Samurai costume made from Rubbermaid trash-cans

Posted by Cory Doctorow, October 31, 2007 11:12 AM | permalink

Flickr user Kudzutech's bad-ass samurai costume (build detailed at the link below) is made from 32 gallon Rubbermaid garbage cans! Link (Thanks, Rob!)

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#1 posted by Rob Cockerham

, October 31, 2007 11:28 AM

This is really nice work. I can't believe how polished it looks considering its humble components.

Also, does anyone know what those rings on the staff are used for?

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#2 posted by Santa's Knee , October 31, 2007 11:33 AM

To catch your opponents weapons and to give off sound to better know where the tip is.

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#3 posted by outlanderssc

, October 31, 2007 11:48 AM

I always love how there are always a hundred ideas for great costume designs - all put out when it's way to late to actually make any of them in time for Halloween

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#4 posted by deejayqueue , October 31, 2007 11:55 AM

This is incredible. Just more proof that it's not the materials it's the craftsman. I wonder how he did the knobs, and where he got the grommets from?

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#5 posted by tangodurden , October 31, 2007 12:26 PM

This is such a sweet costume. I'd love to see kids faces if a giant f'n samurai opened the door to give them candy...

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The 'knobs' look like rubber stoppers for Erlenmeyer flasks, the kind you'd find in any laboratory. About a #6, I'd say.

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#6 posted by clifford , October 31, 2007 12:48 PM

Wow, fantastic! Except for the footwear, which makes me wonder what samurai wore on their feet.

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#7 posted by Maclaine , October 31, 2007 1:07 PM

For anyone interested, "Kudzutech" is a gent by the name of Dave Johnson. He is a notable comic book and commercial illustrator, although his comic book output is mostly just covers these days.

No, I do not work for him, just a fan.

Here's his personal website:

http://www.devilpig.com/

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#8 posted by Elvis Pelt , October 31, 2007 1:33 PM

I know what I'm going to be for Halloween next year!

Bravo, sir!

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#9 posted by slobbit , October 31, 2007 8:18 PM

Clifford, @ 6:

They typically wore sandals -- a half-sandal with no heel -- or bearskin boots tied onto the foot, kind of like an ankle-high moccasin.