Weird Al Yankovic (Tasmania, Australia)
Date: 26th March 2011
Venue: Wrest Point Casino
State: Tasmania
City: Hobart
Country: Australia
Weeks ago, this otaku trooper was told by his Squad Leader that he'd have a chance to appear on stage in armor while doing a little dancing and all that. In armor? Not like that hasnt happened to me before in a con. Coz at conventions, i tend to do nearly everything in armor except a toilet break or swimming .. or sitting down.
Stormtroopers can sit down after going thru quite a task, so we rather not. Its painful! Wasnt allowed to do recording when we were watching Weird Al perform on stage. The awesome part was .. we got special passes so we could go anywhere! Backstage and such!
For you anime fans out there .. i managed to do a couple of Hare Hare Yukai poses (Haruhi/Nagato) while dancing on stage when the time came! Hahaha!
Our R2D2 unit going rogue due to the over excitement of getting on stage! Apologies for sound loss, iPhone buggered up >.<
We had a whole room to ourselves and plenty of space to suit up and do our maintenance and all that
When u take cosplaying up a notch, we cosplay for the greater good. May it be fan service or fund raising.
One day, i will have one of these! Biker Scout
Trooper parts all over the place
The Garrison i am with is TAG (Terror Australis Garrison) .. soon Tasmania (a smaller state of Australia) will have their very own Squad.
Big boys and their big toys
The remote control to the droid
Cosplaying does not end young, if you have a mission, then u can cosplay forever with ur comrades!
Vader impersonating someone .. 'EVIL'
I was caught on camera doing some stretches before our routine practice
Yeah yeah i am the most chibi one among the lot.
We had special passes that allowed us to areas inaccessible to normal ticket buyers
Unfortunately i was not able to capture any pics during our performance with Weird Al on stage because i was in it as well. Our hosts were kind enough to provide us with drinks and meals!
Ah .. R2D2, if i had one i'd put an XBOX and PS3 into it.
Weird Al Yankovic himself .. the man of funny songs and references came to greet us personally! Group pic! Yeah!
The people responsible for keeping R2D2 running during the whole time.
Personal fanservice request from ur friendly neighborhood, Crimotaku =D
Weird Al was signing all kinds of stuff for us, from Uekeleles to armor pieces .. etc
I swear he never makes the same expression twice in every pic we take with him
She got her boot signed! LOL
After the personal fan servicing by Weird Al, we did our patrol around the casino
Doing mondo stuff .. mischief and all .. from guarding ATMs ..
To checking for pervs in the Ladies'
Troopers dont sit often, because we take too much time trying to!
The only pic i managed to sneak during the singing >.<
After event all tired and hungry! We all had fun and it was an awesome group effort!
LOL. Star Wars Coffee xD
Ahh good old Weird Al... the paradox that he is so uncool that he is staggeringly cool.
Determined to serve for the Empire.