Hauntcast.net and "Gourdie"

I got an e-mail today from one of the guys over at Hauntcast.net today who wanted to feature "Grim" on the Mad Props segment of the podcast. Needless to say I was flattered that they would want to feature my prop, especially since I haven't been haunting but a couple of years so far. I thought you had to haunt for at least five years or so before an opportunity like this came along, ha ha. I was also glad to see that Chris Baker had made his own version of Grim, and actually had a video posted of it. I thought his prop turned out awesome and wanted to re post his video here. Thanks Chris, keep up the good work!


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Hauntcast.net

Procrastinating

So here it is a week into February, and I am already behind on my "one prop a month" plan that I was trying to do. I am starting to get that urge to build things again, but still need to finish organizing my garage/workshop. I don't know what it is, but before I can start any project everything has to be organized and in it's place. Once that is done, I get really motivated and proceed to start work and mess up the shop again in the process. It's just one of the peculiar things that goes on in this life of mine.

I am looking forward to future scenes like this one in the shop. This is another picture of my "Grim" prop when it was under construction...

Ghillie Suits

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These things still creep me out. I think they make excellent Halloween costumes, some of them remind me of a Sasquatch for some reason.

Here's a picture of one I wore on Halloween night a couple of years ago. I hung around the end of the driveway with my Tupperware bowl that I would scrape on the ground near people's feet when they walked by. That was fun.

Random Thought

Riding down the road today, I had this thought. Would it be wrong to drive your car in a funeral procession if you had a sticker on it that said "Got Corpse?"?

Get yours here.

Friday the 13th

I can't wait to see this. I hope it's not a disappointment!

Davis Graveyard 2008

I was looking at the website of one of my favorite haunts, The Davis Graveyard, and found these cool pictures of their 2008 display. Visit their website for many more great pictures... (I really have to take better pictures this year).







The Davis Graveyard Website

The Inside of a Groundbreaker

Someone asked Pumpkinrot on his blog how he made the ribcages for his groundbreakers and it reminded me that I wanted to post a picture of what the ones I make look like under the "skin". This one was probably my favorite so far, it's no Pumpkinrot groundbreaker, but I thought it came out o.k. I'm looking forward to making a few more of these this year.

I basically took advice from Rot and used SpookyBlue's Tutorial to learn how to make these.