Help me brainstorm for Halloween

[Quasqueton]

I haven't touched any new comics for a long time. What's the latest costume revision of CA?

I haven't been reading comics lately, either. I've seen a few here and there just in my normal look around life. I do have one book that is just full of images of Cap -- it came with the action figure:

The images in that book are more recent, and it shows a new, more modern design.

Quasqueton

 

[Ranger REG]

The images in that book are more recent, and it shows a new, more modern design.

I dunno. The brown doesn't work for me. I'd rather have the black gloves & boots, with a pair of black trouser/pants, and arm sleeves all blue. And if there is a way for him to use combat vest (blue with a star on it), I would put that on him.

What other costume designs he had since 1990?

 

[Quasqueton]

It's a shame. This would be a perfect shirt for my costume:

http://www.superherostuff.com/chara...s/CaptainAmericaStars&Stripes4005T-shirt2.gif

It's called the Captain America Stars & Stripes. But every e-store is out of stock. There's none on ebay. Shoot.

Anyone have any suggestions for where to look for this shirt? It is no longer produced. :-(

Quasqueton

 

[Quasqueton]

Funny story:

I found a guy who makes "battle-ready" shields. Talked with him through e-mail and he made me a Captain America shield. Through our conversations, and some pics he sent me of what he was doing, I've been very excited to get the shield. He said he'd send it by last Thursday. So I figured it would probably be a week getting to me.

* * *

This weekend, I noticed my wife had broken down (cut open, flattened out) a FedEx box and set it on our front porch. I figured she wanted to be sure it made it out to the curb on trash day (today). I thought it was kind of unnecessary to set it out three days early, but maybe she just didn't want it in the house. <shrug>

Yesterday, I added a broken-down box to the FedEx box. Apparently, so did she, as there were some more boxes there.

This morning I took the trash out to the curb, including the boxes. I grabbed as many of the boxes as I could in one trip, but the FedEx box was too big compared to the others, so I left it to come back for. When I came back for it, and picked it up, it was heavy. "That's weird," I thought to myself. I looked closer at the flat box. It seemed to have something inside it (it wasn't completely flattened). And it was actually taped up -- the tape was not cut open. "What in the world?" I thought. Then I noticed the return address -- it was from the shield guy!

I knew exactly what it was at that moment. I ran inside and told my wife. She said she had noticed that broken-down box on the front porch, but assumed I had put it out there for to put at the curb on trash day.

Opening the box, sure enough, there was my beautiful Captain America shield. It had been sitting on my front porch for 3 days (and it's been raining every day). Fortunately, the cardboard box protected it.

I came >this< close to throwing away my Captain America shield. :-o

Quasqueton

 

[Katcracker]

Halloween is coming up. At my office of over 200 people, it is a major event. Everyone costumes up, either as an individual or in a group. I've done an individual costume every year, and I've got a reputation in the company as the best. (As a matter of fact, after I won the "Individual Best" award twice in a row, they started making muliple individual awards -- Best Individual Funny, etc. -- I now always get Best Individual Scary.)

Previous years, I have been:

Grim reaper
"Demon sorcerer"
Devil
Killer clown
Zombie

My costume is full -- clothes/robes, face make up and prosthetics, and props (scythe, knife, bloody heart, etc.).

This year, though, I'm having trouble coming up with something new and exciting. Y'all have any ideas? Whatever I do, it has to look good even in bright office lighting (TV/movie cameras and low lighting are a great help with prosthetics and makeup).

Give me some ideas, please. Preferably something "recognizable", because most of the people in the company don't "get" anything not immediately identifiable. Grim reaper and killer clown were good, demon sorcerer got "What are you supposed to be?"

Quasqueton

Probably not what you are looking both too easy and possibly not recognizable, but a Dink.... those glittery masters of sales, who only say Dink and evoke questions of "When did we get to Disney?" from Spaceballs. For some reason I really want to do this one year... though the height may cause issues......