Pirate ship in front yard Halloween decoration--some photos - Beyond Tiki

G GROG Grand Member (1 year) Tujunga Joined: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 7283	G GROG Posted posted on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 11:15 AM GROG help my friend Peter Montgomery, who is a director and visual efx artist, build a pirate ship emerging from the ground in his front yard for Halloween. The front of the ship is coming out of theground and then behind that is an animatronic skeleton at the wheel talking to an animatronic crow sitting on the wheel and behind them is a broken mast emerging from the ground with tattered sails and a crows nest. The ship is made out of styrofoam with a steel frame understructure to support it and it is all carved and painted to look like beat up old weathered wood. All the big stuff is up and painted and now we're down to finishing up the details. It is at 1665 Highland in Glendale (CA), so come by and take a look at it. It's very impressive. A photographer for a Glendale paper took photos yeterday of the work-in-progress and tomorrow night channel 7 is going to take some live shots of it for the news. GROG not have digital camera, so GROG see if he can get Peter to send him some photos so GROG can post for your enjoyment. But, if you're here in the LA area, swing by and you'll really get a kick out of it. [ Edited by: GROG 2007-10-30 11:17 ] [ Edited by: GROG 2007-11-01 19:00 ]

GROG help my friend Peter Montgomery, who is a director and visual efx artist, build a pirate ship emerging from the ground in his front yard for Halloween. The front of the ship is coming out of theground and then behind that is an animatronic skeleton at the wheel talking to an animatronic crow sitting on the wheel and behind them is a broken mast emerging from the ground with tattered sails and a crows nest. The ship is made out of styrofoam with a steel frame understructure to support it and it is all carved and painted to look like beat up old weathered wood. All the big stuff is up and painted and now we're down to finishing up the details.

It is at 1665 Highland in Glendale (CA), so come by and take a look at it. It's very impressive. A photographer for a Glendale paper took photos yeterday of the work-in-progress and tomorrow night channel 7 is going to take some live shots of it for the news. GROG not have digital camera, so GROG see if he can get Peter to send him some photos so GROG can post for your enjoyment. But, if you're here in the LA area, swing by and you'll really get a kick out of it.

[ Edited by: GROG 2007-10-30 11:17 ]

[ Edited by: GROG 2007-11-01 19:00 ]

Post #341201 by GROG on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 11:15 AM