Halloween Costumes

[Luris Blear]

Last year my older son - then three - sat across from me at the table while we counted his haul of candy. I asked him about next year, and he replied, "I be Batman, you be Joker!" His yet unborn brother was assigned the role of Robin.

We did most of our shopping today. At this point I just need to buy green RIT dye, a wig, and face paint.

My oldest son has his new Batman costume as of today.

The Robin costume for the youngest is now on its way from Target's web site.

The Joker costume is being pieced together. At this point everything except the wig and the green dye is either in the "costume bucket", on its way from the Internet, or waiting to be sewn together(vest & tie).

That Dark Knight Joker costume they are selling sucks. I thought about starting with it and just buying some makeup, but it really, really sucks. So I'm doing it better on my own for about the same price.

So, my son has been planning since Halloween night 2007. My brother has over half of his set list ready for his 4 hour radio show.

Anyone else getting ready for the special day yet?

[Gatsu18]

I'm havin a halloween part at my place and I'm either gonna be the Postal Dude or I'm gonna be a werewolf in human form. Just very feral lookin with long hair, nails, fangs and shit like that. Found some great contacts and a trench coat for it.

[KING]

Nope. I'd dress as Kakihara for fun though :bigthumbup:

[Aurone]

I'm thinking about letting my Dick hang out and tie a Pattato to it, then I'd be a Dicktaitor.

[IKickAssForTheLord]

I probably won't dress up, but when I was a kid I was always a vampire.... my dad would take me out only so he could eat my recee's peanut butter cups... but maybe I'll dress up this year a cause havok!

[JeNnYFuR]

I haven't figured out what I will be this year. I was a zombie last year...gotta stay up to par with last year, because my costume was cool. I gave thought to the classics like witches and vampires, but I'm not in the mood for that....*shrugs*

[Shreds_of_Flesh]

BLACK METAL

It will be the birth of my Black Metal band.... Scorn

[cmurdur]

http://trus.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-5171881reg.jpg
http://www.crashbangboomonline.com/dye%20comp.JPG
http://dooleysak.com/nss-folder/makeup/grease-paint-kit.jpg

[LgOr]

Ive got all my Joker shit ready. Make up, hair, purple trenchcoat, green vest. I got this stuff called rigid colodiun its awesome. you put it on your face and your skin like indents making it look like actual scars. sweet stuff

[Luris Blear]

Hm. I must have deleted it, but I am going for a comic book look. Simpler colors in the clothes, and permaclown instead of a shaving accident with green koolaid in the hair.

[LgOr]

i just got the green wig, its kinda messy so Ill probably put in some gel to keep it down. i cant wait

[cmurdur]

I was thinking about getting a nurse outfit to be different from all the other Jokers.

[koolmike]

No party this year. 1st time this has happened in years.

[SonOfSavini]

If any of you are willing to make it down here to St. Louis...I'd be more than happy to make you up however you want. Ive got some new liquid latex in that I'm looking to mess with. :D

[Luris Blear]

Yeah, the Joker is going to be common. I'd do something else but my son has been begging since Halloween night 2007.

That's a big part of why I'm going for the comic book style. (The other part being my remaining dislike of the TDK look, no matter how well Ledger did with the role.)

[3/6]

me adn my friends are being the misfits this year..

im gonna be Graves and my friend is gonna be Doyle

[satanocat]

thinking bout being mrs. lovit and the old man being sweeney todd, but we are both a little on the big side. so we would have to be them if they had not died and got old and fat toghether

[cmurdur]

Yeah, the Joker is going to be common. I'd do something else but my son has been begging since Halloween night 2007.

That's a big part of why I'm going for the comic book style. (The other part being my remaining dislike of the TDK look, no matter how well Ledger did with the role.)

I've decided to be the "Bank Robbery Joker", which I'm sure I'll be the only one.

[Luris Blear]

I think most people are going to go for that awful Dark Knight set.

I have to recommend finding one in person just to see what an awful joke that costume is. Just don't buy it.

[BooBerry]

My Costume
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Frosty120985/125528435v5_240x240_Front_Color-Yel.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Frosty120985/6930T.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Frosty120985/Tube20Socks.jpg

[cmurdur]

You couldn't look any gayer in that costume. :D

[BooBerry]

You couldn't look any gayer in that costume. :D

Oh, no cm, I couldn't look any more fabulous in that costume :nod:.

Now the real decision is whether or not to free ball it that night :straightface:.

