Thread: My Version of "Vile Things" Pneumatic Obelisk

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Nice work Slanks..... Video was nice, but your yard always much better viewed in person.

Thank you pm sent!!!

Thank you everyone!

I actually bought the Obelisk and Bellicose (the flying guy prop) from Eric (Vilethings). Your prop is pretty close. I know how much work its been! I did a bunch of work to improve the great work Eric did on it including upgrading the controller to a picoboo with audio and larger air cylinders for the opening.

From talking with Eric, life took over for him and his time for such things took a back seat. His work is amazing! I did manage to rip his entire site before it went down. Got it archived somewhere.

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@ibjeepin - That's so cool that you have the originals of the obelisk and Bellicose. I'm very envious! I don't think I have his entire site, but I do have a habit of creating PDF's of stuff I like so I have it for later, so I have several of his projects as well as pictures and videos saved.

@bamtunebam - Somewhere, I remember seeing someone had archived his entire site. Not sure where though. here are some other pics.

Cool yep thats them, I also got the flying skeleton. I was talking with eric on getting the fence and the lamp guy but he never finished the discussions. He became very busy in life, which is a real shame as his talents are amazing! His Corkus work was something I wish I had the time and talent to do! Corkus is the second and fifth picture above the second being the one in the obelisk.

Nah i ripped the entire site with a product called offline explorer. His site was offline for a while then he put it back up, so I thought that the info on how he built them was invaluable as a reference. I will attach a 2011 video when i can convert.

Eric sold me a set of the old man head and hands when I was going to build a cripple prop like Brent's at DC. I still think I might this year. He did great work! I archived the whole site and lost it... if anyone has it I'd love to trip down memory lane again.

Here's mine:



I'm going to get this done by next year dang it!

Looks great. I would love to do pneumatic props but dont have the budget. Fortunately the right spring will replace the cylinder but you need a way to lock it down before you want it to pop up

Originally Posted by znelson710

Looks great. I would love to do pneumatic props but dont have the budget. Fortunately the right spring will replace the cylinder but you need a way to lock it down before you want it to pop up

True and alot of props just use pneumatics to reset them. The skelerectors for example are mostly spring powered not air.... the piston just resets them and holds them down... You can even buy skelerectors with no piston that you have to manually reset...

It's been a few years since I've even heard Vile Things mentioned. I'm glad someone remembers. Excellent job on the obelisk!