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post #1 of 27
10/5/10 at 2:12pm
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Thinking about carving a pumpkin for Halloween. Tips and suggestions would be great.
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post #2 of 27
10/5/10 at 2:18pm
It seems like a waste, but those packs of pumpkin cutting tools you can buy at Target and the like really are better than anything in your kitchen.

Buy candles with more than 1 whick. Pumpkins look best a tad wilted, so carve it in advance.
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post #3 of 27
10/5/10 at 2:20pm
i always do several painstakingly on the 29th. will post after hallowwen. usually use pumpkin carver and sculpture tools to acheive varying levels of translucence.
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post #4 of 27
10/5/10 at 2:28pm
I posted this previously for Pumpkin Boy. Mrs. Piob's efforts last year. She was rushed as this is a "simple" one for her:

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post #5 of 27
10/5/10 at 2:42pm
Hey, do you guys recommend I use a Dremel?
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post #6 of 27
10/5/10 at 3:05pm
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So if I did it this weekend would it end up looking like Nosu3's avatar by the 31st?
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post #7 of 27
10/5/10 at 3:37pm
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Hey, do you guys recommend I use a Dremel?

She has a little kit of various cutters and scrapers.
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post #8 of 27
10/5/10 at 4:59pm
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She has a little kit of various cutters and scrapers.

ech, I'm starting to fail in place of Edina.
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post #9 of 27
10/5/10 at 5:02pm
I kinda wish I could do up a pumpkin version of Miro's Dog barking at the Moon. May be tricky, and no one would probably get it, but there it is.

In lieu of that, I would try sculping Duchamp's Fountain, out of pumpkin.
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post #10 of 27
10/5/10 at 5:03pm
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So if I did it this weekend would it end up looking like Nosu3's avatar by the 31st?

I'd bet it would almost look like Nosu3, actually.
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post #11 of 27
10/5/10 at 5:54pm
Some attempts from the previous year. Mine was Darth Vader...Mrs. Bright did the ghost pumpkin, which by the way, was a bitch to carve...three inch rind and very difficult to hollow out. They look cool at the pumpkin patch but I recommend keeping away from them.

I'd like to try and do the translucent thing more but I just feel like I don't have the tools, skill, or vision to do something photo worthy.



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post #12 of 27
10/5/10 at 6:01pm
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So if I did it this weekend would it end up looking like Nosu3's avatar by the 31st?

You mean single-minded and predictable? Yes, I suppose it would.
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post #13 of 27
10/5/10 at 6:09pm
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I'm still amazed every time I see this. I can't imagine what it would have looked like if she had taken her time.
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That Darth Vader pumpkin is cool.
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post #14 of 27
10/5/10 at 6:10pm
I'm tempted to try a Death Star pumpkin, but don't think many would recognize it.
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post #15 of 27
10/5/10 at 6:13pm
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I'm tempted to try a Death Star pumpkin, but don't think many would recognize it.
I'm sure that if you cut a hole in the top and stick a sign on it that says "Insert your spaceship here" it would get quite a bit of attention.
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