HOW-TO BUILD IT

Home Haunt Video: Dr.Phobia’s Madness

Posted 15 Nov 2011 in HOW-TO BUILD IT
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It’s been busy at Scary Visions for the last few weeks. I finally produced some of my videos and pictures from this Halloween and entered the Home Haunter’s Association Contest. The deadline is November 20th, so you better get busy if you’re going to enter. There are many good Haunts in there! If you don’t want to register, just go check out the page and watch all the videos that have been added. You will get tons of ideas for next year! Here is my creation this year. But first let me say a few things about my Haunt. Dr.Phobia is built with 90% Recycled Material. I found all the privacy fence in the trash. The chain link was...

How NOT to Build a 10′ Walking Tree

Posted 02 Feb 2011 in HOW-TO BUILD IT

I got this insane idea to try and build a 10′ foot tall tree out of an old backpack frame, chicken wire skeleton, 1 x 1′s, and PVC pipe. We had an outdoor haunt so we wanted a tall tree charging out of the fog covered forest. I needed light materials because it was going to be heavy. I’m a pretty strong guy but I needed it to be functionable. After observing Gore Galore’s masterpieces up close at TransWorld the inspiration burned inside me until it guided me to the garage without struggle a few days later. Seeing their tall walking stalker costumes online is no comparison to watching them dance around you as sounds of air compressors echo in your head, as...

Homemade Fog Scents

Posted 07 Nov 2010 in HOW-TO BUILD IT
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      This is from Eyegore at http://www.halloweenforum.com/tutorials-step-step/92014-homemade-fog-scents.html Homemade Fog Scents These make great secret reaper gifts! I started testing some custom scents. I read everything I could regarding essential oils, and fragrances oils (which isn’t even an oil). After testing the safety of the fog vapors on both the eyes and mouth, as well as the safety of using it in a fogger; I have come to the conclusion that it works just as good as the commercial stuff, and is safe. I experimented mixing fragrance oils together for my custom fog scents. The price is a little bit less vs buying ready made scents, plus it’s more fun to make them yourself! This isn’t a tutorial, so...