September 20, 2009

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!

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