Character Contest 20: Costume crossover

Ordinarily I’d be hosting a Caption Contest this week, but with Halloween I just can’t resist. Your challenge for the week is a little more complicated than usual, because we’re going THREE DIMENSIONAL! I’m looking for the best HeroMachine recreation of an actual, real-life Halloween costume. You’ll need a photo of the costume in question, and then the HeroMachine recreation/update. You could try to go for an exact duplicate, or you could take the basic idea and make it better, whichever you like, but there has to be a real costume your design’s based on.

To review, here are the rules.

  • Each entry must consist of two images, one of a real-world Halloween costume, and one of your HeroMachine reinterpretation/duplication of it;
  • Both images for each entry must be posted to an online web site somewhere that I can get to (i.e. PhotoBucket, ImageShack, the UGO Forums, whatever);
  • No more than five entries per person;
  • All entries must be left as comments to this post, with links to the images in question;
  • No editing in PhotoShop or whatnot, except for basic cropping (or putting the two images into one side-by-side, that kind of thing).

The winner will be decided next Tuesday by me, Jeff Hebert, Bald Guy, and will be awarded the choice of either a portrait of their face as a line drawing or any item of their choice, to be included with the HeroMachine 3 full release.

Good luck everyone!

37 Responses to “Character Contest 20: Costume crossover”

  1. Kaldath Says:

    The Reaper: Here is Me as the Grim Reaper and the Heromachine recreation - http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll49/Kaldath/Reaper.png

  2. PhoenixTalion Says:

    Awww, dang, and I was all fired up for a caption contest.

    (On an aside, I’ve spent the past few days reading all the way through your blog.)

  3. Jeff Hebert Says:

    I’ve noticed your comments hither and yon, PhoenixTallon, thanks for taking the time to poke around! Hope you’re having fun catching up.

  4. remy Says:

    Jeff, what if the character we are being for Halloween is copyrighted? (i’m “V” as in “V For Vendetta”)

  5. Jeff Hebert Says:

    I think it’d be all right in this case Remy.

  6. remy Says:

    thanks. Just thought I’d make sure

  7. PhoenixTalion Says:

    On a totally unrelated note… when are we going to get more female gear/body parts in the HM3? *puppyeyes*

  8. marx Says:

    A couple of years ago, I actually designed my H’ween costume in HeroMachine. I took my HM printout with me to the fabric store to pick out material and patterns. I think the results turned out pretty well. And since I still have the pictures, it makes for a quick and easy contest entry.

    http://www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~mshute/pirateCostume.jpg

    And yes. I know how to use a sewing machine. Wanna make something of it?

  9. Matt Says:

    I’m not sure that mine would work for this, I was going as a member of Organization XIII but I’m sure that would be copright.

  10. Mr.Vampire Says:

    Some crazy costume off the internets (no it’s not me).
    Here’s my reproduction of the Feminine Hygiene Ninja.

    http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv97/MrVampire_photos/HeroMachine/femhyninja.jpg

  11. Jeff Hebert Says:

    Female bits are probably the next big thing. I’ve got another artist working on the basic body template.

  12. kyle Says:

    costume off the internet
    queen of hearts:

    http://i708.photobucket.com/albums/ww82/mcpipeline/craiglist/LC8237.jpg

    http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img3/2966/hm3beta6.jpg

  13. kyle Says:

    goblin warrior:

    http://www.spirithalloween.com/images/spirit/products/processed/00133058.detail.a.jpg

    http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img21/2034/hm3beta5w.jpg

  14. The Imp Says:

    Does it have to be MY halloween costume?

  15. Jeff Hebert Says:

    No Imp, it can be anyone’s.

  16. MartianBlue Says:

    @Mr. Vampire, That’s just wrong lol. Jeff, your going to have a hard time judging this one, Some of the entries are dead on with their real-world counterparts.

