Halloween Costume Extravaganza!

[Sejah Haversh]

Okay, as Halloween draws near, I'd like to take this moment to ask everybody what they're going to be. or what their favorite costume ever was.

I am going to be a samurai, if I can get my costume made, and I'll post pictures once it is done.

So, what about the rest of you?

[Jarek T'chort]

Nosferatu.

I'll shave my hair and stay up for a month, no sleep or food to get his gaunt expression. Wear black and a little pair of fangs. Perfect.

[Zeke]

I'm going to be Disgruntled. Disgruntled is short for "Disgruntled Underfed Overworked College Student. All I need to do is wear my pajamas, glare, and carry my plastic sword and hit people with it when they ask how I'm feeling.

[Estelle Russard]

My favorite costume was when I went dressed as a Roaring 20's gal with beads and tassley fringed skirt, feather head band and boa...ahh was fun.

The Best costume I ever did was dressing my daughter as Scully from the X-files (back in the Xf hey dey). She was just like a mini Scully with orange hair, a plastic gun, cell phone, FBI ID tag black blazer, white blouse. Every one was "oh its Scully!" when she went to the door.

I was very proud :)

[Sejah Haversh]

Well, for those of you who are lacking ideas, here are some easy ones for you.

Number one: The "No, really, Dungeons and Dragons is Totally cool" look.

http://www.nehantish.com/Armor-Dude.jpg

First, get your grandma to make a tunic for you. Then take some tin cans and beat them with a hammer until you have gaunlets. A coffee can will do for the neck guard. Then, don't bathe for a week, and cover yourself with convention badges. This is a scary costume, and even scarier if they are all Furry Convention badges.

And, the "No, Really, I'm Only a Team Mascot" look.

http://www.nehantish.com/Creepy-Coon.jpg

This is an easy costime idea, but it is not without it's harrowing experiences to attain. First, you must locate a known Furry congregating area, or find a Furry convention. Cover yourself in con badges to gain the furry's trust, and then lead him off to a dak alley where you have a small mob waiting with wiffle bats to beat the furry into submission. Steal his costume, and you're set. Just make sure you get them early in the day to assure a nice, clean fursuit. By no means should you attempt to steal a fursuit after nine in the evening.

[Dae Jinn]

I just have angel wings. I'm thinking of picking up a Unicef box so I can actually DO something when I go trick-or-treating with my sister. ^_^;

[Jared Mriad]

I'm going Highlander this year, katana and all. :D

[Charley]

Werewolf, version 2.0

Black leather jacket - check
Black shirt - check
Black/grey jeans - check
Black belt - check
Black boots - check
Gothy bling - check
--spike bracelet
--crucifix bracelet
--steel hoop and leather dog collar
Double fang set, custom fit - check
Latex nose/muzzle - check
Latex ears (2) - check
Black nail polish - check
Black lipstick - check
Brown cream makeup - check
Brown grease makeup (2) - check
Black grease makeup (2) - check
Tube of theatrical fake blood (2) - check
Blood capsules (2) - check
Sponges (2) - check
Black tooth wax - check
Liquid latex - check
Pseudo-scar putty - check
Hard-up extra hold hair gel - check
Spirit gum (2) - check
Spirit gum remover (2) - check

[Pierce Tondry]

Pimp.

[imported_Grev Drasen]

Originally posted by Sejah Haversh
Just make sure you get them early in the day to assure a nice, clean fursuit. By no means should you attempt to steal a fursuit after nine in the evening.
Funny stuff.

[Zeke]

Originally posted by Sejah Haversh
And, the "No, Really, I'm Only a Team Mascot" look.

http://www.nehantish.com/Creepy-Coon.jpg

This is an easy costime idea, but it is not without it's harrowing experiences to attain. First, you must locate a known Furry congregating area, or find a Furry convention. Cover yourself in con badges to gain the furry's trust, and then lead him off to a dak alley where you have a small mob waiting with wiffle bats to beat the furry into submission. Steal his costume, and you're set. Just make sure you get them early in the day to assure a nice, clean fursuit. By no means should you attempt to steal a fursuit after nine in the evening.

Speaking of, one of my friends watched those "How to Draw Teh Furry" videos you posted, and drew a furry based on those videos. We're testing to see if it's true, because he wants more people to check his works on deviantART. If I can get his permission, I'll post the picture he drew.

