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Halloween '14 pics!

Oct 11, 2014#1

Dei

Starting early but why not?! Here's my costume in progress, my daughter wants to be Anna and insisted I be Elsa.

Oct 11, 2014#2

Hailey Knight

It's not early; it's already Halloween 11th.

Oct 11, 2014#3

Celt Z

This should kinda count as Halloween: as I mentioned in the other thread, my friend and I did the Diva Dash today as Calvin & Hobbes. We were going to get more elaborate, but in addition to needing to be able to scale the obstacles, it was also raining and 50°F. We just wanted to be warm enough!

Oct 11, 2014#4

LittleKagsin

I'm kind of behind on Halloween actually....oops. But here's progress so far I guess.

Decided on Hades for Halloween! Should be fun.

Spoilered because I post way to many pictures. :awesome:

Pattern:

Dress pretty much cut out:

HA, pretending to make a pattern for my top:

Cut out and pinned together:

MAH WIG!

Oct 12, 2014#5

WasabiPoptart

I'm going as Medusa this year. I just picked up some stuff to start putting the costume together. Except the important gown part which I should be able to do. Pics when I get it together.

Oct 12, 2014#6

Shannow

What I have so far, more to be added. (Gloves, long cigarette filter for my smokes, etc.) Friend got his tactical vest and Crossbones luchradore mask, so he will be my henchman.

Oct 13, 2014#7

Cheesy1

Putting this here since it's Halloween related:

Oct 14, 2014#8

filmfanatic

Change it to Three Musketeers and I agree with the sentiment.

Oct 14, 2014#9

Hylian

This was me trying on my costume, although I may grab a few accessories for it. (and yes I know I need to align the bones better next time I put it on)

Oct 14, 2014#10

rac3r_x

filmfanatic said:
Change it to Three Musketeers and I agree with the sentiment.

This is funny I'm actually handing out full size Snickers this year, just to see the look of shock on their faces.

Oct 15, 2014#11

fade

You should give out one full size snickers for every 5 pieces of crappy candy. Then you can see the looks of both shock and betrayal.

Oct 18, 2014#12

Dei

Elsa selfie! (Wigs can suck it, I am terrible with them)

Oct 18, 2014#13

Chad Sexington

Hylian said:
This was me trying on my costume, although I may grab a few accessories for it. (and yes I know I need to align the bones better next time I put it on)

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Manny, you should probably get dressed...

Oct 19, 2014#14

fade

Working on some singing pumpkins that will be driven by Vixen. Here's the first part done.

Oct 20, 2014#15

drawn_inward

fade said:
Working on some singing pumpkins that will be driven by Vixen.

That's a neat idea! Post the finished product, por favor.

Oct 20, 2014#16

fade

My kids did the faces on the little ones. I did the redneck voice for the vampire and my daughter cried. Oops. "He's supposed to be SCARY!"

Oct 21, 2014#17

PatrThom

Guy makes Downton Abbey costume.

"But which character?" I hear you ask.
No, not which character. The Abbey.

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/downton_abbey/downton_abbey_costume.html

--Patrick

Oct 21, 2014#18

Celt Z

fade said:
I did the redneck voice for the vampire and my daughter cried. Oops.

This must give her nightmares:

Oct 21, 2014#19

figmentPez

PatrThom said:
Guy makes Downton Abbey costume.

"But which character?" I hear you ask.
No, not which character. The Abbey.

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/downton_abbey/downton_abbey_costume.html

--Patrick

Good to see that Rob Cockerham is still updating. I used to visit Cockeyed.com regularly hoping for new updates.

Oct 21, 2014#20

BErt

I remain a terrible person.

Oct 21, 2014#21

Celt Z

Now I'm just confused-I thought they were called weiner dogs.

Oct 21, 2014#22

BErt

Celt Z said:
Now I'm just confused-I thought they were called weiner dogs.

yeah, we've been there too

I guess we can keep doing food...sushi next year?

Oct 21, 2014#23

figmentPez

Taco Dog is not a palindrome!