[realizm]

going as Anton Chigurl from no country for old men.. been getting the custom together for a while now

[cmurdur]

Now the real decision is whether or not to free ball it that night :straightface:.
I say swing low, sweet chariots.

[choptop2]

Free ball and you might end the night with an indecent exposure charge.

If you could get the right socks and those shorts, it be a hilarious costume.

[realizm]

going as Anton Chigur from no country. only thing I need is to find something that looks like the cattle prod gun and ill be set

[skybrick]

I rock my Myers mask every year.

[Luris Blear]

My son and I have done matching costumes the couple of years. I'm just enjoying this while it's still "cool" for him.

2006: He was Snape, I was Malfoy.
2007: He was Spider-Man, I did the Captain America costume.
2008 will be Batman / Joker / Robin.

I buy/make and keep the costumes too. It's fun to do on a cold, rainy day.

[BooBerry]

Free ball and you might end the night with an indecent exposure charge.

If you could get the right socks and those shorts, it be a hilarious costume.

Pft, I'd be in a gay club. Nudity on Halloween night will be expected.

But beside that, gross, ain't no old guys getting a look at my goodies. :D

[cmurdur]

But beside that, gross, ain't no old guys getting a look at my goodies. :D

Nobody wants to see your candy corn and Raisenettes, anyway. :stone:

[BooBerry]

:shakefist:

[choptop2]

It being a gay bar, wouldn't said naughty bits be covered in silver glitter?? So I guess that's not really exposed.

[H78]

Funny you made this thread, Luris, I was just going to do the same the other day but then got sidetracked.

I actually haven't rocked the Myers getup since I was a kid in middle school, so I decided to bust the costume out again this year.

I JUST bought this beaut a few days ago (and paid some decent coin for it):

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9282/mikey1pe4.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6825/mikey2eg6.jpg

And I plan on picking up these coveralls:

http://www.automotiveworkwear.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/CT10_large.jpg

[3/6]

thats a sweet mask

[Gatsu18]

Hey I'm having a halloween party with a big ass feast this year and you're all invited! I expect to see you all there or there will be serious repercussions.

[choptop2]

You gonna foot the bill for travel?

[Luris Blear]

That mask rocks. The coveralls look good too. (I used to 'season' that kind of Halloween clothes by putting them on a dirt road and running the car over them a few times.)

Last year one of the neighbors dressed as Michael Meyers and played tricks on people from the balcony. The coveralls were probably a size too big, so he could stand still and look like a cheap decoration.

THAT was great.

[Gatsu18]

You gonna foot the bill for travel?

Haha yeah right, I'm already supplying the food and booze!

[Agamum]

The mask totally rocks though the costume Michael Myers wore was a much darker blue then that.

[ZION]

going as Anton Chigurl from no country for old men.. been getting the custom together for a while now

YO! Me too! But been having second thoughts and may go with...
http://www.patbratton.com/walter.jpg along with the bowling ball bag.

[Elwood]

Got three costumes this year... for parties and events i feel like doing i will be going as TDK joker which yes i know its common but i have this awesome new friend who loves to do make up... and this is a great chance to have fun with her.

My back up if she cant do the make up is to just wear a custom star trek shirt that my friend is also making for me. I am talking original series too, which is so awesome.

As for halloween night we are doing a big scary thing at my house and i will be done up like a crazy docotor with a gas mask... lots to do and plan for.

[darkoverlord]

Have not really considered what i would do for Halloween this year or what kind of costume to get:shrugs:

[tmobo]

I might just stay home and pass out candy. Or i might pass out candy and be a fake scarecrow that sits in the chair by the front door with a pumpkin on my head.
Try and scare a few people by poppin up while they least expect it. :starefreak:

[LgOr]

friend of mine is going to be the spirit

[UzumakiW]

Been thinking of doing something simple this year, so I'm probably going to go by the style of one of my favorite J-metal bands:

http://i36.tinypic.com/335e26o.jpg

[Doc Awesome]

The girlfriend and I are staying home and passing out candy but we're setting up strobes and fog and I'll be wearing a custom mask we made.

Either that or we'll be Barney and Betty from the Flintstones.

[Luris Blear]

Got three costumes this year... for parties and events i feel like doing i will be going as TDK joker which yes i know its common but i have this awesome new friend who loves to do make up... and this is a great chance to have fun with her. See, I can get behind that. Especially if she's hot. :bigthumbup:

[Galerian]

haven't decided what i'm gonna do for a costume this year. i'm definitely having a party though...

