Creep Acres Build Thread 2010

[Pumpkin King]

So it's been awhile...

For some reason nI haven't really posted an update in awhile...

1) The haunt is in the garage and about half way asembled.

2) I'm working hard to get as many panells up and ready to be painted this weekend.

3) Here's a link to pictures... http://my-halloween-haunt.blogspot.c...0/09/well.html

That's it for now...

[Pumpkin King]

Wood supply!

Is slowly dwindling!

[Pumpkin King]

Even more pictures!

We're gradually getting more panells! Here's a few pics of random panells.

[Pumpkin King]

More pictures

Sorry about the quality of the pics, it was a choice between taking pictures on our camcorder or taking high quality pictures which take forever to load.

This is the garage. Today I will be working on clearing it out.




Heres some fece pickets I got, all for $20! They'll cover two 4 foot panells.

[Pumpkin King]

Pictures

As stated before, we will be loading the set for the first half of the haunt next weekend.

Here's a bunch of random props from last year. They aren't very realistic, but they'll do their jobs.


Here's the prop for the first room. It will get beefed out with chicken wire and will get a mask and shoes to make it look better.



This is one of the donation boxes for this year. It should look pretty cool when complete. All donations will go to charity, but I'm having a hard time deciding which one.

[Pumpkin King]

Update

Oli- Right now I have a very limited haunt budget, but in future years I'd love to work with you.

Regarding the 2' wide hallways- They're happenning. If it's a problem, I'll learn.

We are scheduled to load the garage next weekend. Right now I'm scrambling to get as many pannells as possible completed. I'll post pictures tomorow, right now it's too dark. In a few weeks the fun part begins, detailing. Stay tuned! One more thing- today I got a bunch of 6" by 4' fence pickets from Home Depot for 60 cents each. For $20, I got enough to completely cover at least two 4' by 8' panells. I'm looking foreward to building more this year.

[Oli_sleven]

Need any technical or graphical help?
Be sure to PM me

[Pumpkin King]

First Few Pannels

Yesterday I got up and spent the day working on the haunt. First I had to sort out the two by threes based on what pannels they were used in last year. This year I'm converting all but one room to the standard 4' by 8' pannels, so I had to find the one room that I couldn't cut up and make pannels out of.

I Made pannels leaning them against the deck. It was actually pretty easy.

I moved the frames to their current storage spot and then screwed on the OSB. When we're ready to move them into the garage, it'll be a two man job.


In the end I got three 4' by 7' pannels complete and two more are just a few minutes away from completion. In addition I finished two 1' by 7' pannels and I have one 3' by 7' panell almost done. I propbably won't post more pics until we actually start putting pannels up and begin detailing. Happy Haunting!

[Pumpkin King]

And so it begins...

Yesterday I started working on the table for the first room. It will be painted black and eventually have a prop mounted on it.


I couldn't really get much else done because of wasps infesting my storage area-


Last night I went out back and used up an entire can of Raid. Finally I pulled away the tarp and JACKPOT!!!!!


Today I'm going to sort out the two by threes and try to build a few 4' by 7' pannells! I'll post tonight with progress pics! Happy Haunting!

[scarygoat]

If you are not having any props in your scenes, then maybe they will be big enough.... but you gotta trust us on the hallway thing. They really should be wider than 2ft.

[Pumpkin King]

Scene Eight

#8, it actually might be a couple feet bigger, but still, it and all the other rooms would be too small to actually create a 'scene' in.

That's actually in a redneck street, joined with scene six and separated by a see through barrier. It should be large enough with the two joined together. Plus it doesn't need a lot of props. It should be creepy enough by itself.

[scarygoat]

#8, it actually might be a couple feet bigger, but still, it and all the other rooms would be too small to actually create a 'scene' in.

[Pumpkin King]

6' By 7' Room

I see one of your bigger rooms is only 6' by 7' which is really small, you won't be able to fit much in there.

Which room is that? I can't figure out which number you're referring to. Thanks for the input and again I really appriciate it!

[scarygoat]

I have not personally used 2' halls because it isn't really safe. It is way to narrow, some people, specially in a group would not be able to fit through it. I would suggest making your halls and rooms a bit bigger by just cutting some of them out. I see one of your bigger rooms is only 6' by 7' which is really small, you won't be able to fit much in there. If you want, take some tape and mark out part of your haunt in your garage w/ actually dimensions you will realize how small each room and hall is. Just change your design a bit.

[Pumpkin King]

2' Wide Hallways

I concur with scarygoat. 2 ft wide is just to narrow, I did that one year and people had problems finding there way around corners and other areas. Now I recommend a 3ft min for hallway width. It still gives a small space but it more to work with than using 4x8 plywood standards. Personally I use 4x8 plywood walls along side 3x8 plywood walls. Trust us when we say that 2ft wide is smaller than it seems on the drawing board, and 3ft is just right.

Scarygoat- We do use a modular system of 1, 2, 3, and 4 foot by 7' walls. The seven feet height is because of the height of the garage door when opened, and it's easiest to use that throughout the whole garage.

About the 2' wide sections- Scareside and Scarygoat- were people actually getting stuck in your 2' wide sections or just disoriented? I used a few 2' wide sections in the haunt last year and it didn't seem like much of a problem. Personally I think it makes it more real, and hell, if they get stuck, it adds to the fun and scare factor wihout putting them in any serious danger- right? Looking at a tape measure it seems plenty wide and from my experiences works pretty well so long as the whole haunt isn't 2' wide hallways. Plus, if I wanted wider hallways, I'd pretty much have to redo the entire layout.

Thanks a ton for your input guys, it really means a lot!