Build Outdoor Halloween Monster Props 

This is incredible. No way do I have the ability to carve/paint that. Much respect

I always look forward to seeing your name pop up on the subs. It doesn't even make it to the watch later list. Always awesome and over the top, and yet there is always something I can learn from it. Thx again.

You are like a mad scientist building your Frankenstein monster. IT'S ALIVE!

WOW... I found your HORSE Video... So AMAZING... EXCELLENT

This is just my hobby and I do it keep me busy and out of trouble ;) Don't sell them - they are used in my home haunt.

this is by far one of the best homemade prop i have ever seen , one of my very favorite , you did an amazing job :)

I wish I had your talent! Awesome job! One minute I was watching Gardening videos and next thing I know I'm watching your videos! Tim

Wow you are a true artist and love your techniques. Really appreciate you sharing. This is also a good idea for a parade float. I live in the Pacific NW and we are always concerned about water proof ideas.

How Clean and Organized is your Work Area? Wow. That is a Big Prop Can't wait to see it in action busting out of the ground!

I am really digging it here. Have also been getting a lot of inspiration from the real insects and other creepy crawlies that inhabit our property. I could go on and on about the scorpions, lol!

I applaud your bravery and skill and can't wait to carve some haunted busts this Halloween!

Gee, Thanks a lot for the info. I was almost ready to re-cut foam without horn and mane. But I will just carve it as a whole. I was able to rent the industrial hot knife and hot wire from a local hobby store. Boy am I in loving it....LOL It really is like hot knife through butter. Already hinting to family that it would be an Awesome Santa Gift....

Oh I hope you get one. It's really becoming a go-to tool for me. Just used it the other day as I was scratching my head on how to do a new idea on a tombstone - Industrial knife to the rescue!

I'm so jealous of your workspace.

Of course, I forgot, you're the master! I should've known you'd already think of it! So now I just gotta wait for next Halloween to see what you do!

I think it would be easier to carve out of the whole thing. The key is how long that foam horn will be and if it needs additional support (like PVC center) if not - you are carving it either way. I had to sheath the Demon Horse's horns ayway - so it was still carving it down - same thing with the Hell Hound's tail.

See my other video, 'Terra's Behind-the-scenes...' It shows picture slideshow of a vampires I made. Should give you a bit of an outline to see how it can be done. I used a tutorial by LaurieBeast. You can find that tutorial by Googling: LaurieBeast Vampiress Morbida.

The horse was many bits and peices of foam and much bigger. The Hell Hound was more of a solid carve and smaller. I debated on whether to also do the Drylok but as I started to decide on the way I was going to do the scales it just seemed way too difficult of a step. I hope I don't regret it :) Oh, also, I didn't want to the texture of the Drylok on the hellhoud. Was looking for a more slick appearance. Drylok is gritty.

That was just incredible! I really appreciate you sharing your expertise, because I'm wishing to make my haunt more sophisticated and professional such as yours! Thanks!

@InDarkSolitude Thank you. No, no problems with mold. On my tombstones the base is plywood and painted with Drylok and the bottom that is on the grass (for 30 days) gets a little grungy but I think that would happen to anything. Every other year, the bottom part gets repainted to keep it fresh. I use latex Drylok by the way.

That's wonderful - glad this can help and holler if you run into any questions :)

Great video. Loved every min. of it. Could you explain more about how you did the lighting. Thank you very much.

Thank you - what country are you in?

I didn't keep a tally but a quick guessimate would be $200? The foam is usually $24 a sheet and I'm guessing I used 4 sheets -ish. Maybe less.

Thank you :) The Drylok does make it waterproof even though the foam already is, it's more to seal up the seams. It was very strong but not enough for people to grab onto it and stuff. The mane would be the biggest worry. That foam is cut into thinner lines. But, overall - it's a pretty tough monster. You could try more of a hardened coat like foam hard coat materials or maybe even fiberglassing.

Hello Terra, I'm making a hellish Unicorn head, I traced the whole unicorn on my foam. Do you think its easier to carve horn and mane separate or just carve it out as a whole? It's just the head,neck and horn 34inches tall.

@Yaoiloverel It's a 18' length of red rope lighting that was snaked around the PVC piping and held in place with zip ties. Am a little concerned about the heat. Seems okay but I'd try LED rope lighting if I were you.

totally love that great job Tara

Wouldnt it be easier to use hot glue for the veins or would it not stick to this particular substrate?

