Pumpkin Carving / Halloweeny!/Latha na Samna!

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:02 am

Dunno what we're carving this year, but here are ours from last year.

Ostentatious · Post by **Ostentatious** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:24 am

Vampire Master Chief? Am I looking at that right?

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:47 am

It's just the mouthpiece of his helmet.

Last year I made a Mr. Game and Watch one. This year, I might go for Meta Knight.

slartibartfast · Post by **slartibartfast** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:47 am

Top notch knife skills

Us french don't do pumpkins, so I'll post some melons:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 127192.stm

edit : even better

Notabot · Post by **Notabot** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:00 pm

I just won $10 at our community pumpkin decorating contest. They were on display in the library so they couldn't be carved or hollowed out (to avoid rotting and infestation), I used a woodburner to put the decoration in. It came out pretty nice.

The woodburner cost me $10, so it worked out very nicely.

Our family will be carving our personal pumpkins today. No amazing ideas yet, but our son wants to make a Batman symbol kind of design.

slartibartfast · Post by **slartibartfast** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:27 pm

hey, that works real nice! Good idea... I wonder if a soldering iron would work at a pinch.

Can't quite figure out what's on the back, are those roman numerals?

Notabot · Post by **Notabot** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:42 pm

Yep. 95 of them. They didn't photgraph too well.
And yes, in a pinch, a soldering gun will work. In fact, that was my first attempt on the practice gourd. Mine has a pistol grip, so it was a bit cumbersome. The woodburner is much hotter and has better tips than just a needle end. Both, however, give that disturbing smell of smoked squash.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:52 pm

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog ... n-carving/

--> http://www.pumpkingutter.com/

Clogs · Post by **Clogs** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:30 pm

Have a happy and blessed Samhain!

It's cold enough here in the UK for brass monkeys to look worried, so wrap up warm if you're Trick-or-Treating.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain for those out there who don't know much about it.

Ostentatious · Post by **Ostentatious** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:27 pm

Yay! It's bonfire time!
I should have listed my religion as Neopagan at the University so I could have today off as a holiday.

electro girl · Post by **electro girl** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:37 pm

Clogs wrote:It's cold enough here in the UK for brass monkeys to look worried, so wrap up warm if you're Trick-or-Treating.

My halloween night shall be spent in a nice warm pub.

Post by **Sades** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:18 pm

My halloween night will probably be spent curled up in a ball on my bed. Yay.

**** halloween.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:44 pm

That sucks. I hope it turns out better than you think it will.

I'm gonna watch horror movies.

Galvatron91 · Post by **Galvatron91** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:42 pm

Plans? Pranks? Costumes? Pumpkins? Favorite Movies? Post it all here...if you are dressing up, partying, carving pumpkins or doing a super cool job decorating the house, take some pics and post them for all to share...especially me as I'm under the weather once again and will be staying in this year.

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:55 pm

All I did this year was my party (Went GREAT btw) and carved a few pumpkins (Mr. Game and Watch, Animated BB's face and Venom). Very fun, especially when everyone put fireworks in the pumpkins. Heh. Venom got his Movie Fate after all (No spoiler tags. The movie has been out for over a ****ing year.)

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:56 pm

I hope you feel better soon.

I've got an All Saints Day mass tonight, then I'm going to the mall to see if I can pick up a GI Joe figure for my friend who's looking for that one (Buzzer. At one point there were tons of that guy at the mall), and then I'm going home to watch horror movies and open the BBTS package that came in last night. By the time I got home I had to go to sleep since I had to wake up for work today.

slartibartfast · Post by **slartibartfast** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:19 pm

This calls fro a drink.

edit : I just found some chocolate!

13thScorpio · Post by **13thScorpio** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:39 pm

Happy Haloween!

Watching horror movies on this end too,and thinking the choclate will not dissapear....

CounterPunch · Post by **CounterPunch** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:37 am

Didnt fancy going out tonight so went to the cinema, saw Quantom of Solace (really enjoyed it) and am now reading some comics before bed.

Lord Zarak · Post by **Lord Zarak** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:02 am

Watched the end of Dead Set, watched up to Tooms in the X-Files first series, a lil bit of comedy, and washed it all down with beer. Next one may well be a Hobgoblin, as Im on Wychcraft at the mo.