Londo Mollari

Character: Ambassador Londo Mollari
From: Babylon 5
Made: 2008
Awards: Part of a skit that won Judges' Choice in the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade

This was definitely not a costume I had ever planned to make, I'll tell you that! My friend Cordelia suggested a skit for the San Diego Comic-Con 2008 Masquerade that involved a bunch of sci-fi characters with big hair. My husband, who's a big Babylon 5 fan, said, "I want to be Londo!", the Centauri ambassador with an impressive sideways mohawk. Video and pictures from the skit are available here.

Anyway, I agreed to make the costume if he handled the wig. (He decided to make the wig bigger than it actually was on the show, to up the silliness factor of the skit.) Londo got a huge cheer from the audience when he first appeared! Still plenty of B5 fans out there. He's also worn the costume without the wig and people still recognized him, which I consider an unqualified success!

San Diego Comic-Con Masquerade 2008

Dragon*Con 2008
(thanks to Maggie and Kathy for the pics!)

Construction

Masquerade: Hairspray

Entry Title: Hairspray
Fandoms: Hairspray, plus many others!
Convention: San Diego Comic-Con 2008
Award: Judges' Choice
Producer/Director/Choreographer: Corli
Cast Members: Corli (Corny Collins), Caitlin (Hairspray dancer), Belle (Yeoman Rand), Rogue (Londo Mollari), Breanna (Syndrome), Angie (Bride of Frankenstein)

This one was all Cordelia! I had wanted to do my Disney/Bring It On idea for Comic-Con 2008, but we couldn't get enough people together. So Corli came up with this skit-- a bunch of big-haired characters dancing together to the song "Hairspray" from the musical Hairspray. There were six of us altogether in the skit; two "regular" Hairspray characters (Cordelia as "Corny" and myself) and four sci-fi characters:

Yeoman Rand (Star Trek original series)
Londo Mollari (Babylon 5)
Syndrome (The Incredibles)
Bride of Frankenstein (Bride of Frankenstein)

We had a great time with the skit, got a fantastic audience reaction, and to top it all off, we won Judges' Choice, which we were *not* expecting at all! Pretty awesome Masquerade. :)

Masquerade Photostage
(thanks to howiemuzika and onus for the pics!)