[Mr_Chicken]

I'm still working on a vid of my entire haunt, but here's a couple of featurettes.

First is my Madame Leota:
YouTube - Madame Leota 2008


...And my Skeleton Quartet, The Crypt Kickers
(There's 3 songs here. It starts with Spooky Scary Skeletons, Grim Grinning Ghosts starts at 2 min, and The Monster Mash is around 3:55, in case you want to skip around):
YouTube - Halloween 2008: The Crypt Kickers
Two are 3-axis skulls (thanks HalloweenBob!), two with jaws only.

 

[maleficent]

Great job!!!!

 

[scream1973]

great job..love the skellies

 

[theedwin]

Mr. Chicken,

NICE! I like this alot! Thanks for posting! Great job and thanks for all of your effort! It looks great! (and I love your choice of music)

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[Dark Star]

Really nice job, hope you post more pics!

 

[Mistress of the Abyss]

That is awesome, great job!!

 

[Dr Morbius]

How did you get the Madam Leota so perfect? Did you use a head form in the ball? Very nice job an the skellies as well!

 

[ondeko]

I showed this to my wife and she had the following reactions "Wow! that is SO COOL!"....."Oh. Oh, no. NO. Don't even think it."

Awesome work.

 

[themindshaft]

Nice work

Dude, killer job on the madam leota! Did you rear project it like the original? I have the pattent bluprints for the original, Ill try to find them and post them for you.

Excelent work,

Bill Ehrsam.

 

[Lynn]

Yea, I to am curious about the Madame..... how she's done.

 

[Mr_Chicken]

For those of you who are interested in how I accomplished the Madame Leota effect, I am in the process of assembling a little how to, so stay tuned!

 

[Alucard888888]

Nice! Looks eaxactly the same as the real Madame Leota in the haunted mansion! (Disney Quality =O) Awesome Work!!!

 

[pandora]

Beautiful job Mr. Chicken! Both Madame Leota and your skellies are great!

 

[electr0n]

Mr. Chicken - I can't wait for your tutorial on Madame Leota that is one I'd like to make for next Halloween. Great work!

 

[Mr_Chicken]

Ta Da! You asked for it-- my Madame Leota how to is here!

Let me know if I can make anything clearer.

 

[electr0n]

Mr. Chicken - Thank you for the explanation. So the video is projected onto the back of the spirit ball? It's not obvious to me how that works. It seems as if the head would block the image from the projector.

 

[Mr_Chicken]

No.. That's how I wanted to do it, but I ran out of time. I used a front projection method.

If you wanted to use rear projection, you would use a vaccum formed FRONT of the face, so the projector would go behind it and project onto the INSIDE of that "mask." Because the pastic of the mask is only semi opaque, you can see the image when looking at the other side (the front).

Does that make sense at all?

 

[electr0n]

Yes, it makes sense now. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[fearmonger]

Oh man, that is just the best!

Very impressssive.

 

[Junit]

Amazing job! Your quartet is fantastic! How long did it take you to put together?? I hope they do more songs next year!