GameDweeber

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Hey there! I've got a small handful of panels for you all at this year!

THE IMPORTANCE OF HANDLERS
Friday, July 19th (2PM - 3PM) - Panel Room 4
- Cosplay & conventions are fun, but what do you do when you cannot do it all on your own? Learn why handlers are just as important as your build process! One of my handlers ("Dweeber-Mom") will be there to answer any questions for you!

MEET THE JUDGES
Friday, July 19th (3PM - 4PM) - Panel Room 1
- Nervous for your first cosplay competition or seeking reassurance as a seasoned cosplay-veteran? Wondering what to prepare before the big day? Stop in to meet your 2024 cosplay judges! I will be presenting this panel alongside the amazing & !

BIG BUILDS 101
Sunday, July 21st (9AM - 11AM) - Panel Room 3
- Want to branch out into the world of larger-than-life cosplay? Drop by to get a behind-the-scenes look into my mind - how I start the build process and make a plan to follow through. As a bonus, I will have the original AND new Ryu there to showcase the dos-and-don'ts of big builds.

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I'm so excited to be presenting at all of these for you! Don't forget to drop by the masquerade on Saturday, July 20th (7PM - 9PM) - I'll be pre-judging through the morning/afternoon that Saturday, but I'm aiming to be walking around as Monty & Ryu between things!

See you all soon!

The con crunch is real 🫠

This is the part of the process that is super rewarding, the final stretch before con. It's a point where you wonder why you didn't do that one thing weeks ago, why you're spending the time to figure out that one extra detail, and altogether, you question your sanity. You balance your adult life with the dream of making a character a reality, the latter of which REALLY wants to surpass the former. I often ask why I do this to myself, but then I look in the mirror and remember.

If you're ever doubting yourself in those final weeks before con, take a look in the mirror. Put on your cosplay and look how far you've gotten - you made that!

Six years ago, I would have never considered that this is where Ryu would be. I am so excited to show all of you the new and improved dragon that is a piece of me. ❤️
Realism is definitely my cosplay comfort zone and I'm truly seeing that shine here. I won't be able to finish all of the little tiny things I'd like before con, but you guys will be able to see what 2 years of hard work looks like!

See you all soon! 🐊

P.S. - I hope you like my bathroom. 🦖

Con crunch is real 🫠

Motivation has been kicking my butt lately between everything life is throwing at me. I'm bound & determined to get Ryu finished within the next few weeks here. I will definitely be doing some touch-ups after con, but for now, here we are. Ryu's tail is [mostly] painted, and with one of the largest pieces out of the way, I can focus on finishing up the little things.

Stay tuned. Can't wait to see you all again 🙌

This weekend, I finally started painting new Ryu's tail! I've still got some building to do on other pieces, but things are really starting to come together now. I'm really excited for everything to come together and simply cannot wait to share it with all of you!

I'm proud to say that I was able to make the majority of this tail out of foam!

Stay tuned for updates! Thanks all who dropped into my livestreams a few days back to support the process!

AAA I'M EXCITED FOR THIS

Hi, it's me - GameDweeber! I am beyond honored to be one of your special guests & cosplay judges for this year! I'm excited to bring my special effects, animatronic, and big-build knowledge to share with you all. I can't wait to see what everyone brings to the contest this year!

Come to Green Bay, WI from July 19th - July 21st to see Montgomery Gator & my newest debut of Ryu Morrowmere - that dragon is getting a facelift and Kitsune Kon will be the first to experience it!

Be sure to check out the accompanying judges, too! Ecnoftw_cosplay & Meow Meow Cosplay are two fantastic individuals I am blessed to be judging beside.
I can't wait to meet all of you!

https://kitsunekon.com/programming/guests/gamedweeber/

Yooo what's this??
sent me some really cool paints to try out! I got to test out their FolkArt Murano Glass Paint line on some of Ryu's new potions (or are they poisons? 👀 you decide)

I'll be honest - I have never used anything like this before. It was a REAL learning curve and I'm still trying to figure it out. I used some stencils to try and add some designs to my green bottle and it sort of turned out (I used their metallic gold for this one). All the more room to experiment!
For the pink, though? Omg I am in love!! Their frost glass paint REALLY looks frosty! It catches the light perfectly too!!

Swipe to see the products/colors used on this particular set!

Stay tuned for a video on these paints! They are definitely worth checking out!

Hey! Something a bit different from my usual content.

My car decided to take a lil bit of a crap and it needs some fixing. I'm in need of some extra funds within the next two weeks so I can cover this! I need $600 to cover the cost of service & parts, so I'm opening my woodburn/pyrography commissions early this year!

