Monday, November 09, 2009

More Halloween

Inspired by hours of listening hours of Abney Park, my son and I went as airship pirates for Halloween. It was too hard to explain steampunk to everyone so Isaac said he's a pirate and I stuck with "I'm a pilot."

Here is pirate t-shirt that I wore under my airship pirate costume. Created using a skull stencil I made and puffy paint.

Here is Isaac's costume:

I added the pirate flag when we went to Toys R Us trick or treat.

Lego Republic Gunship

Here is the latest project my son and I worked on:

We couldn't find all the gray pieces we needed so a last minute yellow color scheme came into play:

The cargo bay is used for extra troop support.

Here is the side view with the pulse cannon:

Here is the rear cannon and back landing hatch.

The top cannons have to be removed to reveal the rear gunner seat:

Pilot cockpits: