These Amazing Pumpkin Carvings Are The Best You'll See This Halloween [PHOTOS]
Oct 26, 2013, 00:10 IST
Noel Dickover/Fantasy Pumpkins"Star Wars" space battle pumpkin. Represent.When government contractor Noel Dickover isn't working on open data initiatives and social media, he carves pumpkins.
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He's become well known as a master pumpkin carver and has been featured on NPR, Wired, and a number of local news organizations. In years past, he's created a to-scale replica of R2-D2 and the Death Star, which was named Wired's Geekiest Pumpkin in 2007. It all began when his brother found a pumpkin carving guide in 1997. Intrigued, Dickover decided to make his own patterns and begin carving. His kids went crazy for it, especially when he carved a pumpkin with Star Wars' Darth Maul on it. Since then, it's become a family tradition and, over time, his carvings have become more elaborate. On his website Fantasy Pumpkins, Dickover and his entire family post incredible and detailed carvings of everything from superheroes to horror monsters. Dickover may be the ringleader of Fantasy Pumpkins (and the only one doing pumpkins weighing more than 150 lbs), but his family members sure can hold their own when it comes to carving.