Me as "Evening Adventuress"
Steampunk costumes are glorious things. My own effort was not contest-worthy (though I still had fun wearing it), but I was blown-like-a-zeppelin-in-a-hurricane away by the grand prize winners; a wheelchair tricked out with everything from a dangling faux gaslight to a metal-tubing cupholder, and a man with a wooden cabinet backpack that had moving gears, Tesla lights, and an array of other steamish objects too vast to describe here.
My quick take-aways from the weekend:
Most SF/F fans believe Bigfoot is also SF/F, judging by the Mystery Animal Panel.
Autographing tables really should be located someplace near the attendees.
Girl Genius is a funny and top class comic.
Panelists in the know mentioned Tobias Buckell and Paolo Bacigalupi and Catherynne M. Valente as some of their fave, upcoming novelists. My Amazon wishlist runneth over.
Concensus from the 2012 Apocalypse panel I sat on was that the big change will be a spiritual transformation rather than an all out Armageddon as in the movie. Whew! I can drive again without checking for yawning sinkholes to Hell every two minutes. And does this mean anyone can be Pope in 2012?
It is possible to go an entire weekend eating nothing but Con Suite and Green Room food. And those who do, really appreciate it.
With the exception of one argumentative dealer, SF/F people are the nicest and most mannerly of crowds. Maybe it’s because we have so much practice at keeping our monsters in our heads where they belong.
WindyCon36 attendees
Lindagodfrey's Blog 
You did great, GF! better you than me, I’m Imagination-less when it comes to costume design. I usually go as a Hogo, in one of Mike’s oversized shirts. Easy out~
Havea Scary Fangsgiving~
SandraStein
Looks like a very cool con. I would love to do a steampunk costume!
Last Spring Kat, Max and I ran into a bunch of steampunk folks at the Forevertron. They were all decked out in garb and had some cool looking rayguns and such. Max thought they were the neatest thing around.
Cheers,
Summerwind Bearwolf