Thread: 2011 Halloween Mausoleum

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Ok, I haven't even taken my cemetary down yet and I am already planning a new display for next year. One prop added will be a mausoleum and I will post my step-by-step here. Stay tuned...

I am also planning one for my cemetary. I think it would be a great place to house my foggers, and also a good place for my scarer to hide out when the kids are too little to scare. Are you planning on using wood, foam, or a combination?

Originally Posted by Immortalia

I am also planning one for my cemetary. I think it would be a great place to house my foggers, and also a good place for my scarer to hide out when the kids are too little to scare. Are you planning on using wood, foam, or a combination?

Mausoleums are a fantastic addition to your graveyard. I use mine to display my FCG. Hidden behind her is my fog chiller, the fog is setup so that it rolls down the front steps and creeps on the grass through the graveyard and down the hill.

Originally Posted by Rev. Noch

Mausoleums are a fantastic addition to your graveyard. I use mine to display my FCG. Hidden behind her is my fog chiller, the fog is setup so that it rolls down the front steps and creeps on the grass through the graveyard and down the hill.

Okay, probably a dumb question, but what does FCG stand for? And the idea of placing it on higher ground for the fog chiller effect would work perfectly in my yard!! i hope you don't mind if we "borrow" that idea. :O)

Originally Posted by Immortalia

Okay, probably a dumb question, but what does FCG stand for? And the idea of placing it on higher ground for the fog chiller effect would work perfectly in my yard!! i hope you don't mind if we "borrow" that idea. :O)

No problem at all at using any of my ideas, that's why I share them.

An FCG is a Flying Crank Ghost. It's a really cool effect and always gets lots of complements. This awesome prop was first devised by Doug Ferguson of Phantasmechanics. I don't think that their site is functional any longer, but a quick search for Flying Crank Ghost here on HF or Google will return plenty of info. I highly suggest building one and it frequently is a home haunter's right of passage into building animated props.

I bow to you more advanced prop-builders!

Question - do you think it's possible to create a collapse-able building? I don't have room to store one in the off-season, but I don't want to take the whole thing apart, either. Hinges, maybe?

I also have a storage issue and was hoping to devise a way to create the Mausoleum in parts. Not sure how it would work, but I have an entire year to figure it out. Any suggestions????????

Originally Posted by Immortalia

I also have a storage issue and was hoping to devise a way to create the Mausoleum in parts. Not sure how it would work, but I have an entire year to figure it out. Any suggestions????????

I don't know about the collapse able part, but mine disassembles nicely. The roof, front, back and each side all split into two parts, with a few misc. finish panels that come off of the main frame. I just put the panels into the back of the garage in the off season. Then when I reassemble it, the bolt holes slide over the bolts and then I use wing nuts to secure them. Works great.

I'll be watching this thread closely. A mausoleum has been on my list for some time for my FCG, electricals, sound system, fog, etc. I am determined to make it Gothic...narrow & tall, something like this:

Gothic = Creepy I like it!