Ourchickenshack's House of Horror : Return of The Living Dead Oklahoma Chainsaw Massacre

Thanks Bill

Sorry to hear about your shoulder - I hope the surgery helps you out

I still really want to see some pics of your previous Halloween displays even if you can't do a display this year

Mabey if you go directly to you tube and just search for ourchickenshack (my 3 videos will be your only results   ) you can watch them directly from there  




Thanks Ian  

If I remember right I think it may have been Julie's suggestion to put the baby head in place of the nut - she's a twisted bitch  

Hey if Trump wins the presidency here we have talked about moving to Canada  

You and Clint live pretty close to each other so we'll just find a nice little town in between to move to  


We picked up a whole slew of messed up baby dolls right before Halloween last year for a few dollars the last day of a local estate sale . They made it into the display ...

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As I mentioned before , last year I was so busy with other projects that I didn't do much new stuff . The baby dolls were a new addition but I really didn't do much to them .

I added the Raven in this pic ...

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The wreath and devil mask here ...

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I didn't do anything to the wreath yet but I will do some weathering to it this year . The mask was a garage sale find for $1 and I just repainted it ...

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Ian_C wrote:Let's hope for everyone's sake that first part doesn't happen.  If it does, and you guys move, I have the perfect city for you.  You've heard of Wayne Gretzky?  Or the inventor of the phone, Alexander Graham Bell?  Their hometown is pretty much dead center between me and Clint.  I'll help you unpack, LOL.

Ian

sounds awesome - I'll provide the beer and finger foods of course

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Btw - The fingers and ears were bought to hand out to deserving trick or treater's a couple years ago - I just repainted the fingers but I added the gore on the backs of the ears with latex and paper towels  

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Nico wrote:James I'm loving that Raven mate Reminds me of a great scene from Omen 2

And that head below Frankenstein (Krueger or Frank from Hellraiser) is frickin awesome

The bag of rats looks great also

I try to add lot's of small tributes to horror movies and writers in my display . I bought the raven because I thought it was a nice ode to Poe

I also made this Monkeys Paw out of a awful prop hand I had acquired that didn't look human to me ...

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Just mostly a repaint but I added the hair too


The head you are referring to is a small nod to Hellraiser

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I did a little touch up to the paint but the main thing I did to it was add the eye inserts . A few years ago I discovered some cheap but pretty realistic and well made eye inserts that I started using on most of my heads in the display - it's a simple touch but really seems to add quite a bit of realism to the props

The Monkey's paw is a great addition James  
You done a great job with the eyes mate, I'm a big fan of Hellraiser(first 3)
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Thanks Andy  

Combined with repainting the heads , the eye inserts really add a more realistic look ...

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I add the veining and yellow up the eyes a little to try and help with the realism


Some props I just repaint primarily though ...

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I added the "Hair Handle" to make it easy to carry and throw at trick or treaters

Thank you again guys

I really look forward to seeing your Halloween décor Bill


Here's another example of a cheap prop I bought a few years ago , I believe with the 50 % off after Halloween discount I paid $15 (or less) ...

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I got rid of the stupid little shirt it was wearing , added eye inserts and did a repaint ...

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Then I used another one of my favorite techniques that's very simple to do ...

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Spray Foam with a spine bone added ...

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Then a little Liquid Latex around the edges ...

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add a little paint ...

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Everything included I spent less then $25 total on this prop  

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This is where he hangs now ...

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Here's a couple very cheap props I made mostly with crap around the house and spray foam ...

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Nothing fancy but they make good background space fillers

Here's another cheap prop , which was just a mask I bought for $5 or so  

The first year I just put it on a tiki torch and called it good  

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I was not satisfied of course , and since it was too big to really wear as a mask , I made a corpse head out of it .

Before Paint ...

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After ...

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I filled the mask with poly foam then sealed over the eye and neck holes with my usual latex and paper towel combo to get the gore effect . Added the neck bone and a little paint ...

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Then back to the torch ...

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I have several other Tiki Torches scattered around the perimeter of the display in our yard - the lighting from them on Halloween night helps add a little creepiness .

I have to do a little enhancement to them of course ...

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Thanks again Bill  


Here's a Norma Bates prop I made ...

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My vulture basket that kind of evolves each year ...

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one of the main changes was the eye in the vultures mouth ...

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The one on the left was what I had made originally but , after I discovered the better eye inserts , I made another eye and then replaced one eye on the head in the basket and tried to make it look like the other eye had been ripped out ...

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This pic reminds me of Zombie Flesh Eaters  
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James, love this thread brother