FX Update—ZERG RUSH!
And what a rush it's been ... quite a few valiant haunters have made their way into the LAB in the last few weekends, and I believe that almost without fail I've had tasks to offer them. Even more amazing, these tasks were getting done!
Elmo has been finish-sculpted; laid up with water clay as a stand-in for the detail layer of the mold; had both sides of the mother mold made in plaster; and then popped open and de-clayed (one side at a time) so now we have a full silicone mold of the sculpt. And now the sculpt is no more; removed, to be re-used later for another monster at another time.
Maria's skulls have come to beautiful fruition and have been molded in silicone; next up, one or more positives, with the possibility of vacuum or other molding for finals to be put into use as decorations.
The vacuum former oven has been eluding perfection, but Corey did some valiant work on it and it's so almost there; I'm tempted, though, to just put a propane burner into it. Fire is something that is most reliably hot.
A bunch of people have poked at the cable-crimping task for the Vortex Tunnel (Maria's tag-alongs, Anna, Yvonne, and probably others) and we are now ready to do the final assembly on the vortex's spinning section.
Jean made the hoops for the inner cage, and I'm in the process of building the bridge. So close!
The roto molder is going through final experiments on belts to drive it, but since Baby Leroy is now fully molded (though I want to poke the mother mold shell a bit more) we can spin up a roto mold test any day now.
Becca (right?) and family, and Nora, and others, have been working on baby parts, which will have to find their way into production soon too. Kenny (I believe) has been doing amazing work in form to set up the shapes for larger body parts, too.
Eric has been rebuilding some fog machines (with built in chillers) that came from a donation, but were broken; he's cannibalizing lesser machines to bring these valuable devices to life, and with good success. He also built a Key of Gabriel sculpt and has put up the mold around it; next step, removing the mold, repairing it (I did mention mold release, I know I did), and then duplicating. Eric has also helped with Elmo, and other hands-on tasks.
Marina (with some help from Nora) did fabulous work on aging a bit of furniture and I can't wait to turn them loose on more things; Marina also donated her arm for a prop (half molded now, soon to be finished and duplicated), and has been helping in various aspects at the lab as well.
Decorative books are in progress via Marla.
Some of us now have a concrete plan for the stabbing (Eric, Marina, and I had a quiet moment somehow).
Goodness, Nora and other people whose names escape me did work on duplicating some ceramic insulators, to good effect. I now have a 15-gang mold to do the final duplicates!
Ben wired up the gore pump, and it works beautifully.
What else.... hmmmm....
I'm sure I missed a handful of names and projects but, as you can see, we have been busy. And there is still stuff to do, NOT TO MENTION, the need to work at the Bunker and install all of these wondrous things there... and more.
Not only are we making props for this year's haunt, we are making TOOLS and developing SKILLS to make later years even more exciting and dramatic. Thanks guys, y'all are great!
Elmo has been finish-sculpted; laid up with water clay as a stand-in for the detail layer of the mold; had both sides of the mother mold made in plaster; and then popped open and de-clayed (one side at a time) so now we have a full silicone mold of the sculpt. And now the sculpt is no more; removed, to be re-used later for another monster at another time.
Maria's skulls have come to beautiful fruition and have been molded in silicone; next up, one or more positives, with the possibility of vacuum or other molding for finals to be put into use as decorations.
The vacuum former oven has been eluding perfection, but Corey did some valiant work on it and it's so almost there; I'm tempted, though, to just put a propane burner into it. Fire is something that is most reliably hot.
A bunch of people have poked at the cable-crimping task for the Vortex Tunnel (Maria's tag-alongs, Anna, Yvonne, and probably others) and we are now ready to do the final assembly on the vortex's spinning section.
Jean made the hoops for the inner cage, and I'm in the process of building the bridge. So close!
The roto molder is going through final experiments on belts to drive it, but since Baby Leroy is now fully molded (though I want to poke the mother mold shell a bit more) we can spin up a roto mold test any day now.
Becca (right?) and family, and Nora, and others, have been working on baby parts, which will have to find their way into production soon too. Kenny (I believe) has been doing amazing work in form to set up the shapes for larger body parts, too.
Eric has been rebuilding some fog machines (with built in chillers) that came from a donation, but were broken; he's cannibalizing lesser machines to bring these valuable devices to life, and with good success. He also built a Key of Gabriel sculpt and has put up the mold around it; next step, removing the mold, repairing it (I did mention mold release, I know I did), and then duplicating. Eric has also helped with Elmo, and other hands-on tasks.
Marina (with some help from Nora) did fabulous work on aging a bit of furniture and I can't wait to turn them loose on more things; Marina also donated her arm for a prop (half molded now, soon to be finished and duplicated), and has been helping in various aspects at the lab as well.
Decorative books are in progress via Marla.
Some of us now have a concrete plan for the stabbing (Eric, Marina, and I had a quiet moment somehow).
Goodness, Nora and other people whose names escape me did work on duplicating some ceramic insulators, to good effect. I now have a 15-gang mold to do the final duplicates!
Ben wired up the gore pump, and it works beautifully.
What else.... hmmmm....
I'm sure I missed a handful of names and projects but, as you can see, we have been busy. And there is still stuff to do, NOT TO MENTION, the need to work at the Bunker and install all of these wondrous things there... and more.
Not only are we making props for this year's haunt, we are making TOOLS and developing SKILLS to make later years even more exciting and dramatic. Thanks guys, y'all are great!
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