Not pictured is the Axworthy's Ghost that I had running across the whole yard. It only lasted a handful of trips across the 100 ft or so span, but for something scrounged from pulleys and bungee cords and powered by vacuum cleaner belts, I was pretty excited to see it work at all.
This was difficult to photograph, but it's a Flying Crank Ghost I made with a low RPM motor, some black lighting, and cheesecloth. I was pretty happy with the face that I made for it out of just newspaper and masking tape.
The Graveyard from the house. You can see the fence I made out of PVC and 1x8's. I was pretty proud of the skulls on top which were carved out from cheap plastic and coated in plaster.
These headstones were all hand carved, painted, and weathered from Styrofoam and covered in gypsum. The gothic cross in the back right was my crowning achievement.
Here's an example of an augmented cheap plastic skeleton. I carved out all of the ribs and cavities, remolded the pelvis and skull, and then weathered the entire thing to make a $10 prop actually look relatively good.
Just a little weathering on this one.
A little weathering, dressing, and positioning. A good view of the PVC pipes in the fence, too.
Lastly, I made this medieval cage with some 1x8's and thin slat meant for shims all painted to look like rusted metal. Not bad for cheap materials, an afternoon of work, and free hand design.
It took a while to get a rope over the tree in a good spot,
but I ran some chain to the actual cage for authenticity.
A standard plastic store bought skeleton inside worked fine since the cage was the visual focus.
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