A Pumpkin Story

On Saturday June 5th I presented an hour long papier mache pumpkin demonstration for attendees of the 10th annual Great Lakes FrightFest.

My demonstration included showing all the steps necessary in making pumpkins using my trash bag method as well as a new technique using cardboard strips to create the pumpkin armature.

The turnout was great and the audience was gracious enough to forgive my tendency to ramble and forget things.

Great Lakes FrightFest is a very special event and as always I’m honored to involved even if it’s a very small part.

Good friends, good food, good drinks and good memories!

GLFF Randomness

On June 4th, 5th and 6th we attended the 10th annual Great Lakes FrightFest hosted by Brian and Karen Taylor at Totem Pole Park in Petersburg, MI.

This was our forth year attending this event and I swear the event just keeps getting better. Haunters are some of the nicest people in the world and this weekend always proves the point.

This year there was quite a bit of new and exciting events including; a ride through the campgrounds vortex tunnel, evil midway, fire performers and as I’m sure you saw on the news quite a few tornadoes that caused considerable damage and loss of life in the miles surrounding the campground. Luckily no one at the campground was hurt and the damage at the park was minimal.

This great event would not be possible without the hospitality and generosity of the part owners Carl and Joyce Laming. Here are some miscellaneous photos from the weekends, as you can see there is Halloween goodness everywhere you look and that is not a bad thing!

The Count

This past weekend at Great Lakes FrightFest I received a great surprise when Jeff Willaert from Frighteners Entertainment presented me with “The Count”, the first place prize from the 2010 HauntForum $20 Prop Challenge.

This prop is large, has amazing detail and both eyes glow red and appear to follow you wherever you go.

Thanks Jeff for the wonderful prize and thanks again to HauntForum for the fun contest.

Bonewart-The Papier Mache Dragon

Wow it’s June already, how did that happen. I have been busy the last month wrapping up the school year and working on a variety of different projects for Great Lakes FrightFest which happened last weekend. GLFF was a tremendous amount of fun and I have more to share but first here are some shots of a very cool 26 foot long articulated papier mache dragon named “Bonewart” created by Jacob Sinacola.

Construction photos and details can be found here.

Punk'd

I’m a big fan of Steampunk, total eye candy for a geek like myself and somehow I stumbled onto a Wikipedia article about Cyberpunk derivatives.

Derivatives?

Have you heard of Dieselpunk?

Or Biopunk?

What about Clockpunk?

Here’s a link to an informative article about a variety of genres that really get your imagination flowing,

I’m all punky just thinking about it.

Thought you needed to know.

A Big Thank You

Thank you to everyone that commented and supported the creation of Buster Gravesley, my entry into the HauntForum 2010 $20 Prop Challenge.

Buster clawed his way to victory after a week long battle for the top spot and I must say that it was a thrill and an honor to compete along side such top caliber props.

Thank you to HauntForum and Zombie-F for hosting the challenge and to all the sponsors that donated prizes.

Finally I would like to thank the HauntForum members that cast votes and those that submitted entries into the contest.

Keep building!

Neck and Neck and Neck

The voting for the $20 HauntForum Prop Challenge is in full swing and the voting is fast and furious with the top three contenders battling it out for first place.

There are a lot of great entries this year including many papier mache projects and several animated pieces which is amazing considering the $20 budget constraint.

The voting ends this Saturday evening and if you get the chance please stop by and cast your vote for your favorite prop.

You must be HauntForum member and have at least 10 posts to vote.

Voting Thread Here.