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zombombie's 2011 Costume

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:27 am
by zombombie
So I got a proper start on my costume last night! It's taken me a long time to get started this year - who'd have thought planning a wedding would take up so much time?! :roll:

I'll post some teaser pics tonight, but this year is definitely on a budget. However, thanks to some nifty recycling of old material and props, and a free gift from a comic shop I should still have a pretty good costume. I hope... Those of you that read comics will hopefully know what I am this year ;)

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:28 am
by Zombie Pumpkins!
You'll make a lovely Wonder Woman. Can't wait to see the eventual pics. :wink:

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:36 am
by zombombie
To quote Brody from Mallrats: "I'd have made a sexy chick!"

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:31 am
by nosferatu
Bring in The Gimp

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:41 pm
by monstermash
HA! I was thinking Wonder Woman too!!!! :lol:
Bring on the teasers EZ, i'm useless with comics but i'll give it a go.
The best costumes can sometimes be ones you've russled up from bits and bobs.

PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:12 pm
by zombombie
What will you make of this I wonder....

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Plant pots?! What could it mean?!

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PostPosted:Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:13 pm
by zombombie
Wow, didn't expect those pics to be so big! Please feel free to shrink those down Ryan!

Damn my shaky hands for the blurry plant pots! :lol:

PostPosted:Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:09 am
by paddy_babe
Gah! thats hard, I was thinking The Incredibles when I saw the yellow but plant pots!? We need more teasers!!! :lol:

PostPosted:Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:25 am
by zombombie
I'll be honest, that hasn't come out that well, it's not yellow on black...it's silver. I might put more teasers up later :wink:

PostPosted:Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:31 pm
by Zombie Pumpkins!
Hmm, I do have some thing in mind...

PostPosted:Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:51 am
by zombombie
Feel free to PM me with ideas ;)

PostPosted:Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:50 pm
by nosferatu
Are you going as a fellow minion?

http://www.the-printable-mask-shop.com/grumpy-gus/

PostPosted:Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:58 pm
by zombombie
So I thought I'd let you guys know, I'm going as a Black Lantern from the Green Lantern books, they're zombies with power rings which have re-animated their corpses. They look like this:

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So you can look how you like really, so my costume will be this customised black shirt:

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I'll also be wearing a black domino mask, and a Black Lantern power ring (which was the free gift from the comic shop!).

I also made a Black Lantern power battery, which was the prop that led to my minor injury :lol:

It should look like this (The ring in this pic is the one I'll be wearing though I've also customised mine a little too!):

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So my prop started as some plant pots and a "float away" football:

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Now unfortunately with all the injuring I fell behind on my progress photos. So this is my power battery finished

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So I'm pretty proud with how the power battery came out and I'm hoping that everything combined will make for a pretty good costume :D

Hope you like, thanks for looking!

PostPosted:Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:36 pm
by nosferatu
The Blackest Night falls from the skies. ,
The darkness grows as all light dies,
We crave your hearts and your demise,
By my black hand, the dead shall rise!

That's great and really clever. Look forward to seeing you ready to part-ee.

PostPosted:Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:36 pm
by monstermash
Great idea for a costume, not obvious which is always good. I love the lantern, I would never of thought to use plant pots and footballs. The finished article all put together will be super. Will you be having a zombie face? You must have a zombie face! :)