The monolith--times two

Its hollow--it seems to go on forever--and Oh my God its pink.

The columns are cladded in the pink foam now and just so you have a sense of scale these things are nearly 6 feet tall. Don't ask me where I plan on keeping these things the other 364 days of the year but hey we'll figure that out then--meanwhile its build build build.

The other pink image shows one on its side with what will become foam trim molding pieces in their approximate locations. Each side has three pieces times 8 sides means a lot of these will be needed and that is what I have done this week. Each one is 2 one inch thick pieces glued together. Eventually I will be removing some material off one end to make a half round piece two inches tall to spruce up the columns a bit. That's going to make a ton of pink dust so hopefully I can move out of the garage for that step

The other pics are of an awesome prop I found online and bought. Pretty freakin' creepy huh? Well, I'll be "sea witching" her up a bit to go with the pirates theme better. Seaweed in her hair, and a scary scream maybe. Something like a mermaid ghost spirit I'm thinking.

Digging up stumps will continue next week as will the trimming off of the many face scratching costume grabbing branches. Stay tuned, Mateys

A-pirating we go!

Once again my house, my yard and my free time have been taken over by an ill tempered pack of pirate skeletons. They loved the joint so much last year they have invited even more of their kind to stir up mayhem and er, skulduggery this Halloween.

What about the Nautilus room I tuned in for you may be asking yourself. Well, I want to work on it but these guys are packing cold steel so I'm just going to do what they say until the first of November when they all depart whence they came for another year.

First off meet the newest addition to the scurvy crew, Drake. I found this guy at Menards and HAD to have him. He is perfect. He speaks three different phrases, and moves. You can even grab a wireless microphone an talk through him while his jaw moves. Real cool. He will be added to the treasure chest set I had last year.

The pink thingys are going to be new cemetery entrance columns and arch. The effect when I am done is going to look like brick that has been stuccoed over but due to age some of that underlying brick has been exposed again. Don't get it? You'll see!

The whole venue minus some yard stuff will be moving into the forest this year. It should really up the creepy factor and I am going for a whole haunted Tortuga cemetery theme. Most of my initial effort will be getting this area ready as there are stumps and branches that need removed and some low areas filled so as to not trip up the TOTs (Trick or Treaters)

I will try to begin posting every Sunday again. Check this!