DP Pumpkin Carving Contest - Winner announced on page 5!!

[Aussie2B]

I thought for sure my Dreamcast pumpkin had a chance until I saw all those other entries. Nice job everyone! Does anyone want to share a story of how they made their pumpkin, or any problems they encountered?

It turns out pumpkins aren't as hollow as I had remembered. I had a hell of a time cramming a dreamcast inside the larger one, and there was no way I could get my little flat screen monitor to fit in the smaller one. I ended up cutting the top off the top pumpkin, to hide the height of the monitor inside the top of the bottom pumpkin. I left a game running in it when we went to trick or treat, so people coming up to the house could see it in the window.

Hehe, I would've loved to see the looks of confusion on their faces.

There's nothing too interesting behind the creation of my Neo Geo logo pumpkin, but yes, that is me holding it in front of my face like an idiot. :P And if anyone is wondering why my face can be seen through the other side, it's because the other face of the logo (the "smiley face") is carved into the other side.

[qbertandernie]

congrats gamegirl!

just so you know, my girlfriend signed on solely to vote(and to enter), though she never did. if she had, youd have won with 10 votes!

my stuff wasnt too fantastic, but i had a lot of fun making the katamri pumpkin. the orginal plan was to make it big enough to hold a ps2 and the game case(as well as my cat), but i quickly found out that the stuff wasnt really tight enough to support much weight. after i cut all the strings that held the items on my girlfriend carved a diabolical smiling pumpkin...with strings and nails sticking out of his head...

the nintendo entertainment pumpkin was reversed and a proper jack o lantern carved in it....

#36 pacman with ghosties? ended up on the porch as, well, pacman and ghosties...my girlfriend made that one...like the tie in with the username?

anyway, nice effort by everyone!

[gamegirl79]

Woohoo! I can't believe I won....there were so many other great pumpkins!! Thanks QOF for having this contest!!!

[Sniderman]

Wow. Great entries and a great time! I was planning to do a Resident Evil "leering zombie" punkin, and the DP contest rolled around just as I was designing it. When I finished and lit it, I thought I'd have a chance at the prize -

Until the others arrived. x_x

Anywa, I had a great time. Halloween is my favorite holiday and this year I wanted to carve punkins as a part of it. THis contest gave me that chance, so I thank Kris and Joe for holding it. Looking forward to next year's!

P.S. Two punkins I was planning to do, but ran outta time:
1. The Jack-O-Tari 2600. Was going to cram a TV into big punkin, a 2600 jr into a small, flat punkin, and a joystick into a gourd. Then was gonna take a photo of the set-up running "HAlloween." RAn out of time to do so. (Besides, the Dreamcast punkins would've pounded my idea.

2. "Pong-O-Lanterns"- Was gonna get 5 punkins. CArve a flat POng paddle on two, carve the "ball" on one, and carve two blocky scores on the last two. Was gonna set up some utility shelves in my yard; place the Pong elements where they fit; then string up Christmas lights to identify the screen area and net down the center. At night, it should've looked just like a POng screen. BAiled on the idea because of the time it would've taken, the amount of work to clean/carve 5 punkins, and the minimal reaction a "Pong" set-up would've gotten.

Wait'll next year. Seriously, I had a great time. And these punkins should be archieved on the DP site in a photos album. Cool stuff.

[Pantechnicon]

It was my son's idea to do entry #11 for King Boom Boo and Knuckles. It was an amateurish job compared to some of these others but we still had a ball working on it.

I wanted to do a second entry similar to Sniderman's idea using a 2600 Jr. I would have called mine the "Atari 3100" (you know, for the 31st...) and had it running Haunted House. Woulda been cool. Didn't have enough spare time, but there's always next yeat.

Congrats to everybody who entered. Nice work.

[The_EniGma]

Well done to people who won that box loosk sweett... shame i wasnt here on hallowean

[punkoffgirl]

Well, I knew mine wouldn't win, once all these terrific entries started rolling in, but I have to say, I was evil and held out hope for a while that no one else would enter and I'd win by default *lol*

Fantastic job on the pumpkins, everyone! Congrats to the winners!

Edit: And I just realized that I forgot to even vote!

[GobopopRevisited]

Um, sorry if I missed it, but is there any way for me to see the pumpkins?

[Dahne]

Haha, I voted for the Solid Snake and Meryl pumpkin (hey, I'm a MGS fangirl) but I was torn between that one and Castlevania. The bat shadow was a VERY nice touch.

[Sniderman]

Um, sorry if I missed it, but is there any way for me to see the pumpkins?

http://www.gee-min-ee.com/pumpkincontest.htm

[SKVermin]

Haha, I voted for the Solid Snake and Meryl pumpkin (hey, I'm a MGS fangirl) but I was torn between that one and Castlevania. The bat shadow was a VERY nice touch.

Thanks for the vote, Dahne.

[Jasoco]

I voted for #8. To me, that was the best.

It was Mario from SMB3.

[SegaAges]

congrats to you pumpkinhead.

congrats to the contestants too

[Emily]

Damn....
Mine was Morbeas from metoid prime 2