HAUNT DECK THE HALLS – Decorating isn’t just for Halloween! Dave shares a few Christmas decorating tips that also have haunt applications and shows how the No Ladder Pro tool is useful for hanging lights or possibly running different types of cables out-of-the-way at your haunt. Happy Holidays from Tombstone Tech!
DECONSTRUCTING WALTER – Walter is a banjo-playing and talkative skeleton from Dave’s haunt, but after many years of service, he’s due for some refurbishing. In this video, Dave explains how Walter uses Scary Terry’s Audio Servo Board to talk, and then does a rebuild of Walter’s “strumming” mechanism and other improvements.
MORE ABOUT LEDs – By request! More about LEDs including brightness ratings and running multiple LEDs on a single power supply. Plus a Cheap Creep for running a string of LEDs.
BYE BYE BATTERIES – How to eliminate batteries from a prop or other device and plug it in to an outlet – the first Tombstone Tech viewer-suggested episode! Dave offers some thoughts on why and why not to do this and includes a detailed tutorial.
FOG MACHINES 101 – A rundown on fog machines, how they work, and some things you can do with them!
ALL ABOUT LEDS – Everything the haunter needs to know about LEDs (light emitting diodes), including how they work and how to properly connect them to any DC power source.
HAUNT LIGHTING – This isn’t about the technical aspects of lighting, but a rundown on lighting theory: illumination, directing audience focus, effects, and mood. Putting on a haunt is basically like a stage production, and the same principles of lighting apply! Learning these basics will help make your haunt more interesting and professional looking! Also, …
