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I'm a noob on Halloween Forum ("Hi!"). Yesterday I put up a video of our Haunted Homestead haunt and got a few questions about the props, in particular the Pumpkin Sentinels. . . Charles and Howard.
The pumpkin heads are papier mache and the body is papier mache over a wood frame and cardboard ribs. Everything was given a good coat of Spar Urethane to waterproof the papier mache.
I stretched black trash bags over the ribs. A heat gun was used to shrink the plastic to look like dead skin or flesh. A coat of white latex primer over everything followed by flat black latex before painting with acrylic.
The heads are lit with an orange CFL with Cowlicious LED Deluxe eye faders. A homemade LED orange spot is on the base pointing up at them. I hacked the lanterns with a 110V C7 candelabra flicker lamp and sprayed the glass with matte fixative to look etched and old.
Here's the video and a short slideshow of construction. Hope you like them.
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Pumpkin Sentinels - Haunted Homestead 2010
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11-14-2010,07:19 AM
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Mistress of Mayhem
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11-14-2010,07:59 AM
Charles and Howard ROCK and so does their recorded introduction - That was pretty cool too.
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11-14-2010,08:38 AM
Thanks for posting that Dynoflyer
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The Great Pumpkin
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11-14-2010,09:44 PM
I really liked those from your first video. Couldn't think of what you had called them. I also really like the audio. Thanks for posting the how-to.
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Terror of the Cul de Sac
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The Great Pumpkin
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11-17-2010,02:30 PM
Those are really great. I am going to have to start doing paper mache again.
So many ideas....Too little storage space
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11-17-2010,07:20 PM
Very nice, sweeet even!
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11-17-2010,09:39 PM
Great job!!! I love them!!!
A Halloween prop is a terrible thing to waste..
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