Pumpkin Pattern

[Shhalahr Windrider]

I just carved up my Halloween Jack O' Lantern. At the last minute, I came up with this pattern (http://h1.ripway.com/shhalahr/images/xykonPattern.png), modeled after our favorite lich sorcerer (post decrowning), and I wanted to share it with ya.

Tomorrow night, I'll post a picture of how it looks lit up.

[Roland St. Jude]

Sweet! I may give that a try. My wife and I did these earlier this weekend (using patterns, of course!)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b259/RolandStJ/Pumpkinssmall.jpg

Hers is the more intricate one.

[Bookman]

My pumpkins always came out the childish eyes and mouth :p

I guess I need to be more creative eventually.

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

I am having a birthday party/halloween get together and as such I need to buy a pumpkin to carve.

I know it's pretty childish, but I really want to give it a go having never done it before.

I seem to pick up culture from the board like bacteria growing on a damp piece of left over bread....

[Captain van der Decken]

Wow, those are nice Roland.

Oh, and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1aui-wluE)

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Cute video. :D

[Death, your friend the Reaper]

Cute video. :D

:smalleek:Have you no heart?

[Roland St. Jude]

Wow, those are nice Roland.

Oh, and (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-1aui-wluE)

I love that video - thanks for reminding me about it!

And thanks about the pumpkins, we're going to do more this afternoon. I'm not sure what yet, there a couple I'd like to try (but only so much time, and only one pumpkin!)

[Bookman]

I love that video - thanks for reminding me about it!

And thanks about the pumpkins, we're going to do more this afternoon. I'm not sure what yet, there a couple I'd like to try (but only so much time, and only one pumpkin!)

I know what you should make

An OOTS pumpkin. Ya just haveta invent the design :wink:

[Captain van der Decken]

They won awards for that video..

I have carved a pumpkin once, only a basic thing though, nothing as intricate as the other ones here.

Edit: how do patterns work exactly?

[Shhalahr Windrider]

Edit: how do patterns work exactly?
Trace the pattern onto your pumpkin, and cut the appropriate shapes out. For the pattern I posted, that would be the parts that are filled in with black.

For tracing, I taped the pattern onto my pumpkin and used a pick to drill tiny holes along the pattern outlines, then I removed the paper and used a marker to "connect the dots." That way, I could see the shapes better. Then I just carved away.

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Here are the results!

(click for larger pictures)

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin1Thumb.jpg (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin1.jpg)
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin3Thumb.jpg (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin3.jpg)
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin2Thumb.jpg (http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1150059/pumpkin2.jpg)

[Gerrtt]

I was considering doing a Belkar...but my girlfriend wanted a cow so we did that instead.

[TinSoldier]

Cool video! And cool pumpkins!

A poster (nevered) on the snotling.org website made some very cool Goblins pumpkins, but I can't post links to them because snotling.org is down right now :smallfrown: .

I will post them after the site comes back up.