I "borrowed" a suit of Samurai Armor from a friend who wears it (he belongs to a group which wears this stuff and whacks each other with giant wooden swords.)
I had signed up for a spooky fun run and needed a costume (last year went as a Viking). While drinking a beer and brainstorming this seemed like a brilliant idea to go as a Samurai warrior. Turns out the entire outfit with the solid steel helmet and Mempo weighs in at 50+lbs. Needless to say I ditched the idea of wearing it all after trying it on for the first time. Even the parts I left on for the run still weight over 25lbs. The first mile I was really really regretting doing this. I managed my 5K run in 11:40/mile which I was actually quite pleased with. Now I feel for those poor Samurai peons who are told to rush 2 miles over a field and climb a hill. My knees are still killing me a week later
All the ridiculous gear
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The Mempo
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At the finish line (victory comes with local Geisha girl)
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Awesome!
Cool.
Glad you survived! :D
Quote from: LongBlade on October 24, 2015, 12:28:27 AM
Awesome!
Pure awesome. O0 I wouldn't be able to run to the bathroom in that get-up!
Oh, and to answer your question, I will be dressing-up as a middle-aged grump.
A liberal. No one will guess it's me. Maybe I'll even vote three or four times >:D
A Syrian Refugee. So I can live anywhere I want to. Except Syria.
It doesn't look right without a chainmail shirt. You need to try harder next time ;-P
me. Im scary enough for the children :)
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Donald Trump. Even now, 100 virgins are sacrificing their golden locks for the wig O0
I don't dress up for Halloween. I dress down the other 364 days of the year.
I'm going as an uncle ;) . (Probably not a venue for the grown-ups to go in costume.) The nieces are going as a medieval queen and her... gypsy servant???
(Ages 8 and 7 respectively, minds out of the gutter please. :buck2: )
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Granddaughter in costume.
^ Awesome Bob!
I'm rocking the Captain America costume. The original not the revamped "new" Captain Anti-America.
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Granddaughter in costume.
Awesome.
About that age Daughter #2 decided she'd go as a purple witch. When we asked whether she was a good witch, or a bad witch, she responded that she was a "good bad witch."
LOL - or maybe a bad good witch? Grace is now 27 months old.
Quote from: bob48 on October 31, 2015, 05:52:21 PM
LOL - or maybe a bad good witch? Grace is now 27 months old.
She was quite clear that she was a good bad witch, though I think the semantics are almost irrelevant.
Daughter #2 may have been about that age, maybe a year older.
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Mrs Bayonet as Maleficent, and Bayonette as her daughter Mal, from the Disney movie Descendants
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Excellent - I love the crow (?) on top of the staff!
It's a raven, but yeah, close enough.
She had trouble getting into the car with the horns
That's a couple of fine Trick or Treaters! Excellent costumes.
Quote from: bob48 on October 31, 2015, 05:46:16 PM
Granddaughter in costume.
Captain Barbossa! O0
(Okay, I know that's supposed to be a witch, but I'd've messed with my nieces by going with Barbossa as my guess. >:D )
I dressed as Star's penis. Nobody saw me.
Was that because you were only 3 inches tall?
Quote from: Gusington on November 01, 2015, 01:12:05 PM
I dressed as Star's penis. Nobody saw me.
Laugh Out Loud
Quote from: Con on November 01, 2015, 01:43:09 PM
Was that because you were only 3 inches tall?
You're one too many decimals to the right.
Quote from: Gusington on November 01, 2015, 01:12:05 PM
I dressed as Star's penis. Nobody saw me.
Did you inappropriately rub yourself against people on the bus?
^I tried.
Not much to work with, I know.
Kinda limp and sad, like a wet, discarded cigarette butt on a damp, dark street.
Are you guys trying out some new kind of Star Summoning Ritual?
Not much seems to work, does it. He's noticeable by his absence.
....wonder what's got his attention to keep him away from grogs..........................
All that banging exhausts even the heartiest of gongs.
Quote from: Gusington on November 01, 2015, 05:38:12 PM
All that banging exhausts even the heartiest of gongs.
Cut the crap.
We all know he can't make bail because this time
he was the one driving the pickup through the living room...
^God I hope so.
I thought he was headed down this way after the story about the naked woman who poured ketchup all over herself in Miami. He really loves ketchup.
Maybe he's not quite ready to earn his red wings.
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Master Chief 40Jr., Banana Nguyen, and Abdusalaam Einstein.
You gotta bring him the Master Chief costume to Origins next year