Thread: My Projects for 2012 - Just some ramblings/reflections

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This is standing at the organ looking into the next room....It will be the Seance room....It was a huge hit when it debuted in 2010....ZR

Oh, awesome how you were able to use the upper part of the fireplace in the séance room. It actually helps to unify the two rooms together so nicely. I would have never known that there was scene setting inside the fireplace. Looks like stone. Would love to take a tour of your whole haunt!

Thanks Terra...I was concerned for awhile about the fireplace top because I just couldn't figure out a good way to use it....I built a huge table type thing at first but it took up too much space, thought about using it for a doorway entrance but don't want to alter it, finally cut the table thing down about a quarter size and covered it in erosion...err... I mean spooky cloth....Found a winner!, Didn't take up too much precious space and fit into the scene.....On to the next!.....ZR

Spent the last 2 days couped up making a video for the portrait that is going above the fireplace....I used a picture (Thanks scourge!) that morphes into the skulltronix "Ghostly Host" routine....Spent a long time on the filters and such to make it more ghostly...I wish I could show you guys the high quality version in it's entirety but copyrights keep me from doing so here's a demo...Let me know what you think.....ZR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_loU...OrgBCzjSPX8ErL

The video turned out great!

Very cool vid.I am a big fan of scene setters.

Well my 3 week vacation is quickly coming to end.....I go back to work in the a.m....I'm really happy with the progress I made....Reconstructed the main walls, recorded and finished the entrance portrait video, fully finished and dressed out the entrance room, fully finished the seance room....
Most importantly I cleaned, categorized, boxed alot of props, timers, cords, etc......When I was done, I was amazed and embarrassed at the amount of space I have alotted for Halloween stuff as a whole....There is enough stuff to do more than twice the area that I do....It made me realize that I needed to make a decision on what exactly I want my haunt to be....Of course I've had the same wild imagination as everyone else but the reality is I'm just one person so unless I win the lottery for a much bigger building and some help, I'm never going to use all this stuff......I also realized when it comes to Halloween stuff, I'm like a hoarder...Even though I get new stuff, I keep the old stuff....So, I've come to the conclusion it's time to figure out what the haunt is going to be and get rid of the rest.....Hopefully I'll get some pics up of what I got accomplished....For now, I'll just leave you with a pic of the angel of death in her final resting place....I salvaged the base out of a tomb I built last year....She stands a tad over 7 ft.....ZR

I don't have any new pics or video of progress but I just wanted to share my excitement....I finally placed an order this evening for a Night Fright's Ghost Bust !!! YEAH!!!!....I ordered the Halloween Song routine with it....My vision is to set it on the organ and have the organ play while it sings....Currently the organ has air cylinders on a few keys but I want to replace that set up with a servo setup....I also ordered a BOC (Board of Chucky) from Skulltronix to control the servos....It can control 16 servos though I'm not sure yet if I'm going to animate all 16 keys....I'm not sure what servos to get either....I've never worked on a servo project from scratch before so it's all new....I'm also going to have to add more organ sound to the audio track.....That's all for now....Just wanted to share.....ZR

Thanks for documenting and showing all of your set-up. Everything looks great. I empathize with the "hoarding" comment. I haven't gotten rid of too much Halloween either. When I have, I always wished I still had it for the next project!

Omg, everything looks awesome so far! Where do you have your haunt? You may have said in a previous post and I missed it...so if that's the case I apologize