Con crunch catches many cosplayers out, when things don’t go to plan or “one more thing” takes hold. It got me good at the last comic-con, as I mentioned earlier in the week. In the wee small hours of Friday into Saturday, a thought came to mind. What if con crunch was actually a mischief making character who comes to visit. I imagine them feeding on the nervous energy build-up to con and causing havoc to make that increase.
Introducing Capt Con Crunch, they are the personification of the things that go wrong on a cosplay build. Paint that takes too long to dry, 3D prints that go wrong. Ideas for extra props that take hold of you so strongly, you put aside what you are working on. New techniques which you decide to use unpracticed, etc. You know the sorts of things – comment and tell me your stories.
It is like the man with the hammer who you meet on poorly planned, long bike rides.
Cycling folklore speaks of “The Man With the Hammer”. He will cause you to go from smoothly spinning your pedals to pedaling squares. He strikes when your mind takes more from legs than your body can provide.
The idea is never to meet him. Con crunch isn’t great, though the urgency of it all can feel like fun. It leads to doing things in a rush, skipping the second layer of primer etc. This time around, rather than rushing Dagur, I’ll do it properly and have a costume I’m happy with and not one I’m disappointed in.
I’ve also created a silly new character from all of this, so I expect Capt Con Crunch will return in some form over the next few months.
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