tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60399094542351039552024-03-18T20:57:12.730-07:00Haunted Tiki IslandNone shall live, None shall die, and all shall be hungry forever!Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-63993959577216492272010-05-31T23:25:00.001-07:002010-05-31T23:28:09.683-07:00This is the End my FriendsThis is the last post to the Haunted Tiki Island Blog. We are still haunting. There will be more posts about Haunted Tiki Island, but you will be able to find it at our new site <a href="http://www.hellizondohaunt.com">www.hellizondohaunt.com</a>. We will be doing a new theme this year and we expect to do a new one every three years. Instead of making and promoting a new blogspot every three years, they will all be collected on one site at one url. The new site will also have news, galleries, directions, and other fun stuff.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hellizondohaunt.com">The Haunt at Hellizondo</a> crew hopes you will check us out. We are setting up the site this week and just waiting for our domain to propagate to DNS servers around the world so that you can visit.<br /><br />Now for our last post here on blogspot.<br /><br />Each year I have made a video compilataion of photos and movie clips for the haunt crew to watch and get excited for the new build season. This is the slideshow of the photographs from Halloween 2009. This version is different than the ones you will see on the Hauntforum or Home Haunters dvds. I hope you like it.<br /><br /><object width="500" height="310"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/png4FBvmZ_0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/png4FBvmZ_0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="310"></embed></object>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-59724465273933060352009-11-23T13:07:00.001-08:002009-12-03T09:24:43.029-08:00The Stragglers<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Lava Creep</span><BR><BR>There is one prop from this year that we all loved, and almost everyone had a hand in its creation, but for some reason it would not be photographed. Only one picture came out sharp and it doesn't have the fog machine going, which really brigs this prop to life. Even photoshopping in some fog doesn't quite cut it. However he came out great as a prop. So without further ado let introduce Lava Creep!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4126463685" title="View 'Lava Creep n Lost Souls' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/4126463685_b737b7a780.jpg" alt="Lava Creep n Lost Souls" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />As you might imagine, Lava creep lives inside our volcano. He is about 8 feet tall and and bellows smoke from his mouth and slits in his ribcage. He stands in a stream of lava which you can see in the picture, but in real life looks very cool. It was rope lights laid out on the ground in a stream pattern, and then two layers of thin black ground cover cloth were laid over them. The criss-crossing patterns from the cloth made a weird effect where it looked like the lights were moving. The rope lights were also on a flicker circuit, so they had a cool smoldering ember look to them. Lava creep was surrounded by lost souls, who were emerging from the magma to wreck havoc on the world.<br /><br /><br />Here are some other shots of him. They show the smoke and light, but are blurry.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4079600882" title="View 'Lava Creep' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4079600882_426df7a499.jpg" alt="Lava Creep" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4078848757" title="View 'Lava Creep getting fired up' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/4078848757_5f01b0a9db.jpg" alt="Lava Creep getting fired up" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />He used to be this guy from 2008:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/2999767395" title="View 'Blue man goop' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2999767395_3ce8971338.jpg" alt="Blue man goop" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><BR><BR><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">HedgeBreaker</span><BR><BR><br />This guy was out on the hedge and got put away before I could photograph him on Halloween night. He was one of my first scratch built corpses of the year and now I hate him. I think I'll saw his arms off and cut a big section of his ribs and make then cavity smaller. I like his face though.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4128833156" title="View 'The Hedgebreaker?' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/4128833156_94004801b0.jpg" alt="The Hedgebreaker?" border="0" width="413" height="500" /></a>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-41101540937911952162009-11-10T10:11:00.001-08:002009-11-10T10:11:35.071-08:00Walk through VideoHere is a walk thru video at night of the haunt. This should give you an idea of what it was like, and see if you can spot the prop whose photo hasn't been posted yet. (he's 8 feet tall).<br /><br /><object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0P6k2HO1DQY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0P6k2HO1DQY&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-48301853797794516512009-11-04T16:51:00.001-08:002009-11-06T23:11:35.102-08:00Haunt Photos 2009<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072982939" title="View 'Cauldron Creep and Volcano' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2522/4072982939_662f9e16e7.jpg" alt="Cauldron Creep and Volcano" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4067325656" title="View 'Haunted Tiki Island 2009' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4067325656_3955149d66_m.jpg" alt="Haunted Tiki Island 2009" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069794381" title="View 'Shot of the Yard with FireBringer' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/4069794381_44e02831d5_m.jpg" alt="Shot of the Yard with FireBringer" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></div></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069794121" title="View 'Shot of the Yard with MonTiki' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/4069794121_fcd6b386d1_m.jpg" alt="Shot of the Yard with MonTiki" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073994838" title="View 'Patty's Tiki Peeper' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2548/4073994838_b51ee744c9_m.jpg" alt="Patty's Tiki Peeper" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073994624" title="View 'Zac's Ground Breaker' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/4073994624_d42020171d_m.jpg" alt="Zac's Ground Breaker" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073746176" title="View 'The Hatchling and "This Way" Sign' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2720/4073746176_1b587bb376_m.jpg" alt="The Hatchling and "This Way" Sign" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072982599" title="View 'Courtney's Scare Crow' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/4072982599_8c6db14995_m.jpg" alt="Courtney's Scare Crow" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073742362" title="View 'Smashmouth' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4073742362_b28f3d3ef2_m.jpg" alt="Smashmouth" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4076549784" title="View 