Work has commenced on getting up The Harrowed gallery. I’ve pulled down all the pictures from Necropolis Manor and organized them by prop and display. So far I’ve gotten Agnes, Beatrix, Casilda, and Cletus up on the page – more to come.

If you know me you’ll know that I have a huge standing fascination with all things steam-punk. Wired UK has some great pieces including a steam-punk eye-pod. These pieces are awesome and have inspired me for designs yet to come.

Source: Wired UK

Bones over at Haunt Style stumbled on to something really cool, the Mystery Box.

The box looks innocent enough with it’s lid open tempting observers to step closer and see what lies inside. But the box has a mind of it’s own. Get within six feet and it will shut it’s own lid. Then when the observer steps away it cautiously opens it lid again an inch or so every now and then until it feels safe.

If you’ve been following Haunt Cast and Steve O. over at Garage of Evil then you already have a pretty good idea what’s driving this gem – a Parallax Ping sensor, a micro-controller of some sort, and some clever programming.

So what’s in the box? Apparently something according to Bryan Mumford but he’s not telling.

Source: Bryan Mumford | Haunt Style

This has to be the coolest thing. If I could put a costume together with this baby the ToTs would be pissin their pants.

If you’ve missed the Transworld show this year kick back and check out this video compilation. The stuff they were showing off was phenominal! I really wish even ONE of the pro venues here in CT had some of this stuff. I really want to try and make it there next year so here’s hoping.

(thanks Ghoul Friday for tweeting this one)

This guy takes skull corpsing to a whole new level. I learned a lot just by watching this two part video clip which I found over at AZ Halloween & Special Effects Association. Watch and learn kiddies: