The Haunt at Hellizondo

Ok first off Live blogging sounds cool but it means you have to stop working to do it. No Bueno.

From here on out I’ll live blog anything that gets finished and looks cool. As in finished like it will look in the haunt.

Otherwise I will do a daily post each evening.

Today was a productive day!

Zac and I got the frame up for the black light area with out falling off the ladder. However I almost destroyed the fountain. Almost. Good thing I shot a video of how it went together last year before we took it apart.

Bill came over today to help (Kendra, Zac, Courtney, and Colleana’s dad). He kicked ass! Usually he’s a real talker so I put a brush in his hand and said talk to these booths! He painted almost all three by himself. Yay Bill!

Patty, Courtney, Tricia, and Kendra attended to blinging the f**k out of the Scarousel today. Tomorrow it gets put together. The bedazzlement is beyond belief!

Joe and I wrapped the five  light poles with electricians tape to make them a little more burton/carnivalesque.

Zac made two more meat hooks for our goriest display yet. Stay tuned!

Meanwhile Jay patiently laid down some fine lines of black to finish off the painting of the Scarousel.

Here it comes, like a semi-truck jack-knifing across the centerline barrier at 70mph. Halloween!

One week until opening day. I might actually have 100 things left to do on my to-do list. I am taking all of next week off of work. I will get it done.

Creating a whole new theme in one year is a huge undertaking. You can never know how long it will take to build something the first time you try. You can’t predict how much you can get done in a year. The only thing that will get it done is determination. Maybe determination and Meth. We’ll see.

To pile on my stress, people from my work are coming. People from the creative dept. F**k, now it has be sweet. I talk a big game at work, can I make come together in time? Will I be embarrassed?

Time to chill out. Have a drink. Calm down. No one knows what it is supposed to look like. Ahhh…I feel better.

Bullshit. I’ll know. Time to get crackin.

I’ll be posting pictures all day everyday starting tomorrow of the build progress and props as they get finished. Live blogging? Undead blogging?

I’ll also be posting to facebook so add me as a friend and “Like” the Hellizondo Haunt page.

Stay scary!

Usually this time of year its dry as a bone. Some where there is usually a giant forest fire raging. High winds whip through the yard into a tempest of ash and debris.

This year it has chosen to rain. Please let the 10 day forecast be true. 70f with clear skies.

This weekend was a birthday weekend, but we still got a lot done. It’s getting to the point where so much has to be crammed in to so little time that I forget to take pictures.

Zac and I build the candy shack, where delectably ghoulish treats will be available.

I stacked the skulls for Bowl the Skull in a permanent fashion while Russell and Kendra painted the booth for me.

Zac and Joe built a bed of nails for firebringer to sit on this year.

Joe helped me build a super sturdy table for the Museum of Oddities, while Patty turned an old groundbreaker into a puppet.

After installing wiper motors to turn the eyes of Rasputin, I started painting him. During the week Joe had painted the bridge with some polyurethane to protect it from all the rain we have been getting.

Tricia blinged some bling until it could be blung no more!

Colonel Cappy presided over the whole affair. He is concerned about the deadlines approaching but I reassured him it would all get done.

I painted Patty’s latex prosthetic. I came out pretty good, and the eyes look really real. Really.

Next week I’ll be on vacation from work so I can finish all the projects I have left undone and setup the haunted house.

I’ll be posting progress shots to facebook, so follow us if you haven’t already. You’ll be first to see the Scarousel finally finished and assembled and see this year’s Creep.