Thread: Bellicose (7 foot arm/fast moving ghost rig)

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Hello Every One,

I have been searching for information on a prop that I guess made its debut at hauntworld a few years back.

Vile Things made a copy of this and posted some information online but his website was taken down and the information is still somewhat avail on an archive web page.

I have only found two videos of these "bellicose" props in action and havent found anyone on here that has posted info.

Here is the video I saw last year that made me want to make one (prop shown at 1:11).

YouTube - POISON OAK STREET HAUNTED HOUSE 2008

Also on Youtube here is a video of a fellow home haunter's creation. This one is much slower, must have their pressure turned down?

YouTube - Bellicose - Halloween Prop 2009

So I started my build to create this prop. I must say it started to be more of a challenge than I thought.

Sweet, enjoying this so far and think it is a great idea.....watching for updates.

awesome job wonder how much the cylinders costed that size and what size are they. great job....

Looks like a lot of work but looking good.

Both of those versions look great!!
Which on are you going for?
Can't wait to see it!!!

Cool prop. Had to stop the video about 2:30 in because if I heard "What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there?" one more time I was going to kick my laptop to the floor.

Looks expensive too

Reading Vile Things, they used 2inch bore and 4inch stroke cylinder. I how ever couldn't find that size for anything less than $60 bucks each and that was to much for my budget.

I'm using 1 1/2 inch bore and 2 1/2 inch stroke. Small but I figured if I my boom arm and final prop were lighter, than these should work fine. I'll find out soon I guess.

As far as cost it's not cheap but not crazy ether. I spent $50 bucks at the local steel yard for the base. I got the cylinders at a junk/recycle place for $6 each and the bearings at the same place for another $2 each.

I'm working on the arm now that I'm makin out of alum and that was more $$ so maybe another $60 on that.

The 4way 5port valves I have on order which where $30 each.

So if you have means of chopping up square tube and welding, than it's a pretty straight forward build. The hard part for me was that the bearings I got for cheap were odd size and none of the pipe would snug fit on the OD or ID so I had a friend turn the parts to press fit.

I'll keep posting updates and build photos as I go.

Im shooting for the fast movement version but I'm sure it's just a matter of pressure you choose.