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2014 FantasyCon: Saturday 07.05

By Matt Brunk [matt.brunk@cybersoftworks.com]

Posted July 6, 2014 in Photos

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The final day of FantasyCon 2014 was the most anticipated and best attended.

Photography by Matt Brunk.

Christopher Judge giving a very candid and hilarious panel, a far cry from the seriousness of his usual character portrayals—particularly the great Teal'c. Photo: Matt Brunk

Joey from Geek Tyrant hangs out in his booth, fully-stocked with a couch, game machines and even an Atari with the infamous E.T., ready to torture the daring. Photo: Matt Brunk

Fantasy Con features lots of interactive areas, including this archery range for con-goers to test out their mad bow skills. Photo: Matt Brunk

Travis from Imp House already produces "Armageddon Preppin'—The Doomsday Readiness Game," but is hard at work on their next project: "Night of the Saucers!" Photo: Matt Brunk

Of the many musical acts popping up over the con. Bag-pipers—It's just not the same without them! Photo: Matt Brunk

Pirates and dragon-people, together forever. Photo: Matt Brunk

One of the more stunning artistic features of the con, the Fae Falls features a huge fountain depicting the age-old battle of dragon versus knight. Photo: Matt Brunk

Toby Froud, son of the designers behind The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, poses proudly with his own puppet design: Digby the puppet—featured in Froud's new short film, Lessons Learned! Photo: Matt Brunk

Juan and Q of The Society For Creative Anachronism posing in their armor in front of Emberfire Castle. Photo: Matt Brunk

The Society for Creative Anachronism showing off their brutal combat training, featuring hard weapons and heavy armor instead of the usual foam padding. Photo: Matt Brunk

More combat from the Society for Creative Anachronism. Fast and brutal, these fights are a joy to watch. Photo: Matt Brunk

Pandora Celtica, an A Capella group from Denver, traipses around the con, entertaining the crowds. Photo: Matt Brunk

Ronnie of Monster Hedz chilling at his booth, surrounded by the heads and horns of his conquered foes and triumphs. Photo: Matt Brunk

A fairy shopkeeper explains her wares to a con-goer at the Dragonfyre Apothecary booth. All-natural skin-care with a fantasy theme! Photo: Matt Brunk

The designer behind Eight Ball Gaming poses with his game, Solius: The Magic Castle. It's an action-platformer game featuring a knight trying to take back a magical castle. Photo: Matt Brunk

A magician displays his Two Coin Trick to a young, entranced fan. Photo: Matt Brunk

More Voodo Pearl Mermaids, this time posing in front of a sunken pirate ships—with skeleton pirates and everything! Also note the huge, intimidating snake. Photo: Matt Brunk

Dave Powell of Powell Arts Workshop working on his next piece. He is a local artist that currently makes costumes for local and national film productions, and dreams of working at WETA Workshop. Photo: Matt Brunk

An example of Powell Arts Workshop armor. The red armor on the left was even worn by Kevin Sorbo in Mythica! Photo: Matt Brunk

Elves posing for photos in front of Emberfire Castle, showing off costumes by Rachael Domingo Designs. Photo: Matt Brunk

Mark Sheppard, one of television's greatest "Hey, it's that guy!" actors, hanging out on the side of the stage during his panel. Photo: Matt Brunk

Mark Sheppard greeting a fan sitting next to the stage during his extremely interactive and fan-friendly panel. Photo: Matt Brunk

Simon Pegg raising SLC's roof. Photo: Matt Brunk

Simon Pegg is as hilarious in person as he is on the screen, seen here describing how easy it is to trick Benedict Cumberbatch into signing documents—like, you know, if you wanted a sex slave for life. Photo: Matt Brunk

Simon Pegg majestically posing for a portrait in front of a cheering audience. Photo: Matt Brunk

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