[Excesscabbage]

Hmm...I'm not sure about my costume this year. Last year I went as Bernie from Weekend at Bernies. That was a blast, I had people asking to hold me up in pictures all night long. I even went to a Fiery Furnaces concert on halloween night and made the lead singer smile at me when I did the Bernie dance.

Anyway, this year, I'm not sure. I just watched Gangs of New York again and wouldn't mind going as Bill the Butcher.

[Miss.Jasmine]

My friends that own/work at a tattoo shop are throwing a big thing.
My fiancee is dressing up like a very well known cracked out homeless guy in our city and i hvae nooo idea yet.

[satanocat]

just found out that we are going on a halloween crawl so now i have to find a costume.

[smokey]

Never really dress up at halloween. Its not as mad over here.

[Luris Blear]

My costume:

Finished(?): Nothing.

To do:
Finish sewing the vest together.
Sew the tie together.
Dye pants and coat purple.
Dye shirt Green

Waiting on my wig and coat now.

I'm effectively going for this kind of look:
http://www.comicvine.com/detective-comics-the-laughing-fish/37-112800/

With the only exception being the hair. I want the hair to more resemble the cover of the old Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told: http://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2004/2004_Individual/2004_02/000249.php

We'll see when it all gets put together, I guess. Note to self: Need purple fabric for tie.

[Luris Blear]

Okay. Cheap purple pants. Here's what I did right (80% of it) and what I did wrong (d'oh!)

Target has (had?) Legendary Gold brand khakis for sale. About $12 if you're normal sized, $14 for big guys. Like me. They come in two shades of khaki - plain khaki and a sickly pale khaki. Get the sickly pale ones. Pick some of those up then head to the laundry department. Get some RIT brand Whitener and Brightener. You also, of course, want some Purple colored RIT dye. I couldn't find any at Target, but the grocery store and fabric store both had some. I suggest two boxes of purple, at about $2.25 or $2.50 each.

You'll want a bucket if you don't have one already. 5 gallons at least. About $6 where I found one. White if at all possible.

Day 1 Pour hot water, whitener, and a goodly amount of bleach into the big bucket. Set outside. Dunk the pants in. Stir occasionally. I left mine out for about six hours. Wash and dry with a load of whites. Use more bleach in the washing machine. Wash your bucket.

Day 2. Mix RIT dye in hot water with 1 cup of salt and 1 TBSP of detergent, per directions on package. In the bucket of course. Drop in pants and stir. The box says 30 minutes. I left mine in for about 90 while attempting to sew the vest together. Drain bucket. Wash and dry on a light cycle with other purple garments. My wife had three purple shirts getting a fresh blast of purple for the cause.

Recap:
Cheap pale khakis RIT whitener & Brightener (1 bottle) Bleach (I used about 2-3 cups) RIT purple dye (2 boxes) 1 Cup of Salt 1 Tablespoon of Detergent Bucket Total Investment: Around $25 ($30 if you need a new bucket) and a few hours spread out over two days.

Last Thoughts (Where I went wrong): I used to dye my own shirts in order to have bright-colored clothes. Back in the day I used to leave them in the bucket overnight. I should have done that with the pants.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but the chances seem slim that you can find any quality purple trousers for any worthwhile price.

[toxicangel19]

i dunno if ill get to frolick in a costume this year...depends if halloween falls on a weekend and if they have some party around here or good haunted house..otherwise i wont do anything....if i was in my home town id be hittin up the block party...

[toxicangel19]

i dunno if ill get to frolick in a costume this year...depends if halloween falls on a weekend and if they have some party around here or good haunted house..otherwise i wont do anything....if i was in my home town id be hittin up the block party...

[Luris Blear]

Halloween is a Friday night this year.

[Chicken]

I Bought A Micheal Myers Mask just today And out of bordom I made a scarecrow mask Dose not look like the one from Batman Begins but still looks pretty sweet.
And im Being Captain Spallding for Halloween yippy.

[cmurdur]

I testing my fake skin now. Trials, really.

[JeNnYFuR]

I've figured it out....I will be...THE DEVIL! *thunder, lightning, and evil music*

MUAHAHAHA!

[Luris Blear]

I'll admit it: I'm Nicholson sized again. I finished the vest today, and decided to try what I have of the costume on:

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/picture.php?albumid=156&pictureid=3040

And with the hat: http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/picture.php?albumid=156&pictureid=3041

From the top down: $7 Pimp hat, with the ugly leopard print band ripped off. $30 wig (ebayed from Hong Kong, $10 + $20 shipping) $26 jacket ($21 for white doctor's medical jacket + shipping via ebay and $4 for the liquid purple dye) $17 shirt ($13 white shirt, $3 green dye, tax) $4 vest ($2 material, $1 thread, $1 buttons. Sewn together over the course of two weekends.) $22 pants ($14 very pale khakis, $3 color remover, $5 dye).Prices are all estimates, but for the money it blows the hell out of that awful TDK Joker costume that has been making the rounds.

