Tag: Holly Conrad

Try This at Home With Crabcat Industries: Building Badassery

September 25, 2012
Ash
cosplay, Editorial

We’ve been covering the creative folks at Crabcat Industries for ages now and are stoked to share with you the very first episode of their Nerdist series Try This at Home With Crabcat Industries. If you’re curious about Crabcat and what they do, you should check out Morgan Spurlock’s beautiful documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: a Fan’s Hope. Try this at Home aims to help viewers with a wide variety of projects from prop building to power suits. I can’t wait to see the freaking power suits!

PAX Prime 2012: Pre Pax Community Gathering Gallery

September 1, 2012
Ash
Conventions

Thursday night we had the pleasure of helping put together a small gathering of community friends in celebration of PAX: Prime, and we couldn’t have asked for a more memorable experience. What started out as a casual cup of coffee with friends turned into one of the most positive experiences I’ve ever had at a convention.

Comic-Con 2012: Comic-Con’s Coolest Cosplay!

July 18, 2012
Ash
Conventions, cosplay

Due to the sheer size of Comic-Con, some of the best cosplay on the planet can be seen within its hallowed walls. We figured we’d plop a little gallery here up on the site that highlights some of the coolest cosplay we got a chance to see this year.

Comic-Con 2012: The Nerdist Channel’s New Lineup Highlights Creativity

July 18, 2012
Ash
Conventions, Television

We love what both Geek and Sundry and The Nerdist are doing for pop-culture. By highlighting creative and intelligent individuals that typically don’t get a ton of attention, Nerdist Industries lets people know that it’s okay to be an art nerd, or a science nerd. Nerdist lets you know that it’s totally okay to be exactly who or what you want to be.

Comic-Con 2012: The Most Dangerous Women at Comic-Con Panel Features Some Familiar Faces

June 19, 2012
Ash
Conventions

his year is going to be pure grade-A madness. It turns out Katrina “Action Chick” Hill, who is known for her kick-ass SDCC panels, will once again be bringing the fire to this year’s SDCC. Katrina’s panel this year will feature tons of creative ladies from including some of the familiar faces we’ve featured here at NA: Abbie Heppe, Milynn Sarley, and Holly Conrad

PAX Prime 2011: Crabcat’s Costume Non-Contest Brings The Fun

August 27, 2011
Ash
Comedy, cosplay, Games

Last evening I made my way into the Unicorn theatre here at PAX (complete with Robot Unicorn attack music on.. loop) to relax a bit and check out Crabcat Industries costume non-contest.

Holly Conrad: The Nerd Appropriate Interview

August 22, 2011
Ash
Interview

Holly and the folks at Crabcat are in many ways one of us, massive fans of video games and nerd culture who just happen to be a whole lot better at costuming than many of us will ever be. Check out our conversation with Crabcat’s Holly Conrad!

Comic-Con 2011: Mass Effect March – Spectres Vs. Zombies

July 27, 2011
Ash
Conventions, cosplay

While wandering the streets we happened to run into the 2011 Comic-Con zombie walk which was as confusing for them as it was for us. Honestly, there was something incredibly gratifying about stabbing a fake-zombie with my fake omni-blade. Check out the video below.

Mass Effect 3: Early Look at Crabcat’s SDCC Garrus Costume

July 11, 2011
Ash
Conventions, cosplay

Have a look at Crabcat’s Garrus sculpt by Neil Tambini and tell me that it isn’t incredible.