Wow that is a sick prop. You did an amazing job scary. i wish i had patients to make one of these.

would love to see it in the environment you built!

hello love your work.!! want to do something like that on the front of a hearse im making in to a trailer. does the dry lock make it water proof?? how strong is it ?because i have to try to put it on the front of a moving vehicle.??would like any impute thx Brian

Awesome Halloween artwork!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😃😃😃Very Cool!!!!

You are EXTREMELY talented!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and talent with us!!! BTW.....does the DryLock prohibit mold??? I have made props that were ruined due to the rain causing mold. Thanks again!! 93 days until HaLlOwEeN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have in another form - called monster mud. Which is a mixture of drywall compound and paint. But not the best at being that waterproof unless it's sealed.

wow thats really good sweet nice work on that prop

This is AMAZING!!! You are very talented

Wow, excellent build! About how many hours do you think you put into this prop?

wow, you surprise me every time. Thanks for your video post

@Scaryladyvideos Thank you for the feed back. Once again i really love your tutorials.

OMG... AWESOME! This prop is absolutely beautiful. Great work!!! :)

Hi Scary lady, I am an artist as well. I actually just landed my dream job of being a designer at a local haunted house. I watch all of you videos. I think you are a talented artist and visionary. I think you should make a business of these. But, if you only into for the fun then good for you. Im passionate about art, now I get to express it. Thank you for your videos.

Fantastic! You have inspired us for other ideas too!

Great job on the prop. I could do something with this but I see where it would be a challenge for many. There are people who cannot even visualize what a new paint color would do for a room in their house. No way they would have the vision to see this through. I would also have to have a reference image to get scales and such from.

This is fantastic and I really want to do this! You are really talented!!!

Congratulations on being featured on Hauntcast (dot) net! Well deserved!

Wow Mike - congrats on your new dream. That sounds like incredible fun and wish you all the best. I just do this for the fun of it - more like a hobby and my life wouldn't work out to make it a job - but times I'd love to :)

just came across your channel. I really liked this set up. using the same material you did I want to build a velociraptor (or two) to mount onto my FJ Cruiser which I've had Jurassic Park stickers on for over a year now. my question is do you think using these are techniques it could withstand being mounted on top of a vehicle? thank you!

@TheDash2000 Thank you. I was so happy to have been picked!

Your work is amazing. You are very talented and produce great videos. How do you store these huge props? I live in Canada and would have to contend with snow and rain. Building a 7 foot prop would be difficult to store for 363 days of the year.

What type of foam do you use as I am not sure what the UK equivalent is called......great video.

Im so glad i found this video. With halloween coming up i wanted to create realistoc monster props without spending tons of money at a halloween store. I tried to buu mannaquin parts but it was too expensive. I wanted zombies and the grudge girl. Any suggestions?

Why did you use drylock and cheese cloth on horse but not on " Hell Hound " from Riddick?

GOOD LAWD, TERRA! THAT'S FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

Oh this is the best You tube How tofor Halloween I've seen yet. Thank you for posting!!

@nightstalker1669 Thank you! Loved sculpting the horse. They are such beautiful creatures. Making it scary was a fun challenge.

This is great! I'll be diving into large scale prop building this year for our haunt and really trying to soak up as much information as possible. I know I want to use foam board. My props will be in a tent but still need to be sturdy.

@RXTORRE Wow, thank you so much. It took 2 solid months to build. I don't have an art background. Discovered I can make decent Halloween props and it just kind of took off from there :)

Outstanding Creativity!

I lived in Portland for 14 years! totally understand :)

How long did this take you? And how strong is something like this? Like how easy is it for someone to put a hole in the foam after you have put ever over the top?

I'm just kidding, awesome build! This is what I call talent :)

You are amazing!!! A true artist!!! Thanks for showing us the build. :)

Congratulations for your talent :) I really enjoyed this, love learning new things

That's a great idea actually!

I am brainstorming ideas from building a custom vehicle fairing. Many people do fiberglassing, but I don't have the space to do such a process, so I am looking into alternatives. I like the idea of using this method, but how heavy does the Drylok with cheesecloth make the sculpture. How durable is it from impact. Does just the cloth dipped in cheesecloth alone hold up to damage?

