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Post by Lordgrimley.com » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:15 pm

Look two posts up for info on how to get one.
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Post by Lordgrimley.com » Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:33 am

Glad to see such a tight group of people all with the same love. Wish I would have been here years ago. Maybe one of you guys will be able to help me build a steampunk costume I have to do for this year. Any advise.

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Post by MacPhantom » Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:37 am

Lordgrimley.com wrote: Maybe one of you guys will be able to help me build a steampunk costume I have to do for this year. Any advise.
Spike your hair, dye it purple, and carry a teapot?

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Post by Lordgrimley.com » Mon Aug 16, 2010 1:54 am

Yes I think they may expect more than a teapot from me. Problem is I don't have skills suitable to build the costume thats in my head.
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Post by MacPhantom » Mon Aug 16, 2010 12:16 pm

Pierce your nose, wear a Sid Vicious t-shirt, and buy a portable sauna?

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Post by jadewik » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:37 pm

Woo! STEAMPUNK RULES!

For some ideas, I recommend looking at various photos of existing Steampunk costumes.

HCC Cosplay did some GREAT steampunk costumes:
About: http://www.whatishcc.com/steampunk.php
Photos: http://www.whatishcc.com/gallery2/galle ... temId=1332
(The guns are distressed NERF guns and things)

There's also the League of S.T.E.A.M:
http://www.leagueofsteam.com/
They have some great steampunky videos....

Also check out steampunk band Abney Park:
Flash: http://www.abneypark.com/flash.html OR
HTML: http://www.abneypark.com/html.html

Steampunk movies (I can think of off the top of my head):
City of Ember
Wild Wild West

Steampunk-ish video games:
Bioshock

Steampunk takes a lot of elements of Victorian Costumes... spats... goggles... top hats... bowlers... etc. Some really cool stuff is out there. I hope you can take what you see and put together a good costume.

I was going to do Steampunk for Halloween this year-- even had plans for a costume... but a lack of fundage prevented that plan. Still trying to convince my husband to even let me do Halloween this year after what happened last year.... I think we'll bust out the Mad Science gurney again because I already have all the stuff (and we lived in a gated community and had a whopping 5 ToTers that year.)

.... what's the costume in your head? Steampunk makes it easy to piece something together.
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Post by Andybev01 » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:40 pm

Are the gates there to keep people out or...? 8)
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Post by jadewik » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:42 pm

Andybev01 wrote:Are the gates there to keep people out or...? 8)
The gates are there to annoy residents... and Halloween aficionados. =)

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Post by Andybev01 » Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:48 pm

Do you have a rent-a-cop at the gate, the keep out the barbarians?
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Post by jadewik » Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:52 am

Andybev01 wrote:Do you have a rent-a-cop at the gate, the keep out the barbarians?
There was a gatehouse, but it was never manned... don't know if it's still that way, I moved out over a year ago now... but I imagine it's still unguarded. I personally think gated communities are a joke.

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Post by Midnite Shadow » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:05 am

Have you seen that new show on ABC called 'The Gates'? Vampires and Werewolves...
They say that life's a carousel
Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well
The world is full of kings and queens
Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams
Its heaven and hell, oh well


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Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:12 pm

No, but have you watched Haven? It's based on a Stephen King story and is turning out to be pretty watchable.
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Post by Midnite Shadow » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:14 pm

Nope...wish I had more time to watch some shows...just never seem to find the time :(
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Post by Andybev01 » Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:17 pm

If you have a recorder it might be worth the space to try it once.
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Post by Lordgrimley.com » Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:01 am

Thanks for the links jadewik. Now I just need to learn to sew weld and fabricate.
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