So this was the mannequin we set up, with a second coif under the main one so that it didn't have a face...

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...or at least, when I stood perfectly still, most people thought I was a mannequin.  Until I swung my sword at them and chased them off the lawn.  Hehe.  I made one woman scream really loudly, it was so much fun.

One kid looked at me and said, "That thing is really expensive!"  Then I pointed my sword at him, and my dad (who was distributing candy) said that to make it move like that was really expensive!  There were a couple kids who are probably still convinced that I was a robot.

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The night might have been better if it had occurred to me that wearing a PLAIN ALUMINUM coif over my face may not have been the best idea...duh me.  It was cold, too...late fall in Michigan, completely sheathed in very conductive metals.  But I think the night was a success overall.