Oct 22, 2014#24

PatrThom

stienman said:
The postal service demanded hazard pay to deliver it

Gotta love those nonstandard size envelopes that push you to "extra ounce" postage even if it isn't.

--Patrick

Oct 22, 2014#25

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I'm dressing as an Aquabat all week at work. I'm way more excited than I should be

Oct 23, 2014#26

fade

Made this frame from wire hangers

Which when I drape it with something like this bathrobe

And then under light from inside will be neat.

Oct 23, 2014#27

evilmike

stienman said:
Aside from a few parties I won't be able to do much for halloween this year since we're closing on the new place on the 30th.

Maybe you'll luck out and the new neighborhood will have been buried over a native american graveyard, or over a network of tunnels that are infested with CHUDs, or your neighbor is a vampire which can only be defeated by a plucky gang of kids (which I seem to remember you have)...

Who needs Halloween when you can live it?

Oct 23, 2014#28

PatrThom

evilmike said:
Who needs Halloween when you can live it?

Or when you can leave the house appropriately prepared.

--Patrick

Oct 25, 2014#29

fade

I seriously had a dream last night that I showed up at a Halloween party dressed as Marty McFly in a McDonalds uniform. When people asked me what I was, I said, "a McDonalds shake".

Oct 25, 2014#30

Celt Z

fade said:
McDonalds shake

Oct 25, 2014#31

fade

Hey I feel okay with it after he tried to float an entire show on Parkinson's jokes.

Oct 25, 2014#32

fade

Got my singing pumpkins further along. Servos and pushrods made of wire hangers. Oh wire hangers, is there anything you can't do?

Oct 25, 2014#33

Bumble the Boy Wonder

fade said:
Oh wire hangers, is there anything you can't do?

Noooooo moreeeeee WIRE HANGERSSSSSSS

Oct 25, 2014#34

drifter

Is that an ESP M-50 in the corner?

Oct 25, 2014#35

fade

It is indeed.

Here's a video of them in action. Not properly synced yet.
[DOUBLEPOST=1414264897,1414264700][/DOUBLEPOST]Also that was a pretty impressive sight identification of my guitar.

Oct 25, 2014#36

PatrThom

fade said:
Also that was a pretty impressive sight identification of my guitar.

We've already established that you have to be careful what you leave in your pictures around here.

--Patrick

Oct 25, 2014#37

drifter

I'll be honest, I had to look up the model number.

Oct 25, 2014#38

fade

Now with EYES!

Oct 26, 2014#39

Shannow

For the Austin folks...how is Sixth street for Halloween? I am hearing it is insane.

Oct 26, 2014#40

Dei

Daughter's costume in progress.

Oct 27, 2014#41

fade

Oh wow these came out even better than my greatest hopes.

Oct 27, 2014#42

fade

I made several other simple props. One of which @stienman helped me out with over at stack exchange. This mess is 8 pairs of lights designed to trigger in slow sequence and then fade out. Partly a turn signal circuit design and partly stuff I made up together myself. Part count got kind of high for something so simple but what can you do. There's a 555, a 741, an optocoupler (the fading needs higher V than the 555 can handle, and I couldn't put in another transistor without saturating the caps and losing the fade effect), a regulator, and a homemade IR proximity detector (which uses the 741 as a comparator--thanks Instructables). It's staying on a breadboard until after Halloween, because I want all those parts back.

Anyway, I'll be distributing them through bushes and ivy as eyes that light up when triggered.

On the plus side, between all these projects, I finally found a use for 150' of telephone wire I've been carting through 3 moves now...

Oct 27, 2014#43

PatrThom

fade said:
150' of telephone wire I've been carting through 3 moves now...

REPRESENT!

--Patrick

Oct 27, 2014#44

evilmike

fade said:
I made several other simple props. One of which @stienman helped me out with over at stack exchange. This mess is 8 pairs of lights designed to trigger in slow sequence and then fade out. Partly a turn signal circuit design and partly stuff I made up together myself. Part count got kind of high for something so simple but what can you do. There's a 555, a 741, an optocoupler (the fading needs higher V than the 555 can handle, and I couldn't put in another transistor without saturating the caps and losing the fade effect), a regulator, and a homemade IR proximity detector (which uses the 741 as a comparator--thanks Instructables). It's staying on a breadboard until after Halloween, because I want all those parts back.

