So…I’m driving back from the store, and I drive past a house that has the Home Depot red reaper prop. “Darn, I think to myself. We had the only one in the area last year.” Then I turn a corner, and there’s another one. And then I spy a third one the next block over …
Category Archives: Ray
Minion Chorus
Ray needed a few backup singers. We found these things at Wal-Mart for about $20 each. They were really cheesy looking, so Rebecca and Christine gave them a paint upgrade, and I fixed it so they could be triggered on command and added them to the show with Ray. Basically, there was this pause as …
“Ray” Raisin’ the Dead 2022
Ray appears to have been working out this year. He’s taller. Beefier. Redder. Er… Heavier. Ray is basically the 2022 Home Depot Red Reaper — with an attitude…I mean altitude adjustment. 🙂 Pairing up last year’s pneumatic lift, we needed a fair bit more counter-balance weight to lift him … almost 50 lbs!! But we …
“Ray” (Raisin’ the Dead)
For a while now, we’ve had this idea of a grim reaper-esque figure, standing over the graveyard, and being the thing responsible for the zombies and skeletons coming to life in the graveyard. We’ve made a few attempts to create a version of Ray with enough grandeur and movement to pull it off. Admitedly, we …