Thread: Our Yard Haunt 2009

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This was our second year, we had about 600-700 people show up. The worst was the wind, about 20+mph so no such thing as low fog. I managed at the last minute to reposition the weeping tile hose so at least it covered the yard. And the American DJ 1700 watt fogger could cover the yard despite the wind. These pictures were taken by a neighbor as I was way to busy even to think about it this year. We serve fresh theater popcorn and its a big hit with everyone.

ib

Here are some more pics

Wow it looks amazing-love the guy coming out of the tombstone where did you get him or did you build.I have seen him somewhere.

ya, i remember the tombstone guy too.... i saw a how to or something like that once. anyway, great yard, love the death fairy

Nice! Looks awesome. What lights are you using on your truss?

Originally Posted by halloween71

Wow it looks amazing-love the guy coming out of the tombstone where did you get him or did you build.I have seen him somewhere.

Yeah I got him through ebay, he was built by Eric of Vilethings.com I modified him with an updated controller and bigger air cylinders so He would open properly at 90psi

Originally Posted by gravedigger greg

ya, i remember the tombstone guy too.... i saw a how to or something like that once. anyway, great yard, love the death fairy

Yeah the death fairy was also built by Eric. I put him on a guy wire system so his fcg mechanism would travel from the backyard to front yard but never got it finished in time.

Originally Posted by csusb44

Nice! Looks awesome. What lights are you using on your truss?

I use the chauvet dmx ledsplash par82 leds for most stuff like the tombstones, they have a good narrow beam. I used the DMX Colorsplash 182 LED for wider washes. I used 6 Chauvet DMX UV Shadow LED panels for UV light but also a couple of Chauvet 400W UV Cannons (real uv wavelength). I also used a couple of American DJ DMX Mega Flash Strobes and an American DJ Fog Storm 1700HD with DMX and controlled it this year via a DMX console. Next year I plan to have virtually everything programmed.

so you're the lucky guy who picked up the old VileThings props...
Great setup!

Originally Posted by Mr_Chicken

so you're the lucky guy who picked up the old VileThings props...
Great setup!

Yeah, I guess I am, his stuff is awesome. The first one I bought was named Bellicose, you can see him off to the right middle of the first picture. I had him for 2 years now and he is one of the best props still. His movements are "dynamically unpredictable"


Thanks all for the great comments. Now my only problem is I am running out of room on my front yard. My neighbors laughed when I told them I need to expand and I was going to start with their yard!

IB