Halloween 2007 - Icrontic Team Fortress 2 "Blu Team" costumes
After some joking around and some beers, and a lot of TF2, I decided to move forward on this whole idea of TF2 "blu team" costumes for Halloween.
I've settled on the engineer, my son Perry is going to be a soldier, and my son Kyle is going scout. I talked to Jeff about being a Sniper. Hopefully we can get a Keebler demoman, a Fatcat pyro, a CB Droege medic, and a Thrax spy.
ENGINEER:
Still need: Overalls, a spanner, some yellow ethernet cable (although i think I have some yellow), boots, blue work shirt, and kneepads.
SCOUT:
Obviously I'll have to cut one of the ears off, make a boom mic and an little antenna for it.

Had to buy these new - they're football cleats, but they'll work. They were only $20, so not too bad.
We actually have a kid sized silver baseball bat. I might paint the "blu" logo on it, or ask his mom to do it.
Still need a black baseball cap, and I'm going to ask his grandma to modify some sweatpants to complete the kit.
SOLDIER:
We've got my dad's old vietnam helmet, which is exactly the right helmet, and it fits Perry perfectly - in that it falls slightly down over his eyes.
We've got a Nerf air bazooka which looks mostly like the rocket launcher from the game, of course it needs to be completely repainted and the conical back end needs to be added.
Still need a jacket, bandolier with grenades, and boots. I'm taking him to Army Navy Surplus this week. I tried ebay, couldn't find anything.
There will be lots of pics!