Eurofurence!

[furtech]

Heya! I guess it's official now, so I can self-pimp that Steve (kvogel and I are the Guests of Honor at Eurofurence 13!

I'm pretty jazzed about this...must...be...worthy...

So if you happen to find yourself in Suhl at the beginning of September, stop by and say hello! Thank goodness Steve's going, too: he's a seasoned traveller, familiar with Germany and has unpleasant experience peeling me out of costumes. Plus, he's a whole set of cool stuff in and of himself: Albedo, the Albedo RPG, Civil War re-inactment, custom scale model aircraft, hurting himself, dogs-- you name it!

Must do research on getting large boxes from point A to point waytheheckoutthere. International airline security, here we come!

Comments

[burmecian-storm.livejournal.com]

Wow, congrats!

[crocuta.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!! :D

[kyyanno.livejournal.com]

Heehee, been looking forwards to the official announcement of this ever since I heard rumours! Finally, I get to see you and your work in person :D

See ya there!

[sailortweek.livejournal.com]

Congrats you honorable guest, you!
So what are you going to wear?

[diadexxus.livejournal.com]

WOW! Congrats Lance! You TOTALLY deserve it with your very cool costumes and Tutorials. :)

Gonna make a new costume for you to run around in at EF? :)

ENJOY!
-J

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Not sure yet...depends on what I decide to bring. I anticipate huge logistical problems getting more than a suit or two over...but I'll know more after the burst of cons in July.

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

Coolness!

[dustmeat.livejournal.com]

Not bad! Are they paying for your plane fare?

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yeah-- plus accomodations, too! This is going to be a lot of fun! The only worry is whether I can give 'em their money's worth of enrichment (that's a lot of Euro's!)

[penh.livejournal.com]

Woot! Herzliche Glückwünsche & schöne Reise!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Mosel! Saar Ruhr!

If I can find a couple of bottles of a nice beerenauslese or even a trockenbeerenauslese (!) I'll have my souvineers!

[foxfeather.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! How fun. :)

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

That's great! Spend some time partyin' around Europe too if ya can!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I'll probably just be there for the con: don't want to leave the dogs in the gulag too long plus Steve needs to get back to Bev. I've been to Europe before (but not for -years-), so that's not as big an issue. Mostly looking forward to meeting a lot of European fans and getting to experience a con with a different cultural slant. All good!

[bovil.livejournal.com]

Dude... schweet. I've done the GoH deal, but never in another country. Don't let them overwork you, though...

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Considering what I'm guessing they're spending to get us there, I suspect that Steve and I will do just about anything they'd be interested in.

[typographer.livejournal.com]

Coolness!

Congratulations!!!

[frysco.livejournal.com]

So I heard... Good on you both!

D'you realize that I'm being bugged to bring along Lutalo to EF now because of this? (It's all the idea of someone sting-y, y'see!) So I'd be interested to know about decent'n'cheap international shipping options too ;>

[furtech.livejournal.com]

It would be *great* to see Lutalo there! Besides, you make the suit look good with great performances. Much better than me tromping around!

[spunkywulf.livejournal.com]

Ho hoooo! It's about time that you landed a GOH! Super Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you, you totally deserve it. And in Europe, no less... that'll be fun for sure :) Make sure you wow 'em and have loads of fun... Congrats again!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Very exciting! I'll have to email you for tips!

[tcreynolds]

Wow, what fun! Congrats! Have a great time and don't eat too much weird stuff. ;)
I mean, eat lots of weird stuff!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Eat weird stuff! Just not frog or rabbit, hopefully. I've even had snails (snails prove that anything doused with enough garlic and olive oil can taste great).

[yarwick.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!  Fetch and I look forward to seeing you there in September. :)

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to seeing you and all the other Euro fans who haven't gotten to the States yet. Should be a lot of fun!

[aeto.livejournal.com]

Ahhh... Ich will Dar'Rushk zu Suhl laden, und vermutlich will ich den Fedex oder DHL für der Transport nutzen. Letzt Jahr habe ich den Deutsche Post und USPS für der Transport genutzt. Mit die bin ich keine Sorgen gehebt. Sie müssen mit Kasse zahlen.

OK, enough strugling through German. My German is terrible, in case you didn't figure that out from that broken text above. Slowly learning to make it better. :>

I will be shipping Dar'Rushk to Suhl, and will be using either Fedex or DHL for the transport. Last year, I shipped a costume via Deutsche Post and the USPS, and had no problems with either. You will need cash to post things from from Germany, though; few places take credit cards.

I'm planning on sending the package straight to the hotel, to arrive around 1 week before I do, since that's when the earliest of the staff start to arrive. I'm hoping I can arrange for Fedex or DHL to pick up at the hotel, and I don't have to manage to get the huge boxes out to the DHL office once there. (I'm leaning towards DHL, since they are a German-based company, with close ties to Deutsche Post, and the cost is about the same with either.) When I have spoken to Fedex, they claim customs aren't a problem. Going with DP/USPS, there was almost zero issue with customs, in fact, so I don't worry TOO much.

Had no problems bringing the (smaller) costumes out via airlines in years past either (last year, I brough it out via air and shipped it back before exploring the country). I was always more worries about customs on our side of the pond than in Europe, in fact. :>

You know... Just between you, myself, and Frysco, we may be getting close to the point where it would be cheaper to rent an air container from a freight consolodator. If you're interested, I can look into what costs are involved in that.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Freight consolidator might be an interesting way to go-- let me know what you find out. They'd deliver the container to the hotel, then pick it up when the con's over?

[hoshikaji.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Lance!!!!!!!