Well as some of you know I injured myself while working on the job some time ago. Long story short, hit neck-some nerve damage-light duty-all better now. Needless to say i have not been a good haunter this year. The only that the family managed to do this year were to set up a small graveyard. It was really hard using the old tombstones that I made a couple years ago.

Halloween has come and gone, and I missed it. Sad and depressing you say. Yeah I know I'm a lame arse sometimes. Fast forward a couple weeks to mid Nov. I have been wanting to construct my own studio/workshop for years. Never really had the funds, and had almost resigned that it would never happen. Well as fate would have it, I have begunworking on it. How you say?

While doing a home inspection I got my hands on some of the key items for my shop. The counter tops. They are by far the most expensive thing. They range in price anywhere from $79-$199 ea. It just so happens that this home was having it's kitchen counter tops replace. And there it was the divine light of intervention. The homeowner was just going to trash the old counter tops. There is nothing wrong with them at all. So I took a chance and asked if I might have them. The answer was a resounding YES!!!!. It seems that his contractor was going to charge him a disposal fee. So give the them away for free or pay to get rid of them. Guess which one it was.

So as a result I now 15-20 ft of counter top space to begin construction of my shop, in my garage. I will now have a place to work on all the thing that I missed out on this past Halloween season. I will be making new props, tombstones, custom vampire fangs, mummified skulls, silicone prosthetics, and so much more. I feel like the kid who got the best toy in the world.

I hope to take pics of my monster factory when finished. Next year will be a little more grusome, with all of the things that my devilish mind can think up and make. By the time I'm done I hope to have a full functioning fx shop in my garage.

I'll keep all of you posted on my progress on the shop and, any new props that are born out of it. Once I get more time I'll also post some tutorials on some of the things that I have learned to create.

Have awicked time all....................

Drakon