Some 06' Terror on the Fox Pics

[Spookyfinder]

Hey Tattoo! Any chance you guys will come out with another "set design" video? Something that incorporates the working with styro as well as all other applications you and your team have obviously mastered!

Kel

[SomeThingInTheIce]

It's easy to see why you are one of the top haunts.

[ANUBIS B. C.]

:twisted: no words left to describe it tattoo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .just simply
awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM IN AWE :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: !!!!!!!!!!!!

[bhays]

On that topic, do you guys cover the floors before you paint them in order to have the scenes be a "set" so you can box up a room and move it? Or do you paint and repaint the floor if the room moves?

You know, that's an excellent question. I would like to know more about the faux wooden floor you painted in that study scene. Can you tell us more about that technique? Do you have concrete floors?

[Tattoo]

Thanks for all the nice comments! Kel, we are filming a follow up to our first Styro DVD and we will be adding a few other design techniques that we use. We are hoping for a late spring to early summer release. As far as our floors go, all of our floors are 3/4" plywood. We have also been in buildings with concrete and terrazzo floors where we have built a subfloor. We usually will repaint the floors each year to match the scene above it. The "floorboards" are very simple, we usually will snap chalk lines to whatever width we decide to paint them and then freehand them with a small paintbrush. By freehanding you get small mistakes here and there that make the floor older looking when finished. You then decide how long you want the boards to be and simply paint in the cross lines (where the two boards would meet) Finish by drybrushing some knots and wood grain and don't forget to add your fake nails by painting small dots on the ends of your boards. Although your customers may not always notice the floors, they really tend to pull a scene together. In some of the pictures you may also notice wooden timbers that cross the ceilings (Bathroom photo) they were used to break up the ceiling a bit and give the illusion of a cabin type room. The timbers are actually styrofoam that was distressed to look like wood (also a very easy process that will be on the next DVD)

Hope this helps.
Take care,

Tattoo


Entrance to the mines and caverns (missing some props on the walls)


Bedroom (Veronicas 2nd scene - the exit is through the clothes in the closet)

[Spookyfinder]

Looking forward to being one of the first to purchase your new DVD when it is released! :wink:

Kel

[SpFXChic]

Tattoo, those sets are simply fantastic, and the camera work is great, as well! You guys (and gals) definitely know your stuff!

[mindtumor]

Man, that stuff looks great. I especially like the front facade.

[Tattoo]

Here are a couple of more pics from this year.


Our facade during UV transition


Ken working on some styro!


One of my "looks" (thanks kristie)


Nic and me