Anyway, I'll be distributing them through bushes and ivy as eyes that light up when triggered.

On the plus side, between all these projects, I finally found a use for 150' of telephone wire I've been carting through 3 moves now...

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It sounds like you've done a great job with everything.

Do you have a schematic posted for your fader circuit?

Oct 27, 2014#45

Cajungal

fade said:
Oh wow these came out even better than my greatest hopes.

Oh my God that is so great!!! :eek:

Oct 28, 2014#46

Dei

1/4 done with skirt painting.

Oct 28, 2014#47

drawn_inward

Hot damn @fade - Great work! Now, go make an Instructable post.

Oct 28, 2014#48

fade

drawn_inward said:
Hot damn @fade - Great work! Now, go make an Instructable post.

Thanks. I would, but singing pumpkins and singing Christmas trees are pretty common. The only thing I could contribute really is my springy opening/closing mechanism. I think it adds a little life to them, so that they're not clomping away like pac-man.[DOUBLEPOST=1414506938,1414506422][/DOUBLEPOST]

evilmike said:
It sounds like you've done a great job with everything.

Do you have a schematic posted for your fader circuit?

Here's a really nasty version I threw together on Digi-key's Schemeit site: http://www.digikey.com/schemeit/#12fx

Oct 28, 2014#49

evilmike

fade said:
Here's a really nasty version I threw together on Digi-key's Schemeit site: http://www.digikey.com/schemeit/#12fx

Interesting design. It's a little unclear how the transistors are connected -- are they all in parallel or is this some sort of stair step connection?

Oct 28, 2014#50

fade

They are connected to one another. It's how the cascade works. Vbe rises according to the RC timer. Each transistor incurs an additional 0.7V drop, so each transistor doesn't open until the base voltage rises above the Vce, which is successively larger for each transistor. Therefore, each lights in succession. The first to light is the lowest one on the staircase there.[DOUBLEPOST=1414509707,1414509344][/DOUBLEPOST]Right, and don't forget the V drops from the LEDs, too. That changes Vce.

Oct 28, 2014#51

fade

Let me try that again. Imagine the rising V from the RC on Q8. When it hits 0.7V, Q8 opens, and the first LEDs come on. But the emitter of Q7 is also at 0.7V, so Q7 won't open until it the RC circuit reaches 1.4V, which puts the emitter of Q6 at 1.4V, so Q6 won't open until the RC hits 2.1V, etc, etc. Actually, this is only accurate for the Q8. After that, the emitter voltage contains some of Vce divided by any realistically non-zero resistance across all the b-e paths below the transistor of interest. So it means that you need more than 0.7*8 = 5.6V to open all 8 transistors.

Also, note there's no discharge path for the 940uf capacitance. I left it out because it makes the LEDs go out really slowly as the caps discharge whatever way they can. Probably not healthy for the circuit, but whatever. It's for a couple of hours one night.

Oct 28, 2014#52

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Well take a look at the nerdsss!

Oct 28, 2014#53

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
Well take a look at the nerdsss!

...and their blinky light things.

--Patrick

Oct 28, 2014#54

Dei

Oct 29, 2014#55

Dei

I should theoretically trim and re-hem my Elsa dress because it is way too long, but I don't know if I have the will in me to do so. Have to finish the cape part of my daughter's costume today because she will probably want it for trick or treating time, and I have to drum up the urge to carve pumpkins after spending the better part of the month making 2 costumes. If only my husband wasn't so blase about holidays, I could pawn off the pumpkin carving on him. But he did spend 3-4 hours helping me cut out the stencils for my daughter's costume so I can't get too mad.

