Its that time of the year!!!

[Cutest_Sandgirl]

My sister Linn, my friend Shawntell, Andy, me, and my dad

Then later Baroness dons a costume for a party and Linn changes into something more comfortable.

At one point I was passing out candy and a little guy dressed as Snake Eyes approached. His dad exclaimed, "Uh oh! Who is that Nick?" Nick replied shyly, "She's the bad guy." We laughed and his dad say, "Should you beat her up?" Nick's eyes get big and he cries, "No Way! She has candy!" :lol

And that is why Cobra will win. :angel

 

[Solo4114]

is that a SQUARE buckle on that gunbelt? :confused

Why yes, yes it is. And the gun is actually an airsoft .38, and the holster is black instead of brown, and the Aldens were (unfortunately) the "pumpkin" colored ones which I subsequently polished with Meltonian Brick polish (no. 93, I believe), rather than a darker color, and the jacket is a Wested instead of a Tony Nowak, and the hat is not bashed PERFECTLY to fit the Cairo streets scene.

The whip, however, is nice and heavy and 8' long, and can flay flesh from the bone. So I'd be careful when giving me crap about being "SA," buddy-boy. :angry

 

[foxbatkllr]

Unfortunately the flash washed out all the details, but here is my wife and I on Friday night:

 

[Zombie_61]

...Trek was a welcome (read: comfortable for once) change...

Boy, you aren't kidding about comfort. Two years ago I decided to go with something extremely simple and low budget, so I wore a 3/4 Geico Caveman face mask (the kind with your mouth and chin exposed), some fake teeth, and a Hawaiian "party" shirt.

I had more fun that year than I'd had in the last several years, and was completely comfortable the entire time for a change. I could eat (without the teeth, of course), drink, talk, smoke, use the rest room without first having to spend 20-30 minutes removing the costume, etc., etc.. It was great!

Great Job!!! I must admit though, that I originally thought (Captain Morgan)...or maybe I just need a drink:lol

Thank you! If only I'd thought about Captain Morgan, I would have gotten at least one photo posing with the one leg up like the ads. :lol

Anyway, here's mine. The guys over at Indygear.com would probably give me crap for not being screen accurate, but I figure it's close enough.

Great job! As has been said many times on these forums, the only people who would notice the "inaccuracies" are us lunatics here; for the rest, you're lucky if they simply recognize the character you're dressed as. :unsure

Oh, and beards are freakin' ITCHY!!! How the hell do you people grow them on a regular basis? I'm shavin' this ******* off this AM.

Just a general FYI, I asked a dermatologist about this once. I was told the itch is caused by bacteria attaching itself to the newly-grown hair follicles, which irritates the skin. He told me to wash the area with an anti-bacterial soap like Dial 2 to 3 times a day for the first week or two; worked perfectly, no more itch. Try it the next time you need to grow stubble for an event, or if you ever decide to grow a beard.

 

[Solo4114]

Wow! Thanks! I'll definitely keep that in mind. And thanks for the compliments on the costume. You should absolutely get the captain pose done, too. Awesome costume!

 

[Paracord Junky]

Why yes, yes it is. And the gun is actually an airsoft .38, and the holster is black instead of brown, and the Aldens were (unfortunately) the "pumpkin" colored ones which I subsequently polished with Meltonian Brick polish (no. 93, I believe), rather than a darker color, and the jacket is a Wested instead of a Tony Nowak, and the hat is not bashed PERFECTLY to fit the Cairo streets scene.

The whip, however, is nice and heavy and 8' long, and can flay flesh from the bone. So I'd be careful when giving me crap about being "SA," buddy-boy. :angry

my whip is 10'. wanna compare hat sizes now.

 

[jediscout72]

commission i did for Halloween

A giant hammer i made for this 5'3 Asian girl!

now you can tell how big it really is

 

[Aquaman]

thats awesome

 

[Aquaman]

star trek bunch...altered rubies shirt with accurate trim applied, somewhat similar boots , same belt with holsters and weapons. Nero was cool. I did his tatts and made a more costume coat since he wanted to show off the bod more! LOl enjoy

 

[Paracord Junky]

thats awesome

indeed. what's that made from? i'd think even lite foam would be pretty heavy.

