Fancy dress help

Toby Catlin

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:12:28 AM7/28/11

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Hi all,

As I always leave things to the last minute I am stuck for a costume for my work fancy dress party on Friday night. The theme is iconic movie characters.

My last resort is to go to a fancy dress shop and spend a fortune on a crappy generic outfit.

I have just had an idea of making a Terminator eye piece (see attachment for what i am shooting for). I have some modroc plaster bandage that i can use to make a half mask that would cover the left side of my face. I am thinking i can use some tin foil and other wires but the killer feature needs to be the red eye. I am going to have a rummage around the space tonight for a lens or bit of plastic i can stick a red led behind but if anyone knows of a old camera or lens that is about 2cm diameter it would save me some time. The ultimate would be something that i could automatically change the aperture on, if anyone has any suggestions i am all ears. Time is obviously a factor.

thanks

toby

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Mike

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:26:18 AM7/28/11

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I usually go as a scarecrow. Just find your tatty old clothes, some old
boots and a wolley hat. Get hold of some straw and stick it around your
wrists, ankles and under the hat. Job done. I believe there was a
scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz?

Mike.

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tom

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:27:55 AM7/28/11

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no no no, its all about pirate. Its a great excuse to get drunk and
shout at passing cars!

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Seth Kneller

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:28:49 AM7/28/11

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I went to uni in Plymouth, every fancy dress was a pirate social!

It was often surreal to see so many drunk pirates walking around town!

Seth

Toby Catlin

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:32:48 AM7/28/11

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Scarecrow is a option as i have plenty of crappy clothes. Pirate requires too many props i don't have.

I still wanna make the Terminator plan work.

Tim Storey

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:37:56 AM7/28/11

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glue various components to face and be BORG ?
don't use hot glue though...

Clare Greenhalgh

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:48:00 AM7/28/11

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I am so glad I'm a girl - corset with a big shirt beneath it to do the
baggy arms and things. short skirt and boots and - tada! pirate wench,
or with the hat Pirate Queen!

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Spike (Chris Foote)

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Jul 28, 2011, 9:56:53 AM7/28/11

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I didn't think you were doing pirate any more Tom! ;-)

Spike

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Toby Catlin

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Jul 28, 2011, 10:50:47 AM7/28/11

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The borg style eye is what i am going for.

On 28 July 2011 14:37, Tim Storey <tim.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ivan K.

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Jul 28, 2011, 2:00:58 PM7/28/11

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I got a peter rottentail for our companies fancy dress day. actually
wore it at work, had scrum meeting and went to the pub lunch in it.
*ah good times*.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=peter+rottentail&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=X8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=PqMxTpubHcmJhQfb1rHpCg&ved=0CCIQsAQ&biw=1136&bih=846

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On Jul 28, 3:50 pm, Toby Catlin <t...@korfball.com> wrote:
> The borg style eye is what i am going for.
>

> On 28 July 2011 14:37, Tim Storey <tim.sto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 28/07/2011 14:32, Toby Catlin wrote:
> > > Scarecrow is a option as i have plenty of crappy clothes. Pirate requires
> > > too many props i don't have.
>
> > > I still wanna make the Terminator plan work.
>

> > > On 28 July 2011 14:28, Seth Kneller <s...@autismisanotherworld.com>

Adrian Godwin

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Jul 28, 2011, 2:47:41 PM7/28/11

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maybe a red perspex disc with a red led glued into the side ?

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