A ‘Swine flu’ mask as a costume idea for carnival?

This years carnival season will be kicked off by the fools on the 11th of November at 11:11 hours by escalading of the german town halls. As usual, the mayors necktie will be cut on this occasion. This year, all the fun might be overshadowed by fear of the currently rampant swine flu. Participants of major carnival events run the risk of being infected, as the swine flu virus H1N1 is easily passed on in large crowds. However, most of the people will not be stopped by this.

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Realistic mask resembling Charlie Sheen

No other american celebrity has attracted as much attention as Charlie Sheen recently. Due to his excessive lifestyle the actor known from ‘Two and a Half Men’ has achieved to appear regularly on the front pages of the tabloids. Anyone being in the spotlight like Charlie Sheen has to expect to become a target of caricaturists and other artists. An example of such interest can be seen in a mask made to look like Charlie Sheen, first presented during the MaskFest 2011 in Indianapolis. Features making this unique silicone mask stand out are the very detailed facial features and a realistic looking hair attached to the top of the mask.

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The perfect elvis costume for carnival and halloween

Elvis Presley has lost little of his popularity and prominence since his death in 1977. So it is no surprise that disguising as the ‘King’ for carnival or halloween is still popular nowadays. There are several, more or less expensive ways to achieve the appropriate elvis look. Continue Reading →

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Fantomas attempts to blackmail the city of cologne

As we have learned straight from the horse’s mouth, Fantomas is back from retirement. Allegedly, all his accumulated wealth has been used up, so that he is forced to resume his criminal career. His most recent coup seems to be blackmailing the german city of cologne for an ludicrous amount of 50 billion euro, otherwise he is going to implode the cologne cathedral, itself the 2nd highest church in europe.

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How to prepare the basic raw material for foam latex masks

We know of quite a few people wanting to custom produce their own realistic, scary or fancy dress masks from latex to fizzle at the point where they need to produce the raw material required for such masks and to employ it. The knowledge needed therefor is largely unknown, but not completely unavailable. An excellent place to look at professional knowhow are patent applications. By filing for a patent, inventors are granted the exclusive right to produce and market products based on the invention exhibited in the patent application. In return, they have to disclose the invention so that the formerly tacit knowledge is published to the interested public, which is, under normal circumstances, free to use the invention presented in the patent after the patent itself has lapsed (either through nonpayment of the fees or after a certain amount of time).

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