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[Lordgrimley.com]

Look two posts up for info on how to get one.

[Lordgrimley.com]

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.

PS Do I have to post this somewhere else

[MacPhantom]

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?

[Lordgrimley.com]

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.

[MacPhantom]

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

[jadewik]

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.

[Andybev01]

Are the gates there to keep people out or...?

[jadewik]

Are the gates there to keep people out or...?

The gates are there to annoy residents... and Halloween aficionados. =)

[Andybev01]

Do you have a rent-a-cop at the gate, the keep out the barbarians?

[jadewik]

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.

[Midnite Shadow]

Have you seen that new show on ABC called 'The Gates'? Vampires and Werewolves...

[Andybev01]

No, but have you watched Haven? It's based on a Stephen King story and is turning out to be pretty watchable.

[Midnite Shadow]

Nope...wish I had more time to watch some shows...just never seem to find the time

[Andybev01]

If you have a recorder it might be worth the space to try it once.

[Lordgrimley.com]

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