2012 Prop Goals - Page 2

NemesisGenesis · #11 07-21-2012

Headless, King Architectural Materials @ kingmetals.com. Pretty good selection, super fast delivery, and pretty affordable.

Thanks Pumpkin, very kind words. We need to plant the seeds. Making this holiday special for kids is really important to me. In fact, I'm not even doing my haunt at my house this year. I'm moving it to my parents because they get like 500 kids. We will convert the masses!!!! (insert sinister laugh).

Disco, I just did the math and you're def right. Not only will it take significant amounts of time, it will eat up significant resources, aka. be mad expensive. Thanks for heads up, I'll be heading to HD this weekend to get started. Hopefully if I spread it out it won't be as bad.

I will be posting my build schedule this weekend to this thread. I need to declare it publicly amongst my peers because Im a glutten for punishment and need more pressure in my day to day.

One again, I appreciate the feedback and the encouragement!! If I don't post for a while I'm either elbow deep in office politics, baby crap or monster mud.

-jimmy

NemesisGenesis · #12 07-22-2012

One more tombstone to paint, and have to finish my fence prototype and I can sleep!! I made pretty good progress this weekend but definitely took a hit on my sleep quota, I guess that's what September 1st is for.

Updates with pics tomorrow!!

NemesisGenesis · #13 07-24-2012

A lesson learned better in July than in October. I assume the avid haunter knows not to underestimate mother nature. I came home to half of the foam panels ripped off my mausoleum due to high winds. I was intending to start the front wall but instead took all the rest of the panels off and reinforced them. Not to mention I was racing a thunder storm that's raging as I speak.

I was able to work a bit on the 4 tomb stones I started this weekend.

More pics after i get caught up tomorrow. Cheers!!

RoxyBlue · #14 07-24-2012

Wind - almost never a haunter's friend unless it's a gentle zephyr that helps your ghosts sway eerily in the breeze

Glad you were able to salvage and I like the look of the flowers on the face of your tombstone.

NemesisGenesis · #15 07-25-2012

Updated the mausoleum post, made a bit of progress.

MommaMoose · #16 07-26-2012

Love the flower tombstone. Been watching the thread about the mausoleum. Those kids sure are lucky to have gotten you as a foster.

NemesisGenesis · #17 07-26-2012

Thanks Momma!! I get to live vicariously through them so it makes the holiday even more exciting for me.

Pumpkin5 · #18 07-27-2012

NemGen, so sorry about the wind....we've all had props mangled by bad weather though. Hey, great job on your tombstones, they are looking 'sick' already! Hey why don't you host a tombstone making party? Get all your friends together to come over and each make one tombstone...it probably won't be up to your standards (cause few people can actually make the stones you see in your mind, well, at least that is true for me) But talk about making "fillers". Just a thought....I also love the stone with the flowers, you are very clever!

NemesisGenesis · #19 07-27-2012

Great idea pumpkin!! I can probably pump out a bunch if I make an event out of it.

NemesisGenesis · #20 07-31-2012

Quick status update.

Not sure if I mentioned but I'm super ADD. Although the medication helps I still have a tendency to start a million things at the same time. With that said, you'll notice I'm juggling pretty much all my projects at once.

Mausoleum: Finished the outside walls and the entrance. Made my wife dance around like an FCG to illustrate the effect, lol. She's a good sport. Still need to add some trim/detail, paint, and design how the FCG will fit.

I also had a pretty neat idea I'm hoping will pre to be effective. I really wan a rolling fog coming from the stairs on the mausoleum. Since the fog stays on the ground if it is cooler than the air around it, what if I tried keeping the air around it as warm as possible as well as chilling the fog? I would keep the fog chiller outside of the mausoleum and blow it in. Since the entire mausoleum is built with insulation, what if I stuck a radiator space heater in there and used clear window insulation film to cover some of the door opening?
I'll experiment and let everyone know if it makes a difference.

Tombstones:
Two more done.

Entrance Archway:
I finished the design and started building the frame. This thing is going to be 10ft tall, 12ft wide, and 2 ft thick. It is designed to come apart into 4 pieces for easier transportation and storage. See design below.

Started building the frame and bending the 1inch foam board.

Also, I've decided it's best to keep all the stuff I'm doing under one thread so I don't clutter up the forum. Unless of course it doesn't make sense to post to this section.

As always, feedback, suggestions, or comments are much appreciated!!