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Props of 2007...
This was one hell of a year. Many
new props including ones for a local haunted Coal Mine.
TOUR-ED MINE PROPS
The first props
below are a group of dead miners fabricated from fiberglass
manikin bodies and our new GraveStalkers Zombie Heads.
The helmet lights
are fabricated from cheap twin "D" cell flashlights.
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These are two
full bucky skeleton corpses with pneumatic mouth tubing that
whips around when triggered.
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Just a few of
the many light fixtures created for the mine and other structures.
Most of them where built using our GS prop building candles.
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This pneumatic
prop was build to attach to the top of an old operating room
table. It fits down over the existing stainless steel bed
surface to create a realistic morgue embalming table.
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The metal prop
above was originally intended to be used as a candle holder.
I suggested that it be used as a canary bird cage used in
the mine to test for poison gas. As you can see the bird didn't
make it... I later aged the black metal to look like red rust
(not shown).
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The two miners
above are full solid foam bodies. They are part of a set of
three used inside the mine in a derailed "jeep"
personal carrier.
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Here is the third
miner that goes with the two above. This guy is pnematic and
jerks forward toward the guests walking by the jeep set. The
helmet lights are all wired to come on when the prop is activated.
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A new GS skull
mirror.
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That concludes the props built for
the mine project. At least the ones I took pictures of.
THE PROPS OF DARK WORKS 2007
Two new light
fixtures using GS candle sets.
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I reused several
of the masks from older props on the new ones built for this
season. I also started to move away from the bulky MM prop
look into a slimmer full body prop style. This is another
prop based on the pneumatic Twitch prop.
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This one is built
like the Zombie above however when the body and head moves
it's arms also move upward.
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I redesigned
the Janitor prop for this year. A full body prop that is hunched
over his clogged toilet. When triggered he stands up with
his back to the wall. Not shown is the dirty plunger I added
in his left hand.
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Five new full
foam corpsed built from scratch. The one in the red shirt
has a pneumatic mouth tube.
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This guy stands
in our pond out front of the haunt building. His feet are
foamed to a cement pad to keep him in place. A nice stream
of water is pumped up to his zipper for a realistic peeing
effect. Even zombies have to go sometimes.
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The pneumatic
prop above is designed liked the Ozzy prop. However a second
piston is added to lift the head and arms as the whole body
swings around into view.
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This is another
re-worked pneumatic prop that was inside the haunt for a few
years. I changed out the arms, face, hair and clothing.
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Above is a new
FCC (flying crank corpse) prop that my older son helped construct.
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This is a great
looking mirror but a crappy picture of it. You can get a better
look on the DW2007 page.
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I needed some
new eye candy to fill some spaces so I gathered up a few extra
buckies and went with the look you see above.
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I always like
to change the look of the main entrance so I built this guy
for behind the DW sign. It's hard to tell from the pics but
this one it really large. He also serves as a giant fog head...
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Well that's just a quick look at
2007 more to come on the DW 2007 page.
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