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ScareFX Animated Spiders Mechanism 2 Sep 2012 | 08:40 pm
I've had a number of emails asking how I animated the spiders in our Spinning Spider Web Victim scene. I've put together a short video of the setup. Check it out in the link below.
Halloween 2010 - Another Successful Year 2 Nov 2010 | 05:56 am
A close to perfect year weather wise. A wind kicked up about mid-way through Trick 'r Treating, which of course killed the fog effects but otherwise everything went great. We gave a few scares and eve...
Sleepy Hollow Scarecrow Head 22 Oct 2010 | 06:07 am
Carved a Funkin this morning. Think I might have cut myself.
Distressing the Animated Coffin Top 31 Aug 2010 | 09:18 am
I had a question about creating the texture on the Animated Creepy Coffin. Since I used soft cedar fence boards for that prop, it was pretty easy to use a rasp bit on my electric drill to distress the...
Inside the Animated Creepy Coffin 26 Aug 2010 | 12:26 pm
Many of you have seen the Animated Creepy Coffin I made for Halloween 2006. I never got around to doing a proper how-to for that coffin. However, I've had several questions about the mechanism used i...
Giant Skull 24 Aug 2010 | 04:41 am
Like many others this year I could not pass up getting one of the giant skulls from our local Costco. The sound is lame and I really don't like the LED eyes but I think I can use this skull as part of...
Fall Is On The Way 23 Aug 2010 | 11:16 am
There are certain indicators of the impending return of the Halloween season. One is when our local Costco begins stocking my favorite seasonal brew. Happy camper here.
Trick 'r Treat Scene 2009 24 Jun 2010 | 04:29 am
As I mentioned in a previous post, our Trick 'r Treat scene was one of the few we were able to get set up during the very rainy Halloween 2009. Unfortunately, the rain let loose again before I could g...
Black Eyed Pumpkin 17 Nov 2009 | 01:33 am
I keep our old jack-o'-lantern's around after Halloween and watch them as they decompose and return to the soil. This year a mold has turned the eyes of this jac black.
Trick 'r Treat Sam Prop 2009 12 Nov 2009 | 11:47 am
I continue to get questions and comments about our Trick 'r Treat Sam prop that we made a couple of years ago. I'm glad the movie finally came out so more people will learn what it's about. Our Trick...