Oct 29, 2014#56

fade

I know that feel. I had like 5 other electronic props I wanted to make, and I had time last night. But I was like, nope. I spent dawn till dusk this weekend on those pumpkins. Ditto on the spouse, too. My wife's attitude is, "Meh, Halloween".

Oct 29, 2014#57

Shakey

We tried to do pumpkins last night, but no one had any pumpkins left. So, I thought what the heck, let's try carving these little pie pumpkins. Not a good idea... They are hard as hell. We broke 4 carving knives trying to do it.

Oct 29, 2014#58

Dei

Every grocery store around has SO MANY PUMPKINS. I wish I had that excuse.

Oct 29, 2014#59

Celt Z

Dei said:
I should theoretically trim and re-hem my Elsa dress because it is way too long, but I don't know if I have the will in me to do so. Have to finish the cape part of my daughter's costume today because she will probably want it for trick or treating time, and I have to drum up the urge to carve pumpkins after spending the better part of the month making 2 costumes. If only my husband wasn't so blase about holidays, I could pawn off the pumpkin carving on him. But he did spend 3-4 hours helping me cut out the stencils for my daughter's costume so I can't get too mad.

You're doing a great job! The costumes look wonderful! But I know what you mean about wishing you could share the workload. Mr. Z is always willing to help me put up decorations and happy to buy supplies, but asking him to make something (like pumpkin carving) is like saying, "Here, could you hack this to pieces? Thanks!". The man is handy, but has no artistic gene.

Oct 29, 2014#60

Dei

Fucked up cutting something. Fabric store no longer has same shade of my fleece color. Needed to rebuy all fleece to recut everything. /headdesk /headdesk.

Oct 29, 2014#61

figmentPez

A musician I follow on Facebook posted this photo. 1,000 king sized candy bars. Damn.

Oct 29, 2014#62

PatrThom

There'd better be some left come Friday!

--Patrick

Oct 29, 2014#63

AshburnerX

My pumpkin this year!

Went out and got a green light for it and everything. Hope the kids dig it. Pikachu got a lot of attention last year.

Oct 29, 2014#64

ncts_dodge_man

Here is my 6-year old son's "robot" design on the left and my wife and my design on the right.

Oct 30, 2014#65

Ravenpoe

AshburnerX said:
My pumpkin this year!

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Went out and got a green light for it and everything. Hope the kids dig it. Pikachu got a lot of attention last year.

The parents are going to wonder why you carved a knobby penis with a face.

Oct 30, 2014#66

Dei

Oct 30, 2014#67

LittleKagsin

GAH, adorable! :heart:

You did such a wonderful job!

Oct 30, 2014#68

David

*Looks at @Dei's photos* Well, ONE of us is going to have to change.

Oct 30, 2014#69

Adam

Put it back! Put it back!

Oct 30, 2014#70

Dei

David said:
*Looks at @Dei's photos* Well, ONE of us is going to have to change.

That's Hawt.

Oct 30, 2014#71

fade

Well. I feel like an idiot. I thought I fried my PIR, and I had given up on it. The active IR sensor I homemade only had a range of about 4-5 inches. The PIR will see down the driveway, so I really wanted it. Anyway, there was a forum on Parallax's website, and the engineers who actually work there are really responsive. We found my problem. Apparently the sensor revision I have goes haywire with a load on the output, unlike the newer ones. I did not know this, having only triggered microcontrollers with it before (a standalone AVR and an Arduino). Anyway, I'd thought of this already and had tried a 3904, but that didn't change a thing. Subbing in a MOSFET did, though. Now it works like a champ, and my parts count dropped tremendously. Here's a quick video of it now:

Oct 31, 2014#72

Celt Z

Dei said:
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You two look great! I hope you got a full-body picture of both you so we can see the details on the dresses. (And post it!)

Decided to go simple with Li'l Z's costume this year and make sure he has one that didn't get him over-heated easily. Plus, it's also jammies he can wear later on.

