Yeah, wiffle balls around here are hard to come by. I used a mix of Ping Pong balls cut in half (yeah, PiTA btw) and eventually got tired of cutting balls in half... and layed white plastic grocery bags over the lights lol.
Like the work. Paint is nice! Only thing I'd change, is insteadof "stringing" the foam, I'd have punged bubbles. Squirt bubble... go to another spot... bubble up... and so on. Yours looks FAR from intestines, but I still see strings that would bug me. NO ONE WOULD PROBABLY EVER NOTICE however! So no worries
Like the spit too. Are there plans to put "Meat" on the guy? Or does your monsters eat bones and boiled Marrow haha.
What happens when a bulb goes out? Is it time to build a new one? I use wax paper and crumpled up news paper. the foam does not stick well to wax paper and used the newspaper to form the unevenness. Let it dry then pull away the paper. stapled lights to a board and covered it with the dried foam. Now When bulbs go out I just take the coals off and change it. I found this solution because I could find wiffle balls. But I like your Idea with the pop bottle tops.
I'm going to be making mine out of LED bulbs so it's unlikely they need to be replaced. However, I'm going to test out making one by draping clear vinyl sheeting from Walmart or Jo-Ann's over whatever I'm going to use to make it uneven. Hopefully the stuff won't eat through it. That way once it hardens I can just trim the vinyl to the edges and lift it up when I need to get to the lights.
I'm limited on storage space so I may not even keep it after Halloween.
Hmm. I tried to get a set of mountain bike gears apart but I ended up just ditching the whole set of gears. I was just getting more and more frustrated with it. I tried to pop the pins out, etc.. but just could get it to work. I wonder if you could find just a BMX sprocket at a parts store or something..
Ahh lucky. I might have to try something like this next year. I'm yet to figure out next years prop... as it seems I add something new every year. This year it was a MIB.
Mine came out pretty good but I either sprayed it too thick or used too much paint (I lightly painted it fluorescent red before applying a light misting of textured black, which came out smoky grey). It's a very dull fire. I'm going to pick up another strand of LEDs to see if I can brighten it up a bit.
I just saw the VFX Creative Studio attack zombie Sally puppet....OMG this thing is soooo cool. Has anyone seen a DIY on how to make one of these as $1500.00 is WAY out of my price range. They have the sound system for 250.00 which I could get but would like some advice on the actual puppet...
Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF.
This technique shows how to use latex paint put on by a stencil to block the eating away effects of spray paint. This is good for Celtic designs or other large designs.
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Introducing a systematic approach to help us design a home haunt that will amp up our scares to Level 11! This tutorial includes an 8-part video series but also has additional written tips, summaries and links.
Seven Layers of Scare – Intro
Think of the Seven Layers of Scare as one layer of...
Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF.
A 3-part tutorial series on ChromaDepth 3D wall panels. Please look for the other two tutorials: Building Haunt Wall Panels and Painting ChromaDepth 3D Haunt Wall Panels.
Last tutorial...
Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF.
Think it is impossible to find matte black, lightweight, storable, paintable and CHEAP! wall panels for your haunt? Believe. If you use the right kind of landscape fabric anything is...
