Sweet!
Looking forward to seeing phase 2 complete!
Nice work!
Looking forward to seeing phase 2 complete!
Nice work!
2015 Yardhaunt, Phase 2 underway
Last year (2014) I was able to pretty much finish "phase 1" of our yardhaunt! A few small details didn't get done but for the most part I got the big pieces finished. We are going with a steampunk theme. There is a clocktower, storefront, boiler and crates.
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Phase 2 will aim to add another facade to help give more of an alley feel to the drivway. The third facade will be a steampunk garage that will be 3 panels and will sit next the clocktower. That will cover an extra 4 feet of the garage. The storefront facade will shift to the side of the driveway to start to create a horseshoe shape that will give the haunt the feel of an alley. Along with the extra facade we will be adding more to the center of the driveway to make a longer walkthrough. Also some steampunk oddities for display in the storefront and moving gears for the clocktower. Little things that need to get finished are the lettering on the storefront sign and painting the boiler to look rusted.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas to make the haunt more "Steampunk ". I will be adding progress pics of the new build.
Updated 10/23/15
Wanted to post this in the lead post.
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Phase 2 will aim to add another facade to help give more of an alley feel to the drivway. The third facade will be a steampunk garage that will be 3 panels and will sit next the clocktower. That will cover an extra 4 feet of the garage. The storefront facade will shift to the side of the driveway to start to create a horseshoe shape that will give the haunt the feel of an alley. Along with the extra facade we will be adding more to the center of the driveway to make a longer walkthrough. Also some steampunk oddities for display in the storefront and moving gears for the clocktower. Little things that need to get finished are the lettering on the storefront sign and painting the boiler to look rusted.
I was wondering if anyone had any ideas to make the haunt more "Steampunk ". I will be adding progress pics of the new build.
Updated 10/23/15
Wanted to post this in the lead post.
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Looks great!!! I love to see people go all out with big haunt facades
Gears, clockworks, tubes, regulators & valves(especially copper colored), boilers, gingerbread Victorian looking house accents...an airship.
Can't wait to see the finished product!
Gears, clockworks, tubes, regulators & valves(especially copper colored), boilers, gingerbread Victorian looking house accents...an airship.
Can't wait to see the finished product!
That is a good question. I would like to sound like I am organized and technical, but to be wholly honest, its all still sitting in the garage. I have some reinforcements in town visiting so it will possibly get stored up in the rafters of the garage while I have some help. That way I can get started on phase 2(and park a car in there as well).
I built the panels to store flat. It actually is not that bulky when broken down.
This is an example of a single panel. They are 4 foot wide by 8 feet tall. Probably anywhere from 4 to 6 inches deep.
The sides of the crates break down similarly as well but are a little thinner.
The boiler splits into two halves. They can stack on top of each other. They housed all the guts. The fog machine, prop controllers and audio components on Halloween night. But they actually become great shelves for storing stuff once stacked!
Holy jeez that's awesome! You could open your own theme park with design work like that!
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Can't wait to see the finished product.
Oh and for sure with the gauges and dials on my super secret prop after the steam garage is done. The steam garage is the setting for the prop I am most excited for this year!!! Lots of dials, gauges and lights on that one for sure. I am so excited I might start it before I make the garage facade!!!!!
My rudimentary drawing of the first build I am going to tackle this year. I think I am a better builder then an artist!
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This was just an example of how my drawing turned into one of my facades.
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But it turned out like this so hopefully the next one will be fine.
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This was just an example of how my drawing turned into one of my facades.
But it turned out like this so hopefully the next one will be fine.
For some time now I have been looking for a mannequin to add to the haunt because we don't like to have actors. The thing is that they are so dang expensive. I just randomly decided to check Craigslist and saw the same old thing, mannequins were in the $100-$200 range. There was one link for $35. I almost didn't click on it but it was just down the street. Lucky I did!!! We got a full size fiberglass mannequin with realistic inset eyes and eyelashes. Its got plenty of cracks and chips, but its for Halloween so I will make them into scars. We are already cooking up ideas to integrate it into Steamtown 18717!!!
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