Little Bruce Lee

Oct 31, 2014#73

BErt

They say dress for the job you want and not the job you have, so I went to work like this today

Oct 31, 2014#74

Ravenpoe

BErt said:
They say dress for the job you want and not the job you have, so I went to work like this today

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Applying for the position of Pumpkin King?[DOUBLEPOST=1414772526,1414772496][/DOUBLEPOST]

Celt Z said:
You two look great! I hope you got a full-body picture of both you so we can see the details on the dresses. (And post it!)

Decided to go simple with Li'l Z's costume this year and make sure he has one that didn't get him over-heated easily. Plus, it's also jammies he can wear later on.

Little Bruce Lee
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That is painfully adorable.

Oct 31, 2014#75

Cajungal

Y'all look great, @Dei!

Oct 31, 2014#76

evilmike

How I imagine @WasabiPoptart 's holiday:

Oct 31, 2014#77

WasabiPoptart

Bad Cop and Fluttershy

Fluttershy in more detail

Good Cop/Bad Cop

Oct 31, 2014#78

Dei

Here's a couple more of my daughter.

Oct 31, 2014#79

WasabiPoptart

You did a great job on the costumes, @Dei!

Oct 31, 2014#80

evilmike

Pumpkin carving at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Oct 31, 2014#81

fade

fade said:
Well. I feel like an idiot. I thought I fried my PIR, and I had given up on it. The active IR sensor I homemade only had a range of about 4-5 inches. The PIR will see down the driveway, so I really wanted it. Anyway, there was a forum on Parallax's website, and the engineers who actually work there are really responsive. We found my problem. Apparently the sensor revision I have goes haywire with a load on the output, unlike the newer ones. I did not know this, having only triggered microcontrollers with it before (a standalone AVR and an Arduino). Anyway, I'd thought of this already and had tried a 3904, but that didn't change a thing. Subbing in a MOSFET did, though. Now it works like a champ, and my parts count dropped tremendously. Here's a quick video of it now:

The best part about this project is that I used the super-bright LEDs, and a beefy power supply. So all the kids who make eye contact with the "monsters" get free LASIK.

Oct 31, 2014#82

Dei

Halloween pet peeve: Parents who sit in their car and creepily follow their trick or treating kids down the street. IT'S NOT EVEN THAT COLD! GTFO AND WALK WITH THEM!

Oct 31, 2014#83

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Oct 31, 2014#84

Tinwhistler

The brood

Oct 31, 2014#85

Ravenpoe

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
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In my mind, this is not a costume. This is just how Bumble always looks.

Oct 31, 2014#86

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Ravenpoe said:
In my mind, this is not a costume. This is just how Bumble always looks.

I can't lie, since I've had the costume, I have worn it a lot. Like... Almost every night.
In bed.

...ladies

Nov 1, 2014#87

checkeredhat

Went to the Steamwhistle Brewery Halloween Bash last night. It was pretty great. I got mistaken for Zorro a lot. I learned this year that a shocking number of people have never seen the Princess Bride.

Also, my friends and I went bowling in costume the night before Halloween.

Nov 1, 2014#88

WasabiPoptart

I hope no one turns to stone looking at me!!

Nov 1, 2014#89

WasabiPoptart

evilmike said:
How I imagine @WasabiPoptart 's holiday:

I was so surprised to see several homes around us with the carved pineapple!! Last year I think I saw one.

Nov 1, 2014#90

Shannow

So many people stopped us for pictures down on 6th last night...

Nov 1, 2014#91

Emrys

WasabiPoptart said:
Bad Cop and Fluttershy
View attachment 16465

Miniature @Officer_Charon and @LittleKagsin!

Nov 1, 2014#92

evilmike

WasabiPoptart said:
I was so surprised to see several homes around us with the carved pineapple!! Last year I think I saw one.

I guess I know what I need to try next year:

Nov 1, 2014#93

WasabiPoptart

My son was just asking about that this morning!!

Nov 1, 2014#94

WasabiPoptart

Today Lily's Girl Scout Troop is celebrating the founder's birthday with a witches & wizards party. She is, of course, Hermione.

Nov 1, 2014#95

Mathias

Shannow said:
So many people stopped us for pictures down on 6th last night...

