| Well
another year has come to an end. Oh we have so much to show
you!
Creations from our dark side...
This was the center piece on the dining
room table for our annual party. The skulls where cast in
plaster from a silicone mold made from the original and then
airbrushed.
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This is the throne we built. It started
out to be an electric chair, but ended up as a throne! The
top cross piece was removed for a different back board.
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This is the throne before being airbrushed.
The seat and arm rests are stuffed pieces of black rubber
stapled to the wood. The back is 1/4" thick lauan plywood.
Oh yeah, meet Fat Frank!
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It's hard to tell but the main body
of the throne in sprayed a dark royal red. Then aged by misting
it with black. The back is solid black. Fat Frank is a chicken
wire body wrapped in burlap strips. The entire body is coated
with joint compound that has black latex paint mixed in. We
call it "Monster Mud." The mixture is smeared and
worked into the burlap using just your hands. This holds everything
together as it dries and becomes stiff over a few days . The
skull is one of those cheap plastic ones with a little compound
for texture. We airbrushed the entire body to look like dusty
aged clothing then webbed him over with a TBD web shooter.
This prop was only seen by people at our party.
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This is our party cooler but will be
used for other things in the future. It is constructed out
of 2" thick foam board with a colonial base board molding
around the bottom. The cracks are melted into the foam with
an electric soldering gun. Then the entire crypt is coated
in epoxy resin for added strength. The plywood was added to
support the hinges.
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This is after it was heavily sprayed
with gray latex primer then airbrushed giving it a stone look.
The same look that you would get using stone spray paint at
hardly any cost! We lined the inside with a white sheet and
put a 4' blacklight up against the front wall. We filled 5
plastic containers with ice and beverages.
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This is a 8'x2' wall hanging made for
the party. It is made from a sheet of 2" thick foam board
covered with wrinkled burlap. We then cut up one of those
crappy plastic skeletons. The bones where scattered over the
board and we used several cans of spray foam insulation for
a cool filler. After some "Monster Mud", primer,
and airbrushing, we poured epoxy resin into the cavities for
a nice wet look. If you look closely you can see some of the
skeleton.
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This idea we got from a prop at the
Haunted Chamber (a Castle Blood prop). He consists of a chicken
wire body covered in burlap, MM, and then airbrushed. We used
a mask from a '97 prop and spray foam for the vein looking
texture inside the coffin. The coffin is made from 1x6 pine
with a lauan back.
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This one looks so real most people
would not pass it. Basically the same construction, wood frame
and base, covered with chicken wire,burlap, MM, and painted.
Cheap but very effective. The mask cost more than the whole
thing!
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This prop is the Ceiling Crawler! We
plan to make a few more of these guys but in different positions.
(half on wall with hands on ceiling, etc.)
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This is another prop done for the party
but will be used for the haunt and our banner in the future.
It's a plywood base covered with burlap and MM. The hands
are foam over wire, both the hands and the mask where airbrushed.
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The Cocoon Victim was used in a door
way during our party heavily covered in webs. The door way
had a boarded up insert (3rd picture) and was lit from underneath.
On Halloween night we used him in the alien setup.
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Here is what we did to create a plunge
in our neighborhood's housing resale values! We tore apart
16 wood pallets, free from a local home improvement center.
Air stapled each board over two 2x2's. Each panel lifts in
and out very easy and can be stored outside without worrying
about damage. The older they become the better they look!
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