[Dae Jinn]

Charley -- post lots of pictures plz :)

[Mortaniuss]

I'm dressing up as Alex from a Clockwork Orange. With any luck, I can find a good party to go to, complete with a little of the ol' Ultraviolence. Pics will definitely be posted if I manage to get everything together in time.

[Ryan Pode]

I'm going as my section leader from marching band. She doesn't know it yet.

Plaid pants + red shoes + too tight black shirt + fake boobs --> humor.

[Ka' el Darcverse]

Michael Meyers

1 blue/black pair of coveralls

1 pair lace up boots

1 paint stripped William Shattner masked

1 6'3" 245lb white boy with stained hands

[Wei Wu Wei]

I thought about going as Wakka from Final Fantasy X. But I don't have the Yellow overalls or the abs to make it work. Or the orange hair dye. Or the sandals. Then I'd need to paint my kick ball white with blue stripes...

OR I was going to go as a Black Mage from Final Fantasy Tactics for Halloween. THat one was more do-able, but I can't get a hold of a coat like I need to do it.

[Sejah Haversh]

Well, here's the sketch for my costume. No, I don't really have a katana, but I do have a bokken. Still need to track down some tatami sandals and toe-socks, though.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Samurai-Costume.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Samurai-Costume.jpg

-EDIT-

Well, at least the costume I'll have if I can get my BLASTED STUPID PIECE OF CRAP sewing machine to work... It's being very ornery.

[Ryla Relvinian]

A belly dancer:

http://www.ryla.net/images/avatars/costume.gif

But does it count as a costume if you can actually belly dance? :)

[ReaperFett]

Nothing, I have work to do.


Best costume I ever did was a Werewolf when I was younger.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

Death.

And if I'm lucky, a thugged out Death.

[Xazor Elessar]

I'm going as a Nazgul. :) It's a pretty freaky looking costume too -- thick and long black robes with a nifty hood that stays on my head and doesn't fall down (yay!) and a faceless black mask to wear beneath the hood (though the mask has the appearance that a hood is around it, it's an added effect and actually looks awesome). :) I also have a pretty huge sword that I'm going to be sportin'. I already scared some little kids at a local "fright night" thing at the zoo -- it was pretty awesome. :) I'm doing a haunted house tomorrow night and going to Six Flags on Saturday for Fright Fest.

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm not getting dressed up, but my mum is, as a wizard (for when she hands out sweets). It's been a while since we were in an area with younger kids in it, so I think she's getting into the spirit of it all. She asked me to put on my trench, don some shades and look imposing but I don't think any amount of brooding could make me look imposing, so I'm passing :)

[Kelt Simoson]

This year: Jack The Ripper :D

Best Ever: Death of course :)

[Taylor Millard]

I'm going as a news director. :D

[Nevlonniel]

Weeeeeeeeell... today there's a costume contest at work. So I've dressed up as Arwen, complete with blue shimmery dress, Evenstar lecklace, and elven ears. Alas, I could not find any blue contacts that fit the shape of my eye.

I'll get some pics and post em up if I can find a camera.

As for tomorrow, I may either once again dress up in my Arwen costume, or dress up in my LV costume (black pleather-like pants and top, silver belt, black knee-high boots, black cloak, double-bladed lightsaber, and a cat-titude)

And once again, if I have a camera at my disposal, pictures will be taken and posted. :)

[Kitty McQuade]

My girlfriend and I are going to be Tatu. We've been practicing and singing our little hearts out and we're ready to party tomorrow night. :D

[Dasquian Belargic]

Originally posted by Kitty McQuade
My girlfriend and I are going to be Tatu. We've been practicing and singing our little hearts out and we're ready to party tomorrow night. :D

Wish I could be there to watch/hear :D

[Ceres Duvall]

I bought something simple cuz it was on sale at the place where I work. It's cat ears and a cat tail. But I'm going to wear something weird so I'll look like an anime cat girl.

[Sonja Gealica]

Me............


I'm going as...............


Harry Potter.

