It was after the midnight hour when the eerie but calm silence fell over the manor. The strange creatures and the things which had slithered out of their graves had long since returned into the darkness from whence they crawled. The last of the Jack-O-Lanterns had burned out and a cool breeze swept through the [...]
Well, Halloween 2009 has come and gone. It rained but it wasn’t as bad as expected. The wind however was terrible. The morning was damp so the temple walls never got painted. And since the wind was so bad during the day up until about 6pm we elected to not even put them up – [...]
Down to the wire and I finished the collector. Praying to not get any rain, this is my prize piece this year and I haven’t had a chance to properly seal him up.
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Bam! Boom! Another one down. Think I’m only gonna be able to manage ONE more before Saturday and that’ll be The Collector.
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Today I finished my laser vortex. Much thanks to Garage of Evil and Instructables. I kind of combined the two designs into my own. I had the hardest time mounting the motor to the beer bottle cap. I got cheap and didn’t want to deal with shipping costs from two different sources so I bought [...]
Another prop down and ready to go. Three more left for the season.
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Your honor, I’m done with that guy!
I finally finished Edward and work can commence on the remaining character props which should be a little less of a challenge.
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I love the smell of autumn in the morning… Smells like… HALLOWEEN!
Harry the scarecrow is out on the lawn, 1 tiny pumpkin, and a couple tombstones to begin the countdown.
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I’ve been spending a lot of time working on Edward the Kierghul. He ended up being more cthulhoid than originally planned (what can I say, even when not trying Lovecraft slips into everything I do). I might do a few more touch ups on the paint before final sealing him. Then to dress him up.
Blue [...]
Found a few things at CVS that looked pretty good. Their stuff was a lot cheaper then Walmart and Target.
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