These typically open up around October, so you guys get an extra bonus of some neat, handmade artwork before the holidays! These are crafted entirely by me on natural wood. I have done SO MANY over the last several years. It's gifted me a little glimpse into people's lives, to hear about the life of their pets and what good memories they've brought them.

I typically work in 2-hour increments when I do these, particularly because long work sessions take a strain on my wrists. This is not a stamped image - it is sketched out, then carefully burned with a high-temperature pen and heat gun. There are little divots and varying values you'll see upon receiving your piece - this is the art of pyrography!

Shipping available to the US & Canada for $15USD. Additional charges may apply if shipped outside the US.

Payment accepted through PayPal or Venmo. Tips are not expected, but always appreciated!!

Thanks so much for supporting a small artist! 🙌

I had so much fun meeting up with everyone at ColossalCon North this year! It was so nice to see both old and new faces, catch up and share stories, and overall just have a good time!

brought his Glamrock Mr. Hippo with some upgrades since Kitsune Kon! I loved seeing how quirky and fun this design was!

brought Glamrock Bonnie and oh my goodness!!! I can't get over the talent this artist has!! Bonnie literally hopped right out of the game!

Though there were some costume malfunctions along the way, there was nothing a little hot glue couldn't fix from the cosplay repair room! (Monty sure did do a number on these animatronics... where's Gregory to take his claws away?!)

I'd like to extend a HUGE thank-you to everyone's handlers this weekend too!! Everyone did so well managing with the little cosplay hiccups through the weekend, making sure our big costumes could move through crowds, and offering to take photos for attendees so everyone could have a little memory to take home with them! Thanks so much for working around us... we literally could not do this without you!

I met at Tom Foolery's Arcade again - what a nice little reunion with all of you at the prize counter! Unfortunately, Monty didn't have any tickets to get any prizes. Your Freddy head is super cool; thank you for sharing it with me! I genuinely cannot express how grateful I am for the little drawing of Monty, too!!
I don't have the handles/tags for the attendees who gifted Monty the little duck and Monty plush - a sincere thank-you to you guys as well!!!! They have a spot on my Monty shrine too - lots of fun little gifts Monty's earned through almost 2 years of cons now!!

I have so many more photos and some video to come, so please keep an eye out for that!

Everyone was such a joy to catch up with! I always enjoy chatting with everyone, making new connections, and offering advice in any way that I can. Stay tuned for some more content, and I'll catch you all soon!

What is this?? That's right - I'm an ambassador for Plaid! If you shop through their website, be sure to use the code "GAMEDWEEBER123" to save 15% on your order!

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Want to purchase paint to make your own Montgomery Gator or other cosplay?? Be sure to check out their FX line - designed just for cosplay purposes! Need a sealant to ensure your beautiful paint job doesn't get dinged up? Mod Podge has your back! Can't get over how much I love their products - there's something for everyone!

GO GET YOURSELF SOME PLAID 🎉🎉🎉

I'm honored to be a part of this! Stop by on Saturday, October 28th to visit Montgomery Gator at their "Spooks & Smiles" event!

Meet Monty alongside some other fun activities! There will be free bowling for kids in costume, a costume contest, scavenger hunt, and a dance party! Come get your photos to celebrate the release of the FNAF movie too! 🙌

Hello all - life update here
I've been distant due to personal life/family matters. Life threw us a curve ball and gave us very little time to prepare for any of it. I've spent most of my days & nights packing, but with nowhere planned ahead right now, I don't know what the future holds in store. My workshop was dismantled a few weeks ago & all of my cosplay supplies, costumes, and tools have since been packed away & moved elsewhere for storage for an indefinite amount of time. It had severely set me back in my current & future projects, leaving me to set cosplay on hold until I know where we will live.

I have had to say goodbye to many of my animals through the rescue. They are living in homes I trust with the hope that I can welcome them home again some day. I am hoping to be able to take my cats wherever we end up, but with everything up in the air, we are struggling to hold onto hope.

I have a GoFundMe open to help with the potential of reclaiming our home of 5 years, but as of now, we were informed that someone else had made an offer. We will not be receiving any amount of the sale money.
Alternatively, if we can find someone to purchase our property, we can ideally do a "rent to own" sort of deal but the house was never supposed to hit the market to begin with. GoFundMe to help cover costs can be found in my stories & bio.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-the-gamedweeber-home?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet-first-launch&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

Any little bit helps. I hate to cross my personal life with my social life, but it has gotten to a point where I feel cornered. I appreciate everyone's support & patience with content & DMs. I'm just going through a lot right now and I want to make sure my family is in a secure location first.

