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Over the weekend, we attended Genericon XXX, hosted by students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, for 48 hours straight of cosplay, anime, sci-fi and gaming. It was an amazing weekend. Just a few of the highlights were:<\/p>\n

Our crew!<\/h3>\n

Left to right, me, Dhemerae and Sarah of TheLaserGirls<\/a> (decked out in 3D printed cosplay), and Ian of Nvenom8 Designs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Genericon,<\/p>\n

The vender area of the con \u2014 so much cool merch and swag!<\/p>\n

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Our panel discussion on 3D printing was on the Main Events Stage, so exciting!<\/p>\n

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Sarah tells the audience why she likes ZBrush during our panel on 3D printing:<\/p>\n

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Over the weekend, TheLaserGirls also took over the Shapeways Instagram<\/a> account and took  #Genericon by storm:<\/p>\n

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Admins by day, superheroes by night\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udcaa\ud83e\udd1c\ud83d\udc4a\u2604\ufe0f\ud83c\udfcb\ufe0f\ud83d\udd96\ud83e\udd18@shapeways #3dprinting #cosplay #genericon #golaser<\/a><\/p>\n

A post shared by Sarah C Awad and Dhemerae Ford (@thelasergirls) on

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Taking a break to do some old-school roleplaying with Pathfinders. Here, our party is about to get ambushed by a Giant Scorpion.<\/p>\n

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We had a great time playing games, checking out the cosplay, and talking about 3D printing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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