Gears of War for Windows ships on Tuesday November 6th in the US, but just because it arrives after Halloween doesn't mean you can't get into the mood now!

You may have seen the Pumpkin Templates on Xbox.com, but those aren't the only choices for you to use when carving your pumpkin this Halloween.

You can turn just about any photo into a Pumpkin stencil by making it black and white, and adjusting the contrast/brightness to highlight the lights and darks.  There are some pretty good tutorials over at Photoshop Tips, and Home Logic Halloween.

In the spirit of Halloween, we have provided a few images (top) to make stencils out of (we gave you a head start on the bottom) in hopes that we can see some cool Gears of War themed pumpkins.

We have a few incentives to give out to folks who do a great job on the Gears of War Pumpkin carvings, maybe I can find a home for some copies of the game, or some posters.

The far right image (Faceoff - Locust vs. Marcus) is pretty difficult, we'll try and cook up something special for people who can pull that one off sucessfully.

Bonus points if you use a Chainsaw to carve your pumpkin...

I feel compelled to ask people to please be safe when carving your pumpkins - fingers, toes, and actual blood will not impress the judges...

Much...