<![CDATA[Hey!]]>Hey! I need costume ideas incorporating a respirator mask. I'm doing a book signing for three hours and will have to wear my big respirator (Auras do not fit my weird nose).

Yes, there's "hazmat guy", but I want something more clever than that. A variation on that would be fine.

Thoughts?


]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7dfdc1d1-ca0a-4ddd-bfc3-3e1cdd669fe5/heyRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 06:18:29 GMTTue, 06 Oct 2026 02:10:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:18:00 GMT]]>@fritzoids
Very cool!
@colorblindcowboy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/Lojie/statuses/117392505621743748https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/Lojie/statuses/117392505621743748Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:18:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:45:22 GMT]]>@fritzoids 👏 Bravo! Very well done.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392377296147032https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392377296147032Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:45:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:44:19 GMT]]>@marsiposa Yes. Definitely a name badge. Thank you for the ideas.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392373169168713https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392373169168713Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:44:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:43:48 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy

another Halloween I decorated my kid's Flo-Mask by using double-sided tape to adhere sew-on spikes to it. Sort of like in the picture here:
https://mas.to/@fritzoids/112740559875502352

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392371112796816https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392371112796816Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:43:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:33:55 GMT]]>@Lojie

Thank You. I shared my costume from 2023 in their comments.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392332251554682https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392332251554682Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:33:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:32:51 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy

I think I did OK with my post-apocalyptic shaman costume the other year.

The military surplus goggles (I think the right ski-mask might work too) really ties it together.

Post-apocalypse works. Otherwise I'd go for something Resident Evil'esque.

https://mas.to/@fritzoids/111331188575155645

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392328053199053https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/fritzoids/statuses/117392328053199053Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:32:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:17:38 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy that would be creepy indeed, or a bunch of spiders 😰😆

Don't forget some sort of badge or clipboard showing you're a very legit pest control company.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117392268212009627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117392268212009627Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:08:45 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy the gas mask people from dr who? "Are you my mummy?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EpreukySEQ creepy AF

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/econads/statuses/117392233319127130https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/econads/statuses/117392233319127130Tue, 06 Oct 2026 05:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:49:29 GMT]]>@marsiposa Awww, that’s kind of you. It is indeed.

Not a bad idea to be thematic, actually. Exterminators and insulation installers woule both wear them.

I could get a plastic suit and attach rats to it. Like they’re getting revenge.

Thank you for the inspiration.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392157559717050https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392157559717050Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:43:43 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy is it for your book on haunted houses? is there any trade that goes to old houses and deals with stuff, that could need a respirator? ... not exactly hazmat.. but hazmat-adjacent ...Radioactive-ghost hunter?

Idk I'm terrible with costume ideas, but I wanted to say yay on the book signing!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117392134890637282https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/marsiposa/statuses/117392134890637282Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:43:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:11:50 GMT]]>@shonin We are on a budget this year,
sadly. No new headgear for me, but I like it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392009512115935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117392009512115935Tue, 06 Oct 2026 04:11:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:59:05 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy How about "Ghost of Kiev?" The fighter pilot helmet with mask should just about do it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/117391959345622592https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/117391959345622592Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:59:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:20:52 GMT]]>If I can find my old Dr Frankenstein costume, I could just make my mask look “olden times” with grip tape and be a mad scientist who believes in PPE.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391809074285750https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391809074285750Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:20:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:50:17 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy cover the top part of your face/head (with eye slits so you can see) and stick some paper on to make the canisters into googly eyes for an insectoid look? Add a beak/proboscis at the bottom too maybe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/117391688829090555https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/akamran/statuses/117391688829090555Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:50:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:44:07 GMT]]>@flora Yeah, if it didn't have to be a respirator, I totally would. It would be very appropriate.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391664597828343https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391664597828343Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:44:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:42:37 GMT]]>@deirdrebeth Perhaps. This is a good idea. I'll think about it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391658692051346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391658692051346Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:42:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:35:40 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy

Depends on how crafty you are, but the alien can be done with half a pringles can and some straws taped together and spraypainted grey...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/117391631379605815https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/117391631379605815Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:35:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:30:39 GMT]]>@friscolala Bane would be pricy to do correctly. Also, uh, we have VERY different builds.

I'd be like Bain on a starvation diet.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391611595688159https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391611595688159Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:28:17 GMT]]>@deirdrebeth

Surgeon wouldn't work because it's a respirator. Big mask.

But, I guess I could just go vaguely post-apocalyptic, like Mad Max.

Everything else would be cool but expensive.

Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391602303607487https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/colorblindcowboy/statuses/117391602303607487Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:28:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hey! on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:26:09 GMT]]>@colorblindcowboy

Someone being attacked by an alien face sucker?
The big bad (or a bunch of others) in Mad Max Fury Road?
Surgeon?
Firefighter?
Bane (DC comics) or almost any masked superhero?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/117391593906276234https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/deirdrebeth/statuses/117391593906276234Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:26:09 GMT