2023 was such a fantastic experience all around. It was much different being on the back end of things vs just going as an attendee, and truthfully, it was a nice change of pace to the con!

was selected to be the con's charity this year. We raised a whopping $3749.41 in donations this weekend alone!!

and I had a photoshoot collaboration with , & .h.kan. more photos soon but they all turned out SPECTACULAR 🙌

joined & I as Mr. Hippo on stage for the masquerade/costume contest halftime show. We had a few mishaps along the way and we all went to work repairing Hippo in the room & backstage to get him ready for the show.
For all my cosplay peeps out there, I'm sure you understand exactly where we are coming from - and you know what? He kicked ass & knocked it out of the park by still making an appearance on stage despite all odds being against us. This was his first time for any of this!!!!
On top of it all, we never had an opportunity to rehearse this production... we managed this all on stage for the first time right off the bat!! We had less than a week to prepare this for all of you and the response we received was so heartwarming!

Shoutout to my dad, & for voicing characters for the stage performance

Words cannot express the sheer amount of support we received this weekend - from all angles! Unfortunately, I did not take much video as I was running around so much. If I was not doing cosplay meetups with our collab, I was sprinting from one place to another for speeches and educational outreach.

More than anything, I cannot express how incredibly proud I am of each & every individual involved in this project. From the Archie's team managing everything so well to my cosplay team pulling together for a one-of-a-kind performance - YOU ALL DID SO WELL AAAAAAA 🎉🎉🎉

Our Glamrock Together had always been meant to bring people together & the spirit of that was most certainly met!

Ruin comes out TODAY!!! What are your thoughts on the Security Breach DLC? Anything you're hoping to see?

Photography collaboration with featuring as Roxanne Wolf and me as Montgomery Gator at

Cosplays made by the respective cosplayers

In collaboration with & , we would like to present our Glamrock Together Vol. 2 panel with you all at this year! This will be a discussion on 3D printing & foamsmithing, so come prepared with all your crafting questions so we can help you along your cosplay journey!

Join us in Panel Room 1 on Friday, July 21st from 6PM-7PM. Additionally, if you'd like to stick around until 8PM, I'll be hosting Kitsune's charity panel for !

Can't wait to see you all there!

What's this?? 👀
CON ANNOUNCEMENT
Join Roxanne Wolf & Montgomery Gator at from July 21st-23rd for Glamrock Together Vol 2. We are traveling to Green Bay, WI to interact with fans and support a charity along the way! Find us alongside that weekend!
There are TONS of fun things we have planned with even more announcements to come for this event! Don't miss out!!

How did I get that nice, rich Monty green? With none other than paint from , of course! The PlaidFX line of paint is my FAVORITE for cosplay projects! A little bit goes a long way! Their Goblin Green (36850) FX paint made for the perfect base coat for all of Monty's green parts.

Cannot express how honored I was to be a part of things at this February! I met SO MANY amazing people with some incredible fan interactions. Had some fun little dance-offs with everyone, fun character line interactions, got to chat with so many of you about how I put Monty together (both on the floor and at the panel!) I met old & new friends & uncovered more of my con family along the way. ❤️ The con staff were so incredibly polite & helpful and always did their best to make a hectic weekend flow smoothly.

This photo is a repost from LVL UP's page. It was taken during the performance with on stage. We were able to meet so many cosplayers backstage and had tons of fantastic discussion about our costumes! (They even had a stage-lift for us that had us really feel like the Glamrocks heading on for a big show!)

I appreciate everyone's patience! This is what I've been working on!
The "Glamrock Together" video is under way. I am the only one editing the footage, so please bear with me while I piece everything together. The file ended up being so large that it crashed my computer & I had to recover a few things in the process, setting me back on my anticipated release date. It's my first song to have written & I'm excited to share the final product!
I've also been working on a vlog about the Vegas experience too! It's my first time making & editing a vlog, but I'm hoping to release both the vlog and music video within a few days of one another.

On top of everything, my work and personal life come before social media. Cosplay is not my job; it is a hobby, and although I love the craft, I need to make a living first. I LOVE my job and enjoy doing what I do. ❤️

I am in the planning & drafting stages of my next project. I will not reveal until physical progress is underway, but I'm super excited to share with you all. Going to try lots of new techniques that will push me to try new things.

As always, your support means the world to me! The experience at LVL UP Expo could not have happened without all of you. You made this possible! Rock 'n roll

"YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE..." 🐊

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OKAY BUT FOR REAL, CHECK OUT THIS AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM .up.photography !!!!

Captured at

Monty's new eyes look like headlights. I LOVE this shot - literally looks like a still from a movie. Super eerie!!! Also shows off Monty 2.0's eye action with that side-eye!!

Made with materials from , , and

HEY ALL!!