[Sorreessa Tarrineezi]

by day I will be Blockbuster girl!

by night, hide in my room on the internet girl so she doesn't have to hand out candy!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm going as a flapper from the '20s, complete with tiny sleeveless dress, beads, boa, feathered headband and fishnet stockings. :D

[ReaperFett]

I expect pictures! All of ya!

[Crystal]

Originally posted by Lilaena De'Ville
.....and fishnet stockings. :D


NOOO!! Don't buy the cheap halloween onessSSS!! They rip really easy :(

[Lilaena De'Ville]

...I got mine at Burlington Coat Factory. :) Not cheap ones.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay. Good.

I got a pair of the cheap ones and they ripped before I ever started to put them on because they got stuck on the package >_<

[Charley]

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The farmer gorilla is Akrabbim, BTW

[Zeke]

Charley looks like Nightcrawler in the bottom picture. Well, he looks like the actor that played him, anyways.

[Ryla Relvinian]

Dance, monkey, dance!

And wolfie = creep-tastic! I especially like your widdle wolfie nose... *wubs the nose and giggles*

[Charley]

Glad you like the nose. That's all makeup, right there.

I have a latex muzzle prosthetic, but it kinda sucks. I don't like the way it adheres (not a uniform seal, and it kinda comes low on the upper lip. That, and its extremely hard to match color tone with the stuff I have on my face. The muzzle prosthetic always came out darker. So, I ditched it, and used grease paint for the noze. Laid the black on thick to give it a "wet nose" look.

The grease paint takes a while. A good 30 minutes on getting the right coverage, and then blending it uniformly. Dealing with skin at the hairline sucks. You just gotta push the paint, sometimes with fingers instead of an application sponge.

Lipstick (yes, I used lipstick) was a cinch.

Nail polish (yes, also used nail polish) was relegated to a lady friend of mine. I don't trust myself with doing that properly.

The hair gel was fun to do. I love doing my hair up like this. I wish I could get away with it year-round.

Blood effects. I have numerous blood sources.

1. Tube of non-edible blood gel. I use this around my face, in smears. Looks really good.

2. Tube of corn syrup based blood gel. This is perfect for the lips and in the mouth. A few drops on the teeth will make the fangs nice and bloody looking for a few minutes.

3. Mouth blood caps. I haven't used them yet. I have two.

4. Thick blood gel. This is for liquid latex applications. I may use this tomorrow.

Fangs. Once the custom molds are set, these are simple to wear. You pop em in your mouth, align with your tongue, and suck on them slightly to cause a vacuum effect between the mold and your teeth. They stay on pretty well. I was able to drink at the part with ease, not worrying about losing my teeth. I did take them out once to eat a cookie...but once that was done, they went right back in.

Ears. They didn't adhere flush with my head, and that kinda bugged me. Nevertheless, they worked extremely well. I got them to adhere well enough to be satisfied. Also, they were very closely flesh-toned to what I was already going for. All I had to do was streak a little grease paint in certain spots to give it a better color balance, and make it look a bit more dynamic and lifelike.

Right now, I'm debating on fooling around with the liquid latex and scar tissue putty. I'd like to make a built up laceration that runs just above an eyebrow, through that eyebrow, and below that from the cheekbone down midways on the face. Build that up, match flesh tones, and fill that wound with gel blood. If I can pull it off, it'll look nice. If not, I'll scrap it.

I'm also considering using black tooth wax to "sculpt" sharp teeth for my incisors and lower teeth. If it works, it should make the effect that much nicer.

The rest? All black costume, gothy bling, etc. its pretty straightforward.

When I do this again tomorrow night, I'll make more pictures.

[Mortaniuss]

How did you accomplish such a realistic texture with the makeup?

[Charley]

I dunno how realistic it actually was. It seemed ok to me, but I think the webcam might be sugar-coating it. I used a sponge to apply the grease paint. It works well for keeping the streaking and tell-tale application marks to a minimum, so that helps. My mom suggested using such things. The best you can get are the compact application sponges that come in cosmetic kits. They're very soft and work well with smoothing.

[ReaperFett]

Originally posted by Agent Charley
The farmer gorilla is Akrabbim, BTW
Oooh, what's he going as?