'Volcano' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/4076549784_16dbfe0462_m.jpg" alt="Volcano" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073745954" title="View 'FireBringer' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2543/4073745954_16b949db9a.jpg" alt="FireBringer" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069798233" title="View 'Carver Creep Scene' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/4069798233_9dedcb478f.jpg" alt="Carver Creep Scene" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069795947" title="View 'Carver Creep' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4069795947_54a3e8e2d0_m.jpg" alt="Carver Creep" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069795625" title="View 'Skinned Face Mobile with Headshrinking Herbs' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4069795625_8861c9534f_m.jpg" alt="Skinned Face Mobile with Headshrinking Herbs" border="0" width="137" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4070555470" title="View '"Gramps" - Sconce Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4070555470_7f291b1f77_m.jpg" alt=""Gramps" - Sconce Corpse" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4070557794" title="View 'Broken Face - Sconce Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2520/4070557794_2207a07e16_m.jpg" alt="Broken Face - Sconce Corpse" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069797817" title="View 'Afraid of the Dark - Sconce Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2568/4069797817_973d99062e_m.jpg" alt="Afraid of the Dark - Sconce Corpse" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073235691" title="View 'Carver Creep Close-up' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/4073235691_5ca90200e7_m.jpg" alt="Carver Creep Close-up" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4070557494" title="View 'Carver Creep's Victim' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2484/4070557494_397c29fe59_m.jpg" alt="Carver Creep's Victim" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069796445" title="View 'Bowl of Shrunken Heads' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/4069796445_4d6ffa3916_m.jpg" alt="Bowl of Shrunken Heads" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069795063" title="View 'Altar' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4069795063_56071354dd_m.jpg" alt="Altar" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069798913" title="View 'Carver's Pile of Skulls' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2739/4069798913_0b837cb9b2_m.jpg" alt="Carver's Pile of Skulls" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069797343" title="View 'Close Up - Broken Face' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/4069797343_a35cc82094_m.jpg" alt="Close Up - Broken Face" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4070560086" title="View 'Bat Thing' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/4070560086_d8f4f87948_m.jpg" alt="Bat Thing" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073744628" title="View 'Kendra's Man Eating Plant' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/4073744628_5d7dcea271.jpg" alt="Kendra's Man Eating Plant" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073745328" title="View 'Jungle Cave Left Side' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2658/4073745328_406732f651.jpg" alt="Jungle Cave Left Side" border="0" width="412" height="500" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073744924" title="View 'Flora and Fauna Detail' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2747/4073744924_f0cbecd92d_m.jpg" alt="Flora and Fauna Detail" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072984177" title="View 'Kendra's Man Eating Plant Veiw 2' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4072984177_1da629ae68_m.jpg" alt="Kendra's Man Eating Plant Veiw 2" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072983933" title="View 'Jungle Detail' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4072983933_70763b3978_m.jpg" alt="Jungle Detail" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072985669" title="View 'Zac's Drinking Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/4072985669_c214e863c1_m.jpg" alt="Zac's Drinking Corpse" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073743472" title="View 'Vine Victim' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/4073743472_81669de73d_m.jpg" alt="Vine Victim" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073746370" title="View 'Skull Bug and Tikis' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/4073746370_58d6112382_m.jpg" alt="Skull Bug and Tikis" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072983175" title="View 'Killer D - The Leader' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/4072983175_c08a585f0b_m.jpg" alt="Killer D - The Leader" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072983761" title="View 'One of Kendra's Skull Flowers' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/4072983761_440b37cf1e_m.jpg" alt="One of Kendra's Skull Flowers" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4072986263" title="View 'Mama Spider and Drinking Corpse' on Flickr.com"><div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2650/4072986263_c2d5f24c66_m.jpg" alt="Mama Spider and Drinking Corpse" border="0" width="240" height="150" /></div></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4073745626" title="View 'Jungle Cave Right Side' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/4073745626_8f28812c30_m.jpg" alt="Jungle Cave Right Side" border="0" width="142" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3490605272" title="View 'Bomoh - The Shaman' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3490605272_89da5d6028_m.jpg" alt="Bomoh - The Shaman" border="0" width="149" height="240" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3489804717" title="View 'Let's go home, it's too colorful here!' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3489804717_d9b5d750b2_m.jpg" alt="Let's go home, it's too colorful here!" border="0" width="160" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />This is the bulk of images from Halloween Night. I need to photograph a few props that were taken down too hastily and sort thru the point &shoot pictures. Thanks for looking!Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-81143768396528212862009-11-04T11:23:00.001-08:002009-11-04T11:29:47.326-08:00It's a Long, Hard Road...Here is one more picture of the yard. I am almost finished editing all of the pictures. They will be up tomorrow or friday hopefully. Good old MonTiki, one of my first props I ever made, a 6 ft tall sexy hunk of Dow Blue foam.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069794121" title="View 'Shot of the Yard with MonTiki' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/4069794121_fcd6b386d1.jpg" alt="Shot of the Yard with MonTiki" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />I was just looking at my google calendar for November. It's mostly empty now. A few bills here, a couple holidays there, and eye exam follow up. It was a big relief.<br /><br />Just for fun, here are the last three months. I have removed all the personal events so this is just prop making things I needed to do. Dark orange is for weeknight tasks, bright orange is for working in the garage at Patty's house. Welcome to my nightmare! By the way, I had started way back in april but it was a casual thing. Those were easy days!