Pirate Barrel

**Mr Unpleasant** · 08-15-2009,03:58 PM

First prop of the season. The beauty of this prop is that it's just been a static fixture in the display for the past few years, most people will recogonize it as stationary

[IMG]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg4EOnJVG5w[/IMG]

**Terra** · 08-15-2009,05:19 PM

Oh, that's great

They got used to it last year.....pefect scare for this year. Looks good!

**Xpendable** · 08-15-2009,08:11 PM

I love it! Great laugh, too. Keep up the great work!

**nightrideproductions** · 08-15-2009,08:23 PM

Very cool! great work.

**Mr Unpleasant** · 08-16-2009,06:03 AM

Thanks folks for the kind words. As I watch that vid I realized that a lot of details are lost, so I'd just like to add a few pics.

The skull is slightly oversize(Michael's) was bored to allow the pvc to run all the way through it.

The top is made of foam and painted to match the barrel(close anyway) with a strip of alluminum gorilla glue to the bottom

I don't know if this has ever been done but I thought it was worth showing the pvc is what everything is mounted to and it in turn comes down over the cylinder thereby creating a diffuser for the exhaust. The orange rod is just holding it up for the photo.

**buckaneerbabe** · 08-16-2009,08:29 AM

That looks great! Real smooth motion too, I love that it was static last year and now it'll scare the cr*p out of you TOT'ers!!

**Glass 'eye'** · 08-16-2009,08:38 AM

very nice! It is a very smooth motion. I especially like that you used a once static prop, that should get em!

**MsMeeple** · 08-16-2009,10:56 AM

Great idea and looks super! We have a terrible time finding american style trash cans here but wood vats are a plenty. We may have to consider making a barrel trauma instead of a trash can trauma one year

MsM