[JW Halloween]

Here in Austin we have had torrential rain on Halloween for the last 2 years so very happy to have sunny skies for 2019 even though it was unusually cold. My better half did an excellent job of a walk-through video - check it out.

 

[Shockwave199]

Outstanding! So glad you had a great weather night. You deserved it! Great job. Loved the tree.

 

[HauntedWyo]

Very nice. Thank-you for sharing.

 

[titleist1]

Great job! Really nice details, the tree face & the 'flame' lighting looks really cool.

 

[JCO]

Excellent overall. My favorites were the face in the tree and the raven.

 

[Michael__Myers]

Beautifully done!

 

[jscaldwell]

Here in Austin we have had torrential rain on Halloween for the last 2 years so very happy to have sunny skies for 2019 even though it was unusually cold. My better half did an excellent job of a walk-through video - check it out.

Looks great, well done. How did you do the flame in the lanterns?

 

[JW Halloween]

Thanks to all of you for the kinds words!

@jscaldwell - for the lanterns I used "flame" effect led bulbs like these. This type of bulb has come a LONG way and they are pretty good now. I am also using a thin plastic film inside the lanterns to further diffuse the light and hide the actual bulb. The diffusing film makes a huge difference.

At the beginning of the video you can see in the tree that we had 3 "swamp lanterns" hanging in the tree which were created using wide mouth mason jars and the same led bulbs. I did a post earlier in the year if you are interested:

Lighting: - A variation on the "swamp lantern"

So I stood in line at Michael's for at least 20 minutes this past weekend with a bunch of people buying Christmas stuff and I wondered to myself "I wonder what these people would do if they knew I was here to buy supplies for next year's Halloween and I don't care about the Xmas stuff...."...

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