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Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: Sir Patrick on 2010-10-27, 01:18:55
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With Halloween fast approaching, I thought I'd take an informal poll.
Do you:
A. Wear a costume.
B. Armour up.
C. None of the above.
I'll be armouring up (though at this stage in my kit's evolution, I armour up only slightly better than a conscripted peasant might have). :'(
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pictures.
usually i don't armour up. although this year i might. i dunno
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Armor, no. I costume up, but it's relatively an afterthought compared to my display. (http://halloween.necrobones.com/ (http://halloween.necrobones.com/)) :)
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Now THAT'S a display!
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Ed, you really do it up- that's awesome! Usually I don't do anything...sad isn't it? I used to love Halloween...they don't do Halloween parties at my job, I mean...they do, but no one really dresses up they're so stuffy.
Of course, it really is just an excuse to garb up...I did that last year and came to work and my female coworkers loved it (or said so at least) and the other ones thought I was brave. Brave? LOL @ that
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Red Knight,
Your question makes me think of an old and cheesey TV show "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." The 80's were a great time to be alive.
I will have a jackolantern on the porch, will not be dressing up, and if Manassas decides that Halloween is celebrated on Sunday and not Saturday I will be in church for a Reformation Day service. Go Martin Luther! I mean, Calvin is considered the father of the "reformed" churches, but Luther really got the ball rolling for the cause.
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Sir Ancelyn, are you a Lutheran as well? I was raised as one but one could say I've lapsed as a Lutheran; still spiritual, just not really in tune with any of the denominations.
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Oh it's much worse than that Paladin.
Spoiler below . . . . .
Spoiler . . . . .
I'm Presbyterian.
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They're all the same to me...I mean, we're all worshipping the same One; it is the ceremony that seems to differ between the Catholic and the many Protestant religions. Still, far as I'm concerned they're all on the right track, God will sort it all out in the end.
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to be honest i prob wont dress up. I'll take my oldest 2 and my cousin's 2 kids around the neighborhood and laugh etc with the grown ups. my mom always likes to stay at my house with the youngest and pass out candy and see all of the lil costumes. i grew up in a Southern Baptist home but am now United Brethren due to lack of Baptist churches that i like here. We've never had an issue with Halloween cause we saw it for what it was, a nice family night together having fun not the deep dark super Satan secret hehehe. heck my brother is a Southern Baptist minister and he always dressed his kids up and took them to our house growing up, all be it they were always nice costumes and nothing scary hehehe. but your right though i prob wouldn't take the kids out on Sunday if they had it then. but they don't they always have it on the Saturday instead cause there are a lot of people that feel that way I think.
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This year's display is up.
http://halloween.necrobones.com/2010.html (http://halloween.necrobones.com/2010.html)
(http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2010/halloween/b1761.jpg)
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wow dude. definitely looks awesome
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Man that is SUPER cool...not enough people do it like that anymore. I remember as a kid, almost every house on the block had somethin goin on. Of course, back then, everyone knew their neighbors...now its almost like we live in a semi-transient culture. People comin and goin all the time.
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Totally dig that ghost in the window. Is that a projection, or is it real (as in solid matter, not a spectral visitor from beyond the grave)?
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Ed- I was just up the street (literally) monday and don't remember seeing anything out yet. You got it done quickly, and it looks great.
Red Knight - If our semi-adopted kids dress up for halloween, I may wear my samurai armor since it's something silly like 50 gauge steel and barely heavier than cloth. I still have some pointing and altering to do on my arming coat before I can wear my harness, but it will be done for next year.
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Yep, I usually set it up a few nights before halloween, and it takes about 2 to 3 hours (3 this time) to do it. It depends a lot on the weather reports. It's not all rain proof.
The ghost is made of fabric that glows under black lights, and is motorized to float up and down. It's really cool. :)
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Well, I went to a Halloween party on Saturday that had a Monty Python theme. I managed to snag a surcoat of the black knight online just in time. Check it out:
(http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2010/halloween/b1796.jpg) (http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2010/halloween/b1796b.jpg)
The flamberge really is taller than me, but the angle of the shot makes the disparity look even bigger. Heh, it makes me look short. :)
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None shall pass.
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looks great ;D
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Looka the size of that thing...! That must've been ultra, to go to a Python-themed party. Glad I met you guys...for the longest time, I've always been the weirdo of any group. :)
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necromancy once again! Btw Ed, great displays, but aside from that its time to armor up this year!! Too bad its on a monday? is it? going to have to go out late afternoon :(
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I armor up in a slightly evil version of my own medieval persona. I usually put a bit of makeup on along with eyeliner to have a creepy effect similar to Kurgan from Highlander. In fact I love halloween the atmosphere of it and the fact I can dress how I normally do without turning heads everywhere is kinda nice.
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Now THAT is a flamberge! Wow!
Is that a second great helm? I don't see the brass, unless it's the shadow over it or something. Neat costume.
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Excellent! Wow I can't believe I missed this picture from last year! :)
* Thanks for resurrecting this thread Leganoth! - It's why we don't mind necromancy on this forum! ;)
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Yeah, that's my older great helm. I used to wear that one before buying the one with the brass occularia. It's not quite black, but sort of a very dark grey.