I need to go and watch you doing work I love yhem

Hi Tara, I would like to know if it's okay to use different size yarn for the veins. Many thanks and can't wait for more tombstone videos... ;}

How are liking Texas so far? It sure hot here isnt it lol love your videos

Thank you so much. Lookout for this year's project - a HellHound!

Was wondering how long it to do this project?

I love your work. really good.

What'd look really cool would be if you made a fiery looking ground around it since it isn't a full body. So it'd look like it's bursting our the cracks of Hell or something. That'd be awesome!

Love your work! Could u do a video demonstrating how ro create humanoid monsters? Aka zombies or the grudge girl?

@pixzeto Thank you and glad it could help. I too learned a lot on this project. Sometimes I just have to dive in the deep end and hope for the best.

Thank you:) But, I'm also a church-goer. You might be surprised with their reactions - they may love it. Church-goers love Halloween too.

I watched your vid on what is the best glue and now I'm hooked on your vids. You're an amazing artist mam! There was a young man watching his grandpa whittling on a block of wood...he asks "whatcha doin?". Grandpa says "I whittling a horse!". The young man says "how ya gonna do that?"...grandpa says "I'm gonna take this block of wood and take everything off it that doesn't look like a horse!"...... I don't think it can be put any better than that. Take off too much or too little and you don't get a "horse". The moral of the story is you have to know where to start and WHEN to stop! I fix things....I can fix pretty much anything...and I LOVE doing that. But I'm not creative in any way. I admire people like you AND my cute little wife. Both of you have more creativity in your little fingers than I'll EVER have in my whole body. God Bless you mam...and thank you so much for sharing your art with all of us! I also play guitar....poorly...hehe...62 year old rocker....but because of youtube....I actually fake it pretty well...hehe Have a wonderful day mam and thanks VERY VERY much! BTW...I shared your vids with my wife and she's amazed by your work! One more thing....because I'll be taking the foam out of what I'm going to sculpt to build a cab on my snowmobile I'll be gluing the pieces together but only in spots so I won't have to deal with shaping and sanding where the glue line would be. I have a plan! And you helped me with that plan! I'm going to build a frame of wood with a hot glue gun and then cover it with foam and shape the outside for body work. Then heat plexiglass and shape it for windshield and sideglass. I'm really looking forward to messing with it......

have you tried drywall plaster?

wow ur so amazing!! this is incredible...how long did this take and can you tell us how much this cost ya? did I mention ur amazing!!! holy crap ur making us women very proud I would never Imagine that a woman made that!! do u have an art background? this is just genius!!

You mention foam glue and also Gorilla Glue. I have not been able to find "foam glue" in the stores here, except a styrofoam craft glue in a spraycan, which is extremely expensive. What are you using to glue your large pieces together to make them one piece before you carve and refine? Thanks!

What is "drylock" mentioned in this video and you also used a product that looks like white or grey paint to coat your landscape fabric. What exactly did you use and where did you buy both prodcucts. Thank you in advance/

this is awesome! I so want to make one of these but, one I live in a one bedroom apt and have no space for something as big as this to build it and two it would freak my church going neighbors out to much I might get death threats having something like this in their church town...LOL but it would be fun to have just to see their faces.man I'm evil..gotta love it!

Outstanding. Enjoyed the video.

Hi....I am building a headless horseman prop....I was wondering what you used for the eyes in your demon horse prop? I want to light the eyes in my horse prop with LED 5mm lights..but I need to something to create the eye that will let the light will shine through. LIke your horse features.....Thanks for any help you can offer. Your work is outstanding.

You forgot to mention coyotes too lol I live in Central Texas they come out at night Texas is cool but sometimes I miss the cooler weather in the Fall like it was on the east coast where I am originally from

This is spectacular

Wow!!!! How long did this take to make?

What is the foam you are using?

@castrodanny Thanks. Had felt like I was taking ages to get new tutorial out

nice work... like it.

Wicked cool!! Love it!!

i hope there will be halloween in my country soon nice prop ;p

@Medammit You got that right. Every new step was a big GULP! moment.

Where to store all the props ?? And costs for materials ?? But great tutorials 👍👍

that is really really awesome it kind of looks like the pooca the Irish demon horse

Really amazing!

@myzery3571 Wonderful! I hope you post a video of yours when it's done. Love to see it :)

Wow this is AMAZING!!!

That's exactly what I did. Had it emerging from a hellhole with fire and fog :)

Oh my!! You are amazing Congratulations, excellent work :)