August 4th, 2018 If you’ve ever checked Youtube for costuming tips, you’re no doubt familiar with the Nuclear Snail channel – Featuring one of the best-known, most talented post-apocalyptic costumers out there. “Lord Snail” gives a wealth of helpful info, which has been instructing wastelanders for years. Now, he’s finally going to come out and DO IT LIVE! NUCLEAR SNAIL …

JULY 10th, 2018   photos by Roy Smallpage Mark Cordory has established himself as one of the world’s best post-apocalyptic costume and prop makers. We are excited to be able to have him out this year from the U.K. to teach his techniques to our attendees! For Wasteland 2018, Mark will be teaching a class on post-apocalyptic doll-making (which will …

JULY 3rd, 2018 Wasteland Weekend is intended as a fully-themed, fully-immersive event. And while attendees are expected to already be in their finest post-apocalyptic gear when they walk through the gates, the event also offers to provide them an aesthetic boost. No other event has a makeover station like this. Run by professionals and with its basic services offered to all, …

Full info now available for our first annual Wasteland car show in Torrance, CA! May 21st, 2016 CLICK HERE for our car show page. YOU ARE AWAITED!

On February 8th, 2016, the American Cinematheque hosted a special screening of Mad Max: Fury Road & The Road Warrior at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica. Director George Miller was there in person to speak between the films. Wasteland World made sure that some members of the Wasteland staff and costume community were there to welcome him (including head …

January 21st, 2016 We were honored to have the Stan Winston School involved with this past year’s Wasteland Weekend costume contest. Read all about it on their blog and see photos of the costumes! https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/wasteland-weekend-2015#   Photo by Keri Kilgo  

Mad Max Fans Prepare to Live the World of Fury Road May 18, 2015 For anyone under 30, Fury Road will likely be the first time they see a Mad Max film in a movie theater. But as George Miller’s amazing new film creates a new generation of fans (and reignites the guzzoline-filled passions of the older ones), they’ll quickly …

May 17th, 2015 Mad Max Fans Take Over L.A.’s last Drive-In for Fury Road So what do you do when you’re a hardcore fan of all things post-apocalyptic and George Miller releases his first Mad Max film in 30 years? Well, first of all, you attend the movie in full costume, as many fans have done all across the country …

In the fall of 1998, I was a thirteen year old kid with a penchant for science-fiction, living in the suburbs of Moscow. I remember buying my first badly translated copy of Fallout-2 and putting the CD into my brand-new Pentium-1 computer. Long story short, it has changed my life forever. The apocalypse just got hard-coded into my heart I …

A new series of informative introductory videos for those planning to attend Wasteland Weekend for the first time.