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4075164793" title="View 'August - Prop Building Schedule' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/4075164793_e5bba302c1.jpg" alt="August - Prop Building Schedule" border="0" width="500" height="263" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4075164751" title="View 'September - Prop Building Schedule' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4075164751_1f34d21459.jpg" alt="September - Prop Building Schedule" border="0" width="500" height="265" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4075919132" title="View 'October - Prop Building Schedule' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2673/4075919132_7831df117e.jpg" alt="October - Prop Building Schedule" border="0" width="500" height="254" /></a>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-8146567505712195902009-11-03T16:24:00.001-08:002009-11-03T16:24:46.552-08:00Editing is Hard WorkI have been editing pictures for two days and I am almost done with the "Fancy" ones.<br /><br />Here is one I like; a view of the yard from the street featuring FireBringer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4069794381" title="View 'Shot of the Yard with FireBringer' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/4069794381_44e02831d5.jpg" alt="Shot of the Yard with FireBringer" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Next year I am going shot everything in sections and stitch it together into a giant high-res panorama. I would have done that this year, but I am not so sharp at 2:30am and I forgot.Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-10274794134802543152009-11-02T11:16:00.001-08:002009-11-02T11:16:44.839-08:00Nov. 1stYes I know, I know, we said 2009 was the final year for Haunted Tiki Island, but all we needed was some sleep and a look at the pictures from the night before and we were all like yeah, yeah yeah!! Let's do one more year!<br /><br />However, by 11 am on November 1st we had all talked it out and decided we were just being nostalgic and we really were excited to do our haunted carnival theme for next year that we all agreed on two years ago.<br /><br />So we spent yesterday cleaning it all up and throwing out stuff we aren't going to use or can't store.<br /><br />Good bye paper mache bugs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4066785547" title="View 'IMG_1268' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2547/4066785547_b9a4b162f6.jpg" alt="IMG_1268" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Good bye Lava Creep.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4066778313" title="View 'IMG_1273' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4066778313_4c7e152b00.jpg" alt="IMG_1273" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Good bye Volcano.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4066773071" title="View 'IMG_1277' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4066773071_1deeba6ef3.jpg" alt="IMG_1277" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Sorry Cauldron Creep, we left you out overnight and the wind wrecked you.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4067535796" title="View 'IMG_1269' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/4067535796_e233d1b0df.jpg" alt="IMG_1269" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Sorry Praying Mantis, but we need to put this prop away.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4066775561" title="View 'IMG_1275' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/4066775561_21d52f53df.jpg" alt="IMG_1275" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Sorry Moth, these webcaster webs actually work.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4066786625" title="View 'IMG_1267' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4066786625_e1500aaa1d.jpg" alt="IMG_1267" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />(Luckily this web has no spiders so he was still alive and got free and flew away when I pulled then webs down.)Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-28331050980107299892009-11-01T20:05:00.001-08:002009-11-01T20:05:07.633-08:00Halloween 2009!!!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4067325656" title="View 'Haunted Tiki Island 2009' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2431/4067325656_3955149d66.jpg" alt="Haunted Tiki Island 2009" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Halloween 2009 was a great night!!! We had 500-600 hundred people come thru. Luckily we had enough candy and treats on hand to get thru the ravenous hordes of Trick R Treaters. Quick thanks to Tricia's Portland family who sent us a box full of halloween pencils, glow in the dark fangs, and spider rings to give out. That really helped spread out the fun.<br /><br />As always thanks to Patty and Joe for letting us mess up their house again this year. Thanks to my fellow haunt builders and scare-actors. Thanks to all the Trick R Treaters who came by and had so many nice things to say. Thanks to Hauntforum.com for helping me to learn all this crazy stuff.<br /><br />I am pouring thru hundreds of pictures and a lot of video. I will start posting those here in the next week so stay tuned. Haunted Tiki Island the yard haunt might be done, but Haunted Tiki Island the blog still has quite a bit more to see.Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-87297952179762425332009-10-28T20:20:00.001-07:002009-10-28T20:20:59.527-07:00Teaser #4Should have worn a costume last year teenage Trick r Treaters. The mask might have protected your face. This year, you can be the mask.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4054707770" title="View 'Faces' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4054707770_0c92ba3a6a.jpg" alt="Faces" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Let me tell you a little story about a man named "Ed"....Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-69079801989665312392009-10-22T10:37:00.001-07:002009-10-28T20:59:58.234-07:00Teaser #31 piece of my most ambitious prop of the year.<br />
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<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/4034268982_68aef829ba.jpg" title="View 'ahem!' on Flickr.com"><img alt="ahem!" border="0" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/4034268982_910630da70.jpg" width="375" /></a>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-54833481287727422612009-10-22T10:33:00.001-07:002009-10-22T10:33:10.798-07:00Build Season Week 9Halloween is now 8 days away!!<br /><br />This weekend we were putting the finishing touches on a lot of props. teeth for one guy, feet for another, repairing props from last year that were damaged in storage.<br /><br />We got cauldron creep out and put him together.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028930420" title="View 'dis-articulated' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/4028930420_0c39e4bd6d.jpg" alt="dis-articulated" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028931654" title="View 'starting a fire' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/4028931654_f828d9844c.jpg" alt="starting a fire" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />I finished the wiring on firebringer which makes no sense from the pictures but runs of two separate tealight led flicker circuits.