It's almost Halloween - What are you going as?
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 by Palmer Attaway
Halloween is quickly approaching and you know what that means? It's time to scramble. My friends and I decided that we'd do steam punk this year. We decided this in November... 2007. Last year I made Jedi costumes for everyone, but it was so down to the wire, that I couldn't finish the last one and all I was doing for hours and days on end was sewing. I suck at sewing, but 
I got it done. Andy suggested Steampunk and showed us some pictures like the ones to the left and right. We were excited. Everyone decided to buy a small piece of the costume or gadget components all year so we'd have spectacular costumes this year. No one has bought a thing. We realized there was more to Steampunk than Edwardian / Victorian dress, goggles, and brass and we developed grandiose plans after looking at websites like the Steampunk Workshop and Boing Boing, not to mention countless Deviant art
sites about on the subject. As it often does, however, mundane life seeped back in and we stopped thinking about it until recently. Now we're jumping on the costumes and gadgets and trying to get everything together, but it's a little harder. A hundred and fifty bucks spread out over 12 months is much easier to tolerate and all at once and for some of us, $150.00 is almost enough to cover one item of clothing. Take a look at what I'll be wearing this Halloween, I've finally picked out the pieces and already purchased a couple of things.
I got it done. Andy suggested Steampunk and showed us some pictures like the ones to the left and right. We were excited. Everyone decided to buy a small piece of the costume or gadget components all year so we'd have spectacular costumes this year. No one has bought a thing. We realized there was more to Steampunk than Edwardian / Victorian dress, goggles, and brass and we developed grandiose plans after looking at websites like the Steampunk Workshop and Boing Boing, not to mention countless Deviant art
sites about on the subject. As it often does, however, mundane life seeped back in and we stopped thinking about it until recently. Now we're jumping on the costumes and gadgets and trying to get everything together, but it's a little harder. A hundred and fifty bucks spread out over 12 months is much easier to tolerate and all at once and for some of us, $150.00 is almost enough to cover one item of clothing. Take a look at what I'll be wearing this Halloween, I've finally picked out the pieces and already purchased a couple of things. The Hat (Russian military Peak hat, no site. Got this today)
The Vest
The Boots (already had those)
The Shirt
The Holster (got that today and will build or mod the gun for it)
The Vest
The Boots (already had those)
The Shirt
The Holster (got that today and will build or mod the gun for it)
