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title: "October 2026: Halloween Prints"
category: "challenges"
subcategory: "2026"
order: 202610
description: "October 2026 Halloween Prints challenge details, judging criteria, and submission rules."
tags:
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  - archive
  - 2026
  - halloween
  - challenge-011
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# Past challenge: October 2026

## Challenge: Halloween Prints

For October, members brought in Halloween prints ranging from costume props and wearables to skeletons and lit jack-o'-lanterns.

### The focus: Spooky builds and print quality

Entries covered four main areas:
- **Costume props and wearables.** Helmets, masks, cosplay gear, badges, and prop replicas.
- **Spooky decor.** Skulls, spiderwebs, ghosts, LED tea light pumpkins, and wall hangings.
- **Articulated and mechanical prints.** Print-in-place bats, articulated skeletons, and moving decorations.
- **Specialty materials.** Glow-in-the-dark filament, translucent or color-changing materials, and multi-color HueForge art.

### Submission requirements

* **Physical model.** Brought to the October 28th, 2026 meetup.
* **Open to all makers.** Original CAD designs and community models from Printables, MakerWorld, or Thangs were all eligible.
* **The story.** Makers shared their slicer settings, part orientation, filament choices, and post-processing steps with the group.

### Judging and prize

* **Voting.** Attendees voted on their favorites based on print quality, presentation, and Halloween theme.
* **Prize.** The winner took home a free spool of filament.

### Timeline

* **Challenge announcement.** September 16th, 2026
* **Show & tell and voting.** October 28th, 2026
* **Winner announcement.** October 28th, 2026

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**This challenge was active for October 2026 and is now archived.**

**Last Updated**: October 30, 2026