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028923034" title="View 'so complicated' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4028923034_e50ef41e90.jpg" alt="so complicated" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028169727" title="View 'closing it up' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/4028169727_f141eca027.jpg" alt="closing it up" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028924804" title="View 'spinal cords' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2638/4028924804_6d6a24a630.jpg" alt="spinal cords" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />I paper mached the last of my corpses, which took 6 hours! Man what a pain.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028926830" title="View 'this is going to be a little unpleasant' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4028926830_ee3da1fb9c.jpg" alt="this is going to be a little unpleasant" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028176181" title="View 'vroom!' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/4028176181_a30d378cb1.jpg" alt="vroom!" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />I built a stand for this very heavy bucky skeleton and a table.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4028178727" title="View 'school time' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/4028178727_546c1e1037.jpg" alt="school time" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Next week will have some building but will be most setting up and testing the black light tunnels and the volcano. I am scrambling to finish my projects at home and maintain my relationship, as this is the time of year when my GF hates me for making such a huge mess and ignoring her. Mostly it is the mess though.<br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-57442278710397046762009-10-21T10:38:00.001-07:002009-10-22T10:38:13.053-07:00Teaser #2<object width="500" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Yms5htmG3s&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Yms5htmG3s&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="315"></embed></object>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-19586423191157178912009-10-20T12:16:00.001-07:002009-10-20T12:16:13.974-07:00TeaserIt's coming. See a bit more at my other <a href="http://devilschariot.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4029008229" title="View 'IMG_1189' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4029008229_5e1d1fbce1.jpg" alt="IMG_1189" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-65300025650571658602009-10-12T11:17:00.001-07:002009-10-12T11:17:47.192-07:00Build Season Week 8Another busy weekend, so busy in fact there are only a few pictures in comparison to how much got done. I did two 14 hour days to get as much done as I could. I am so tired and sore, and if I didn't have to earn a living I'd be back tonight.<br /><br />We finished the Tower of Death:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003378287" title="View 'Cappy looks towards the future against the completed tower of death.' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/4003378287_dcdaf6cd5d.jpg" alt="Cappy looks towards the future against the completed tower of death." border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />And we finished the volcano:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003382719" title="View 'My face is burning' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3533/4003382719_791c0a5ac7.jpg" alt="My face is burning" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003381009" title="View 'dry brushing the volcano' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/4003381009_dc54e78f0c.jpg" alt="dry brushing the volcano" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />I started the mache on my Sconce corpses:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4004144458" title="View 'Just the begining of a three hour mache session' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/4004144458_b2cae83c9b.jpg" alt="Just the begining of a three hour mache session" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003377111" title="View 'Joel Peter Whitkin's lawyer just called...' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4003377111_cbdaa27589.jpg" alt="Joel Peter Whitkin's lawyer just called..." border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Zac made a corpse for our man eating vines to attack:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003379209" title="View 'sunbathing , maybe too much' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/4003379209_6e207d7446.jpg" alt="sunbathing , maybe too much" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Lava Creep got a head:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003388537" title="View 'cheetoh flavored' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/4003388537_bec062d135.jpg" alt="cheetoh flavored" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/4003387945" title="View 'painting the lava creep' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/4003387945_abcbd1dc75.jpg" alt="painting the lava creep" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Other things that got done but not photographed:<br /><br />scared corpse got mached<br />firebringer is mache ready<br />lantern corpse is mache ready<br />reed scarecrows made<br />carver creep got a stand and primed<br />candles got finished and painted<br />skulls cast<br />and probably some stuff I forgot!<br /><br />I am so tired today. Think I might go sleep in my car for lunch.<br /><br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-60930824347723324252009-10-06T16:13:00.001-07:002009-10-06T16:14:51.453-07:00Build Season Week 7Patty and I put in three whole days of work this weekend with everyone else doing full days on Saturday and Sunday. We got a lot of stuff done. Except for me, almost everybody's projects are done or almost done. Now everyone just has to pitch in to get everything done. I mean they have to help me finish my projects. Yay halloween?<br /><br />Patty and Tricia weather some voodoo dolls:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985505195" title="View 'Voodoo Dolls' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3985505195_c8d74d4a04.jpg" alt="Voodoo Dolls" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Zac and Tricia prime and paint a giant cheetoh:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3986255376" title="View 'Captain Cheetos' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3986255376_ac41e47e14.jpg" alt="Captain Cheetos" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />I adjusted the eyes on volcano to be more scary:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3986252406" title="View 'reworking lava face' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/3986252406_c7a70c4ece.jpg" alt="reworking lava face" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Zac, Tricia and Patty weather the wood on the tower of death:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985486795" title="View 'weathering the tower of death' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2584/3985486795_8032b39653.jpg" alt="weathering the tower of death" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Kendra touches up the paint of volcano:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985477899" title="View 'kendra touches up the volcano' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/3985477899_fcfbeec5f0.jpg" alt="kendra touches up the volcano" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />and she made us a bunch