Pimp My Pumpkin (Read 47453 times)

GCW · October 28, 2007, 11:10:19 pm

OK, since I'm shit at bouldering and Houdickweed is better at PowerBalls than I am, my competitive streak has boiled over.
Pumpkin Carving. Let's see your efforts. Here is mine from this year:

Please note this witch is slim and adequately proportioned. Fit lassie apart from the nose.

I suspect this will be limited to all the Dads on here.

Mike Tyson · October 28, 2007, 11:13:09 pm

Sterling effort!

Paul B · October 28, 2007, 11:39:59 pm

last years effort:

don't know what to do with the 'large on' currently sat in my kitchen

GCW · October 28, 2007, 11:41:35 pm

That's pretty cool, Paul. Liking the bats.

lagerstarfish · October 28, 2007, 11:50:17 pm

Nice one GCW. Best I've seen.You're bound to get some Dad-points for that.
I'm just happy to be able to do a slightly better carving than an unsupervised 7 year old with a blunt spoon.
Any tips on tools, techniques and last minute training?

Paul B · October 29, 2007, 12:04:16 am

I used a metal kebab skewer for a lot of it, nearly went through my hand a couple of times though. Beware. There's whole websites devoted to this, I was looking to try something harder this year, something where you don't just carve straight through but aim to get different shades, however i'm loathed to pay someone for patterns that i'm likely screw up.

lagerstarfish · October 29, 2007, 07:59:02 am

Is the use of power tools considered to be cheating in the world of competitive pumpkin carving? Or is it just about how impressed/happy the kids are?

Paul B · October 29, 2007, 08:44:23 am

I read that some people use dremmel's but they create a bit of a mess...

neil h · October 30, 2007, 12:48:03 pm

neil h · October 30, 2007, 12:48:52 pm

Paul B · October 30, 2007, 12:50:00 pm

awesome neil, did you make the patterns yourself? If not where did you get them?

neil h · October 30, 2007, 12:56:13 pm

dont be silly

http://www.masterpiecepumpkins.com/

check it out, amazing pumpkins, wish i found this a few days ago

Paul B · October 30, 2007, 01:07:19 pm

I might try that bat one you've posted, I'm almost certain that the pics on that site are big enough to make some kind of a pattern from after a bit of playing with edge detection.

GCW · October 30, 2007, 03:44:21 pm

They are great, looks like we need to practice more, Paul.

Paul B · October 30, 2007, 03:52:07 pm

To get to the standard of some of those people I think climbing would have to be replaced with artificual pumpkin carving sessions. I think not

Paul B · October 31, 2007, 02:45:03 pm

fairly shit effort this year.

Jaspersharpe · October 31, 2007, 02:58:29 pm

If you've got a powerful enough torch then...................

Paul B · October 31, 2007, 03:11:11 pm

look out for it tonight above heeley bank road...

SA Chris · October 31, 2007, 03:24:16 pm

Quote from: Paul B on October 31, 2007, 02:45:03 pm

fairly shit effort this year.

I quite like the fact you have got a negative (inverted bat) and a positive ("traditional" face with open mouth) image.

Paul B · October 31, 2007, 03:31:32 pm

have you been drinking? I can only see an inverted bat without squiting (A LOT).

SA Chris · October 31, 2007, 03:42:26 pm

Tsk. No imagination.

GCW · October 30, 2008, 10:53:35 pm

2008

Thought I'd go for something different this year:

nik at work · October 31, 2008, 08:11:27 am

Nice.

tomtom · October 31, 2008, 09:38:26 am

Quote from: Paul B on October 31, 2007, 03:31:32 pm

have you been drinking? I can only see an inverted bat without squiting (A LOT).

I suspect I'd be hallucinating if I was squitting alot...

nik at work · October 31, 2008, 10:19:31 am

Due to a complete lack of inspiration and time constraints I've gone pretty old-skool this year:

It's currently very light so I'm struggling to get a lit-up photo, but I will try and remedy this later.

Come on Paul, show us what you've got.