Can You Believe It?

This is the only shot I got of last year's display at night.

Admittedly, it's kinda cool...a view from Nosferatu's window...

Groundbreaker Zombie take 3!

Just finished this guy today





It's actually my 3rd try at him. Here he was hangin' out in the coffin in 2005:


And his 2006 incarnation:


I pulled him out of the attic last year to get him reworked in time for H'ween 2008, but only got as far as peeling the flesh off his lousy blucky bones:



Then, a few months ago I did this sketch (in math class):


And then, of course, I finally pulled out the paint and glue and fixed him up into the purple fellow at the top of the post!

Giant Rusty Gear of Doom!

I'm beginning to populate my lab scene this week, and the first addition is a 7 foot rusty gear...of doom!


It's made of scrap plywood (I would have used foam, but there's about 20 sheets of used plywood laying around). Base coat of grey, smeared on coat of brown tempra, then sea sponged/mottled brick red, terra cotta, dark orange, and metallic bronze acrylics.

I wanted it to be twice as big, but the garage is only so large...

Here's the plan for the whole scene, which should explain why it's only a partial gear (of doom):

First Frankie Test

I was able to whip up enough foam latex to cast a face
...and now I remember why I bought a new camera (shot this on the old one)