Rorschach Costume Challenge
All right, now three people–Spacejunk42, Geoffrey, and Shawn–have written to say they’re dressing up as Rorschach for Halloween, and they’re using my instructions for making a Rorschach costume. Which is cool!
But give something back to the Surly Robot. Send me a picture of yourself as Rorschach! Also, if you get laid the night you wear your Rorschach costume, you have to send a picture of the girl in her costume.
True story: I wore my Rorschach to my friend Krantoor’s party, which ended early. So I’m walking home as Rorschach and I pass this house where there’s a party going on and it sounds great. At the time, I was making an effort to crash at least one party every year, so I said what the hell.
Well, let me tell you… chicks dig Rorschach! Not enough to go home with me, but still. The attached photo is of some of the women I talked to that night.
To state the obvious: If a guy’s wearing a Rorschach mask, a girl can pretty much project on him anything she wants to see. That’s good news for you, younsters.
Send me stories, pictures, and tips for making a better Rorschach costume. It’s on!
October 11th, 2007 22:26
Hell…damn…yes. May the best unbalanced do-gooder win.
Seriously though, great idea. I plan on jumping right into the whole costume creation this weekend.
I actually have three parties lined up this year, one of which is the weekend after Halloween, so I have a last ditch chance at geek-lore based holiday nookie.
I kind of thought about wandering the streets in the suit and beating the shit out of somebody for jaywalking in case I didn’t get to got to a party. Lets hope I get out of the house for a party before that happens…
October 12th, 2007 05:14
i will definitely post pictures of the costume and the victims of the costume, be those sexual victims or victims of obscene violence… or if i\’m really lucky, a bit of both. if only spacejunk42 and i were in the same state, we could combine our forces for duel rorschach justice. unlike him, i\’m hoping for the jaywalkers and using parties as a last resort. is it ok for rorschach to use an ax handle, or am i gonna lose costume points for that..?
October 12th, 2007 20:00
There are actually pictures of me in my costume, but my buddy’s girlfriend hasn’t uploaded them anywhere yet. Once I get my virtual hands on some links I’ll post them and outline how I ended up making my costume and how it went off.
And yes, the mask rocks because everyone is incredibly creeped out that they can’t tell what you’re looking at. There were several times when people had to ask “Are you talking to me, or him/her?”
October 18th, 2007 17:58
Here you go, my entry. Don’t forget to carry a smiley face pin and a journal. I’ll be hitting the town with my wife. She will be going as Lara Croft. I’ll post some pics.
October 18th, 2007 18:00
Heres the pic:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.addPhotoCaptions&c=8EC3B3A9-3712-7329-5E8B-B5B9128D577C&AlbumID=909040&c=99D8E021-55E9-654B-BC64-B5B9128DB02B
October 29th, 2007 16:10
just came across your site and wanted to say i\’ll be going with my girlfriend to a party as Rorschach, i will try to send a few photos to show how it turns out.
October 31st, 2007 10:44
This anti-hero’s philosophy is so demented: Humanity is hopeless, women are worthless, and the only joy in life is to apprehend, torture, and execute criminals. What better than to dress up as my antithesis.
It suddenly occurred to me on Monday that this was who I wanted to be, and yours was among a handful of sites I found that dealt with this costume. I showed up to work today and freaked out many. The only one to recognize the character was one of our young interns.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/from_missjenn/1808861047/in/set-72157602802103400/
The mask was quite simple: a pair of opaque white leggings inked up. I found that wearing the un-inked one under the mask was necessary to obscure my face adequately, but I’m surprised how much I am still able to see, although I wouldn’t attempt to cross a highway in it.
November 1st, 2007 09:17
Ok, here are the pics. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.editAlbumPhotos&albumID=909040&MyToken=2ee9517f-1c8c-4c72-ada3-cf82c42d7b51
Let me know if you can see them. Looks like some damn good Rorschachs, stiff competition. Hey I even fought crime that night! Well, actually I and the other guys broke up a potentially ugly fight on the subway, but hey it was fun.
Well done all.
-Jesse
November 5th, 2007 19:21
hey nice costumes by everyone! here are some photos that i had promised. hopefully you can copy these links. if not, just ask on the msg board for my email.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=35683121&albumID=0&imageID=21374860
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=35683121&albumID=0&imageID=21374929
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=35683121&albumID=0&imageID=21374984
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=35683121&albumID=0&imageID=1573295
November 5th, 2007 19:25
n/m the last link though haha
November 27th, 2007 11:33
Sorry, this is a bit late. I just finally got my pictures developed from Halloween. I didn’t go quite the route you created for your Rorschach mask, but I did use the general idea. I actually created two masks and switched them out all night long. Not a single person noticed unless I told them about it.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/mccrackenskeet/22_23A.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/mccrackenskeet/20_21A.jpg
March 6th, 2008 13:21
where are the instructions?
i came here looking for instructions!!!
i can’t afford 100 dollars for a mexican wrestling mask. and silkcreening a blank one would surely mean inhaling the fumes all night.
what else can you use to make the mask?
November 4th, 2008 18:40
Made my mask out of the sleeve cut off a t-shirt. worked very well.
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee100/dinerman2/IMG_3250.jpg?t=1225849184
December 2nd, 2008 02:10
how can you see through a sleeve cut off a tshirt?
i’m confused, cause that seems like my best bet but visibility is an issue for sure and i want to know how to achieve the very best possible!
December 5th, 2008 18:23
I cut little holes over the eyes. Not the best solution, but it worked fairly well, and they were hard to see, because I was wearing it at night. I’m going to try to do something a little better for when the movie comes out.
March 24th, 2009 03:30
I made a dark rorschach variant
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