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

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Well there isn't much going on here at the forum right now so I thought maybe I'd ramble a little....I didn't get to have a party this year because of how busy I was at work....The bright side of it was that we did get to go see some of the haunts we never get to see.....I worked alot of weekends but we managed to go to quite a few events in the evening with a few hours of sleep before heading off to work again!....Probably the biggest (Halloween related) thing I'll remember about 2011 was the bitter sweet closing of my favorite haunt....It was bitter of course because looking at their site for an evening to go, realizing 2010 was their last year of operation and they weren't going to be open this year....This haunt was huge!...They set it up in an old Lowe's building to give you an idea of size....They even had a castle facade with working moat!...It was incredible to see it in it's entirety....There were 2 props that my wife and I loved to go see every year....I always went to see the Scare Factory fireplace which was in the knights of the round table room, they always had to push me along at that point so I could get one last glimpse.....My wife always "ooohed" at the Angel Of Death statue in the cemetery....That's when the light bulb went off "Hey I should contact the owner and see if he still has the items for sale"....So I emailed him and he did in fact have those 2 items still for sale!....And where they were stored was only a half hour from where I live! Normally I couldn't afford this type of pro stuff but #1 - I was working all this overtime and #2 - He gave me some incredible deals....It was the perfect storm so to speak - location, actual funds, and great deals....I ended up getting a couple truck loads in the end.....

First, here is my baby - The Scare Factory Fireplace, I can't tell you how many hours I drooled over this looking at it on SF's site



Here is the top half



I found out later when I got home that none of my ceilings were high enough to house it when it's put together but I didn't care!...It took me a few tries to figure out how to incorporate the top half into something but I managed to use it in a way that looks really good....I learned it is MUCH BIGGER in person......ZR

So what did I incorporate the top half into you ask? I found it made a great back drop for the SkullTronix Seance Scene....Fun Fact: The table for the crystal ball is the card board box that "Zombie Bait" from the spirit store came in...Just threw 2 pieces of the green erosion cloth (also from spirit) over it and viola...a table!....ZR

Oh, I can see why you drooled over it *wipes puddle off of the keyboard* Congrats, that is an excellent score!

Here is the Angel Of Death statue....I need to build a base for it and it will go right in the middle of it's new cemetery home....Sinister isn't it?........ZR

This fellow was made from a now defunct company called Scare Parts...I knew I wanted him the second I saw him in the warehouse, I just didn't want to pay the asking price but when he came down an extra $100, he found a new home....He's setting where he'll be in the haunt, one thing about it is it takes about 80 pounds of pressure to raise and it's spring return so it's kind of violent for the platform it's sitting on....I'll have to reinforce underneath it before it goes into action...The platform is about 3 foot tall so he towers over you when activated....Should give some good scares!....



Here is a video link I took on the night I brought it home to show it in action.......ZR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAxd...OrgBCzjSPX8ErL

This is another Scare Factory prop I just had to have....It towers over 10 feet tall and will be used outside....The statue when activated comes down and hovers right in front of you....I could actually feel the air move when standing in front of him when he came down!....This will be inside a fence for obvious reasons....He's going to be at the end of the haunt....I'm going to have a robed "butler" animatronic holding a skull instead of the tray right beside this tombstone...The skull will say "I see you've made it to the end alive but just remember, there's always next year"...Cue the reaper screaming coming down off the tombstone with strobe light....Should be cool........ZR



Here's a video link of it in action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymyuS...OrgBCzjSPX8ErL

I don't have pictures yet but I also got 4 paintings/portraits....I can't remember the name of the company that made them but I saw them several times in haunts on the Extreme Halloween shows on the travel channel....Also a truckload of camo netting and he threw in 4 gargoyles for good measure.....It's hard to believe with all this stuff, I didn't even get 1% of his inventory....You'd have to see it to believe it....I only saw the garage but he also has several semi trailers stacked full....I decided I spent enough but it kills me to know it's only a half hour away and I didn't look at any of the tombstone/cemetery items............yet.............errr............. help...........LOL.....ZR

Thanks Raven's Hollow Cemetary....Yes, it was definitely a cool score....I gotta admit I get a little jealous when I see everyone but me score all those craigslist lots but I guess everyone get's their day....It's just a matter of when....ZR

Wow. Those are some awesome props.

I love the fireplace! My experience with craigslist has been a bust.
Awesome pick ZombieRaider!