artist: I can make you pretty or scary....or both!
- Elizabeth Shaw
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Elizabeth has been sewing since her cloverbud days in 4-H. In college she started working seasonally for the Missoula Children’s Theater, where she learned pattern manipulation, draping, drafting, and costume history. Elizabeth has been full time at the theater for 6 years.
- Steven K Smith
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Steven K. Smith, also known online as SKS Props, is an award-winning artist, fabricator, and owner of SKS Prop and Costume Supply. While he makes and sells professional-grade cosplay props and replica costumes, his goal is to teach people the techniques and fundamentals they need to create their own props and costumes.
Steve has uploaded over 200 instructional cosplay and prop videos to his Youtube channel, SKS Props, and is active in various Facebook cosplay communities.
- Raye Squires
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Raye, otherwise known as Cryocaeruelo, is a Missoula-born and raised cosplayer, specializing in (and adoring) wigs primarily. A colossal nerd, he's joining Miscon38 as his 2nd time attending and he's excited to share his knowledge that he's acquired with cosplay and answer any questions thrown his way (especially about those pesky wigs!)
- William Sutton
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Hello! My name is William, I am a certified personal trainer, a cosplay enthusiast, and a lightsaber class instructor. I've studied martial arts and athletic training for a few years now to better emulate characters i admire and to help others do the same. i have a growing passion for the gaming world, a decent understanding of horror as a genre due to much personal research and i often find myself watching multi hour long video essays on the subjects i enjoy. my goal is to make more things accessible to people by understanding it myself and communicating back to people in a way that conveys those points to people in a digestible way.
- Zootown Tea
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Zootown Tea is a Missoula cosplay group dedicated to bringing our community together. We put on tea parties in the summer and photoshoots year round. We are so excited to hang out with your wonderful people!
- Jason Tupeck
- Katie Wahler
- Lacy Zee
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Lacy Zee is an international tattoo artist with over 25 years in the industry. She currently tattoos at Inked Expressions in Chattanooga, TN & at Blaque Owl Tattoo in Missoula. Her style ranges from realism and portraits to the exaggerated New Skool style. She also enjoys costuming, prop fabrication and cosplay.
Since 2011 Lacy has been plunging audiences into shock and awe as Vox Moxxi. Founder of The Illustrated Circus Burlesque and Sideshow and one of the founding members of The Cigarette Girls Burlesque, Vox brings classic and Neo burlesque to the stage with a sensual flare. But when Her Sexcelency Vox Moxxi graces you with her Sideshow burlesque acts... You'll never be the same