Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF.
Here's a quick one you can put together to have some easy scares this Halloween. A Noisemaker Scare:
It's such an easy prop that this 2 minute video is the best way to see how to make it:
Another picture so you get a better idea of how it's hung:
There's two ways that you could mount this - on a wall or just free hanging. Be sure to mount a ceiling eyehook a little bit away from the Noisemaker. Tie rope to the door knocker then route the rope through the eyehook in the ceiling and back down to the person that will tug on it. It'll be great fun for them
Here's the how-to for the Moving Eyes Mechanism I made for Frankie's Girl to use behind a painted portrait. It could also work for moving eyes behind a tombstone or in a static prop.
MOVING EYES MECHANISM...
So someone asked if I would post a tutorial on how I made my gibbet this year. Now I mostly followed Hermans Secret tutorial but I made some tweaks. As per the rules I won't link to that tutorial but I will put in the steps and what I did different. I just wanted to make sure that Hermans...
Note: This is a repost of an old tutorial whose links to pictures were broken with the software update at HF.
Gurus of interior design follow basic rules in designing a great room. Christopher Lowell came out with a blockbuster book called the Seven Layers of Design. In haunting, we also use...
Don't know if it will be so much a tutorial, but I've decided to revisit one of my old props and attack it with some lessons learned.
Back in 2012 I created the original Trevor.
It was meant to be a one-off, and sold after Halloween that year. I was unhappy with a couple little...
So here is a project inspired (copied from) by SKAustin.
It is essentially a large rope handled bin with the rope removed. I then needed to make a bunch of ribs to create the cauldron shape. Taking the time to make a great template was key!
