Nico wrote:

Really enjoyed this thread James, you put a lot of work in, but defo worth it mate  

Thanks Andy  

WOW!

Love it, its awesome man! The Jason statue (or is it an outfit?) thats totally bad ass  

A_new_hope wrote:

WOW!

Love it, its awesome man! The Jason statue (or is it an outfit?) thats totally bad ass  

Thanks Man  

That Jason is actually me in my costume I put togeather - all the pieces/parts were purchased seperately and then I heavily customized and painted everything to suit me and try to match the Jason from Friday The 13th Part 7 "The New Blood"  

Well Jim, to sum it all up in one word......................
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I think my machete might be better than yours   but hey it's me,would you expect anything less?

Thanks Alex  
 
You even posted my all time fav picture - I swear I am going to have that pic framed one of these days and hang that sum bitch on my wall  
 
cool Jason costume - yes , mine might be slightly better but it took me at least 2 months total over 2 Halloweens to get it to that point  
 
your "machete" is certainly longer and better than mine though

     
 
man if I tried that in my little town the cops would be there in about 10 minutes

ourchickenshack wrote:

You even posted my all time fav picture - I swear I am going to have that pic framed one of these days and hang that sum bitch on my wall  

James my friend, you have a disturbing fascination with Alex's ass.  It must be the fact that it is giving the rest of us nightmares.    The thing horror stories are made of.  

Looks like you had another great year scaring the heck out of the trick or treater's. 

You neighbor lady looks like quite a character as well. 

I'll be looking forward to seeing your display again next year my friend.

Commander Clint wrote:

ourchickenshack wrote:

You even posted my all time fav picture - I swear I am going to have that pic framed one of these days and hang that sum bitch on my wall  

James my friend, you have a disturbing fascination with Alex's ass.  It must be the fact that it is giving the rest of us nightmares.    The thing horror stories are made of.  

Looks like you had another great year scaring the heck out of the trick or treater's. 

You neighbor lady looks like quite a character as well. 

I'll be looking forward to seeing your display again next year my friend.

 
 
 
 
 
Thanks Clint !!
 
yes , I do have a strange fascination with that pic of Alex's booty - it just cracks me up everytime I see it   
 
Its the idea and comedy of it that makes me smile - even if something is getting me down , seeing such a irreverent image makes me think ...
 

 
It shows that enjoying the humor of life is far more important to me then holding on to hostility - if people can't take a joke Frack 'em ... and then show them your ass  
 
 
and besides ... have you seen that ass ??? That is as fine a specimen of rump roast as I have ever seen  

THE RETURN OF THE CHICKENSHACK HOUSE OF HORROR (2014 REMASTERED DEAD EDITION)


Well It's that time of year again and my Halloween preparations started about 5 days ago

The majority of my previous years props are out already and I have started working on a few new ones too .

My big project I want to complete this year is a autopsy table - it has been on my agenda for a couple of years . I had thought I wanted a gurney or some sort of metal table but gave up on finding "just the right thing" and built my own :



The Table's frame is constructed with plywood (for strength) but I scabbed some old cedar fence boards that were in pretty rough shape over the top of the plywood frame - I think it gave the table more of a homemade maniac look

The dummy on the table is a medical/cpr mannequin - he has a lot of cavities that will be perfect for goreing up ...



I have a lot of work to do on the dummy and I will show it in stages as I customize him . I also plan to stage some new small scenes in the compartments below the table


Up until this year Leatherface stood inside my house looking out the front porch window . Since I finally started the table I needed to move him outside for the scene . Now that he is more visible I had to give him a good makeover ...






The biggest problem I had with him was the pvc pipe frame I made for his body kept popping apart at the joints . I thought they would be good enough without gluing them so I could change poses but was wrong ... so this year I disassembled him and glued it all in a good enough pose (I hope ) .

I did a lot of adjustment on the stuffing for the body to try and make it look a little more human and added new hands that were a little more manly  then the old ones .

I painted and dirtied up the hands and darkened the skin tone on the head under the mask ...



I had added the new eyes last year but they were too white so I yellowed them up and added some veins



I bought several new props last year after Halloween (because I'm a cheap bastard) . I will be doing custom work to all of them and show them as they progress . I hope you horror freaks out there get a kick out of my mental illness

 Halloween always starts in September when James is around.

That's a good idea to use the CPR mannequin with all those cavities of his just waiting to be filled with gore  
Imagine the amount of people who have given him the kiss of life, now it's sure to be filled with maggots and slime and spiders, LOL.


Leatherface is looking really good! Those eyes, you did a great job on yellowing and veining them up. In fact those eyes are giving me nightmares each time I look at them. I think his pose is good too. Maybe it's the photo or lighting, but I think his gums are a bit too pink?

Good idea to give the autopsy table its own internal display space  

Really cool work as always. Look forward to the updates!

ourchickenshack wrote:

THE RETURN OF THE CHICKENSHACK HOUSE OF HORROR (2014 REMASTERED DEAD EDITION)


Well It's that time of year again and my Halloween preparations started about 5 days ago

The majority of my previous years props are out already and I have started working on a few new ones too .