of hands:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985476577" title="View 'kendra made a bunch of hands - I hate doing that' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2630/3985476577_29cf155ea3.jpg" alt="kendra made a bunch of hands - I hate doing that" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />I built the frames for the tarp covered black light area:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3986237194" title="View 'Notes for black light tunnels' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3986237194_7548b27a20.jpg" alt="Notes for black light tunnels" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Zac starts one more corpse:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985495501" title="View 'Zac starts another corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2555/3985495501_640d00ef91.jpg" alt="Zac starts another corpse" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />I worked on my Sconce Corpses:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985502271" title="View 'Corpse sconce #1' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/3985502271_58b71a0b06.jpg" alt="Corpse sconce #1" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985501313" title="View 'Corpse sconce #2' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3985501313_63dee0cc79.jpg" alt="Corpse sconce #2" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3985500413" title="View 'Corpse sconce #3' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3985500413_6445906454.jpg" alt="Corpse sconce #3" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />and Cappy took a nap:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3986247588" title="View 'napster capster' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2504/3986247588_831ee30f85.jpg" alt="napster capster" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-64304030501427020932009-09-29T12:19:00.001-07:002009-09-29T12:19:10.954-07:00Build Season Week 6Victory!!!<br /><br />The volcano got done despite me being a prop nazi and waking up at 3am saturday morning for no reason and being unable to fall asleep again. I was grumpy, so I apologize once again to my fellow haunters.<br /><br />Now to the volcano:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959829979" title="View 'IMG_1025' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/3959829979_9bbfdee106_m.jpg" alt="IMG_1025" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Courtney and Kendra help out on volcano (everyone helped BTW)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959831013" title="View 'Courtney and Kendra assist on the Volcano' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3959831013_fbdb20d8bb_m.jpg" alt="Courtney and Kendra assist on the Volcano" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3960599196" title="View 'Piece by piece' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3960599196_1cc847ffdb_m.jpg" alt="Piece by piece" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959820233" title="View 'Mosaic mountain' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3959820233_8ce9d9db6d_m.jpg" alt="Mosaic mountain" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959819309" title="View 'great stuff and not-so-great stuff' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3959819309_0734f8057d_m.jpg" alt="great stuff and not-so-great stuff" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3960589548" title="View 'Need a moisturizer' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3960589548_21b7f34bfb_m.jpg" alt="Need a moisturizer" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Next weekend I'll make his eyes and teeth a bit bigger, and paint him up. I'll try to test out the smoke and fire if there is time.<br /><br />Some other shots of the weekend labors:<br /><br />Joe finishes the bridge<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959833411" title="View 'Joe secures the fascade' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3959833411_dfd6ec171c_m.jpg" alt="Joe secures the fascade" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Tricia re-works last years blue man into the Lava Creep<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3960596782" title="View 'Tricia Reworks the Blue man into lava Creep' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3960596782_7508727406_m.jpg" alt="Tricia Reworks the Blue man into lava Creep" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3960598086" title="View 'Tricia Reworks the Blue man into lava Creep' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2563/3960598086_5a8e730674_m.jpg" alt="Tricia Reworks the Blue man into lava Creep" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Zac makes some feet and paints his ground breaker<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959821615" title="View 'Zac crafts some feet' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/3959821615_0b905e0699_m.jpg" alt="Zac crafts some feet" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3960594508" title="View 'Arrgghhh the lawn mover cut off my hands' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3960594508_f65b8df8d3_m.jpg" alt="Arrgghhh the lawn mover cut off my hands" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3959817161" title="View 'FInally! Little butcher gets some feet' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2470/3959817161_637b4c3c60_m.jpg" alt="FInally! Little butcher gets some feet" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />props that got finished or 95% done:<br /><br />Kendra's Carnivorous Flower<br />Tricia's Venus Fly Traps<br />Patty's Peeping Ghoul and shield<br />Zac's Ground Breaker<br />Zac's Little butcher from last year got some feet<br />Joe's Tiki painted<br />Haunted Vines and Blacklight Flowers<br />Lava effect<br />Altar candles<br /><br />I am quite confident that now we will finish everything. Yay Halloween!!!<br /><br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-16239523829327631992009-09-24T17:30:00.001-07:002009-09-24T17:34:55.756-07:00Build Season Week 5Oh what a headache! Come on Volcano, be done already!!!<br /><br />More guys and ghouls in the haunted garage this last weekend.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949251481" title="View 'it's not halloween unless there are skulls drying on the hedge....' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3949251481_2ec2e76b70_m.jpg" alt="it's not halloween unless there are skulls drying on the hedge...." border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949250235" title="View 'Venus flytraps - mansized' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2648/3949250235_6925bbf82c_m.jpg" alt="Venus flytraps - mansized" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949247295" title="View 'Zac's first ground breaker' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3949247295_f2fdd293c7_m.jpg" alt="Zac's first ground breaker" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949246903" title="View 'tower of um...death?' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3949246903_ab36522a34_m.jpg" alt="tower of um...death?" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949248193" title="View 'Thanks haunt community for the great how-tos' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3949248193_dd8c93e1de_m.jpg" alt="Thanks haunt community for the great how-tos" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949249013" title="View 'Zac's first ground breaker' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/3949249013_559d5453f5_m.jpg" alt="Zac's first ground breaker" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3949242377" title="View 'The to-do list' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3949242377_752f4d448b_m.jpg" alt="The to-do list" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Man it doesn't look like much but we got a lot done. Zac made a ground breaker in a day and half. Tricia got started on voodoo dolls and candles and stemmed her venus flytraps. Patty's tiki mask from last week got painted and hooked up with a motor, but I forgot to photograph that. Joe got more work on the bridge done. I cast skulls and jaws all week end long and built the "Tower of Death" as we call it with the neighbors. You can see the Firebringer perched up top practicing his prayers.<br /><br />This weekend coming up is the do or die build days. The Volcano must be done or all of halloween starts to slide in to failure and abandoned projects.Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-33541656551750982532009-09-14T16:49:00.001-07:002009-09-24T17:36:55.045-07:00Build Season Week 4After a long holiday I got back to working in the haunted garage on Saturday. Due to work and camping, I was the only one there.<br /><br />I got a lot done:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3914365609" title="View 'The horrah' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3914365609_f9382dfb98_m.jpg" alt="The horrah" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3914370975" title="View 'Sconce Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/3914370975_61b7a78436_m.jpg" alt="Sconce Corpse" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3914367105" title="View 'Sconce Corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3914367105_d13c6a2e42_m.jpg" alt="Sconce Corpse" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3915165008" title="View 'The fire bringer cometh' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/3915165008_5acc8b78d7_m.jpg" alt="The fire bringer cometh" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3918308459" title="View 'Firebringer leg detail' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/3918308459_b41d1ff0e9_m.jpg" alt="Firebringer leg detail" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3919095108" title="View 'Firebringer gets a ribcage' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/3919095108_f2e7370323_m.jpg" alt="Firebringer gets a ribcage" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Then on sunday I Kendra and Patty didn't have to work and joined me, along with first time prop builder Joe.<br /><br />Kendra attended to the flora of Haunted Tiki Island:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3918309755" title="View 'andalusian flowers' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3918309755_d9edabd7c6_m.jpg" alt="andalusian flowers" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><BR><br />Patty made a Samoan style tiki mask:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3918308885" title="View 'Patty uses reference materials' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2576/3918308885_954ee1b550_m.jpg" alt="Patty uses reference materials" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3919096670" title="View 'Patty's Somoan Tiki' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2621/3919096670_727fdd9d52_m.jpg" alt="Patty's Somoan Tiki" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><br />Joe built his first prop, a tiki mask/shield, which was not too shabby:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3919097930" title="View 'Joe's First Tiki' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3919097930_1e564298ac_m.jpg" alt="Joe's First Tiki" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><br /><br />and I started my first wood tiki ever:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3919099198" title="View 'My First Real TIki' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/3919099198_3f74ec54ec_m.jpg" alt="My First Real TIki" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Next week it's time to move some lumber big time with all hands on deck. Ahoy Halloween!!!<br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-37095913832933564872009-09-11T16:13:00.001-07:002009-09-11T16:17:34.595-07:00The Tonga Room<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899472110" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2627/3899472110_a54e520649.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />The Tonga Room<br /><br />On Labor Day K and I went to The Tonga Room, a tiki bar located in the basement of our hotel, The Fairmont, in San Fransisco. I'm not gonna rate the drinks or the price, but it was a fun tiki themed experience. Usual bar and grill fare with $20-$35 dinners and $10 cocktails. Some good some bad, but all in all a fun place.<br /><br />Tikis:<br /><br />It's a little sparse on tikis, and in the vein of the Tiki Room at Disneyland.<br /><br />Drinks: <br /><br />Good over all, fruity and full of booze, $10 each is the lowest price, up to $17.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898688471" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/3898688471_a2b7bdb7cf.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899470010" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/3899470010_1418d56b31.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Music:<br /><br />It was a cover band when we went on a sunday night. It was a $5 cover and not too bad. They play on a boat that floats in the middle of the room in a pool of water(by the way the Tonga room used to be an indoor pool at the Fairmont, so thats where the water comes from.)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899471122" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/3899471122_79f75cb0d3.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />If you dine there you get to sit in the boat house. This has a thatched roof, and boats slung from the ceiling, but it is the least tiki-riffic area of the whole joint.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899470926" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2588/3899470926_b2189db981.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />If you sit in the cocktail area, you get more tiki fun and decorations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899471846" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3899471846_93eb6887b7.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898689065" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2600/3898689065_85a86886ff.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898689297" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2599/3898689297_cde9fe4fff.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898689443" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3898689443_6a4aa4d176.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898690355" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2640/3898690355_12b599ac41.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899471276" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/3899471276_015cda539d.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899471434" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3899471434_2aac21652c.