Joker Costume for Halloween

Majjic Mouse · Dec 24, 2008

Jodo said:
Ya, I think you'll need to belong to an airsoft club or a similar club to get one me thinks. I'm preety sure theres some sort of loop hole pretaining to being a recognized club member or some such. Of corse I don't live in the UK, so I don't know all about how to *sneak* one in, but my friends I know that do resin guns started casting their weapons in blues and pinks, specificaly for the UK, and they get through customs. I know of a few others who live in the UK that have received airsofts as well as resin ones. I'll shoot them a line and see where they get their airsofts at, mabey we can help you get one, or at least get you pointed in the right direction. (To introduce a little anarchy to the UK, ya know? )

EDIT - Just in follow up, the Anti-prop gun law would be the only things stopping me from moving to the UK, LOL.

"Who's ever been killed by a resin gun?"

You got that right. To get a prop gun I have to be in a paintballing club or have a special exemption certificate as a re-enactor or defence officer. I can still buy what's called a Realistic Imitation Firearm but I have to pay for it to be sprayed 50% luminous orange or green which is then classed as a legal Imitation Firearm. Of course the first thing I'd do is spray the damn thing black and silver again but just by doing that I'm committing an offence by changing it back into a Realistic Imitation Firearm again. It's male cow dung, I tell ya. :cmad:

What annoys me is that these stupid laws only affect the law-abiding citizen because the criminals, by the very fact that they're criminals, ignore the law anyway! It just makes it easier to prosecute them if they're caught, that's all. I mean, between you, me and everyone else on this board I could drive up to Manchester and get myself a nice REAL Mac 10 and probably even a REAL Glock 19 for under £500. I could go to a pub down the road, speak to a dodgy geezer and have myself a nice little Browning 9mm for £100. Yet to get a wee little pretend gun for a harmless movie costuming group I have to jump through a million hoops or risk getting imprisoned. :cmad:

Don't move to the UK unless you like being cold and damp and being told what to think and say. Big Brother is alive and well over here, believe me. :csad:

I wish we had a real Joker over here to stir things up a bit

/Rant

Thanks for any help you can offer !! :yay:

mwah mwah mwah

xxx

inov8ve · Dec 24, 2008

i completely agree with your statement on the effectiveness of UK gun laws.

laws dont keep criminals from carrying guns... it gives them the advantage. it takes away innocent citizens chance to defend themselves.

i once got into a argument with some uk natives that thought the american gun policy was crazy. i told them i'd rather have the right to shoot back than pretend no one would ever try to shoot me.

Jodo · Dec 24, 2008

Majjic Mouse said:
You got that right. To get a prop gun I have to be in a paintballing club or have a special exemption certificate as a re-enactor or defence officer. I can still buy what's called a Realistic Imitation Firearm but I have to pay for it to be sprayed 50% luminous orange or green which is then classed as a legal Imitation Firearm. Of course the first thing I'd do is spray the damn thing black and silver again but just by doing that I'm committing an offence by changing it back into a Realistic Imitation Firearm again. It's male cow dung, I tell ya.

What annoys me is that these stupid laws only affect the law-abiding citizen because the criminals, by the very fact that they're criminals, ignore the law anyway! It just makes it easier to prosecute them if they're caught, that's all. I mean, between you, me and everyone else on this board I could drive up to Manchester and get myself a nice REAL Mac 10 and probably even a REAL Glock 19 for under £500. I could go to a pub down the road, speak to a dodgy geezer and have myself a nice little Browning 9mm for £100. Yet to get a wee little pretend gun for a harmless movie costuming group I have to jump through a million hoops or risk getting imprisoned.

Don't move to the UK unless you like being cold and damp and being told what to think and say. Big Brother is alive and well over here, believe me.

I wish we had a real Joker over here to stir things up a bit

/Rant

Thanks for any help you can offer !!

mwah mwah mwah
xxx

Heh, I got something partialy right for once! :woo

t:

LOL.

Ya, the UK laws deffintly need to be re-drawn up. As you said, a criminal having a gun, and a citizen having a gun, are two completly diffrent things. Enspcialy prop weapons, considering the resin ones don't fire, and never will be able to, the best they can do is be blunt weapons. I myself would MUCH prefer being held up by a resin prop than an actual gun.

