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Sup nerds... we are rapidly entering the domain of the second best of all Holidays - Halloween. It's no Bear Day, but no one is pretending that it is. What plans for parties and/or costumes y'all got going on? I've sunk about $300- 400 into my Night's Watch costume - for which I will eventually include pics. A large part of my strategery is to steal a blade or two from my renaissance fair going parents, and thus defray the costs considerably. Since this year Halloween is on Woden's Tag, I figure I will get at least 3 parties out of the deal. Should be "super dope" as the kids are saying these days.

I've got a party on the saturday before halloween,

As for costume, I've been told I'm not allowed to go as my own evil twin...

again...


I was thinking of going as slenderman, but then I realised:
I am in no way slender enough to pull it off
If I wore a slenderman outfit, I'd just be a fat guy in a suit with a stocking over his head.

 Leigen_Zero wrote:
If I wore a slenderman outfit, I'd just be a fat guy in a suit with a stocking over his head.

I like it. And it sounds scarier than ole Slenderman, whose alleged scariness entirely eludes me.

I would dress up, but I'm poor, and I had to toss all my bat-gak-crazy clothes for personal reasons. I was hoping to find a surgeon's gown and pour fake blood ALL over it, and maybe carry around a handsaw.

Even better. Do that, but put on clown makeup and be the character from Children's Hospital

See, we have the Zombie Pub Crawl
http://zombiepubcrawl.com/2012/
to take care of my blood n' guts type Halloween fever, leaving actual Halloween set aside for cool dress up...ing.

All right, got my bracers, boots, and cloak in. If I can ever find my camera, I will put some pictures up.

I want to get a few of my friends together and go to parties as the Court of Owls from the recent Batman comics. We'll dress in Edwardian era suits, put some dust on them and otherwise fatigue them and wear the owl masks. I anticipate it being quite creepy.

 Manchu wrote:

 Leigen_Zero wrote:
If I wore a slenderman outfit, I'd just be a fat guy in a suit with a stocking over his head.

I like it. And it sounds scarier than ole Slenderman, whose alleged scariness entirely eludes me.

Yeeeeeeeea Im with you on that one. Im baffled at how that thing is spooky....maybe its the lack of a face?

Damn I haven't done Halloween in forever. My family stopped celebrating as my sister and I got older and stopped trick or treating. Should at least go down to the Giant and buy a candy grab bag

Last year my fiance(however you spell it) was visiting her friend, so I spent the night alone playing minecraft and watching monsters vs aliens.

I had 2 sets of trick or treaters all night. Due to the fact that the local council has banned the practice, due to the tendency of cretinous urchins of nefarious backgrounds to resort to rather 'extreme' tricks, such as turning off people's electricity at the meter box if they don't answer the door (this happened to work colleauge, who was not at home and came back that night to find his freezer had completely defrosted), or put fireworks through letterboxes or other such dastardly deeds that no longer class as harmless japes and are bordering on criminal damage.

Needless to say the net result benefitted me, as I had various sweeties in my packed lunch for at least a fortnight afterwards ^_^.


Anyway, I've decided on a costume, I'm going to go as no-face from Spirited Away, partly because it's well recognised, partly because it is actually quite creepy, and partly because it's one of the only costumes that doesn't lose it's effectiveness when you have a beer gut (although, truth be told, it's more of a cake-and-coffee gut, but the principle is essentially the same).

 Bromsy wrote:
Sup nerds... we are rapidly entering the domain of the second best of all Holidays - Halloween. It's no Bear Day, but no one is pretending that it is. What plans for parties and/or costumes y'all got going on? I've sunk about $300- 400 into my Night's Watch costume - for which I will eventually include pics. A large part of my strategery is to steal a blade or two from my renaissance fair going parents, and thus defray the costs considerably. Since this year Halloween is on Woden's Tag, I figure I will get at least 3 parties out of the deal. Should be "super dope" as the kids are saying these days.

Genghis Connie is going as Psycho Killer Raggedy Ann. The Boy is going as Shirtless Teenage Boy.
TBone has decided to grace us with his rendition of Cuban dictator replete with tiny hat and cigar. Rodney is not in costume as he will be busy biting boys. Rusty will attempt to lick everyone.

I've already bought six bags of candy - the good stuff baby.

Probably just don my Captain Kirk costume and pass out candy to the kids.

