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Here is a short clip of my "Ticket Booth" that I will have near the entrance of my haunt this year. The ghoul will interact with guests using a wireless microphone. Inside the lower half of the booth is a 5.5" video screen connected to a video camera that is on the ghouls chest. This allows the operator to talk to guests. I still need to replace the hands, hide the camera by making it appear to be a pendant and place a small light above the ghould to light him up better. The inside of the booth will be decorated with webbing and spiders.............

YouTube - Homestead Haunt welcome booth

 

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Yes, that is my voice in the video. That was just a short little blurb I came up with for the purpose on the video. The ghoul also has a seperate input so I can hook it up to an mp3 player should I not feet like talking through it. The ghould use to be a Gemmy witch that is was able to pick up for $30 because it was missing several parts.

 

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No, the conversion wa actually very easy. I removed the withches mask and my original intent was to cut off her witch features (nose, ears) and redo those. However, when I discovered the mask was silicone and not latex that made things a little more difficult. So, instead of redoing the witch mask, I replaced it with a lightweight mask I had on hand that would allow the mechanical parts to function easily. As far as the withes movements hips and stirring) those dont operate unless she is extended so I just lea e her collapsed and she remains stationary.

 

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Here is a picture of the lower half where the video monitor isa located along with a dimmer switch to control the amount of light on the top half. If you side in there indian style, the monitor is at a very comfortable viewing angle.

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Glad you liked it.....looking forward to seeing Psyco Clown!

 

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The prop sort of evolved as it was being built. It was originally going to be a simple static op. But, as the build went on and part became available....this is what I ended up with. The nice thing is that anyone came "operate" the ticket booth with no instructions. With a computer, I can just see one of my kids droppping it! In a nutshell, simplicity!