I think its meant to protect the criminal and citizens around them from Police gunfire. (If the cops have gun...) If Bob the citizen is standing around Jim the criminal's resin gun, and the cops shoot at him, the bullets may hit Bob the Citizen.

The way the law works though, meens that when Jim the Criminal sees the fuzz coming, he shoots at them first with his real gun, and then runs Bob the citizen over in his getaway. :whatever:

I'll upload the pics. I have of the Bank Heist Joker here today and post 'em tonight for ya. :yay:

Hey its Christmas eve evrybody! Merry Christmas Eve! :oldrazz:

Kelikala · Dec 24, 2008

lexuality said:
p.s. Kelikala is a freakin' goddess at this cosplay game and you should listen to her.

Lexi, you're gonna make me blush...

Then again, you've seen me looking like Will Turner... so you know how deep of a range I've got when it comes to costumes and what not. LOL

EmptySky said:
God, Kelikala, you made that awesome of a costume for $30? I'm not of driving age yet, so it's been hard to go to thriftstores regularly, but your Goodwill luck inspires me.

Oh, and Kelikala, mad envy over you shoes!

I'm quite proud of what I put together from my Goodwill shopping! Granted, it took stopping at three different Goodwill stores to get it all, but it was well worth it in the end! The most expensive things were the shoes ( which cost $5.00 at a thrift store ) and the socks ( which I got at Hot Topic for $7.00 ). The shoes were actually a light camel brown color to begin with and the soles were this god awful red, so I painted the soles dark brown and dirtied up the shoes with paint. I bent the toe up so they looked more 'clownish' and wa la, my shoes were born!

Jodo said:
LMAO Kelikala! I can just imagine the conversation the people at the photo place had about that pic., LOL! It was deffintly awsome! I brought it to my Great Grandparents house here a bit ago, because they don't beleive that I'm not the only person who costumes as the Joker, and they absoutly didn't get it. So congrats, you confuse old people! t: LOL.

"Here, look at this, I got this awsome Joker Christmas card from a girl on the internet I know."
*they look at the card and become very quiet*
"Thats her on the card."
"This is you?"
"No, its the girl who sent me the card."
"Thats not you?"
"No. *facepalm* That dosn't make any sence! She sent me this card, for Christmas. It her on the front, with a Santa hat on."
"Oh...ya. I get it now."
"No you don't."

LOL!

I've always wondered what goes through people's minds when they get weird crap in at the photo lab to print.

"Hey, check out this card that's coming in"
"WTF? Is that the Joker?"
"I think so. He doesn't look to happy."
"Yeah, maybe we should print those cards quick and make sure they're done in an hour like we promised."
"Ya think?"
"Yeah, I wouldn't want him coming in and giving me a set of scars for the Holidays if the order wasn't done."

I also got a kick out of you showing your grandparents the card! I showed my family as well, but they don't get the whole 'dressing up for fun' thing so they thought it was 'stupid'. Lets see how stupid they think it is when they find a grenade in their stockings Christmas morning. LOL

Jodo said:
I think Kelikala's costume hands down shows how awsome a costume can be, for a very little ammount. I'd MUCH rather here someone got something awsome for cheap than to hear someone tell me how much they spent on their costume.

* is proud * You guys have really made me feel good about my costume when in the back of my mind I kept second guessing myself because I didn't go for screen accuracy. I just wanted my whole costume to feel un-costume like you could say. Like it was something I always had laying around.

Jodo said:
I also got my shoes from Keli (Your pretty active in my Joker religious life, ya know? LOL) for a realy good price, LOL.

HAHAHAHA - maybe I should start a church!

Jodo said:
Oh wait! Got my nurse lapel watch! LOL I already broke the pin slot lock on it, LOL!

OMG! You broked it! Which reminds me... I still need to 'rebuy' my nurse outfit since I sold the other before Halloween because I opted to wear my regular Joker costume instead. However, I did take a photo of myself last week in my 'old' dress ( the vintage 1980's sweater dress ). Aparently my friends are more creeped out seeing me dressed as 'Nurse Joker' than regular Joker. Can't understand why? :hehe:

OMG THAT WAS A LONG POST!!!

