There’s only 350 days ’till next Halloween. It often seems like the most makery of holidays. And while some of us wait until the last minute to hastily put a costume together, we’ve met far more diligent folks who started planning November 1st. If that sounds like you, or if you wish it did, you’re in luck. Makers of some of the most incredible builds have had enough time to document, edit, and upload video not only of the main event, but how their incredible creations came to be.
Here are the videos behind a few viral builds that might give you some inspiration for your build next year, hopefully with enough time to act on them.
Dave’s Haunted Mansion
Don Potito showed how is friend Dave built a Halloween Haunted Mansion filled with special effects and even Disney-inspired MagicBand readers. You can find the code and 3D print files if you want to augment your own haunted house.
Mobile Wall-E Costume
You may have seen a clip of the most committed kid dressing up as WALL-E, in a costume with locomotion so awkward and brilliant I had to watch it twice to catch what’s going on. It’s a design that takes dedication to pull off, which the wearer does perfectly.
What you might have missed is that the dad who built it posted a video last year showing how it was made; from covering panels in what appears to be styrene, to weathering the final outfit.
Headless Woman Illusion
This Headless Woman illusion from Brick In The Yard Molding & Casting successfully delighted the neighborhood Halloween night. A short video just before the 31st revealed the basics of how the trick was pulled off. Now they’ve released two follow-up tutorials with tons of details for anyone looking to create their own headless candy-giver.
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