Had this idea rattling in my head for at least a year, and though we're scaling well back this year, I still wanted to get this one built.
Had use it or lose it situation on my vacation, so taking a few days off and getting a couple hours to work in the new air conditioned shop in between plenty of house work that needed to be done. .
Idea is to actually have the wings detachable and assemble on sight.
LOL, I'm not sure which I'm ore impressed with - the prop or the air conditioned workshop! Here in Arizona, it's brutal to work on the garage during the summer (and late spring and early fall).
Sweet! I really look forward to your creations. I went back through your blog last year to see your previous year's stuff because I found your style really innovative and it was cool watching your haunt grow and change. I love how you get your whole block involved, it really brings out the spirit of Halloween. I'm excited to see what this year brings.
Test concept for attaching the wing frames. I need this to be move-able in pieces.
Concept was modeled on the tendon a bird's wing naturally has in roughly this location. I'm not sure it works for my plans though. Other options include a smaller rope off the first 'joint' in the wings, would go arcross the back and thus prevent them from rolling, which is the problem. If that fails, there's always a pin possibility.
I need to locate a lot more 'ugly branches' to cover the frame and make disjointed 'featerish' shapes on the wings.
Okay, so I am having problems trying to figure out what color of light I should use on this spider.(photo below) Right now I am limited to the colored LED floods or LED party lights available at either Walmart or Home Depot or possibly red and orange Fire and Ice lights, or purple and red Fire...
Is there a way to make this fog machine shoot fog on its own? Is there a special controller you can buy that does it for you? Is there a way to modify the controller itself? I’m open to almost any suggestions. I just got it at a Walmart today. It has skeleton hands on the side if that helps.
Spent some time making a few more LED mini spots tonight with some stuff i still had around from prior years....The only thing i had to buy was a few more 12VDC wall warts for $1 each and a 15 pack of RCA Y adapters for $7. Now i have extra Y adapters to do some more next year.
I'll be ready for webbing my decorations this weekend. But some packages of web are better than others. Which brands or kinds have you had the best results with? Are the more expensive bags of webbing worth the price?
