Thread: Launched My 1st Halloween Scene

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and I need some advice! lol....

I normally go all out for my basement parties, so I decorate like you wouldnt believe for them. This year its my first year decorating the outside. 3rd year in my home, so its not like I have a ton of props. It's a building experience. I'll get more stuff each year

This is what I came up with so far. It looks decent. The 4th pic down, theres actually a flickering RED light in that window. Just can't see it flicker

I guess I'm asking for opinions. I can take constructive criticism. I want to better show my boarded up windows. The blue floods do a decent job. Does anyone have any other suggestions? I've spent a TON already on decorations/lighting, etc. I was going for a haunted house theme. Thus the lights flickering, boarded windows, etc

It is hard to see the boarded up windows. I suggest a fairly bright orange light shining through the boards from the inside.

That way the light will cut through the space between the slats.

It will look really cool if you incorporate some fog out there.

that looks pretty awesome!!! GREAT JOB!

Where would you recommend the fog? Maybe in the back landscaping? Should I run it through like a tub, or just blow it straight from the machine. I don't have any more time this year to get involved with a fog chiller. Ahh well...

I like the orange light idea from the inside. Although I havnt seen flood lights that are orange at home depot, lowes, etc.

No, you don't need a chiller. You want it to rise up past the windows so the light from the inside will cut through it.

Get a long dryer hose (or PVC Pipe), make sure it is black. Run it right against the house under the windows. Drill a bunch of holes in it or get s drainage pipe that already has holes. Shoot your fog machine right into the pipe.

Make sure the opposite end is plugged. That should give you even fog all along that wall.

It does really look good, by the way!

your window boards look awesome. It looks like you are lucky like me and had a ledge to rest them on. you definitely need more light directed on them. one other little cheap and easy trick I did was picking up a couple of those cheap severed arms and had them reaching out from behind the window. We even had one with moving fingers.

Yea since you are not using a cemetery I would get rid of those blue and use red since you have one red already. Also those blue lights show way to much white light. I would also spread them out more since they are to close together. I would put one about 4' to the right of the right window and the other about 4' to the left of the left window and angle them so they wash the wall using red floods.

Otherwise those boarded windows look amazing. Probably the best I have seen.

Yah I'm not sure why they show so much white light near the bottom as the picture shows. So you think use two reds there eh? Spread more apart... hmmm

Keep the red flood in the main landscaping though? I bought 2 blue floods, I should use em, lol. Any recommendations on where to move em, or not really?


Also, I'm wondering why the one RED flood light shows so much more red at the bottom than on the rest of the house. Its pointed straight up too, I think.

Thanks again u guys!

yeah, spread them apart and maybe move them back away from the wall a bit.

If you shine red on the windows, use the blue lights to shine out through the slats from the inside.

That will be just as effective, and go for the fog.

Not thick fog, just enough so you can see the shafts of light shooting through the windows. You'll love the effect!