 

[Scapey]

Heres my Wikus, with Marvin!
Photographer cut out one of the two main points that differentiate me from Shaun ( Of The Dead )!

 

[KevVader]

My sister Linn, my friend Shawntell, Andy, me, and my dad

Nice! I gotta go see GI Joe!:love

Plus, I just really dig the fact that your Dad does an insane Pred! Awesome!:thumbsup

 

[Scapey]

As posted elsewhere...


I love hallowe'en

This year was brilliant...
My daughter decided she wanted a cat costume, since we've just got kittens ( Ray and Egon ), so I had a bit more time to spend on my son's costume. Proton pack ahoy!
My wife left it too late, so ended up buying a wonder woman outfit, and I put together a Wikus Van Der Merwe costume for myself.

Family portrait:

Lee's Proton Pack:

I made this over the space of a few weeks, with a card/No More Nails sandwich base, Poundland sponge sanding blocks coated in car body filler for the "boxes", with screw-covers from kitchen cabinets as the ridges... Various pieces of poster-tube and herb pots bulked the rest of the body, and some black gutter sealant - Again from Poundland - gave a nice black surface that was very resilient, and waterproof.
The blue lights are re-soldered car-headrest wanker-lights... Three guesses where from?
And another £1 bargain came in the form of the red LED bike lights that went into the flowerpot saucer for the cyclotron at the bottom.
Stickers were printed at Boots, and are accurate to the movie ( I took some liberties with the layout to account for the smaller size of the pack ) and the straps actually came from the radio used by Michael Smiley in "Outpost"!
We couldn't find any black boots his size, so black polish on little desert boots worked surprisingly well, and the Ghostbusters logos, and nametag were again printed at boots.

My outfit:

Was a late idea - The hand took about a week to layer up using a fingerless glove and hard-drive packing foam, with an old sock lengthening the "sleeve"... All built up with thin camping mat ( POUNDLAAND!" and coated in more gutter sealant.
A pair of black tights saturated with the sealant went over the top of this to make the "skin", and a bandage with loads of fake blood hid the join.
I wasn't going to bother with a gun, but then I found a Nerf knockoff in Maplin... Which I originally planned to simply paint.
Before I noticed that the feet from my old TV stand could work quite well attached to another plastic saucer, and before I knew it it was 4am, and I had the gun you see above - Based vaguely on:

So yeah...
Awesome halloween
The best guisers we got to our door were Ray Mysterio and Buzz Lightyear - Both store-bought, though. Don't think there were any home-made efforts.
A shame, I really get a kick out of seeing what folk have made.
My favourite out-and-about was at Classic Grand rock club in Glasgow - One dude made an all-metal Trap Jaw ( From He-Man ) outfit.
Mindblowing...

 

[muttley]

I always swear I am going to work a decent costume, but never do. This year our last minute costume was a HUGE hit.

Wife's costume was probably the scariest of all. :lol

We went to 2 parties and everyone wanted pics with her, very funny.

My boys were a hit too...I like to think it was dad's touch with the question blocks

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

I was Vader again this year, with my son as Yoda.

 

[YenChih Lin]

What did I heard in the news? A School in LA and in Philly wanted kids to be harmless - no creepy costumes and bloodspattern? To preserve moral and political correctness? Calling Halloween "fall festival"? How ridiculous can this be? *shakinghead*

 

[Cjfung]

http://images51.fotki.com/v751/photos/9/976173/6669816/09_halloween042-vi.jpg

That is cute! only thing I would worry about if I were you were if he dropped that saber.lol

 

[Cjfung]

crap! how do I enter pics again?

 

[cavedwellar]

I ended up in my Arkham Asylum batsuit for the last part of the night...had to wear my theater manager's costume all day and most of the evening.:angry

 

[Cjfung]

Nice Batsuit dude