General Information
Name
My Old Haunt, the later years
Genre
Haunt
Hours of work
too many
History
It started with a few homemade tombstones back in '07. Grew from there. in 2015 it took a huge leap forward. That was the year I joined the Halloween Forum!
2015: Bigger Props, better techniques, and the ARCH! I love the Arch. 24' wide, supported by 2, 4x4 A-Frames that use to be a swingset. The whole neighborhood stopped at my house!
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Yes, that is a real piano!
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Everything looks creepier under a blacklight!
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"Torture Chanber' side of the yard, ScareCrow doesn't have his head yet because I carve a new pumkin for it every year.
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two new large tombstones, Victor Frankenstein, and Vlad "Dracula" Tepes. I love both the classic monster movies, and the books that inspired them. The ghoul in back is a rescue from a Haunted Trail I use to work on. After 3 years in storage they sold off the supplies, so I had to go and buy a bunch of them.
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Tombstones got a facelift, new foam front, 3D carving and some more unusual profiles.
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2016: Some new Fencing and Skeletons, and the birth of 'GRIM'
Taller fence and chicken wire was meant as a combination decoration and Zombie Dog area for our new pup Doyle, but he ended up spending the night with us in the Lab.
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A great use the old Wheelbarrow, this has to be one of my favorite ensembles, and so easy to do.
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Lighting makes all the difference, the first time I've used Blue lights and absolutely loved it!
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The 'other' side of the yard, The Cemetary, with Grim watching over the damned souls. Can you tell I like Blacklights?
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Meet 'Grim', my grave walker. Build out of 2x2, chicken wire and spray foam. Tried for a real (flaming) pumpkin for a head. Had some troubles, he caught on fire, and his first head fell off (you can see it sitting on his foot)
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2017: Grim Get's a new head! And we get a Skeleton Dog (Doyle hates him, I call him Spike) Pumpkins! Lots of Pumpkins.
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Grim's Head. Custom foam around a beach ball and then carved. This is just a standard light. He hot upgraded to one of the 'fire' motion lights. Thanks to StillBeastStudio for the tutorial.
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Pumpkins, I did about 1/2 of these, the other 1/2 were family and friends.
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The yard gets flipped and re-arranged every year. experimented a lot more with lighting.
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2018: more, More, MORE! Unknowingly, the last year for this location. sold the house in July 2019
New tombstone/light fixtures. the wide ones house a 4' shoplight with dual blacklight bulbs.
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You can't tell from the photo, but the arch got a face lift, foam front for a carved faux-stone look.
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Big new item this year.. the Rack, with corpsed skeleton.
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Yes, that is a real piano!
Everything looks creepier under a blacklight!
"Torture Chanber' side of the yard, ScareCrow doesn't have his head yet because I carve a new pumkin for it every year.
two new large tombstones, Victor Frankenstein, and Vlad "Dracula" Tepes. I love both the classic monster movies, and the books that inspired them. The ghoul in back is a rescue from a Haunted Trail I use to work on. After 3 years in storage they sold off the supplies, so I had to go and buy a bunch of them.
Tombstones got a facelift, new foam front, 3D carving and some more unusual profiles.
2016: Some new Fencing and Skeletons, and the birth of 'GRIM'
Taller fence and chicken wire was meant as a combination decoration and Zombie Dog area for our new pup Doyle, but he ended up spending the night with us in the Lab.
A great use the old Wheelbarrow, this has to be one of my favorite ensembles, and so easy to do.
Lighting makes all the difference, the first time I've used Blue lights and absolutely loved it!
The 'other' side of the yard, The Cemetary, with Grim watching over the damned souls. Can you tell I like Blacklights?
Meet 'Grim', my grave walker. Build out of 2x2, chicken wire and spray foam. Tried for a real (flaming) pumpkin for a head. Had some troubles, he caught on fire, and his first head fell off (you can see it sitting on his foot)
2017: Grim Get's a new head! And we get a Skeleton Dog (Doyle hates him, I call him Spike) Pumpkins! Lots of Pumpkins.
Grim's Head. Custom foam around a beach ball and then carved. This is just a standard light. He hot upgraded to one of the 'fire' motion lights. Thanks to StillBeastStudio for the tutorial.
Pumpkins, I did about 1/2 of these, the other 1/2 were family and friends.
The yard gets flipped and re-arranged every year. experimented a lot more with lighting.
2018: more, More, MORE! Unknowingly, the last year for this location. sold the house in July 2019
New tombstone/light fixtures. the wide ones house a 4' shoplight with dual blacklight bulbs.
You can't tell from the photo, but the arch got a face lift, foam front for a carved faux-stone look.
Big new item this year.. the Rack, with corpsed skeleton.
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