LA Anime Expo 2015 in kilt

[OC Richard]

LA Anime Expo always falls on or near my daughter's birthday so once again we did the father/daughter thing.

(No pics of her, she gets annoyed when I try to take her picture, oftentimes.)

So, one sees many things like this, elaborate costumes that I have no clue about



The two outer characters are from "Attack on Titan" my daughter informs me. In the middle is Zelda.



Here I am with... well, I have no idea. But she asked to have her pic taken with me, so I turned tables and asked likewise. I'm in non-authentic Anime Expo mode, more or less Boer War. No, the cylinder with the strange face isn't emerging from my helmet, it's an optical illusion, I hope.



And here's a giant rat!



And a girl with wings!

[SayBurr]

terrific look! I like what you have put together.

[Tarheel]

When the opportunity arises that you attend such a display of unusual costumes, accuracy falls to the way side. Your "more or less" arrangement makes you look like another action figure of the illustrated periodical genre.

[OC Richard]

It was odd, people kept coming up to me and saying "Jumanji?" or "Jumanji!"

One guy even said "Please tell me you're from Jumanji!"

I had to admit I've never seen Jumanji.

But later I Googled it and found out what the deal was: there's a character in Jumanji that wears that same pith helmet. Maybe next year I'll do that costume!

[OC Richard]

terrific look! I like what you have put together.

Thanks! Here's the real Boer War uniform of a piper of The Black Watch.

[cessna152towser]

Great pictures, Richard, you certainly know how to enjoy life and have fun in L.A.

[kiltedtom]

Richard,

Great photos. You are far ahead of me in knowing what character is what. I do not have the benefit of anyone who could fill me in. LOL Love what you did with your outfit. But I have to ask, the picture of the Boer War soldiers, the uniforms look hot enough, but the poor bloke in the leopard skin had to be mighty uncomfortable: quite interesting looking but uncomfortable. And by the way, sit down and watch Jumanji. It was a good film for Robin Williams.

By the way, happy holiday weekend to you and your family.

Tom

[Thekiltedmohawk]

I first thought you tried to be the Scottish version of Van Pelt of Jumanji! Great pics!

[OC Richard]

thanks guys!

About the leopard skin, I think the British regiments started doing that when on service in India: the bass drummer would wear a tiger or leopard skin to protect their uniform from wear and tear from contact with the drum. Now these animals are endangered and the skins very valuable, but evidently in the 19th century the skins were far cheaper and easier to obtain than a uniform jacket which had to come all the way from Britain.

Many British military bass drummers and tenor drummers wear these skins even today, either old ones which have been in the regiment for 100 years, or new ones made of faux fur.

Here's a modern-day bass drummer and Pipe Sergeant of The Black Watch nicely showing the tiger skin.