zlalomz Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Are there any other Hybriders out there into building Halloween props or is it just me. I am using my 240Z windshield wiper motors from my 2 autocross/track 73's for an Axworthy ghost and an animated skeleton. I am also building my second and third Flying Crank Ghosts. For those who have not seen one, you will be the hit of the neighborhood. Even the toughest little guy said at the door, "I really like your ghost, man". Check out the inventor’s how-to website at http://www.phantasmechanics.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 My smoke breathing 8 ft. monster with flicker flame eyes is almost done. Next is a refurbish of my giant spider (I am using fiberglass for the body so perhaps some skills gained will translate to IMSA flare molds.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b__sosick Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Pretty sweet! You make them for something or just decor for your house during halloween? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 For the house and also my daughters school has a Fall Festival with a haunted house. The how-to website I built this from (pretty easy) is http://www.halloweencreations.com Look under "projects" in the Figures section under "Mr.Barlow". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azguy Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Very cool. Excellent workmanship.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 A couple of years ago I made an inflatable zombie out of some plastic sheeting, duct tape, a pair of coveralls and a leaf blower. I put the thing all slumped over in a chair next to the front porch. When the kids would come for their candy, I would warn them to watch out for the man in the chair. As I handed them their candy, I would stomp on a foot switch that turned on the leaf blower and a 500 watt work light. The leaf blower would inflate the zombie causing him to sit up in the chair. Between that, the noise of the leaf blower and the light I had a dozen kids run off screaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 My smoke breathing 8 ft. monster with flicker flame eyes is almost done. Next is a refurbish of my giant spider (I am using fiberglass for the body so perhaps some skills gained will translate to IMSA flare molds.) 5 years down the line someone walks up to you "Man, that's some nice FG work man. Where did you learn how to do it that well?" And you respond in a crazy/spooked voice "I learned from the nightmare they call halloweeeeeen" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted November 1, 2005 Author Share Posted November 1, 2005 Here is the finished spider rider. The smoke blowing monster made one kid cry. Now I can get back to car stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 Damn, halloween must've been sweet in your neighborhood. It was foggy and drizzly here, but I didn't care, I spent it with a close friend in Chicago for a dinner and a movie. Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZR8ED Posted November 1, 2005 Share Posted November 1, 2005 I love halloween. Setting up the front yard for the kiddies is great! A buddy of mine and myself were taking some pictures in this little town in a park next to a cemetary, when this dude just came out of nowwhere! hehehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 By the expression I would say he is a Toyota owner who just lost one to a Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Battle Pope Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 HOLY CRAP that's a CLEAN *** '82 Supra! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeboost Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 So zlalomz, where do you put the props after halloween? Bet you have a heck of a stash, wherever you keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted November 2, 2005 Author Share Posted November 2, 2005 Up until this year everything would break down small enought to fit in the attic. Meanie and mini-meanie (the 8ft smoke monster and his 1 1/2 ft clone) are going to live in my study. The abdomen of the spider is fiberglass and will live in the side yard. The rest of the stuff still fits in the attic. Next year I think I will need a shed to house the motley crew. All of my ideas I copied from other how to web sites. There are some serious haunters out there. Check out the work these guys do. http://www.terrorsyndicate.com Meanie in his final resting place Meanie and mini-meanie climbing skeletons before I finished staining the upper 2. The motorized flying crank ghost is just visible in the window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlalomz Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 For anyone who is not whistleing Christmas tunes yet, I have updated my Halloween photo website. My motorized witch and gravedigger were the largest additions I built this year. http://zlalomz.googlepages.com/spiderriderhalloween Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 VERY sweet!!! I want to do some fun stuff for next year now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom'sZ Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'm with ZR8ED... I love halloween, it's my favorite night of the year!! I bought this candy bowl on sale after halloween last year. It has what appears to be a severed head in it, you ever seen one? Anyhow you push a button and it's eyes move and it says some different stuff. Well, it's pretty real but I didn't figure it would fool to many kids. What a blast, one older boy goes running down the driveway 'Mom, they got a HEAD in the bowl'!! One little girl started to bawl and I felt bad and had to go 'look, it's fake, it's made out of plastic' as I'm knocking on it with my knukles. Oh yeah and my girl has a shetland (sp?) shepard (dog) and between us we have 6 cats.(two black) So we're always joking how the dog thinks it's a cat. So she finds a cat costume for the dog. Ahhh.. what a riot and the dog actually wore the thing for like two hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Well done as always zlalomz. I did absolutely nothing all night. Maybe I should have drove out to sac to check out those killer props. Christmas is soon approching. Now THAT's scarry. Time flies too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruez Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Nice halloween work in here !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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