Up close shot of cheek bone wound

In Progress

I began the make-up job on my prosthetic tonight. I used deep wound red, red, grave mold, corpse flesh, purple and yellow to begin the deep wounds for this prosthetic. I will show the end results when I am totally done.

Newest Project

We have been very busy the past few days working on a new project for down in the Cave. We have been trying our hand at plaster casting to make a mold. So far, the weather has not been cooperating, so our drying time has really become an issue.
We have used about 150 pounds of plaster and we are still waiting on it to dry. I will keep updating our progress and hope to have pictures of the mold by Friday.

In Progress

I probably didn't mention this, but all of the prosthetic make-up jobs are in progress. There is still much to be done to them. Igor needs stitches and touch ups, the Demon needs his horns and some spikes added with some additional touch ups, and Troll here needs a few more touch ups and his teeth added.
Keep checking back for more updates. I will begin working on mine here shortly.

Celebrating My Birthday Cave Style

My Birthday was celebrated not only with some great gifts from my family, but my partner in crime, (our make-up guy) Michael, made me this awesome birthday cake. Knowing how much I admire the comic book character, Ghost Rider, Michael did a great job on this cake. That is why I love Michael so much, he keeps me sugared up.

My other surprise came from my good buddy, War, (aka Greg), who gave me a can of my favorite dip.
Thanks go out to everyone who made my birthday a great day. I really appreciate all of you!

Tools

Most of the tools I work with down in the Cave are either hand held or battery operated. I like using DeWalt's 18 volt battery operated tools. They carry a long charge, and the 18 volts have plenty of power to drill all day long if need be, saw holes in walls, or cut sheet goods.

If I know that I am going to be cutting a lot of wood, I have an old Craftsman 10 inch chop saw that handles the cutting chores.

None of my battery operated tools seem to be affected by this, but the chop saw loses it's automatic brake after a while down there. I believe that is is due to the high moisture content because if I take it up top to dry out, the brake begins to work again.

When you are working 80 feet underground, you require tough tools to get the job done. DeWalt has done me proud down there and I plan on continuing using them down there.

Almost Ready

We have been down in the Cave now for about nine months getting ready for opening day. We have added so much to the Haunt, that I think even last years customers will be surprised at how many changes we are going to have this year.

What is really funny is that for as much work as we have gotten done down there, there really has been very few people involved. The crew has been a core group of about five to seven people coming whenever they can, to build, run wire, run air lines, move props into place, and work on lighting. We haven't even begun working on the sound yet.