Costumy thread returns once again: Toga Party thread 2!

POSTED BY: magdalena
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 8, 2007 11:01
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MAGDALENA

Monday, January 22, 2007 4:38 AM

Hello - there are more and more folk committed to attending Dragon*Con every day, so I thought it might be time to 'bump' the concept of the Toga Party and get some more creative juices flowing...

Seryn has given me her blessing to start a new thread - so here is the main one she posted at the start of the last thread with the most up to date info on who is going as whom:

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QUOTE: Originally posted by seryn:
ok, in this one, i'll keep an uptodate as possible record of all thie different gods and goddesses we can find/think of and who has snaffled them (not that we can't have duplicates, but the owners of the Hyatt wont be too happy at having the lobby destroyed by thunderbolts)

Ok, so Far

ATHENA - Goddess of War and Wisdom - CallmeSerenity

HADES - God of the underworld - Jadehand

ARTEMIS - Moon Goddess of the Hunt - Ash

APOLLO - Sun God, patron of Artists - Ath

ZEUS - King of the Gods, (Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening!) -

HERA - Queen of the Gods, protector of women - Seryn

HERMES - Messenger god, patron of travellers and theives wore winged sandals and helmet and carried staff - reserved for Cozen

HESTIA - Goddes of hearth and home (most widely worshipped, and most level headed goddess!) - Phoenix Rose("wise Hestia") & VerseExplorer("wiser Hestia")

HEBE - Goddess of Youth -

APHRODITE - goddess of love and sexuality (mostly naked in every pic i've seen!) - Hells Kitten

EROS - god of love, had those arrows that made people fall in love (man did that ever backfire)

ERIS - goddess of spite and mischeif -

DEMETER - goddess of crops and grain -

PERSEPHONE - Goddess of Spring and (unwilling) Queen of the Underworld - Magdalena

HEPHAESTUS (however its spelt) - crippled god of fire and patron of craftsmen, married to Aphrodite (the poor sap) -

ARES - bad tempered and violent God of War, is knocking sandals with Aphrodite (who isn't?) - Citizen

MORPHEUS - God of Dreams (apparently the ultra realistic one where you find yourself naked at an office party? check the link below!) - LightmeDark

PHOBETOR - God of Nightmares (Morpheus's brother) -

PHANTASOS - God of Dreams "Particularly the surreal ones where you're flying over a lake of custard and seventeen giraffes blow raspberries at you." (i like that guy, he's funny) - Simonwho

ok, now i'm just going to start copying them whole 'cause that guys much funnier than me)

HYPNOS: HYPNOS is the God of Sleep, which he induces with purest opium smoked through a horn. Obviously the God of Hyppies. - RiverIsMyGoddess

HECATE - up until now she was just a name i used to scare away jehovas witnesses. Ok "Goddess of Hidden Wisdom, Change and Darkness" (Queen of Witches)

SELENE - Silvery Goddess of the Moon. She is pale, beautiful and indefinably alluring - Mai

EREBUS - God of Primordial Darkness and son of CHAOS - Nicodemus

Keep letting me know guys, and i'll add to these little profiles as and when i can.

OK, now, I want to see piccies! END QUOTE
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Yeah - I want to see pic's too - and if anyone has any questions or wants to see the previous thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=11&t=25199

The basic guidelines are that you come as a Greek god or goddess and that you post your intention here...

TPage has also given us this link to an excellent website that has a list of Greek god/desses so if you are struggling take a peek:

http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?_gods-list

Enjoy - have fun! This is really Seryn's baby - not mine... thank you for starting this wonderful concept Seryn!!

Can't wait for D*C - now... start posting!!

EDIT: Here are a couple of very useful links taken from the previous thread:

MAI

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:14 AM

Thanks for the costume update. I think if I do this than I want to be Selene, the moon goddess. So, whoever wants Hecate can have her.

Still don't know much about putting together the costume. I'm assuming just find a pretty sheet and drape it and tie it together?

JADEHAND

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:31 AM

Oh good, I have plenty of time to find a pretty sheet. How about a black one, for Hades? I'd love to find a way to make/buy a suitable 2-prong staff.

"All these years
Truth In front of my eyes
While I denied
What my heart knows was right."
Neverland(Marbles)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:42 AM

Don't forget that the wonderful VeX offered to share Hestia with me!
I still need to learn to drape the gorramn sheet, though. Heh.

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VERSEEXPLORER

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:21 AM

Absolutely, PR and I are sharing the Hestia role. PhoenixRose will be the young Hestia, and I will be the . . . er . . . not so young Hestia.

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http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=20&t=25063&m=412141#412141

MAGDALENA

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mai:
Thanks for the costume update. I think if I do this than I want to be Selene, the moon goddess. So, whoever wants Hecate can have her.

OK Mai - your wish is granted! I have put Selene in for you and left Little Albatross beside Hecate!

This one will be fun - all shimmery and silvery... you will be a vision!!

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"I can put one foot in front of the other - I'm Magdalena, & I'm marching with the 76th" http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html

MAGDALENA

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
Absolutely, PR and I are sharing the Hestia role. PhoenixRose will be the young Hestia, and I will be the . . . er . . . not so young Hestia.

I have dubbed thee Wise Hesti & Wiser Hestia! I hope you are both happy with the wording!!

Please note folks - this is not my baby - it is still definitely Serentiy & Seryn's project - and she asked me to especially tell the boys that the lads don't actually have to be mostly naked if they don't want to be!

That doesn't meant they can't be though... does it Seryn??

EDIT: Though this is still not my baby and all questions regarding choice and costume etc should be directed to Serenity or Seryn you will have to either PM me, or reply to one of my posts if you want me to alter anything on the list - since I have realised that by posting it there - I am the only one who can edit it...

The Power!! Bwahahahahaha...

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"I can put one foot in front of the other - I'm Magdalena, & I'm marching with the 76th" http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html

CALLMESERENITY

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:55 PM

The toga boy (Who had the link to that website?) recommends NOT using sheets. They're not wide or long enough to work. He recommends buying fabric, which you can get pretty cheap, if you look around for it. Walmart and that sort of thing.

Here's his website: http://www.howtomakeatoga.info/

Seryn also found pages with easy patterns to make greek chitons and womenly outfits. But I don't remember those links.

Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8

http://callmeserenity.livejournal.com/

JADEHAND

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:08 PM

Oh, well, no sheets should actually make things easier. 6 yards eh? I'll sort it out sometime in the next 7 months. I should be able to find something nice in that time.

"All these years
Truth In front of my eyes
While I denied
What my heart knows was right."
Neverland(Marbles)-Marillion
visit WWW.Marillion.com for a better way of life.

CALLMESERENITY

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:14 PM

Magdelena, I've decided to let Ash be Artemis, since she really wanted to be, and I'm going back to my first choice, Athena.

Could you update the list please? Ash as Artemis, Serenity as Athena.

TQ!!

I had my Artemis costume all picked out. Gonna have to go back to the drawing board. BUT! I get to wear a fun hat! I want the fun hat!

Serenity,
President of The Juggled Gosling Chatroom
Bride8

http://callmeserenity.livejournal.com/

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