I spent most of yesterday evening
crafting a set of body armour based on the Mobile Infantry from the film Starship Troopers. It is mostly made of neoprene and webbing at the moment, but looks quite good.

I'm not mad, it is for a fancy dress thing at a festival. What have you dressed up as? Points for commitment to the outfit.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:21, 43 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I once built a suit of armour out of cardboard.

(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:24, Reply)

I've seen it,
have you seen my mates HEV suit?
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Got a pic?

( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:35, Reply)

here
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He was obsessed with it and it cost over £100 to make.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:36, Reply)

That's a fine effort!
I think the best/worst fancy dress attempt I've seen was a couple of mates of mine at a "Superheroes" themed party.

Wrapped themselves in tinfoil and went as "Mirror-Man" and his arch-nemesis "RefleKtor".
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:39, Reply)

that is terrible

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:42, Reply)

It was,
But in an excellent way.
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:45, Reply)

You are mates with a total spacker.

(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:46, Reply)

I've seen your cardboard armour and moped,
I think the two of you would get along.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:51, Reply)

That scooter was made from MDF and maple ply.

(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:56, Reply)

He'd be interested in that sort of thing,
I'm not.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:09, Reply)

I once cut open a camel
And got inside it, for a Star Wars costume.
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:27, Reply)

a Star Wars costume sexual gratification
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:28, Reply)

sexual gratification shits and giggles
(Bazongaloid, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:35, Reply)

a dirty old hippie from the 70s
every day from 1987 til about 1990 when I got into raving and temporarily cleaned my appearance up.

Now THAT'S commitment, surely?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:28, Reply)

Buttercup
from the Powerpuff Girls
www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/powerpuff-girls5.jpg
Then I lost the dress in a pub.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:28, Reply)

were you wearing the dress just before you lost it?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:30, Reply)

Yes
Then I put it in a bag and lost the bag.
It was made of vinyl but it looked like it was made of cartoon.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:32, Reply)

Naked in a pub...
We've all been there at one time or another.
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Yes we have
But on this occasion I actually changed into actual clothes.
Then I ran to the toilet and ran so fast that I didn't see a fat man in front of me, and I ran into him and bounced off his wok stomach and flew through the air and knocked myself out.
It was a good night.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Loads, and I always look like a twat.
Most recent are
Robin hood,
a Spider
Mum'Rah
Buddy Holly
A Roman
(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:31, Reply)

Nice!
I bet you made a good Buddy Holly!
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:34, Reply)

Like a 50-year old corpse?
Nice
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:35, Reply)

Nah, he's got the
"right face".
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:36, Reply)

Even when he's trying to be nice he's a terrible bully.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:36, Reply)

the secret to fancy dress is to try not to look like a twat
I've dressed up as a vicar a couple of times (for parties), quite convincingly. It used to amuse me wandering about smoking and swigging from cans of cheap lager while dressed as a vicar
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:39, Reply)

No the secret of fancy dress is to be able to have a good time while looking like a twat.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:40, Reply)

ok, that's a fair point

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:41, Reply)

and to stay away from cameras

(PsychoChomp, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:41, Reply)

I dressed up as Jason Lee a,k,a, Pineapple Head
Being a skinny white boy, I got covered all over in black stuff.

I bought the full 90's Forest kit off ebay..

But the piece de la resistance was the dreadlocks and actual real top half of a pineapple, dried(!) for my headpiece. It was nice.

Others include:
Buzz Lightyear
Ryu from Street Fighter 2
Napoleon
A Caveman
And finally an Arab (to be one half of the Rock the Casbah video)
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:39, Reply)

Darth Maul
I won the competition, too.
(berk, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Sid Vicious.
A fat girly Sid Vicious.
( girlinthehole, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Aeon Flux
Took me ages to make, wore it with pride, then got scared when some scallies came in and sat with my overcoat on for the rest of the night.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:42, Reply)

Oh yeah,
Stalin
Jeffrey Dahmer
Robert Smith
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:46, Reply)

I can imagine you as Stalin for some reason
my own list includes:
pirate - too many times to count
vicar
Accountant Dracula
demon
musketeer
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:49, Reply)

Nice!
You've reminded me of more now!

Jack The Ripper
Blade ("But you're not black!" "You got a problem with that?" "I'm not racist, no... Sorry.")
A Colonial Marine
( Cawl, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:54, Reply)

my mobile infantry costume is fairly similar to a colonial marine
haven't had the opportunity to build myself a fuck off big gun though, so I have a bright orange waterpistol instead
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:01, Reply)

I dressed as an angler - dull, but my ex was dressed as a large
goldfish.
I made the outfit from an old orange curtain and a giant fuck off paper mache head which was a joy to behold. He had to drink beer through a straw.
Won the competition.

A mate of mine many years ago dressed as a vicar and managed to persuade some girls to come along to his service at the local church the following day. He told them he was working with the probation service and we were all his charges going out dressed up (I was dressed as a schoolgirl with a wooden ruler...) to collect funds for our rehabilitation.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 10:48, Reply)

I once did street clothes Wolverine and mife wife was Batman Returns Catwoman
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I can't find a picture but my friend popcorn won a fancy dress contest with a perfect Evil Edna costume.
( Peej, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:18, Reply)

I went to a hallowe'en thing at torture garden once
As Captain Purpleshaft, the Porno Pirate.

I had a rubber knob instead of a hook and a green jelly one which I made felt wings and a beak for on my shoulder as a parrot.

Oh, and a map and telescope covered in pics of nekkid ladies.

And other normal piratey accessories. Pistols, swords, eyepatches and whatnot.

I'm still not sure why...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:25, Reply)

I spent all of Staurday playing cricket

Dressed as a spider.

having four extra legs/arms is less of a help when catching than you would think.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:34, Reply)

As a twin
Fancy Dress can be really fun

Mario Brothers was a highlight. I'm a bit taller so was luigi. I used my brothers old homebase uniform.
(Eggstrovert isnt patronising you...honest..., Thu 27 Aug 2009, 11:49, Reply)

Just a few
Master of ceremonies from cabaret (full make up)
Sid Snot
A Filipino Pirate (with Uzi and rocket launcher)
French Maid
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 27 Aug 2009, 13:44, Reply)