So I had this idea.

You see, everyone was playing Portal. Including me. And suddenly everyone wanted to make Chell costumes and ASHPD's and Companion Cube plushes and I kinda sat back and couldn't help but notice that my favorite villain was being overlooked. So I decided to try my first big prop endeavor.

Then smelled what I was cooking in my little head and discovered my secret plan. And she is the Robot Queen. You do NOT mess with the Robot Queen, unless you want to wake up next to a horse's head. So we decided to make it a team effort! She worked on the TV and base and I made the glowing cores. Each core is a foam ball, hollowed out, dipped in latex, painted, and installed with a tap-light. There is also a light inside the TV screen, which you can't exactly see in broad daylight, but it's there.

I also installed a speaker on the right side of the TV, connected it to my iPod inside, and put all of GLaDOS's quotes on loop as we wheeled her around the front of the con. We put a TON of work into this baby and Mar-T even made little laminated Aperture Science ID badges for us to wear. We also carried around our mouse friend, Algernon.

And yes, I am wearing a Green Monkeys shirt beneath my lab coat. It's a 3 year tradition that I refuse to break. EAT IT, BITCHES!

The cake, I mean. Because there really was a cake.


Both photos taken by the talented Tiffany Chang (Lockheart.org).