Halloween is fast approaching... I am really slacking when it
comes to posting updates. It's been a busy week.
| The graveyard has received a few more gravestones. Becky and I
created 2 new gravestones to help fill in the empty space. |
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| Becky designed her gravestone from scratch. She based it very
roughly off something she found on the internet, but 90% of the design
came about simply by trial and error. She decided to add a couple of
small angels to the top of her stone to make it a bit more exciting.
I really like the way it turned out. |
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| My gravestone took 3 times as long to make. I kind of "winged"
it too. I ended up with a very complicated winged devil kind of
thing that took me hours to mask and paint... I didn't feel like
cutting out lettering after all of the stencil cutting for the devil, so
I ended up leaving mine blank in terms of lettering. |
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| I leave you to guess at what this is a picture of... I'll give you
a hint. It's a body part turned inside out and will be part of the
final scare at the end of the haunt.
I'll hopefully have some pictures of the final creation in the next
day or two - it's still drying... |
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| OK, some sneak peeks at the inside of this year's haunt. There are
a few spiders involved in a section of the haunt. They drop from
the ceiling and land on your head/shoulders as you walk through a long
hallway inside the haunt.
My father in law is in charge of the spider dropping mechanism and
the resulting scare. |
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| I don't know how to describe this part other than to say that it's
part of the final scare - kind of a mad lab/morgue scene. I put a few
colored LED lights that change colors behind some of the large tubes
attached to the board. The thing weighs about 100 lbs I think.
It's 3 foot wide and a couple feet tall. It hangs above the
autopsy table and really adds to the overall atmosphere of the autopsy
room. |
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| Some "mad lab" stuff found in the last room of the haunt...
Becky and I gathered the bottles from a local resale shop and hooked
them up to a fish tank air pump. There's only 3 liquids used here
- water, tonic water and liquid laundry detergent mixed with water.
The green and yellow bottles are painted with "neon" green and yellow
paint on the bottom and then filled with regular old water. Nice
touch
huh? |
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| The final scare of the haunt also activates the only exit. I
worked for quite some time to get the door & barrel to work of the same
solenoid and at the same air line pressure. After the BIG SCARE the
barrel and door go off to give the kids a last little scare and show
them the way out. Of course the door closes behind them as they
are running for their lives screaming...
Click on the barrel for a video of the barrel prop and the exit door
opening. I filmed the whole thing in bright light this time so you
could see. On Halloween there will be only a dim black light.
Te exit will be lit brightly to show the way. |
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| One of the SUPER SECRETS of the haunt this year are the wall
panels... Some of the wall panels are not entirely solid - and may allow things
to enter the haunt from somewhere you least expect. There are many
secrets to be discovered in the haunt this year. Hopefully we'll
manage to get a few screams from the trick-or-treat crowd... |
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That's enough for now. I've got to get back to work...