Go check out this amazing collab video by Luna! So proud to be a part of this community; I could not have asked for a more supporting bunch! I love seeing everyone's work!

https://youtu.be/EX5qAVjhYG0

🐊"ROCK AND ROLL."🐊

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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, SECURITY BREACH!! 🎉🎉🎉

Can you believe it's already been a year? It feels like it was just yesterday that the game premiered!

Shoutout to for one of my favorite shots from our photoshoot at North! This had taken us ages to get just right, posing Monty's hand so it wouldn't take out the glasses. I was so happy that we were able to get this looking so close to the game model. ❤️

Super excited for the Security Breach: Ruin DLC and literally cannot wait for more story!!

Montgomery Gator cosplay made by me with products from , , and

Been hard at work with Monty's upgrades in Parts & Service! (aka: my desk)

Here's a sneak peek at his new eyes. This is set number 3 of the new ones as I've been doing a LOT of experimenting to get the look I'm aiming for, and I think I've finally landed on something I'm happy with. This is one of my FAVORITE parts of the process as it allows me to tinker with the nitty gritty details. Currently awaiting for more parts to arrive, but I can't wait to share Monty's new eyes with all of you!

Don't forget - we are still looking for help to cover travel expenses to for February 2023. Come see Monty & Glamrock Freddy together! You can find the fundraiser in my bio.

🐊 "DON'T BE SCARED." 🐊

I am BEYOND ecstatic with how this shot turned out from my photoshoot with ! It captures Monty's animatronic eyes very well and THE LIGHTING ❤️❤️❤️

*chef's kiss*

We got such a fantastic variety of photos at Tom Foolery's Adventure Park! Can't wait to share them all with you!

Would also like to share that I am SO honored for the fan art I've been receiving 🙌 I truly cannot thank you guys enough! It really means a lot to me!
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAG ME IN ANYTHING YOU MAKE

You are all fantastic 😎

"WELCOME TO MONTY'S GATOR GOLF, HOME OF THE HURRICANE HOLE-IN-ONE!"

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MY PICS FROM MY PHOTOSHOOT WITH Erik JAWS Photo] CAME BACK AAAAAAA

I literally cannot express how THRILLED I am with these photos. They capture Monty SO WELL and really bring out the details in the cosplay! I'll be dropping a few of these over the course of the upcoming days leading up to the Security Breach anniversary.

Cosplay made by yours truly, featuring Erik JAWS Photo] on the camera at North 😎
Crafted with materials from , , and PlaidFX]

(I'm looking at you PlaidFX] ... those greens truly look like they came out of the game - I'm begging you to call it Monty Green)

ENJOY!!

Come see Monty, Ridley, and a few other projects at the ColossalCon North Cosplay Meet & Greet today until 9PM! I have my original Lucifer wings for sale along with an original plague doctor mask to help raise funds for Vegas 2023! Don't miss out!

We are in Africa 10!

Shhh... he's sleeping 🤣

Monty's resting up for a big weekend! See you all at ColossalCon North tomorrow!

Be sure to stop by the Cosplay Meet & Greet from 3PM-9PM tomorrow to meet Monty and see some other projects of mine (including a special previously unreleased surprise cosplay!)

I will have a set of articulating wings for sale. They are from one of my first projects, but I am ready to send them off to a new home. ❤️ There is only one set of wings, so once they're gone, they're gone!

Can't wait to meet all of you!

"yOuR mOnTy iS nOt GaMe AcCuRaTe"

if I receive one more comment like this, so help me 🙃

My Monty cosplay is not 100% 3D printed and he never will be. Plz deal with it.

Chipping away at upgrades. I am taking what I originally learned from the first go around and improving upon my techniques. Still not finished, but here is the progress from this weekend.

Come see Monty 1.0 one last time at ColossalCon North this upcoming weekend. This will be my last con of the year and I'm hoping to put the original Monty to rest while upgrades are underway for LVL UP Expo in February 2023. Monty 2.0 will be coming soon.

Don't forget to use the code "gamedweeber" to earn $10 off your ColossalCon North badge.

I am putting my all into raising money for Vegas at ColossalCon's Meet & Greet. I really appreciate the support.

Special thanks to & for their guidance during these upgrades. I'm further stepping out of my comfort zone and my brain is fried from taking on new techniques.

Monty at Brown County Library Pop Con 2022!

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO IS OUT NOW!

This features Monty dancing at Brown County Library Pop Con 2022! Can't wait to see you all next time!

Montgomery Gator Dances at Brown County Library Pop Con 2022 Monty Gator is made by myself - footage is thanks to my mom.This video is best viewed on a phone as it was filmed vertically.This event is the Brown County L...

So delighted to be a part of this event! It was so much fun interacting with everybody!