Professor X Costume

Kyougu

So as a guy with a shaved head my options are a bit limited for costumes (unless I go with a wig) which is why I though Professor X would be perfect. Even found a place to rent a wheelchair.

I want to add a bit more flair to the idea though, but drawing blank. Any thoughts?

Sentry

Do you have friends who could dress up as X-Men? Because when I see a bald guy in a wheelchair I'm not thinking Professor X, I'm thinking cancer.

TychoCelchuuu

Aside from a classy suite, ideally you'd want something like these cufflinks and the X-Men pin (obviously you wouldn't wear the Magento pin) but unfortunately they're collectibles so unless you can make your own cufflinks/pin or find some Xs somewhere, you're probably out of luck.

Nightslyr

Could you add gold paneling?

Skoal Cat

Yea, definitely add some sort of yellow/gold paneling. Foam core+spray paint should work here.

hamdingers

Have you considered keeping the suit, ditching the wheelchair and instead drag a tray with 40 cakes around behind you?

To me, more folks will get Lex than they will Prof X (though they might not get the cake thing)

Rhesus Positive

Or Agent 47 from Hitman. It might not be as well known, but a suit and red tie is more convenient for an evening than using a wheelchair.

Kyougu

I thought of gold paneling but it seems it would make the chair more in pain to be in during a party than it already will be.

Lex falls under the same problem that Sentry mentioned..hard to make it stand out and not look like cancer patient.

I may just do Stone Cold. Recognizable bald guy, ready enough costume.

Agent 47 is another good idea. Wouldn't mind looking classy at the Halloween party.

Joolander

don't forget you need gloves and a barcode for Agent 47

maybe a piano wire as well

Snicketysnick

Though if anyone recognises you, you'll get a lower rating.

Figgy

Honestly, there are a lot more recognizable bald guys you could go as for Hallowe'en, if that's your only requirement.

Elmer Fudd
Mr. Clean
Mr. Magoo
Homer Simpson
Popeye
Ziggy
Pinhead
Sloth
Voldemort
A Blue Man
and Britney Spears

Mr. Clean would be a relatively easy one. Tight white t-shirt, gold earring, and powder your eyebrows white. Carry around a mop or a sponge or something.

LaOs

Figgy's right.

And Mr. Clean would be simple, really. I hate having accessories I have to carry around as part of my costume, but Mr. Clean is simple. Tight white shirt, earring, and white eyebrows. Hold your arms crossed in front of your chest all the time. (White pants, I guess.) If you wanted, carry a magic eraser in your back pocket or whatever.

benholio

Charlie Brown. The classic bald guy.

MichaelLC

benholio wrote:

Charlie Brown. The classic bald guy.

But then you're still making fun of the disabled.

Agent 47 is a good one as it works even if the other party-goers don't know him.

benholio

Charlie Brown is disabled?

Figgy

benholio wrote:

Charlie Brown is disabled?

If you consider depression a disability.

Skoal Cat

benholio wrote:

Charlie Brown is disabled?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocephalus?

MichaelLC

Skoal Cat wrote:

benholio wrote:

Charlie Brown is disabled?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocephalus?

That's the one.

benholio

Charlie Brown is a lovable loser,[2] a child possessed of endless determination and hope, but who is ultimately dominated by his insecurities[3] and a "permanent case of bad luck," and is often taken advantage of by his peers. He and Lucy Van Pelt star in a running gag that recurs throughout the series: Lucy holds a football for Charlie Brown to kick, but pulls it away before he kicks it, causing Charlie Brown to fly into the air and fall on his back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown

Schulz acknowledged that he created Charlie Brown as somewhat of a self-portrait, in that the character shares Schulz's self-doubt and insecurities.[4]

I still don't see how insecurities and bad luck can be considered disabilities or what hydrocephalus has to do with the comic strip character Charlie Brown. Maybe I'm the one with the disability?

Skoal Cat

You may be lacking a funny bone.

Noobexmachina

Unless you have friends dressed up like the Xmen, I think most people would assume you're trying to dress up as a crippled guy which some might not think is very cool.

Kyougu

I think I'm going to do the Hitman costume. Thanks guys. Thinking of going a bit meta and throwing up a crappy costume on top of it to start off the night.

Aioua

Kyougu wrote:

I think I'm going to do the Hitman costume. Thanks guys. Thinking of going a bit meta and throwing up a crappy costume on top of it to start off the night.

/slowclap

Rhesus Positive

Maybe leave a newspaper behind after the party: "Lots of fatal accidents at Halloween party not treated as suspicious."

Kyougu

Oh thats a good idea.

I think for the crappy costume I'm just going to do the old bedsheets ghost thing.

skeldare

Another idea would be Kratos from God Of War.

Bagginses

Luthor used to wear a really stupid purple and green outfit pre-crisis and in the Legion of Doom in the old TV show:

zkt

Derek Vineyard.

SmokeStacks

You could find a grey suit, a stuffed white cat, and some face makeup and be Blofeld.

Or a suit, badge, mole, and tootsie roll pop to be Kojak (no one under 35 will know who you are).

Or, if it's that kind of party, get some leather, spraypaint a hockey mask grey, and go as Lord Humungus.