Nov 1, 2014#96

Gusto

DINOSAURS!

Nov 1, 2014#97

figmentPez

Shannow said:
So many people stopped us for pictures down on 6th last night...

Cosplaying Army of Two?

Nov 2, 2014#98

David

Roommate and I being sexy Disney princesses

Nov 2, 2014#99

PatrThom

I don't remember any Disney duck princesses.

--Patrick

Nov 2, 2014#100

Ravenpoe

PatrThom said:
I don't remember any Disney duck princesses.

--Patrick

Nov 2, 2014#101

Emrys

When did Donald become a drag queen?

Nov 2, 2014#102

checkeredhat

Ravenpoe said:

clearly a rip off of http://www.slutsofinstagram.com

Nov 3, 2014#103

fade

fade said:
Well. I feel like an idiot. I thought I fried my PIR, and I had given up on it. The active IR sensor I homemade only had a range of about 4-5 inches. The PIR will see down the driveway, so I really wanted it. Anyway, there was a forum on Parallax's website, and the engineers who actually work there are really responsive. We found my problem. Apparently the sensor revision I have goes haywire with a load on the output, unlike the newer ones. I did not know this, having only triggered microcontrollers with it before (a standalone AVR and an Arduino). Anyway, I'd thought of this already and had tried a 3904, but that didn't change a thing. Subbing in a MOSFET did, though. Now it works like a champ, and my parts count dropped tremendously. Here's a quick video of it now:

I'm going to write up an Instructable for this one. If anyone wants to vote for me in the Halloween contest, it's open until the 10th. I doubt I have any chance to win, but it will be fun to try. I'll link it when I'm done.

Nov 3, 2014#104

rac3r_x

Say hello to my little friends...

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-an...-orb-weavers-stuff-treatment-plant-4-acre-web

Nov 9, 2014#105

fade

I put up an Instructable about my glowing eyes project. If you like, please vote for me in the "Make It Glow" contest. The contest entry has to be approved first, so the option to vote may not be there yet.

Thanks!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Motion-sensitive-glowing-eyes-that-light-up-random/

Jan 15, 2015#106

fade

Never too early to start planning for 2015.

Jan 15, 2015#107

Celt Z

No gold lame* speedo?

(*I can't figure out how to format the accent grave, so that should be "lah-may" not "lay-m".)

Jan 16, 2015#108

drawn_inward

How long does it take to unzip the "awesome" package?

Jan 16, 2015#109

Tinwhistler

Celt Z said:
No gold lamé speedo?

(*I can't figure out how to format the accent grave, so that should be "lah-may" not "lay-m".)

Éé

hold down alt, and hit 0201 or 0233 depending on if you want upper or lower case

Jan 16, 2015#110

fade

drawn_inward said:
How long does it take to unzip the "awesome" package?

Are you coming on to me?

Jan 16, 2015#111

drawn_inward

fade said:
Are you coming on to me?

I couldn't resist the double-entendre.

Jan 16, 2015#112

PatrThom

fade said:
View attachment 17208 Never too early to start planning for 2015.

Tinwhistler said:
Éé
hold down alt, and hit 0201 or 0233 depending on if you want upper or lower case

Or on Mac hold down <OPTION> and type the letter "e," thén the next vówel yoú type wíll háve an accent (regardless of case).

--Patrick

Jan 16, 2015#113

fade

drawn_inward said:
I couldn't resist the double-entendre.

Wait that's what "awesome package" was referring to.

Jan 16, 2015#114

fade

PatrThom said:
Or on Mac hold down <OPTION> and type the letter "e," thén the next vówel yoú type wíll háve an accent (regardless of case).

--Patrick

Yeah that radio is a dead simple build. I want the camera for two reasons: lips, and a future Zola costume.

Jan 17, 2015#115

Bubble181

I don't see the problem in typing é. It's the key with the 2 on it, just without pressing shift.... :troll:

(hey I get the problem of WASD movement all the time, let my keyboard have some advantages

)

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