The Watcher

Looking through some pictures tonight and came across this picture of "The Watcher". I think this was the first "real" Halloween prop I ever made a few years back. He was made from wood, burlap, chicken wire, monster mud, and an old mask. I usually put this guy in a dimly lit place where people have to walk right by him. In the dark it's hard to tell if it is a real person or not, and you are expecting him to grab you at any moment.

I should point out that I used the Home Haunter's Prop Building Handbook, from Terror Syndicate, while making this guy... Here's another picture of him in "action".

Scarecrow's Sign

I also re-worded the sign that my scarecrow holds the other day. I confused some people, because I had my original "Beware of Bumps in the Night" sign up for a few days then chaged it to this. People were asking "Didn't that say something else the other day?". It felt good that they were paying that much attention. I am planning on putting a light in the head and adding a little "Up-lighting" today (I should probably be doing that now instead of being in here on the computer).

Terror Syndicate / Grave Stalkers

This place was one of my first influences in making Halloween props. Lots of cool pictures of their work are featured on both of the website links posted below. They sell some pretty nice stuff, too. I have a few of the books that they sell and they are great at showing how to build "monster mud" props, as well as basic pneumatics and lots of other things. I don't own any of the zombie heads that they sell, but I have seen some in person and they are awesome.

Terror Syndicate Website

Grave Stalkers Website