Category: Guild Wars

Masks, contest, pumpkins, preseason, and a Ouija board.

Busy, busy.

Mask update on Kyle. We have the basics down, gotta get some painting and details in on it.

From 2011 buildup

Perfect fit (I would hope so), split up the rear for easy on/off. Top and sides left breathable, huge opening for the nose and mouth. Tried to remove all the things that make a mask uncomfortable, but otherwise an update of his from last year:

From The Harvest

Not sure whether we’ll get one in for me or not. I kinda want to, but also dread it, some of you may recall I get rather claustrophobic in masks…

Finished up my entry for the Guild Wars Art Contest with a little editting help from my wife. I don’t have the editted version online, but here’s the base pic.

From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011

My uncle lets me know the pumpkins are ready to pick.

From 2011 buildup

We’ve already been to another uncle’s to grab the corn…beginning the official preseason display.
(sorry didn’t feel like breaking out the tripod)

From 2011 buildup

there’s something simple and creepy about just the light coming through the corn, however.

From 2011 buildup

Add a little fog, I might have to find a way of using that…

Talia’s impression of the corn: “Let’s go in and find our way out again!” If only I had that much room…

Finally, I got word of an attempt to make the largest ouija board session Halloween night. If you’re into that kind of thing, check it out: http://www.ouijaexperiment.com/

It’s that time of year again.

Hmm, driving home, color starting to change, crisp 34 degree temps. Ah, IT IS TIME!

Lagoon has started their Halloween season.

With all this travel, I have pretty much settled in on what we’re doing for the year, and a lot of that is waiting for time to harvest. But, I gotta scratch the itch somehow…

Once again, I think we’ll enter the Guild Wars Halloween Art Contest.

Skipped it last year, after Charr had won in 2009. I think it’s time to go again, just to have a little fun with the season change. Now, to find a suitable subject….

From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011

The bridge of death.

I’ve circled in on our major project for the year. The bridge of death.

As with 90% of our naming convention, it’s name originates in comedy.

The beginnings of the idea took shape years ago, when a circular hole was worn into our grass…Last year was also rough on the grass.

From 2011 buildup

“A boardwalk”, I thought, would be the perfect solution. But, I just couldn’t get past how to integrate such a thing into our yard. Still, it remained in the back of my head.

I’ve long posted how one of the places I find inspiration is in Guild Wars. Both Project Nightfall and Charr coming directly from there. The latter even winning their Halloween contest.

I was out sight-seeing and stumbled on this, and instantly fell in love.

From Bridge of Death
From Bridge of Death

A ruined bridge to nowhere. Call me crazy, but I can see it fitting in quite well…

From The Harvest

Fewer uprights to block views, yes…I can also see my skulls sitting on some of those uprights, bringing back some of the field of skulls to the equation.

I needed wood. LOTS of wood. My wife mentioned as much on Facebook, I’ve mentioned it to several folks, and we’ve gone knocking on a few doors of houses I’ve noticed lost fences over the winter.

Friends and neighbors have been pouring in donations so far. Downed fences are the ideal, but any scrap wood is useful. If you know of anyone looking to offload some, send em my way.

The Final Charr Report.

With my Froggy’s order showing up this week, and the deadline swiftly approaching, it’s time for the final Charr report:

From Year of the Charr

It’s really not often a SINGLE project takes me this long. We’ve been working on this in fits and starts since MARCH!!!

From Year of the Charr

And, this thing comes at the expense of the first big props we built utilizing mostly paper mache…but, it will certainly serve as a suitable upgrade.

From Year of the Charr

Contest entry out of the way…we can now tear everything down for the coming storm on Monday, and wait patiently for my vacation to begin next Saturday…