Cricket's Cosplay

First day out test driving my completed Mouse Droid today. I turned on the music track, because it's just fun to have a mouse with his own theme. :) To see how I made this little guy, go take a look at my build thread over in the Mouse Droid Builders Forum: https://forum.mousedroidbuilders.club/Thread-Cricket-s-1-1-MSE-Droid-Build

I finally finished my Mouse Droid. This is the first run with everything assembled on it. Very happy with how it all turned out. A very fun build!

First test of the sound in my mouse droid!

First time test running my Mouse Droid, P33k-a-Ch00. I still have a bit of cosmetic work to do on it, but the most difficult part (which was getting the vehicle secured to the shell) is now over! Now comes the fun part of decorating and painting it. Huge thanks go out to the other builders over at the Mouse Droid Builders forum for helping me get this far! Bluetooth speaker inside is running the Star Wars theme from my phone. Using a modified Traxxas Bandit as the base. It's slower and has more torque than stock now due to the mods I made. The kids can outrun it. Very happy with how my little mouse is coming along!

Finally finished assembling my Hasbro E-11 for my Stormtrooper kit! The outside is fitted with resin Doopydoos E-11parts. I gutted out the old electronics and upgraded them with a Hyperdyne Labs upgrade. So much pewpewpew. Time to blast those rebel scum!

Testing out the modification I made on my RS Props stormtrooper shins, modified with magnets to close them. Tutorial of how I made my second set of magnetic shins on my WTF TK kit is here: https://www.tk10401.com/2019/03/how-to-build-magnetic-closures-on.html

Cameron using his "Force Break" to break a board in the Fall 2016 Karate Tournament at Championship Martial Arts in Peachtree City. Cameron finished in 2nd place overall for this performance. Watch the judge's reactions! Thanks to Ms. McComb for the video. :)

I've been modding my Hasbro e11 with a Hyperdyne Labs electronics upgrade. Testing the functionality of it all. I will be adding a Doopydoos resin kit to finish the outside of it soon.

After showing the Your Baby Can Read system to my daughter beginning at 3 months old, we discovered that she could recognize words at 14 months old. We were super proud of her progress!

After showing the Your Baby Can Read system to my daughter beginning at 3 months old, we discovered that she could recognize words at 14 months old. We were super proud of her progress!

****Update: January 21, 2019- Improved video and audio HD version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqSnaKJLxro So you couldn't make it to our haunt this year? No worries! I've created a compilation of what it took to create our Halloween yard for 2015. Our biggest yet. It was fun to create, but also a lot of work since I do it all on my own. I don't know how I'm going to top it!

Everything is about ready for Steve the Skeleton to make his debut. Just need to decorate the tombstone now.

Building my first leering skeleton for Halloween 2015. Testing to see how the whole thing runs as I build the 'tombstone' around it.

Okay, guys, it's DONE! I tidied up all the cords inside, re-attached my speakers, secured the speakers to the inside of the box (off the ground), and adjusted the motion sensor so it's a bit more sensitive than before. I also re-edited the triggers to shorten the length of the lid slamming. HUGE thanks to Monster Guts for their guidance with the electrical stuff! And special thanks to Jason over at Monster Guts for putting up with me telling him to shut up and take my money. ;)

In the event of rain on Halloween night (like the flood that arrived unexpectedly last year!), I decided to make my components inside a bit more resistant to water. Hopefully this will extend the life of my monster for years to come!

Yet another test run of my monster in a box for Halloween 2015. I finished spray painting the text on the outside of the box and added the chains. I don't have the speakers plugged in, so the audio isn't there. I still have to do a little more to tweak the motion sensor, but it's technically finished. Yay!

Here's what the string of AtmosFearFX Witching Hour 3DFX clips look like when transitioned closer together. It's not perfect, but it's much better than a long dark pause between animated sequences. I'm not showing each entire animated sequence, just the beginning and end points. Edits made using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

Here is a more refined version of my Monster in a Box for our Halloween haunt 2015. I re-cut the cam and increased the size of the cam follower in the lid so that the movement would be a bit more erratic. I increased the volume of the 'snore' too. Still adjusting a bit, but really happy with the results so far! (That's my 7-year-old daughter helping me test it. She thinks it's quite cool!)

My first Monster in a Box Halloween prop! Still tweaking the lid movements, but I'm happy with it so far. Box still needs decorating , too. All electronics for movement inside the box found at Monster Guts: Insta-scare relay board with sound, wiper motor, motion control sensor.

This is my second wallbreaker ghost. I built my first one 4 years ago after finding an AWESOME tutorial over at Johnny's Ghost. It was powered by a reindeer motor, and was rather weak; the motor couldn't handle the forward/backward motion of this prop due to the weight on the head. So this year I rebuilt the entire frame and installed a wiper motor and a prop controller. I lightened up the weight of the head by using a wire frame head instead of a styrofoam one. His green eyes are LEDs powered by a 9 volt battery. I call him Wally. He's still unclothed so you can see his inner workings.

Test run of my new AtmosFEARfx video Witching Hour for Halloween 2015. This video was shot around noon on a sunny day in my office with the blinds closed. Not nearly as dark as it will be outside on Halloween! (read more by clicking on "Show More"...) I made the form from a dressform with a styrofoam head attached to the neck with masking tape. I cut up 2 wire hangers and bent them into arm shapes, taping them to the back of the form in order to give the form more substance. That's a duvet cover on top of it all. Extra fabric is pulled into the back and taped so that the front looks more smooth. I'm still tweaking it, but happy with the results so far! This projector is 120 lumens. Video files were put together using Adobe Premiere Pro, and saved to a thumb drive. The thumb drive plugs right into the projector. Additional speakers will be added, because the projector speakers suck!

Our second Halloween at our home. We had zombies and ghosts in the windows, singing pumpkins, a flying crank ghost, a leering ghoul, a jumping spider, and many other creatures in the yard. The kids and neighbors loved it!

Short video of the talking trio of jack o' lanterns from the Jack O Lantern Jamboree DVD from AtmosFearFX. This projection effect was a huge hit with the trick or treaters!

Short video showing projection of the Ghostly Apparitions on Halloween night. It's blurry in the beginning, but clears up at the end. The reactions from the spectators are great! Thanks AtmosFearFX!!!

Short video showing the zombie invasion in a window of my house. Used a small $60 video projector and power mesh stretched over the window. People thought that we had a crew of actors up there! Great effect. Thanks, AtmosFearFX!!!