Merry Geekmas!

'Tis that time of the year again... And though we're not the biggest fans of mainstream Christmas decorations, we could not resist giving our home some Christmas cheer. It started off with a pair of antlers for Agent 47 (above), and then we just had to buy a few smaller hats and gifts for the children (aka our figurines).

Enjoy the pictures - we certainly enjoyed spicing up the Geek Cave with some subtle holiday themes!

A Red Claw Halloween: cosplay and loot haul

This past weekend, Red Claw Comix hosted their annual Halloween-time evening of cosplay, lucky draw, specials and a Magic: The Gathering tournament. We of course rose to the challenge, and decided to do the cosplay thing.

Marius went for his Bloodborne Hunter cosplay (you can check out more photos of this here), and Annalene decided on a Steampunk look.

Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

There were a bunch of other people who also rose to the challenge, ranging from a Freddy Krueger and a Wednesday Addams to a Kratos from God of War. Fun times were had.

First prizes went to Kratos and Harley Quinn. Photo courtesy of Red Claw Comix

Photo by Samantha Fouchè - check out her page Raiju Cosplay

Of course, we also could not resist buying a few items at the store, especially since everything was marked down for the evening, and Red Claw Comix gave out treat bags and stickers with each purchase. Both of us also placed second (in male and female categories respectively) in the cosplay competition, and we could not wait to spend the store vouchers we received as our prizes.

The full loot haul 

Sweeties!

We got some Warcraft buddies for Orgrim Doomhammer

Lothar - front view

Lothar - back view

Durotan in his Orcish splendour

Back view of Durotan

Another awesome purchase - a Daredevil bust

Daredevil can be used as a money bank as well

And last but not least - the cutest little Robin plushie ever!

One final pic of the two gaming cosplays of the evening 

New family member: Orgrim Doomhammer

On a Warcraft movie high (the movie was WAY better than the critics rated it, and the world of Azeroth was beautifully rendered), we recently popped into Red Claw Comix in Bloemfontein just to browse a bit (never a good idea - we invariably end up leaving with something we absolutely HAD to buy).

This comic book store has quite a large section of Funko Pop figures, and we were immediately drawn to this guy:

Orgrim Doomhammer from Warcraft just looks so badass as a Pop figure! Of course, in real life he is way bigger and scarier:

We decided to take him home with us. We would have loved to get the Durotan and Lothar figures as well, but they had already been sold out. Those two also look stunning, according to the pictures we've seen.

Neither of us really believe in keeping our collectables 'in original packaging', so we threw away the box before these photos were taken.

Welcome to the family, Orgrim!