Pirate Parlay! We must convene the Brethren Court. The Pirate Thread - Page 2

buckaneerbabe · #11 (**permalink**) 08-30-2008, 07:24 AM

Pumpkinprincess, I did just that the last two years. I have a mixed theme of POTC and the Haunted Mansion's graveyard. I stayed away from having a ship but did include ship props. It works well IMO. I set up two different places and prefer the camp location as my front yard is pretty small. Check out my photo bucket link below if you'll like to see how I incorporated my pirates in a graveyard scene.

Pumpkinprincess · #12 (**permalink**) 08-30-2008, 01:35 PM

Thanks, "Babe". I love your display! I decided to go ahead and do a graveyard. Not having one seemed so "unnatural". lol

I'm taking my skeleton captain/ship helm and making a tombstone like front. I'm also including a broken mast/sail/crow's nest in the cemetary. I plan to make some pirate themed tombstones.

I think it will go with my Dead Man's Point theme. I haven't decided if I'm going to do a shipwrecked stern or bow. That prop is in the "if time allows" category.

This weekend's project is my pilings for my "fence". Many people have plastered concrete cores, but I think my paint job might be enough. The problem is that I can't decide how tall they should be. I could halve the cores and make 2 and 3 feet high pilings, or use the full length. I'm must worried they will be too tall and be a pain in windy conditions. I've been told that we get some pretty strong wind/dust storms here in October. I don't want to go fish my props out of the neighbors yard every morning.

Pumpkinprincess · #13 (**permalink**) 08-30-2008, 01:37 PM

This will get you Scallywags in the mood...

NOX ARCANA

Best be busy making props!

mem22 · #14 (**permalink**) 09-02-2008, 05:09 AM

Wow....Great Idea PumpkinPrincess!! I love your pic's and really love the picture of the cemetary you posted. Love the black/green mold on those tombstones. No one seems to pick up on that when they create their tombstones!! Also love the music on the website you posted!! Here are some of my pics and I hope they can help out in some way! I also have have tons of Disney World Pirate pics too but too many to post...if someone has anything specific they would like to see....just ask and I'll see if I have it. Again, great thread!!

mem22 · #15 (**permalink**) 09-02-2008, 05:14 AM

Ship at night video. Captain speaking on ship, cannons below "firing", blucky at the helm, thunder and lightning. Ships wheel motorized by a rotisserie motor, cannons just had a string of 50 orange halloween lights shoved in the barrels and blinking. This was two years ago, ship has a better Capt. now. Next year a Bucky will be at the helm.

[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/mem4/t...

ManicMom · #16 (**permalink**) 09-02-2008, 08:22 AM

Wow - what a great display Mem22!!! How did you create your "wall"? I've seen various methods, but storage is a huge problem for us, so we've resorted to using the scene setters and covering the front of our house:

Halloween Forum - DMTNT's Album: Halloween 2007

Noticed your bottle of Captain Morgan Rum was still full? Or has it been emptied and refilled with apple juice?

mem22 · #17 (**permalink**) 09-02-2008, 09:36 AM

Thanks ManicMom!! I created the wall by using regular white styrofoam panels 4x8 (larger and cheaper than the pink). I drew the lines on them with a sharpie and then used a Dremel tool to freehand the lines, painted the lines black and then used gray on the rest. When I was done I did use a can of gray "stone" paint to muddle it a little. Oh...prior to painting I used a heat gun to kinda make the "indentations" in the styrofoam....but remember... the night is our friend

. I looked at your pictures and loved the idea of using a sand colored blanket as a beach or at least it looked like a blanket. Oh....just so you know.....the bottle of Captain Morgan was full but remember...the night handn't begun yet!! lol. By the end of the night the bottle was "hauntingly" empty courtesy of a couple bilge rats that help me with my haunt!!

ManicMom · #18 (**permalink**) 09-02-2008, 09:57 AM

Mem22: Cool - may have to play with the styrofoam idea...

The "sand/beach" idea is pulled straight from the POTC ride (our favorite!), and it was a sheet with glue & sand thrown on it - I was trying to avoid creating a litter box for the neighborhood cats...it didn't quite come out the way I planned, but as you said - the night is our friend

The jail scene from the ride is on one side as the kiddies walk up...

We started with a theme in 2006: one mast, one pirate, couple other small items. Simple soundtrack from POTC. But we got hooked, and last year we just kept adding...including a bluckey in the crow's nest, close to the sidewalk, with his own soundtrack.

My favorite part is sitting on our porch - keeping absolutely still - and then scaring the kids...the tweens all dare each other to come close, "she's real, no she's not"...

Wish I could just take the whole month of October off!!!

bauton · #19 (**permalink**) 09-09-2008, 07:20 PM

Great idea for a thread!!! I've been doing pirates for the last three years. Each year I try to upgrade what I have and at least add one more show piece. I go more for the humor with the kids than the scare.

I did make a pirate graveyard last year!! I had it in my yard most of the month, and when I moved my other pieces out closer to Halloween, my neighbor let me put the graveyard in his yard!!! I got the epitaphs from other haunters on this site.

Here is a link to some of my pictures.
bauton/Halloween 2007 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Pumpkinprincess · #20 (**permalink**) 09-25-2008, 01:01 PM

I remember someone making a beach scene. I tried to do a search and find a "how-to", but didn't find what I was looking for.

The poster used some Disney magic with a bed sheet. Anyone remember?

I want to have my treasure chest scene on sand, but don't want the mess.

Thanks!