The flamberge is 6'3". :)
I got one of the best costume awards at the party. My prize was a plush Holy Hand-Grenade. :)
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Big James (the other one, not James Anderson) does it big, no pun intended, on Hallow's Eve as well, Sir Edward. I'd say his presentation may even rival your own...he was showing us a skeleton he was making...considering materials used, it is surprisingly life like.
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Yeah he does a pretty wild display. I haven't had a chance to see it in person yet, but he doesn't live that far away from me. Might have to go over and check it out.
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That looks great Sir Ed.
If we are invited to a party I usually make the effort to dress up using a splash of armour to spice up my dark lord type costume lol
G.
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A splash of armor? You have pics, Sir Gerard?
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Three years ago I went as a Viking; last year and this year I am going as a zombie, this year I have better makeup.
Here is my haunt so far; everything will not be out until Saturday: http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww284/Flonzy/Halloween2011/Graveyard/Day6/ (http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww284/Flonzy/Halloween2011/Graveyard/Day6/)
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Lookin good James, lookin good!
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Three years ago I went as a Viking; last year and this year I am going as a zombie, this year I have better makeup.
Here is my haunt so far; everything will not be out until Saturday: http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww284/Flonzy/Halloween2011/Graveyard/Day6/ (http://s728.photobucket.com/albums/ww284/Flonzy/Halloween2011/Graveyard/Day6/)
Thats a great setup, i love the colors!
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I am moving actually. I have to be out by Monday and I've yet to get most of the bits packed.
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When a coworker asked me if I'm decorating the house for Halloween last week, I replied "no, I just stop cleaning cobwebs and stop killing spiders in August. By Halloween, it's decorated itself." We're gone either with my parents or to take the nieces/nephew, and we don't live in a subdivision, so nobody would really see it.
Sir James Baker and Sir Edward have some impressive displays. I made first contact with Sir Edward based on his halloween display; he lives on the same street as my best friend, who said "there's one of your people on my street, I can see a shield and swords on his wall through the window". :D
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"There's one of your people on my street," - that had me cracking up; I'm that guy for my neighborhood. One guy made a comment because he saw I was bearing a sword at my hip while I was out for a smoke break on my deck. I do it pretty much every time I step foot out on the deck, just because I can.
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Halloween is a pretty big deal to me, unfortunately this year I've got nothing to do... my squadron is having a function tomorrow but it's not Halloween related, doh! Anyway, here's my favorite costume from a few years ago that I did... foam latex, and my attempt at makeup:
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6048/6290583988_a09743f9a1_z.jpg)
Here's my costume from last year, this is a silicone mask from Composite Effects and matching gloves
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6290590596_20e595ce95_z.jpg)
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VERY cool!!! :D
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Holy crap, that's awesome! Do you make your own latex appliances or did you get it somewhere? Those turned out GREAT!
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Holy crap, that's awesome! Do you make your own latex appliances or did you get it somewhere? Those turned out GREAT!
Thanks! The appliances are purchased, they just come uncolored. They're basically a light flesh color when they arrive. I just did the makeup and blood on it. The 'grave dust' on my suit is just baby powder. So I suppose I was a nice smelling zombie, haha. You just apply with spirit gum and hide the edges with liquid latex. Getting it off is a nightmare though, that's why I switched to the silicone mask last year.
The vampire creature on the bottom was all professionally painted by the company that makes the silicone masks/gloves. They will do custom paint on request for all of their masks and gloves too. The cool thing about silicone masks is they move with your facial expressions, it's not just static like a normal mask would be. It's not as expressive as foam latex, but it's 0 maintenance, and always looks brand new. And at the end of the night when you're tired, you just take it off, you don't have to apply chemical to your face to release spirit gum and scrub your face raw to get makeup off.
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wow way coollll
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Those look great! Well done! :)
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Nice job on those costumes! I will be out and about in Armour. My town is doing it on Monday. I will try to get some pictures.
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A splash of armor? You have pics, Sir Gerard?
I`ll try to dig some, out but if not I`ll take some this year ;)
G.
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First round of pictures of my display are up. I'll be changing some things tonight, so I'll take more. But it's a start:
http://halloween.necrobones.com/2011.html (http://halloween.necrobones.com/2011.html)
(http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2011/halloween/b2737.jpg)
(http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2011/halloween/b2741.jpg)
(http://halloween.necrobones.com/photos/2011/halloween/b2739.jpg)
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Tonight is the big night, all the moving parts are deployed and the fog machines are ready at a flip of the switch.
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First round of pictures of my display are up. I'll be changing some things tonight, so I'll take more. But it's a start:
http://halloween.necrobones.com/2011.html (http://halloween.necrobones.com/2011.html)
Looks awesome! I wish we had something like this in my neighborhood when I was a kid... well I wish I had something like that now actually, haha! Great job!
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Fantastic costumes Ian.
G.
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Holy crap, that's awesome! Do you make your own latex appliances or did you get it somewhere? Those turned out GREAT!
Seconded! That looks like film quality!
I went to the local Halloween parade tonight. I wore my samurai armor. The highlight of the parade was a guy in the parade handing out candy said "Nice, I dig it, but you could have got a falcon."
State Farm® Commercial - State of Confusion (falcon) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ZpWFTUz34#ws)
Best. Parade. Ever. :)
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hahahahaha
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Ian, those costumes look awesome! For the second one, I'm guessing you were Eli Damaskinos?