Ok, I'm outta here! Oh, and since it's Christmas Eve, have a Happy Holiday everyone! Hope you all get what you wished for this Christmas!!!

Jodo · Dec 24, 2008

LOL, a Joker church wouldn't be the weirdest church I've seen! I've seen some preety odd named ones in my travels, lol.

Ya, I think I've fixed the lapel whatch. Or...realy, I fixed it half. While trying to get it back on, I tried it one way, just to see if it would go back on. And "Taa-daaa!" it did. Just I put it on backwards, so now I need to...uh-rebreak it? And fix it. Again. LOL.

Rebuy your Nurse outfit at once!

Majjic Mouse · Dec 24, 2008

Jodo said:
I think its meant to protect the criminal and citizens around them from Police gunfire. (If the cops have gun...) If Bob the citizen is standing around Jim the criminal's resin gun, and the cops shoot at him, the bullets may hit Bob the Citizen.

I'll upload the pics. I have of the Bank Heist Joker here today and post 'em tonight for ya.

I'm afraid it's more about protecting the banks from being held up with imitation firearms. Since a bloke in my part of the world successfully held up a number of banks over a few years with nothing more than a chair leg in a plastic bag I find their arguments invalid!!! :woo

t:

I can't wait to see the pics! Thanks a lot! :woo

t:

xx

Jodo · Dec 24, 2008

LMAO! *eyeballs chair leg* The Joker sssssooooo needs a table leg with a knife in it now! LOL...a table leg. Thats hillarious! Mabey they should outlaw table legs instead, LOL.

Just got confirmation my Glock is on its way, can't wait to see it!

Correction, looks like I've got like 40+ ref pics.! I'll leave 'em up here over the Holidays, just let me know when you guys have saved what you need so I can delete 'em.

There's ref. pics. for just about evrything right there, the shirt, the Glock, the string, the socks, the shoes,etc. A thank you goes out to evryone who took these and helped out! Dig in!

"And...here, we...go!"

Links to all ref pics. :

And here's a shot I have of my costume compared to the original. The suit I have is actualy a brown suit, that I got for $4, it was on sale from $8, LOL. But just like the original costume, this suit seems to rely on lighting for its color. In all the pics. I have, it shows up as a black/grey, just like the sceen used one, but in reality, its a brownish color. It even has the correct ammount of buttons down the front (two) and on the sleeves (four). Deffintly an outstanding find, I about peed myself when I first saw it on the rack, LOL. Can't wait to get my duffle bag. [/school girl]

I'd give someone's arm for a mask like USMCrice's he posted.

Seriously.

Jodo · Dec 24, 2008

Santa must of heard the crazy coming from my post, because I just got my duffle. In person it looks perfect! Just gotta cut the hand straps off of it.

I stuffed it with newspaper for now, LOL. I see now that there's certain places that need more to keep the rigid "square" look to it. Oh well, I iz happy!

The gloves, although you can't see 'em were donated to the crazy cause by Kelikala, still can't thank you enough!

I think I may buy a rigid high quality mask now, not having one may drive me....crazier. :wow:

Gotta work on the pose too, LOL. :oldrazz:

michael · Dec 25, 2008

Just pulled a couple new photos off of my phone...

My Ledger Joker

My Bermejo Joker

lexuality · Dec 26, 2008

Nice pictures Michael! I think I prefer your Bermejo Joker over your Ledger one... seems more real and sinister. =]

Oh, turns out my fourth wig is made not of human hair but pure ginger FAIL.

My hair really isn't going to be long enough to make into a Ledger style, but it is almost the same length as Mr. J's is in the Killing Joke.
I'm considering a sort of mash-up of both styles - keeping TDK's makeup and scars and most of the costume... but with TKJ hair and a couple other accessories?
I would love to find a gun that has a CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. flag, but I'm having enough trouble finding one that just says BANG!

