Halloween Costumes

[1961MJS]

Hi

Guys, if you want to have an interesting Halloween sometime, dress as a priest. You can get some bizarre ideas from the young lady's confessions... :eeek: It was in the 1980's and I've forgotten most of them by now. The wife went as a nun, but didn't get the same discussions a priest did.

Later

 

[Marcus]

I've been working on my costume since May. You may recognize the character:

Made some boots too. I've weathered them since the photo was taken:

 

[rue]

WOW! That's fantastic!!! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[1961MJS]

Hi

Where did you get the pattern for your boots? Do you make / repair boots for a living? Those look pretty nice.

Later

 

[Marcus]

The boots are actually glued to together. No stitching of any kind. You start with a base boot, remove the uppers and start covering the "shoe" with leather. You have to make your own uppers and bells. This is the basic idea here: http://www.sithcamaro.com/boottut/index.htm , but I changed it to have the toe portion covering the heel for a smoother look. I'll PM the progress photos to you if you're interested.

 

[1961MJS]

Thanks Marcus, but the link you put is good enough. I'm not doing those (yet anyway). I may go a bit more cowboy since I live in Kansas, but I always did like D'Artagnan.

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[Edward]

I've been working on my costume since May. You may recognize the character:

Made some boots too. I've weathered them since the photo was taken:

Superb! Well done!

 

[Marcus]

No problem...I did realize that I explained my version wrong. I actually made the uppers and heel one piece. The tutorial shows a 4 piece boot..toe, heel, upper and bells. More work and more points that could come apart eventually. Good luck!

 

[ShortAndCashed]

Actually, Edward, I'm dead set against any polish touching my nails. The eyeliner, more than likely will show up, but not the dang nail polish...

 

[MisterGrey]

Very nice! Are you going to do some prosthetics under the mask? The other, similar, one I've considered sometime is Michael Myers....

I'd considered buying a kit from a guy on another message board for a prosthetic bulging/dead eye, but ultimately decided to just stick with the mask. I'm already a big bald guy, so I have it pretty much down. I did mock up a blood-splattered machete, though, using some theatrical blood and a Wal-Mart grade plastic machete. I put the blood into a bargain-bin perfume bottle and then blasted it in order to mimic arterial spray. I'm not sure if I'm satisfied with that, though, or if I want to build more up around the edge of the blade to make it look like it's gone into something(one) as opposed to just doing some perfunctory chopping.

 

[Justin B]

I generally don't dress up for Halloween as I do it the rest of the year. LOL.

 

[Effingham]

I'm John Steed this year. My fiances' Emma Peel outfit is in the works.

Do you have Steed's Bentley?

(I'm looking forward to seeing the Emma Peel costume!)

 

[thunderw21]

Thinking of going as a fighter pilot.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Here's how the costumes turned out.

Based on this.

 

[Bob Beecher]

Mirror Man?!

I saw this unusual costume and noticed the character was wearing a fedora! I bet no one has a lid quite like this gentleman:

You probably can't move around too much wearing these many mirrors, so I suppose the best you can do is stand around . . . and reflect on society!

 

[The Wolf]

"Help,Tom!" "Help, Dick!" "Help, Larry!"
"Unhand her, Dan Backslide!"
Great job, GoldenEraFan. That is one of my favorite cartoons.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Here's how the costumes turned out.

Based on this.

Outstanding! :eusa_clap But no Doris Standpipe???

 

[PADDY]

Last night.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

"Help,Tom!" "Help, Dick!" "Help, Larry!"
"Unhand her, Dan Backslide!"
Great job, GoldenEraFan. That is one of my favorite cartoons.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

One of my favorites too! My friends and I had been planning this theme for a while. We're all animators, and it was about time we dressed like cartoons characters for Halloween! Your avatar happens to be from my favorite Daffy cartoon by the way!

Outstanding! :eusa_clap But no Doris Standpipe???

We couldn't find one in time, or a purple runabout for that matter. Still had fun quoting the cartoon all throughout the night anyway!

 

[bloodandmood]

This is my costume. Not at all era or screen accurate, but at least get brownie points for going to the location.