Anthropomorphic Critters / signature costumes in Paintball

[Tyger]

Big word, simple idea. Human-like animals like bugs bunny are "Anthromorphs". But let me explain why I bring it up.

Everyone knows about my "ears and tail" getup, right? Well, I was watching the SPPLAT attack video, and I caught a glimpse near the beginning of a guy on the Federation team. (About 17:04 into the vid, for those of you with the DVD...) The guy has a blue richochet, and big floppy 'dog' ears.

There was also the monkeys (cool bunch of kids, actually...), and the cow (PAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!). I also know about a few other guys who have done cat ears too.

So I was wondering, is it just me? Or are there other people doing it as well? I know there's the signature shirtless look of "Weltman". Dave Youngblood used to wear a suit all the time. And Shatnerball there was that guy in the plastic red 'viking' helmet with the words (deleted by Tyger becasue I know full well that it'll never fly by the terms of service...) on the horns. Anyone know of a guy who plays at their field that has a kind of "signature" look / costume thing? Or, for that matter, anyone think of doing thier own 'thing'?

Just stirring up trouble....

-Tyger

[Scooter/Cootie]

Re: Anthropomorphic Critters / signature costumes in Paintball

Originally posted by Tyger

Just stirring up trouble....

Wouldn't expect anything else.

[magking1971]

Where can I find a pic of Youngblood in the suit?
I have seen all the other costumes you mentioned but not dave.

[Sparq]

Well...there's a local team near me named the Thunder Chickens, and I have seen at least one picture of them in chicken suits

Strider can probably fill you in if he sees this thread.

[Prairie]

Besides your signature get-up tyger, there is also:

Meph as the black beast @ Quest
IHNI's Cow Jerseys
and some local guys who wear tutu's

[rx2]

There have been a few pictures of Dave in the old PB mags (around 95, or so). I had one, now lost, that featured a profile of him while playing on Tour de Force, I believe. It featured a pic of him with his custom Carter milled and polished VM-68, wearing a sports-jacket, black pants, and a black mock turtle-neck shirt. Under the profile, it listed camo pattern, and his response was "never!"

I have played in some really nice (nice as in outlandish) break-dancing clothes. For Halloween, I have a cape, leather gloves, and a glow-in-the-dark t-shirt emblazoned with a cartoonish Frankentstein's monster, adorned with the phrase "It's Party Time!". I also have an 80's Swedish metal-head costume. Never a animal suit, though.

I keep trying, without any luck, to get together a cosutme-only game for Halloween. Regulation masks, of course. I was thinking zombies vs. aliens, or something stupid like that. Best costume wins a prize. None of my friends are willing, though.

[Army]

Don't forget the Fallen Angels and their signature uniform skirts.

[Miscue]

Mickey Mouse is a Xenomorph! Oh no!

[einhander619]

I've played as a pimp before, the big feather on my hat made it really hard to snap shoot!

[Skoad]

I personally like the pie suit.

[-=Squid=-]

I have a 3.5 foot long stocking hat (brown, says aspen on it) that I got from a flea market for 50cents, I wear it at tourneys.

[mR.HaAPPY]

i just got back from D-day at skirmish.. and there was this guy who had this alf thing going on.... it was either alf or an ardvark... anyway, he had one of those nose things attached to his mask and he had little ears too. i thought it was pretty funny.... the people there were giving away 98c to the people in the best costume.. so next year, my friends and i r gunna go as clowns

[Doc Nickel]

The story on Youngblood (Dave DeHann) goes something like, he and some friends were out at a SoCal field, when a buddy shows up after a night of partying and carousing.

The friend was wearing a grey suit which had taken something of a beating during the night- drink stains, cigarrette burns, etc. The dude was going to toss it when Dave took it and wore it for the next round of games. (Recball, circa 1988 or so.)

He thought it was cool, and so began to wear it regularly, and later bought othger new and used suits- predominantly grey- to play in later. From then on, til the full-tilt tourney play of the mid-late '90s and up, he was always shown playing in a grey suit of some kind. It became as much a "signature" look as Tyger's bunny ears or antlers.

He then started "color coordinating" his markers and other equipment with the grey suits- in '90 he was featured in an I&I Sports ad with a silver 68 Special, prior to that he had a silver-annoed Carter Comp pump (sometimes with two Thermo-valved "California Air" 10-ounce tanks) and most people have seen his silver-annoed custom VM.

In an "Ironmen" video from '94, you see him with a mirror-polished all-silver 'Cocker with a bottomline 10-oz on a Carter L-stock, and in the St Louis Big Game video from the same year, he's seen with essentially the same gun, but in a Sniper-2 pump mode.

That same 'Cocker- or one much like it- was shown with a PMS FW71 air system in the '96 ESPN paintball events.

Doc.

[magmonkey]

if you pick up the sunday drivers dvd, watch the tribute to the old ironmen you can see dave in his suit and all of them playing in just jt whipper goggles with no mouth protection (becuasue everyone knows it is WAYYY better to be able to be heard clearly on the field )*HUGE SPINING SARCASM LIGHT, PLEASE DON'T TAKE YOUR MASKS APART

[CameraGuy]

Does this count?

I wore this costume for a recball tourney that the local paintball club put on last year. It's far too warm for regular play (originally designed for my little sister to wear for Halloween in north-central Alberta, think -20*C ), but it got lots of attention. Even had a couple of people come up and start petting my arm .

By the end of the day, I won an award for best dressed, and my team (keeping in mind we first met that morning) picked up a sportsmanship prize - a gift certificate for work by Punisher.

I suppose I could remove the ears and put them on my mask... they even match the colour pattern on my jersey ...