  17. Soccerchoco Says:

    @ martianblue: I totally agree with you…

  18. Jesterthegreat Says:

    Hey, ya’ll! It’s been a while since I posted to the blog, but I’ve been watching! ;) Anyway, heres a link to my submission. Hope you guys enjoy; this girl’s costume was pretty neat! :P

  19. Jesterthegreat Says:

    Wow… I’m a moron… forgot to post the link *facepalm*

    http://forums.ugo.com/showthread.php?p=621526#post621526

  20. Matt Says:

    I would have prefered to do the costume I was wearing but this will do…
    http://www.halloweenexpress.com/vampire-adult-costume-p-18674.html
    http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4711/hm3beta3.png

  21. kyle Says:

    evil clown:
    http://images.halloweenexpress.com/sources/com/halloweenexpress/images/imagecache/408-768-fm60284.jpg

    http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img510/8306/hm3beta2.jpg

  22. kyle Says:

    http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7200/a031966jpgmenr0.jpg

    http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img26/9355/hm3beta4.jpg

  23. Danny Beaty Says:

    Here is a “Guy” dressed as Zorro:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=151037&l=00537b740c&id=1815191475

  24. Danny Beaty Says:

    This is my re-creation of Zorro:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=151237&l=7ba22b7cc4&id=1815191475

  25. Gero Says:

    Love the Guy Williams reference, Danny!

  26. Danny Beaty Says:

    @Gero: Thanks,and good luck with the contest!

  27. johny Says:

    http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Difnwn0Qqu4/SusOHZxXKAI/AAAAAAAAAHI/ptIprGDyJ10/s512/hm3-beta%284%29.jpg

    http://www.tusd.k12.az.us/CONTENTS/news/images/may6.jpg

  28. Aaron Says:

    Me as Poison Ivy from Batman

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=745564&op=1&view=all&subj=651292392&id=1270008930

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=2847940&id=651292392

  29. Aaron Says:

    Me as Poison Ivy

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=2847940&id=651292392

    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=745564&id=1270008930

  30. PhoenixTalion Says:

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/The_Immortal_Phoenix/devilgirl.jpg

    There’s one, I fully intend to use all five of my entries. XD

  31. kyle Says:

    http://imgcash4.imageshack.us/img213/2966/hm3beta6.jpg

    http://images.halloweenexpress.com/sources/com/halloweenexpress/images/imagecache/484-768-fm59491.jpg

  32. johny Says:

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/41555320_c8a6997dfc.jpg

    http://lh5.ggpht.com/_Difnwn0Qqu4/Su3Zf_sk_yI/AAAAAAAAAIo/G999J4BmcSo/s512/hm3-beta.jpg

  33. Discworldean Says:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=772399&id=1037680965

  34. kingmonkey Says:

    Hope I’m not too late!

    Here’s me a couple years ago at Hallowe’en:
    http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ljMRt8JxU2I/Su-gUEnOsjI/AAAAAAAAAI8/jgKSAcxSbVI/monkferatu.jpg

    Here’s me in HM3:
    http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ljMRt8JxU2I/Su-gT0K1yoI/AAAAAAAAAI4/Rs6QtzmBhD0/Monkferatu.png

    I went all out that year, shaving my head, buying white contacts, the whole shebang.

  35. PhoenixTalion Says:

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/The_Immortal_Phoenix/PirateGirl.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/The_Immortal_Phoenix/copgirl.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/The_Immortal_Phoenix/Witchgirl.jpg

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/The_Immortal_Phoenix/genie.jpg

    And there’s my other four entries.

  36. HeroMachine Community Blog | HeroMachine.com Says:

    [...] want a picture of me up on the internet! — I appreciate everyone who made an entry into our last costume contest, which asked you to put up a HeroMachine image of an actual Halloween costume. In addition to the [...]

  37. Connor S. Says:

    So, when is somebody going to release the new gear and crap from the latest contest? it’s been forever

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