:)
Looks good.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

My hair in pin curls...I'm avoiding sleep at the moment because of the bobby pins all over my head. :eek

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O yeh and Charley - lookin' gooooood. :D

[Charley]

Lookin cute, sugarmuffin. Can't wait to see the final product.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm going to have to 'convince' someone to take an actual picture of the finished product. The webcam isn't big enough. :)

[ReaperFett]

Unless you took lots of pictures and collaged them into one :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'd look like a puzzle :cry

[ReaperFett]

We would have fun rearranging the picture. It could be a new section, SWFer games. Next could be a crossword of all of Charley's characters :)

[Charley]

Be sure to act the part. That's half the fun of costume parties.

Its also great to scare the hell out of people, even when they most expect it. After all, you're going to a halloween party. You know there will be scary-ish things, so you should be prepared. Right?

Muhahaha >D

I scared the hell out of so many people tonight. Just walking around, flashing my pearly whites...and lots of staring.

Licking the blood off a fang helps too ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm afraid I'll be the one being scared. :cry

[Dasquian Belargic]

Blood effects. I have numerous blood sources.

That made me laugh so much ^_^;

[Zachariah Darmok]

Charley, the last picture of you with the gorilla is so funny man, never thought id see a werewolf smile :lol

[Charley]

Thats when they're most dangerous, naturally.

[Lady Vader]

It's so hard to recognize you with your wofl costume on, Charley. looks great! :D

Well, I wore my Arwen costume yesterday and everything turned out great. Everyone loved the costume here at work. And I did eneter the contest, though I didn't win any of the official categories. But I did get a consolation prize of some gift certificates for Old Navy (shopping spree :D)
(Yes, I got piccy's... pointy elf ears and all)

Anyhoo, tonight I dress in my female Sith, aka LV costume.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:cry I put my shoe through my fishnet today before I even left the house. So now I'm sort of a raggedy 20's gal with a hole in her stockings.

[Charley]

I didn't win any prizes. The "best guy" award went to some really crappy drag costume. Best overall was a good call though. Two people came as the ball-bobbling Cubs fan that snatched the ball from Moises Alou in game six. That was fantastic.

They need a "best scary costume" award. I'd win for sure.

[Lady Vader]

Holly... just go out and buy another pair. They aren't that much. and you can easily change into them and throw the others out. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'll probably get another pair for tonight.

[Crystal]

Love the costume charley ^_^


Originally posted by Lilaena De'Ville
:cry I put my shoe through my fishnet today before I even left the house. So now I'm sort of a raggedy 20's gal with a hole in her stockings.


Damn. :( Fishnet sucks.. The most pricey ones don't usually do that so easily.

[Sejah Haversh]

My samurai costume is now fit only to be burned. I frikking hate crappy sewing machines. I will not be dressing up this year after all

I got the under-kimono all done, the pants mostly done, and as I was putting some trim on the regular kimono, the stupid sewing maching screws the heck up and yanks threads from here there and everywhere, completely botching the whole thing.

[Ryla Relvinian]

:(

I bet it's still fix-able. I bet your tension was off, is the fabric ripped at all?

[Ceres Duvall]

Try fabric glue on whatever you need to fix or finish. It should hold. But by now it's prolly too late. >.< *works at a fabric store*

[AmazonBabe]

*works at a fabric store*

Oh! We can certainly pump you for advice on sewing stuffs! (Ryla too ^_^; )

[Charley]

More wofly webcam goodness, this time in between beer runs, bourbon shots, hunch punch, and jello shooters. Lycanthropic inebriation may ensue.

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The morning after (aka, 5 minutes ago):
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[Dasquian Belargic]

That last pic is priceless

[Charley]

Its due to the wofl having nothing but booze and blood, and not chasing it with water and tylenol. Also, no matter how drunk you are, don't sleep in your makeup. Thats a nasty feeling.

[Dasquian Belargic]

BTW, some of those pics do make you look very Nightcrawler ish. Especially with those pointy ears :)

[Master Yoghurt]

He looks really fresh and full of energy in that last pic.. eager to start a new day! ;)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I didn't get any pics. >_<

[Charley]

You butt-head! :mad

I wanted to see you!

[ReaperFett]

She didn't say accidently or forgot, the tease :(

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I still have the whole costume, if I can't get a copy of one of the pics of me and my guy together, then I'll dress up again and make my roommate take a pic soon.