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Ella Updates Completed

Over the weekend I completed the new aluminum crank frame that is properly sized. The design is based on the Phantasmechanics design. I also touched up the cheezecloth layout and I must say I’m pretty happy with the final results.

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Pool Noodle Score At CVS

Had to stop in CVS to pick up some stuff for the wife. Decided to walk down the center aisle to see if they had put any of the Halloween stuff out. No luck on that, summer stuff still there but marked down for clearance. Then my eyes caught a huge box in the center [...]

Character Sketch: Zann

Today while out at lunch I completed another character sketch (one more to go of the planned character additions and changes). This one is a character known only as Zann (so named after Lovecraft’s Erich Zann). Eyeless and with lips sewn nearly shut, Zann stands near the entrance to the temple playing a haunting melody [...]

Character Sketches

Tonight I spent some time sketching out some of the characters from the Forlorn Haunting Grounds – one of which is a concept by my seven year old daughter (Queen of Monsters) called Alesica.
I’m not a great artist and they aren’t the best scans (yeah I’m the fool who sketched on a ruled pad – [...]

Offline Tonight But Still Worked

Tonight I owed my daughter some quality one-on-one time. She’s got some crazy idea for a Zombie Queen she’s gonna need help building. But mostly she just wanted to hang out with dad while he worked.
I gave her a foam skull and a plastic prop eye to start with and let her play around with [...]

Webcam Pilot Bumpy But Successful

For those who didn’t tune in last night we ran a pilot of the lab cam. Had a handful of viewers who were mostly from Haunt Forum mixed in with some friends and peeps from Twitter. The response was pretty good and I had a lot of fun just being me.
I’d like to give a [...]

The Laboratory Is Set To Open

Greetings everyone. Pretty much wrapped up the basement to a satisfactory degree where work can commence on props. The lab computer is fired up and the webcam is installed (The Lab Cam from the main menu to the right) and ready to rock and roll.
Greetings everyone. Pretty much wrapped up the basement to a satisfactory [...]

Basement Lab – Coming Along

The basement area I’ll be working in this year is mostly organized the way I want it. I’m actually comfortable enough with it to share some early pics. As you can see, Joe is on the table and in position for cosmetic surgery. I need to hook up my old monitor (the thing is a [...]

In Retrospect…

Halloween Prop Building In Restrospect
The recent decisions made last week regarding the Necropolis Manor haunt has allowed me to reflect on the various things I’ve created or have wanted to create over the last few years. I stepped away to take a look in on my motivations, designs, and delusions of grandeur.
I’ve been creating Halloween [...]

Pre-Season Update: Good News / Bad News

Greetings everyone! I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated, I’ve been quite busy this year with all the little fun things life likes to throw our way from time to time. I come bearing both good news and bad news. I always like to start with the bad news first (sue me, I’m an [...]