Again, I wanted the Laughing Fish / Five Way Revenge kind of look, and that's coming along nicely. There's also going to be a lot of salads and exercise in the next twenty five days. :(

[koolmike]

I got invited to a party a few days ago...saw an Obama rubber mask that caught my eye. That and a dark suit might work.

[choptop2]

Put the Obama mask on your shoulder. Say you're Obama and Biden.

It be like the movie The Thing with Two heads.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2258/2252681130_c563da7393_o.jpg

[H78]

Enjoy, bitches...

http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/5003/sdc12208gs8.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9569/sdc12216nz8.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1993/sdc12224cw2.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3676/sdc12235gg4.jpg

[koolmike]

That is an awesome mask.

Good idea chop.

[Chicken]

Funny you made this thread, Luris, I was just going to do the same the other day but then got sidetracked.

I actually haven't rocked the Myers getup since I was a kid in middle school, so I decided to bust the costume out again this year.

I JUST bought this beaut a few days ago (and paid some decent coin for it):

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/9282/mikey1pe4.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/6825/mikey2eg6.jpg

And I plan on picking up these coveralls:

http://www.automotiveworkwear.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/CT10_large.jpg


My Mask's way better lol ! I joke that micheal Myers mask is pretty sweet.

[False Blood]

I'm waiting for a theme for work, I think it's going to be pirates or Roman times.

Out of work I want to be a gangster :nod:

[koolmike]

Here's a cool costume:


http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa69/djrobotmonster/babysuit.jpg

[Searcher]

I was Joker in 2006. Here's how it turned out.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/R0ck5tar/100_0251.jpg?t=1224075595

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/R0ck5tar/100_0288.jpg?t=1224075643
The Joker and the unabomber, what a pair.

[koolmike]

Look just like Ceaser Romero.

[Chicken]

Look just like Ceaser Romero.

The guy in the hoodie looks nothing like Ceaser Romero lol!

[LadyFrankenstein]

me adn my friends are being the misfits this year..

im gonna be Graves and my friend is gonna be Doyle

I <3 Michale Graves! Cool idea. The only remotely decent costume I could find that fit nicely was nurse costume called Sponge Bath Betty. Was hoping to find something a little more creative, but it's vintage inspired so it's cool.

[Jungle_Julia]

Im going to be a sexy nun

http://www.electriqueboutique.com/womens-shoes/Sexy-Naughty-Habit-Nun-Halloween-Costume/C-5102.html

[choptop2]

Pretty sweet looking Searcher.

[Searcher]

Thanks!!

Hey Julia, you better post a pic of you in the nun costume! :eyebrow:

[koolmike]

Absolutely!

[Luris Blear]

I love that Meyers mask. Not a fan of the movies, but I can't help appreciating that entire costume in spite it.

[Knight]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/R0ck5tar/100_0288.jpg?t=1224075643
The Joker and the unabomber, what a pair.

Thought that was Kevin Smith.

Also waiting to hear from cmurder on how your costume doesn't do the comics any justice.

[cmurdur]

Also waiting to hear from cmurder on how your costume doesn't do the comics any justice.

I can't see the pic, but if it looks like Romero, then does the 60's comics justice. :D

[choptop2]

Add a star and you could probably pass for Paul Stanley

[Luris Blear]

Cmurder: The hair and makeup is very Romero. The costume is harder to pin down.

Searcher, Patient J and Nicholson now all have the hair color down, too.

[Searcher]

Add a star and you could probably pass for Paul Stanley

Can make that happen too...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/R0ck5tar/ToddandKristen.jpg?t=1224467081

[Searcher]

Cmurder: The hair and makeup is very Romero. The costume is harder to pin down.

Searcher, Patient J and Nicholson now all have the hair color down, too.

When I did this I researched and printed out a half dozen pics off the internet, much like the ones you have. The more I tinkered with it, the more it came out like Romero. Plus I probably just have facial features that lends itself to that end anyway.

[Jungle_Julia]

Thanks!!

Hey Julia, you better post a pic of you in the nun costume! :eyebrow:

Will do!