Ah, my favorite of all holidays.
As my OTJ time has reached ridiculous levels, I'm not entirely sure just how I'll be celebrating this year, but of course here at casa del Fitzz we take Halloween very seriously...so it's bound to be good times.

I dont know, Maybe, a Tau Crisis Suit.
Or my Default, Guy in a jacket costume.

I'll be dressed up as the scariest thing I can come up with: a Catholic priest with candy.

Pirate, since I didn't get to dress up properly for ITLAPD due to illness.

I might do another costume for a party or something if someone announces a theme. But I'll be wandering around in a poet's blouse, breaches, knee high boots and a giant hat for most of the normal day.

Edit:

and of course now that I'm an adult I don't get to trick or treat any more... so I just buy the good stuff on sale the day after.

Ive sunk a ton of cash on my Jack Sparrow costume (pics when I finally get my package containing the last of my wig dangles)
Im also planning on wearing different costumes to all the parties around here, so I also have Rorschach from the watchmen, and Rooster Cogburn from True Grit (new version).

All my costumes are homemade, or contain homemade parts (I made my own leather eye patch for RC, and leather palm glove for JS, as well as sewing the wrist wraps, and making the wig, etc)

So my costume is about 75% done. I tried taking pictures, but snag #1 - black on black on black is tricky to shoot at night, with the crappy lights in my apartment. I got a shot or two I liked, then hit snag #2 - where the hell did my camera cord go? I'll look for it tomorrow after work. And by the way, the chainmail shirt is tough to get on, but getting it off is a stone biatch. Finally figured out that if I bend over far enough it's own weight will pull it off.

Remaining tasks
Get sword
Get belt for sword
Explore the feasibility/ necessity of attaching (faux)fur to the cloak
Get thinner leather gloves.
Make the rest of this whiskey disappear

 Leigen_Zero wrote:
I've got a party on the saturday before halloween,

As for costume, I've been told I'm not allowed to go as my own evil twin...

Do what I am doing. Go as your "Good" twin.

Well im trying to get a ghost hunting group together for an all night ghost hunt-i live in preston and we have the (in)famous miley tunnel-http://blogpreston.co.uk/2010/05/haunted-train-tunnel/http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35177&sid=b3150fc37c2382c4feeb481afc469c5a" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35177&sid=b3150fc37c2382c4feeb481afc469c5a

I was origionaly planning on wearing only some (tight) leather trunks and covering myself in a substance my friend has developed that allows you to set yourself on fire without getting burned and will stay lit for hours. However he is going away so i wont be able to. My new plan is to go as a kind of fantasy infantry man-complete with glaive/guiarme/war bill.

I'm going as Tom Cruise from the last samurai. In other words, I'm going to wear a Yukata with a Hakama. I'll probably have to wear my kendogi under the yukata, because it's cold.

This movie is seriously great, especially if you're interested in how Japanese people dressed up until the 20th century. They wore some fantastically decorative and exotic things. Look at what tom cruise is wearing. A purple blouse (which is a very expensive color to dye) and a finely dyed hakama, with an intricate pattern. These sort of things would cost thousands of dollars today.

My daughter and I want to make a Gonk Droid costume for her. She is 7.



Maybe I shoudl make a Plog about it?

 Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:
(pics when I finally get my package containing the last of my wig dangles)

Um, no thanks?

/hadtobedone


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 Dreadwinter wrote:
Do what I am doing. Go as your "Good" twin.

And shave my goatee???

I'll start celebrating it when you chaps start celebrating Guy Fawkes' Night.

 Easy E wrote:
My daughter and I want to make a Gonk Droid costume for her. She is 7.

Spoiler:

Maybe I shoudl make a Plog about it?

Is this that rare Star Wars model that no one has any info about? I swear I've seen this before.

 Albatross wrote:
I'll start celebrating it when you chaps start celebrating Guy Fawkes' Night.

After V for Vendetta I'd say a good amount of Americans do XD

Alright, finally got off my ass....








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Still on the fence about putting some fur around the shoulders... It's already going to be pretty hot though. And it might get warm, too.

Gotta say Bromsy. You could score a role as a background character in a Lord of the Rings film. Good job

I'll be working late, but my girlfriend and some of her girl friends have come up with a costume that will allow them to go as a binder full of women.

 Seaward wrote:
I'll be working late, but my girlfriend and some of her girl friends have come up with a costume that will allow them to go as a binder full of women.

That sounds pretty awesome.