My big project I want to complete this year is a autopsy table - it has been on my agenda for a couple of years . I had thought I wanted a gurney or some sort of metal table but gave up on finding "just the right thing" and built my own :



The Table's frame is constructed with plywood (for strength) but I scabbed some old cedar fence boards that were in pretty rough shape over the top of the plywood frame - I think it gave the table more of a homemade maniac look

The dummy on the table is a medical/cpr mannequin - he has a lot of cavities that will be perfect for goreing up ...



I have a lot of work to do on the dummy and I will show it in stages as I customize him . I also plan to stage some new small scenes in the compartments below the table


Up until this year Leatherface stood inside my house looking out the front porch window . Since I finally started the table I needed to move him outside for the scene . Now that he is more visible I had to give him a good makeover ...






The biggest problem I had with him was the pvc pipe frame I made for his body kept popping apart at the joints . I thought they would be good enough without gluing them so I could change poses but was wrong ... so this year I disassembled him and glued it all in a good enough pose (I hope ) .

I did a lot of adjustment on the stuffing for the body to try and make it look a little more human and added new hands that were a little more manly then the old ones .

I painted and dirtied up the hands and darkened the skin tone on the head under the mask ...



I had added the new eyes last year but they were too white so I yellowed them up and added some veins



I bought several new props last year after Halloween (because I'm a cheap bastard) . I will be doing custom work to all of them and show them as they progress . I hope you horror freaks out there get a kick out of my mental illness

 Great stuff James, bring it on bro 

Goretastic James. I'm looking forward to seeing your other creations for this year.

Thanks Guys !! Glad you are looking forward to the updates  

Artoo_Detour wrote:

Leatherface is looking really good! Those eyes, you did a great job on yellowing and veining them up. In fact those eyes are giving me nightmares each time I look at them. I think his pose is good too. Maybe it's the photo or lighting, but I think his gums are a bit too pink?

Your right , the gums were bugging me too because they were just too pink . It wasn't quite as noticeable until I darkened the overall skin tone on the head under the mask .

The Evolution of Leatherface :

Last year :



This year :



This is what he looks like now after I darkened the gums  




The work begins on the dummy



Gutted the midsection of the working cpr parts and cut apart a cheap plastic skull to form the face part on the head cavity  ...



replaced 1 eye with a more realistic insert like the others I have used ...





and then had fun with the spare parts





a lot more work to do on the dummy ....

Freaking awesome Bro I would love to probe that brain of yours hmmm wait a sec that might make the twisted thoughts in mine worse lol. BTW do they have a Zombie walk in your area as I could just picture what you would look like in one of them .

The Cpr dummy looks ace Leatherface's gums are better too.

Sterling work yet again Jim, the new and improved leather face looks awesome, much more realistic and gruesome
The work you have done so far on the dummy looks brilliant too, I shall enjoy watching its progress during the build up to the big night :grr:
I'm just not sure how you are able to show such gory and scary stuff outside your home with out the Police coming round to investigate

Thanks again guys

I still need to do a bit more work on Leatherface though - his clothes are way too clean and he needs a little blood too I think


The cpr dummy has a very long way to go - hopefully by the time I get done with him he will no longer be recognizable as a dummy


Hows that old song go ... "I get by with a little help from my friends ...?"

Your not going to believe this shit but check out what my little friend did for me ...








His web is actually attached to 3 of my props - the bone cross , the tiki torch and a groundbreaker skeleton that is in front of the other props (not in the pic) ...

is this a good omen

I hope so because my spidey sense is tingling

Very cool James 
Your little friend looks to be getting bigger   
You still feeding him 

Dang that thing is getting big. People better keep a grip on their kids or else James little friend will get even bigger lol

CPR Dummy update :

I used paper towels dipped in latex to build up some gore and flesh on the face cavity ...


(still needs painted   )

I cut the top of his head off , inserted a skull part off the same cheapo skull I used for the face ...



I will use the same paper towel and latex method to build up gore around the skull ...


I also made a couple quick easy props :

This one was the worse fake prop hand I have ever seen and I was always embarrassed to put it out (except for a very far in the background prop) . My wife pointed out that it looked more like a monkey hand then human which gave me a idea






I tried my best to make me a Monkey Paw as a small tribute to Edgar Allen Poe

completely repainted it and hot glued some hair that I cut off a old nasty wig

I guess it is a bit too big to really call a Monkey Paw so I will say it's a Gorilla Paw  


This is a Funkin (Foam Pumpkin) that I carved as a tribute to the "Trick 'R Treat" movie ...



Not much to look at during the daylight but I did a real pumpkin like this last year and , at night when it is lit , it looks really cool  

BTW : I highly recommend the Funkins for the upcoming Pumpkin Carving Contest  


These were 3 masks I bought a couple years ago and always hated the colors they used to paint them ... so I repainted them :

I bought this Dog Skull a couple of days ago for $15 at cvs pharmacy :



Although it was a bit on the cheesy side I knew I could make it look a little better without a whole lot of effort . I liked it because I only have human skulls and this was a bit of a change ... plus it howls when you trigger it

I cut the ears off with my dremel and filled in the holes with milliput , gave it a new base paint coat and did my usual ageing / staining techniques and this was the end result ...

Halloween is going to the dogs.

Nicely done James.

Thanks Clint

Dog-gone it James that dog skull looks good  



It did look a bit too cute before with its floppy bone ears.




Did you know there is a gentleman's club just for skelly dogs?