[BooBerry]

Found out a friend lied about seeing The Strangers this summer because she knows I would force her to see it if she said no. So when she comes home for Halloween, she's gonna get it. Gonna scare the fuck out of that lying ho!
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Frosty120985/sppok.jpg

[BooBerry]

My Camp Crystal Lake shirt came in and its way too big, even for a small, so I just scrounged some stuff up and now I'mma be a gay hunter. :nod:
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k19/Frosty120985/hunt.jpg

The gay is from the waist down in the form of boxers with deers and mooses and bears. Then I got my combat boots and a toy shotgun.

Bring on the free drinks bitches.

[koolmike]

Can make that happen too...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/R0ck5tar/ToddandKristen.jpg?t=1224467081

:coolbeer:

Holy shit! You look just like a younger Paul Stanley.

[thorn_man]

I've decided to go super-gay this Halloween, with one of the coolest looking killers in ages.

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4511/leathlc2.png

Everything is pretty easy to come up with, with the exception of the mask. It needs to be smooth, and not stitched-up like the manufactured leatherface masks.

Any ideas on how to make it or buy something that I could alter a bit?

[Chicken]

:lol2:
I've decided to go super-gay this Halloween, with one of the coolest looking killers in ages.

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4511/leathlc2.png

Everything is pretty easy to come up with, with the exception of the mask. It needs to be smooth, and not stitched-up like the manufactured leatherface masks. Any ideas on how to make it or buy something that I could alter a bit?

:lol2:

Oh my God .

Im Being Captin spallding Sorry i would show a pic of him but i don't know how to post pictures.

[Luris Blear]

I don't wear this nearly as well as Searcher -- marriage has caught up to me.

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/uhm/picture.php?albumid=156&pictureid=3158

The white makeup was a test run -- next time I'll lay it on thicker and cover my neck all the way. I didn't want to mess up the wig or shirt last night, though.

[koolmike]

:lol:Great makeup. Costume isa little weak.. Might wanna cut down on the cheetos LB :D

[Luris Blear]

I eat well -- it's all a matter of getting away from my desks from time to time.

[koolmike]

Nothing a little bit of exercise couldn't take care of.

[Luris Blear]

Very clever, Mike, but I'm still not buying your treadmill. :mhehe:

Honestly, I need to fight with at least two people to get a half hour to myself most of the time. But it probably is time I start fighting.

[koolmike]

Very clever, Mike, but I'm still not buying your treadmill. :mhehe:





:downlow:

[choptop2]

The floppy lab coat makes you look like some kind of wacky scientist or kid's show host. Did you check out goodwill for a good sport coat? They've got 'em in every color of the rainbow even purple.

[koolmike]

The floppy lab coat makes you look like some kind of wacky scientist or kid's show host.

:lol:

[Luris Blear]

I have a feeling that purple sport coats are going to be in very, very short supply at Goodwill this year. Didn't even try.

[koolmike]

Could always ask this guy to lend you his:

http://www.stampedeblue.com/images/admin/huggybear.jpg

[Luris Blear]

I'm going Trick Or Treating with a 4 year old whose mask only covers his face.

The lab coat was a goofy touch, but will also save money so the same 4 year old can get more swag for Christmas.

To me, the wig is even worse. :mhehe:

[choptop2]

Think He'd lend me the bowtie?

And like I said, every color of the rainbow. Or you could always dye one. Would look better than a lab coat (People will think you're the Ghost of Professor Green Jeans) and would set you back $2-4 tops.

[koolmike]

Overall, you look fine LB. Just takin' some light jabs at ya.

[choptop2]

Right. it gets the job done come halloween night.

[Searcher]

I'm going Trick Or Treating with a 4 year old whose mask only covers his face.

The lab coat was a goofy touch,

To me, the wig is even worse. :mhehe:

It's possible the 4 year old may remember this the rest of his life, you're doing a great job.

[Luris Blear]

It's possible the 4 year old may remember this the rest of his life, you're doing a great job.Thanks. Like I said, that's the biggest reason I'm doing any Joker at all this year.

Kind of like the Captain America to match his Spider-Man last year.

We have a blast, and I'm enjoying it as long as he thinks it is cool.

[cmurdur]

I should be getting my hair dyed tonight.

[Searcher]

Im going to be a sexy nun


Hey Julia, you better post a pic of you in the nun costume!


Will do!

Okay, out with it!!:oogle:

[koolmike]

Okay, out with it!!:oogle:


http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2007/12/14dec5-hot-nun-legs.jpg

[Searcher]

:lol:

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

That's pretty cool. For a minute I almost thought that was their real legs.