Well, tonight, it was 30 degrees at 5pm, dropped down to 25 by 8:00.Cold, cold, cold. Too cold for the tape players and cd player towork. Only one of the foggers managed to warm up enough to work. I had 3 adults and 4 kids(7-13) helping in the haunt. We had between60-70 TOTs, and it was over by 8. There were no "accidents" and nothrown candy, mainly because the older kids decided not to brave theweather. So, there were lots of cold-related problems, but we got at least 20more kids than last year, and everyone had a great time.
I lost my digital camera in my pile of prop supplies, so I don't have a lot of pics.
The night shots are improved from last year, but not by much.
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The mildy animatronic monster-mud imp. The measurements are from my son. There is a motion sensor attached that turns the head with a wiper motor. |
| A second shot of the monster mud Imp. |  |
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A shot down the neck of the imp showing the disc I attached to the PVC pipe to make it spin. You can also see the duct tape I used to mount the wiper moter. Many thanks to Scary Terry and Flying Pig. |
| A Final shot of the imp. |  |
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Another final of the imp. This one is blurry because I was trying to get a shot of the eyes lit up. I should have done it during the day. |
| A shot down the neck of the imp, showing the linkage I used to turn the head. |  |
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A side shot of my bottomless pit. I made a hexagon out of 2x4s because I want the final product to be round. |
| Straight down the bottomless pit, minus the mirrors. |  |
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A side shot of the stones in the pit. |
| This is my staff. It's a before shot. I have 2 dozen cardboard cutouts to vamp-ify. |  |
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Picture #1 of my yard display. |
| Picture #2 of my yard display. |  |
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Picture #3 |
| My child-sized, mildy animatronic, monster mud imp. His eyes light up and he turns to look at you when you walk past his BBQ pit of human flesh |  |
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A new shot of my Pillar of Pain from last year. |
| Right side of the bottomless pit. |  |
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Left side of the pit. |