Gargoyle pedestal

I made a entrance piece this weekend, a gargoyle pedestal stand.
It will go at the front entrance gate, under the Cemetery sign.
Constructed out of Styrofoam and a cement form.

my Gorgon

Medusa is almost finished. Busy weekend so I didn't have much time to work on my props.
Gave her another coat of Monster Mud, and painted her with black spray paint for those hard to reach places, and two shades of gray latex. I want to do a coat of stone spray paint, for a bit more texture and seal her with something. More research to do, but thankfully there are such amazing haunters documenting their processes. I see so much rad stuff out there, and I want to make it all!

her blood has the power to raise the dead

My first experience with Monster Mud, and Medusa is looking quite awesome. I need another coat of Mud and paint treatment is still to come. The guys at the hardware store thought I was quite hilarious when I was explaining what I wanted the drywall joint compound for. The one guy was begging me to come back and tell him if it worked, bring photos. I may have inadvertently created a future haunter.
She has mirrors for eyes and it looks great even in daylight. You kind of catch movement reflected in her eyes and it is quite spooky. I am going to try to shove some glow sticks inside her head on Halloween, and it should light up the mirrored eyes a bit as there is a small gap between the mirrors and the eye socket.

Medusa

The thing I love most about getting ready for Halloween is the ingenuity it brings out. hmmm...what can I do with a mannequin torso, an old tripod and some chicken wire? Why, make a Medusa statue for the cemetery obviously.
Here she is in the first stages:



yep, there is an exposed breast. Medusa is quite saucy.

some old nightshots

I need to get back out soon, haven't been shooting a lot lately




painting with light