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="375" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Last but not least, the dance floor is the deck of a pirate ship, with a giant tiki guarding it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898691401" title="View 'The Tonga Room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/3898691401_33f7edf8e6.jpg" alt="The Tonga Room" border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Check out the <a href="http://www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco/guestservices/restaurants/thetongaroomhurricanebar.htm">Tonga Room</a> if your in San Fran, it's good.<br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-1039740640969219162009-09-08T10:22:00.001-07:002009-09-08T10:27:06.789-07:00The Last Vacation - No time lostThis weekend K and I took off to San Fransicso for Labor Day weekend. We spent the weekend going to all the art and science museums. I had heard that the <a href="http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/">De Young Museum</a> was having a display of African masks and statues and some photographs by some famous photographers, but I didn't really have an idea of what was going to be there. Well, King Tut was there on display, but sans a mummy, I wasn't interested in looking at gold stuff and old jars with a million other tourists and paying extra to do it. What I didn't know about the De Young Museum was that it is home to an <a href="http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/index.asp">awesome collection of tribal and ancient art and artifacts.</a><br /><br />Here are some highlights:<br /><br />Asmat Ancestor Skull<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898665593" title="View 'Asmat Ancestor Skull' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2569/3898665593_c09d67949b.jpg" alt="Asmat Ancestor Skull" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Asmat Ancestor Skull<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899447344" title="View 'Asmat Ancestor Skull' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3899447344_55b0e4a1ff.jpg" alt="Asmat Ancestor Skull" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Dayak Carving<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899448354" title="View 'Dayak Carving' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/3899448354_f5202ca223.jpg" alt="Dayak Carving" border="0" width="500" height="333" /></a><br /><br />Tiki from Samoan Islands<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898666791" title="View 'Samoan Tiki' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3898666791_d891340602.jpg" alt="Samoan Tiki" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />Skull Reliquary from New Guinea<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898666371" title="View 'IMG_4638' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3898666371_84ae382b53.jpg" alt="IMG_4638" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><BR><br /><br />Decorative Shields<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899446890" title="View 'IMG_4621' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2655/3899446890_2c011801e2.jpg" alt="IMG_4621" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3898667361" title="View 'IMG_4614' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3898667361_fffa96c66a.jpg" alt="IMG_4614" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899448896" title="View 'IMG_4607' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3048/3899448896_52db0155cf.jpg" alt="IMG_4607" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3899449198" title="View 'IMG_4644' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2537/3899449198_cf7e53f158.jpg" alt="IMG_4644" border="0" width="333" height="500" /></a><br /><br />While I didn't make anything for Halloween over the 3 day weekend, I got a whole bunch of ideas to try and squeeze in this years haunt.<br /><br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-30877692040385879342009-08-31T11:28:00.001-07:002009-08-31T11:29:42.819-07:00Build Season Week 3<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3872763031" title="View 'Where is my mind? Oh it's over here.' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/3872763031_94da6aa75a_m.jpg" alt="Where is my mind? Oh it's over here." border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><BR><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3872770539" title="View 'Joe starts the bridge construction' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2490/3872770539_c76d5f40d4_m.jpg" alt="Joe starts the bridge construction" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3872764011" title="View 'Heart I sculpted supa-fast for Zac's Fountain Zombie' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3872764011_144285b309_m.jpg" alt="Heart I sculpted supa-fast for Zac's Fountain Zombie" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3873561778" title="View 'Let the flashing fly. Dremel dis bitch!' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/3873561778_2db4ed6ce8_m.jpg" alt="Let the flashing fly. Dremel dis bitch!" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><BR><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3872781183" title="View 'Zac's Fountian Zombie' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2579/3872781183_bd2e205629_m.jpg" alt="Zac's Fountian Zombie" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><BR><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3873569508" title="View 'Tricia creating some giant venus fly traps' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2622/3873569508_474afe90a3_m.jpg" alt="Tricia creating some giant venus fly traps" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><BR><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3873556704" title="View 'Running out of room' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2493/3873556704_4417b5433d_m.jpg" alt="Running out of room" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><br /><br />Gosh dang it was hot in Simi this weekend! 103 degrees with no breeze. Luckily nothing in Simi is on fire, however EVERYWHERE around "the valley" where I live is on fire.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3872778171" title="View 'I said kiss me, you are beautiful, these are truly the last days.' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/3872778171_d19f3166cd.jpg" alt="I said kiss me, you are beautiful, these are truly the last days." border="0" width="500" height="375" /></a><br /><br />Have a great Labor Day weekend everyone!<br />Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-73031675716292808122009-08-24T12:20:00.001-07:002009-08-24T12:21:07.979-07:00Build Season Week 2I only have pictures from Saturday as I forgot my camera in the garage on sunday (your ghost host does not actually live in simi valley). However, you can see big things were happening over the weekend.