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The Great Pumpkin

Had a good afternoon. Put up the window casing and tower corner molding, started shingling and flashing the gable roof on the tower, cut one piece of siding (which you can't see), and did some more painting. Got the window casing in place, nice and true. Also took down the house numbers and hose cradle so we could paint the remaining green area of the garage. The 2x10s will be covered with plywood siding and another row of corbels, and the tower cap will go on top! My goal is to...

Sorry, IowaGuy. I was out of town for a few days and just saw your post. If any questions come up about the group build, feel free to post them here or PM me or Muffy. This seemed to be the best way to get the ball rolling on a new group build.

Sam looks fantastic, Hilda! Great idea, and I agree that's the perfect blow mold to make him with. I'd say he's creepy with a dash of cute. Also, great job on the lollipop! How did you make that?? You've outdone yourself again, Hilda!

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Great idea! I never thought of that.

Looks terrific! Nice work!

That's a nice workshop shower you made, Max! :) Thanks for testing the pump. I think I bought the clear hose at Lowe's with a 3/8" inside diameter and it fits snugly over the hose barbs.

Goliath looks awesome! As far as your green light inside the head, you might try a trick I use a lot. Take an empty milk jug and cut it up into pieces that you can glue inside over the eyes and mouth. This helps diffuse the light and spread out the color more evenly. It's worth a try.

Maybe they're not Buckys. Maybe they're REAL !!

I have no idea how you found just the exactly right blowmold for creating something like this... that is PERFECT! That is seriously adorable (and creepy) and you are amazingly talented. You've definitely got an artist's eye! :D

LOVE these... I am in the design field, and I just got a similar poster from a printer that knew I'm "into Halloween" - a limited edition artist print. It is a wonderful black cat with a huge grin that I need to get framed as it is just too cool not to have up somewhere. I'm going to have to go check that site out, because I kind of want all of those... :cool:

It most certainly is that! I'm taking my time with it so far, but I keep telling myself it will be complete by September 1st.

Did some more painting on Father's Day and cut and primed the casement pieces for the top two tower windows. A shot of the house with the unfinished tower section. I'm hoping to put in the window casing, corner trim, and siding. Getting the tools out and cutting all the pieces. Wife helped by painting the siding I primed yesterday.

But when are they on? Anyone know?

Here is the pumpkin that I found in a thrift store with it's top missing: I'm going to place either my "Enter" or "Exit" pumpkin on top of it. Also, it just looks cool as is with a cool glow coming out the top. Here is the pumpkin lit with different colors (the finger lights I got from Dollar Tree): The green one actually has the red light poked through his eye. Looks creepy, I think.

He HAS to be a haunter!

Just a few pics of Elly. I could probably crash the thread if I posted all of my favorites. Home from the hospital, safe and sound. First Halloween. Second Halloween.

Got a good start this morning and did some painting. Primed a stack of siding. Next I'll give them a base coat, then cut to fit, and do one more coat when they're in place. Putting a new coat of primer on the porch column to even out the base. Next I sand and then put on a final coat. More painting of the porch column. Still have some routering to do on the bare post portion, but I was on a roll with the 4 in. brush.

Continuing the work on the entrance. Put the siding and some of the trim back on, and started building two corbels to go at the top of the vertical molding on either side of the doors. These two corbels will go from the molding to the ceiling. My corbel design printed onto paper, then cut out and laid onto a piece of 3/4 in. pine. I'm getting pretty good with my scroll saw. Starting the painting process. Each piece will get at least two coats.

Installing the new front doors is going to take some time. Before I can completely install the new doors, I'm going to have to fit them to the new entry, build the new jamb, finish the exterior, and then . . . I'm going to have to take out the original wall with the current front door. That means taking out load-bearing beams and replacing them with new material. I have the plans, but I know it's going to take a real effort. To start, I found I had to raise the existing header on the new...

My little haunter turns six years old today!! This afternoon, the family is going to a small water park to play in the sun, eat cake, and run, run, run. Should be a lot of fun. Here's the birthday girl enjoying her breakfast birthday donut! I know I'm not supposed to have a favorite, but right now, the teenager is too reclusive, the nine year old complains too much, and the three year old is an extrovert and can't be quiet for more than two seconds -- and she's right in the middle...

I'm there on a weekend pass and would be happy to cover a shift but I'd like to wait to commit on a time until the presentation schedule is out. Any suggestions on a place to stay Saturday night? Are there any plans for an evening get together?