[weeping angel]

minicooper, are you going to do a HM themed haunt this year? I love your caretaker especially. How does paper mache hold up over the years?

And how did you fill his body? Today I was wrestling with filling out my phantom (ala DLP Phantom Manor). I was using newspaper and the bags they are delivered in with blue painters tape. I used a small kitchen trash bag looped around the neck for his chest. Everything was falling apart as I was trying to dress him. Clearly I need stronger tape. His pants won't stay up, and he looks lumpy in all the wrong places. So now I'm thinking bags and newspapers is not the way to go.

 

[minicooper82]

I bought a long sleeve shirt and had someone wrap my body in duct tape. Then we cut it off my body and dressed the pose-able frame, then filled with packing foam and other misc things sort of like you did, but the duct tape "shirt" if you will, held everything together. This year I sidestepped the Haunted Mansion theme simply because I didn't have enough time. Remember, I started this in July of the year it was used! The mache face turned into stone, basically. It's hard as a rock. You could always spray over the top to protect from the elements. It's lasted perfectly in storage, nothing has deteriorated.

Last year and this year I went with a Charlie Brown theme from the TV special "It's the Great Pumpkin", I started another thread about this but here are a couple pictures for a sneak peak.

 

[weeping angel]

LOVE IT!!! Are those wood cut outs? I like how Linus and Sally are set back. Nice paint job! I grew up watching that every Halloween. My brother always kinda reminded me of Charlie Brown. I can't help but smile whenever I see his holey ghost costume. I'll look for your other thread.

Thanks for the tips on how to fill out a prop frame. I'll try the duct tape for my other phantom. Blue tape definitely is not cutting it.

 

[minicooper82]

Here's the other thread for Charlie Brown FYI - http://www.halloweenforum.com/general-halloween/138642-its-great-pumpkin-charlie-brown-theme.html

 

[Hilda]

You do beautiful work mini cooper. Thank you for sharing.

 

[minicooper82]

2015 bump to help folks get new ideas for this year's Halloween season. Just visited the parks this weekend and Halloween is in full effect at the Magic Kingdom. Ideas are flowing

 

[Queen Of Spades]

Thank you for sharing! This is amazing. I wish we had the talent to do something like that. I was just at Disneyland and mansion is down to get its nightmare before Christmas overlay. Your post helped to illeaviate some of the anxiety from missing the ride!

 

[minicooper82]

Hah! I'm glad you got your "fix" Thanks for the kind words. Would love to do the hitchhiking ghosts eventually. I need to experiment more with mesh materials and figure out how to support a flexible and porous material while holding a specific shape.

 

[sneakykid]

2015 bump to help folks get new ideas for this year's Halloween season. Just visited the parks this weekend and Halloween is in full effect at the Magic Kingdom. Ideas are flowing

Will you enlighten us or give us some hints as to your ideas?

 

[minicooper82]

I'm in the process of building a scaled down haunted house. Right now it's measuring 7ft tall by about 6 feet wide. Will link a new post after I make a little more progress.

 

[minicooper82]

Heres a sneak peak of the haunted house I'm making this year (hopefully I finish in time!)

 

[TosaTerror]

So far so good...how you getting that out the door?

 

[sneakykid]

Wow so fun!! What kind of colors are you thinking?

 

[minicooper82]

Black and white siding. would love to have had more time to stain the surface like wooden slats but ran up against the deadline of Halloween! I literally set this up on Oct 31 last year right after the paint dried..

 

[minicooper82]

So far so good...how you getting that out the door?

Here's the link to the finished haunted house project Haunted House prop, lights up and folds away for storage, cardboard build

 

[minicooper82]

Might break this one back out again for 2017

 

[sneakykid]

Might break this one back out again for 2017

YASSSSS. Please post pics of the set up!

 

[wickedwillingwench]

Might break this one back out again for 2017

that is awesome!!!