Cosplay Masquerade

The SoyCon Craftsmanship Masquerade is a collaboration of costumes showcased by attendees who spent time, money, and effort on their costumes for display or compete for awards.

Registration

Pre-Registration Forms can be found here: Download Cosplay Masquerade Pre-Registration Form

Send all forms to SoyCon@soycon.com or DgtlDrmStation@comcast.net

All registration forms are due July 1st, 2010.

General Guidelines

There will be only 4 awards given for this year's SoyCon.

Judge's Choice - Judges choose one entrant as their favorite costume.

Craftsmanship - Entrant who has the best costume based on how the costume was made. Original designs are welcomed.

Found Item - Entrant who has the best costume based on how well the costume was made with "found items".

Character Portrayal - Each entrant(s) will be given at most 30 seconds to portray their character.

Participants are required to showcase their costumes on stage.

Attendees and staff are allowed to participate. Judges & upper staff will be not eligible to participate.

Participants are recommended to do at least one pose and at most 3 poses in front of the judges and audience.

No surprises. This includes proposals, prop gunfire, streaking, etc.

Please don't leave anything on stage. You are not the only person who uses the stage. What is brought on stage, must be off the stage afterwards.

Check-in with Soy if you're pre-registered or you want to register.

Judges will be checking badges during check-in. Make sure you have one with you at the time of the check-in.

We are strongly encouraging for all participants to wear public appropriate costumes will be allowed to enter if costume is too revealing.

Craftsmanship and Walk-on entrants will not be allowed to participate in the Improv. Masquerade.

Groups are only equal to one entry.

Max of 5 Persons Per Group.

One entry can only win one award.

Judging Process

1.) Check-in or register yourself by checking with Soy.

2.) Once you're checked in, you will be asked to see the judges to be judged on your costume. Have your costume on and ready.

3.) Judges with will judge you based on what catagory you entered in.

4.) Please be prepared to answer any questions they ask you.

5.) Once finished, you may proceed to enjoy the rest of SoyCon until the cosplay walk-ons.

Cosplay Walk-ons

1.) Check-in with Soy for directions on where you need to be.

2.) You'll be asked to stay in a line until the show starts. Please stay in line and don't move out.

3.) Once the show begins, be prepared to model your costume.

4.) Walk on stage, strike 2-3 poses, and then walk off stage.

5.) Once the walk-ons are over, we will announce the winners of the cosplay masquerade. Stay within the area, your name might get called.

Craftsmanship Registration

Pre-Registration deadline is July 5th at 12:00am.

Any forms received (e-mail stamped) after the deadline will not be accepted.

Forms can be found either on the website or on the forums. You can also download them at the top or bottom of this page.

Capacity Entry Limit (30 Entrees)

Found Item = 10

Commissioned = 10

Craftsmanship = 10

Late entrees will forfeit their spots if fail to check-in or show up.

Let either one of the judges or Soy Sauce know if you cannot arrive by check-in, preferably before the deadline. There will be others on the waiting that would love to take your spot.

Signing up for the masquerade is possible, but it may be very limited. I highly recommend pre-registering. If you sign at con, there's a high chance that it could be filled already.

Coordinators or judges have final word in judgement.

E-mail SoyCon@SoyCon.com for any questions or concerns about the craftsmanship masquerade.

Masquerade Rules

Behavior

SoyCon will not tolerate with any foul language and/or inappropriate actions during the masquerade.

Be courteous and respectful to you other fellow entrants and staff who are part of the show.

Offensive or negative remarks or actions during the masquerade will result in disqualification.

For anyone to break these rules repeatedly with result removal from SoyCon.

Staging

SoyCon does not have a stage for masquerade presentation so please bare with us as we use a designated area as our “stage”.

All entrants must enter, present, and exit during your turn on stage.

Props

Live steel is prohibited. Any exposed steel will result in automatic disqualification.

Keep prop swinging to a minimal, preferably close to your body. Be cautious of your surroundings.

No firearms unless it has an orange tip. Do not fire your replicas.

No objects being thrown on or off stage. Period!!!

No fires, explosives, powder, or lasers. If a costume contains from kind of flashing lights, please notify the judges or MCs before the show.

E-mail SoyCon for any other prop related questions.