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3846432905" title="View 'Zac's drinking prop' on Flickr.com"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3846432905_a017568602_m.jpg" alt="Zac's drinking prop" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3846418955" title="View 'Patty's Killer D's' on Flickr.com"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3846418955_75c78137ed_m.jpg" alt="Patty's Killer D's" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3847213296" title="View 'yaaaaaawwwwwwwwn' on Flickr.com"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3847213296_ef82bbdb85_m.jpg" alt="yaaaaaawwwwwwwwn" border="0" width="180" height="240" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3847224228" title="View 'Zac provides scale' on Flickr.com"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2544/3847224228_7ecee5eca0_m.jpg" alt="Zac provides scale" border="0" width="240" height="180" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3850999835" title="View 'Blacklight paint jobs - Shrunken Heads' on Flickr.com"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3850999835_e81192f46e_m.jpg" alt="Blacklight paint jobs - Shrunken Heads" border="0" width="240" height="160" /></a>Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-86343802705497826112009-08-17T21:28:00.000-07:002009-08-17T22:59:47.782-07:00This is the lovely Mourning Rose Manor yard display in Simi Valley. I just heard about it this last year. I am looking forward to going to see it, and since it runs every night thru October I won't have to miss it. They have a great set of animated props including a flying ghost, a rocking chair corpse, some pop up ghouls, and a very creepy grave digger.<br /><br />Here are some great shots of the display:<br /><br /><img style="width: 500px; height: 373px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_SI_dhquOIco/Sootr-_vrEI/AAAAAAAAAC8/8Sy94QWaVhc/IMG_1624.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="IMG_1624.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1656.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 667px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1656.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1675.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1675.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1689.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 666px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1689.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1695.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1695.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1651.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 666px;" src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/IMG_1651.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Check out all of their pictures at <a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b314/PANDORA9393/Halloween%202008/?start=all">Mourning Rose Manor's photo page</a>.<br /><br />Mourning Rose Manor runs every night of October and is located at 5250 Aurelia Street, Simi Valley, CA.Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-79462531470078118632009-08-13T17:22:00.001-07:002009-08-13T17:25:53.257-07:00Big PlansI sat down with Google's free 3-d application Sketchup and started to layout the plans for our volcano we are making for this year's halloween.<br /><br />I wanted this to be easy to setup and easy to take down, and be reusable next year. I built the model to scale and used standard building materials. One sheet 1/2' plywood, two sheets of luan, and a hand full of 2x4s. For the surface we are going to make rocks out of styrofoam blocks and use great stuff foam for lava.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3818128117" title="View 'volcano - frame-face' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3462/3818128117_da9dec689a_m.jpg" alt="volcano - frame-face" border="0" width="240" height="173" /></a><br /><br />The sides are made of luan because (1.) we're gonna chuck it on november 1st and (2.) we need to bend them to conform to the edge of the yard/grass. The reusable part is the doorway, the top par with the eye holes, and the walkway. You can almost see how it will be a robot in 4 years from now, and will give a good base for next years new Haunt theme.<br /><br />This is the empty yard:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kreggg/3581673835/" title="sketchup of the yard by DevilsChariot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3386/3581673835_15f4bbf64d_m.jpg" width="240" height="173" alt="sketchup of the yard" /></a><br /><br />Here is the basic layout for the haunt with the volcano. Yes, I did measure the house out and the yard, so everything is to scale:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3818111595" title="View 'yard plans' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2670/3818111595_cf1539affb_m.jpg" alt="yard plans" border="0" width="240" height="152" /></a><br /><br />To aid in construction I made a grid in sketch up that I laid over the model. It is in 1 square foot units. This will help draw out the design and let you quickly figure how big each part is. This needs to be easy to understand since none of us are carpenters.<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3818937364" title="View 'volcano - frame-face-with grid' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/3818937364_44bcd146a5_m.jpg" alt="volcano - frame-face-with grid" border="0" width="240" height="117" /></a><br /><br />Here is a rough idea of what it will look like:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3813415157" title="View 'Frontal view of Volcano' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/3813415157_22a27f020c_m.jpg" alt="Frontal view of Volcano" border="0" width="240" height="155" /></a><br /><br />Here is a shot of the backside. You can see it will be very stable. I plan on using bolts for the connections between the bigger parts, so that it can be broken down quickly and to a small size for storage.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3818937316" title="View 'volcano - frame-backside 3/4 view' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/3818937316_b40203d743_m.jpg" alt="volcano - frame-backside 3/4 view" border="0" width="240" height="117" /></a><br /><br />Can't wait to get started on it!Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6039909454235103955.post-40419506177604348452009-08-10T16:02:00.001-07:002009-08-10T23:37:58.174-07:00The Build Season has Begun<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3806390512" title="View 'Craig busts out a ground breaker in 3 hours!' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3806390512_af0da63a49_s.jpg" alt="Craig busts out a ground breaker in 3 hours!" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3805569305" title="View 'This corpse will be dragging away a fake trick or treater' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3805569305_59a11e0416_s.jpg" alt="This corpse will be dragging away a fake trick or treater" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3805567179" title="View 'Mache on the the man eating flower' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3805567179_fd036dc2e3_s.jpg" alt="Mache on the the man eating flower" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3805563395" title="View 'Tricia cuts out some bones' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3805563395_3760b5f967_s.jpg" alt="Tricia cuts out some bones" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3782813215" title="View 'Zac's fountain corpse' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3782813215_153c4ef999_s.jpg" alt="Zac's fountain corpse" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9094462@N07/3806388240" title="View 'Mache party picnic' on Flickr.com"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/3806388240_4278ab13f5_s.jpg" alt="Mache party picnic" border="0" height="75" width="75" /></a><br /><br />We got started in earnest this last weekend on halloween props for 2009!Devils Chariothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326719836170942733noreply@blogger.com2