Having just been introduced to the comics I've really grown to love the other Joker styles and want to make them part of my costume. Would this be a good idea do you think? Or something of a travesty? XD

percoset · Dec 26, 2008

michael said:
My Bermejo Joker

You look awesome as the Bermejo version.

lexuality · Dec 26, 2008

I couldnt figure it out before but I think you've got this weirdly pleasing sort of Jello Biafra vibe going on in that one.

deathfromabove · Dec 26, 2008

lexuality said:
I would love to find a gun that has a CLICK. CLICK. CLICK. flag, but I'm having enough trouble finding one that just says BANG!

Having just been introduced to the comics I've really grown to love the other Joker styles and want to make them part of my costume. Would this be a good idea do you think? Or something of a travesty? XD

i took aspects from other incarnations of the joker fom my ensemble. i say do it, but you need to make sure it gels with the rest of your look.

but i do think bolland tkj inspired hair would look great with tdk style face.

for the bang gun try an online magic shop. madhatter should have them. but if you want one that looks like a real gun you will need to customize it.

Majjic Mouse · Dec 27, 2008

Wow Jodo - thanks a lot! I've been downloading like crazy. I think we'll be looking at getting a rigid mask as well although it won't be cheap. We have to pass the scrutiny of the costuming council and members of the public/geeks like me who'll inspect every aspect of the outfit at any events we may go to.
Hope you're recovered from Christmas. I'm not. :csad:

xx

Jodo · Dec 27, 2008

No probolem, did you get the all/what you need? As I find anymore,etc. I can send 'em to you if you'd like.

I got about $190 for Christmas, so I may buy one, I don't know yet. Its either a mask for the bank heist, or a coat for my suit....or, or, or....

EDIT -Well, funny story, I thought I had $240 for Christmas, but it turns out someone can't count the money out right while filling the envelopes, so I had to give some back, LMAO!

Majjic Mouse · Dec 27, 2008

Jodo said:
No probolem, did you get the all/what you need? As I find anymore,etc. I can send 'em to you if you'd like.

I got about $190 for Christmas, so I may buy one, I don't know yet. Its either a mask for the bank heist, or a coat for my suit....or, or, or....

EDIT -Well, funny story, I thought I had $240 for Christmas, but it turns out someone can't count the money out right while filling the envelopes, so I had to give some back, LMAO!

I think I've got everything now thank you very much. I had a load of photos here too but was really grateful for the display costume (in the glass cabinet) with close-ups of the shirt and the guns. I never noticed the socks before, which made me laugh. They look like Christmas socks :woo

t: and just the type of silly things he'd wear, bless his evil little heart!

If there's anything I can send you, let me know. I've got half a PC full of stills, manips, artwork etc that I've nabbed.

Hugs

xxx

michael · Dec 27, 2008

Thanks, guys. I prefer the Bermejo version as well. Which is why it was the costume I used to go out in...

batbrat · Dec 28, 2008

I'm sure everyone here remembers my "joker dirt" attempt back in June/July.... followed by the parade on July 4th.

well, after some work and time, I have this:

Hazelnut624 · Dec 28, 2008

hehe

lexuality · Dec 28, 2008

Hazelnut that picture just resulted in my keyboard being sprayed with orange juice.

Jodo · Dec 28, 2008

Michael, deffintly love your Bermejo!

Batbrat, as I said over on the Garrison boards, love your coat!

In an unreleated note...Just relised Chuckles has a revolver in what would be his left hand during the bank heist. Took me 12 veiwings, LOL. Its only seen in two frames from my DVD player, you'll need to step through them to see it, but sure enough its there!

Hazelnut624 · Dec 29, 2008

lexuality said:
Hazelnut that picture just resulted in my keyboard being sprayed with orange juice.

I'm sorry :[

EmptySky · Dec 29, 2008

Ahhhh, I found the most AMAZING tie at Goodwill! I was gonna post a picture, but I'm too lazy. Three dollars baby! I just wanted to tell someone. My mom won't get sufficiently excited for me :]
So far, I've spent $10- 3 for tie, 7 for socks.

Jodo · Dec 29, 2008

Awsome, did you end up going for color, or for pattern? Or even something else?

Injust07 · Dec 29, 2008

lexuality said:
Hazelnut that picture just resulted in my keyboard being sprayed with orange juice.

Dont you mean that your keyboard being sprayed with orange juice is the result of that picture?

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