September 2014
; By Maurice Cedeno
Projects & Features
08 Leonard Pickel
On Haunting
61 Monster in a Box
10 Haunting 101:
The Basics of Boo
Here are 13 prop ideas to get
you started in haunting.
Give your treaters a nice trick
with this prop that’ll keep ’em
wondering what’s trying to
get out.
; By Jamie Cunningham
; By Steve Koci
18 Build the Peek-A-Boo
Ghost
Not all decorations have to be
scary. Have some fun with this
quick build.
68 Automating Your
Haunt Using PICAXE
Microcontrollers
Instead of actors running your
haunt, use electronics instead.
; By Steve Koci
; By Kevin Goodwin
74 Ruby’s Flame
30 Halloween Events
Add “fire” to your next display.
; By Don Powell
32 The Inner Workings
of Rock Golem
So, just how do you build
a 12 foot tall, 300 pound
colossus?
80 What Do You Want On
Your Tombstone?
Save time and money making
decorations with CNC.
; By Shannon Chappell
; By Len Shelton
and Melissa Shelton
38 Behind the Boo With
Scare for a Cure
Learn firsthand what it takes to
run FX for a charity haunt.
; By Jake Morrison
89 The Crypt Creature
This entombed skeleton prop
is startling good fun.
44 PumpkinFX
Learn how to animate a
character’s mouth to match
music or speech.
Departments
; By Graham Best
54 Trio de los Muertos
Mix animation and psychology
with this fun prop to liven up
your next “Day of the Dead”
celebration.
06 ISSUE INTRO
26 NEW PRODUCTS
29 SHOWCASE
66 ELECTRO-NET
86 NV WEBSTORE
94 TECH FORUM
96 AD INDEX
; By Marvin Niebuhr
and Vern Graner
97 CLASSIFIEDS
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