Travis Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 I love Halloween. It takes all my self control not to go crazy and buy all kinds of Halloween stuff. I'm not much into the gory, but I like the fun, spooky stuff. It's no surprise, this month's challenge is "Halloween." Post your Halloween themed finished project, or a pattern you designed here. The theme is open to interpretation. You can post something spooky, harvest, or fall related project. When you post it, say a little something about it. Maybe a little story related to the project, what inspiration you took, materials or techniques used. It doesn't have to be elaborate. But it's nice to read a little about a project and seeing the picture or pattern. For a little inspiration, here's the opening song "This is Halloween" from Nightmare Before Christmas. bradnjackie, RabidAlien and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Scrappile Posted October 1, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Let me be early on this one, because I was just taking to a guy about it yesterday. I may have showed this here before,,, but can't remember. This a pen I made for a Halloween pen making contest several years ago. I did use a scroll saw to make it. The black is strips of cut PVC Drain, Waste, Vent pipe. I cut and glued three strips together, to make a thicker piece and scrolled the little bats in to the piece. Glued three more pieces and scrolled some more bats. Doing it that way made it so there are bats on both sides of the pen. I filled the bats with epoxy mixed with red paint. When that dried I glued to two halves together to make the pen blank. I then mounted the blank on the lathe and turned the pen. I had no idea how it would turn out, but I think it came out pretty neat. One of the funnest to make pens I did. Oh, and it won the contest. Coarse there were only 6 or 7 entries. Edited October 1, 2018 by Scrappile meflick, lawson56, Charlie E and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RabidAlien Posted October 1, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Creepy skull I found on Pinterest, couldn't find any artist reference to give credit to. It is now stained a VERY dark walnut. Also...Halloween tends to have a lot of parties, and scary stuff at the parties, so who better to DJ the party than the Big V himself? Cut this one yesterday, had one tiny bridge break on me (bad cut planning on my part, cut the wrong side leading towards the bridge first, the thicker rim around the right-hand side of his shades). And for the record (har....DJ's...records....okay, I'll keep my day job), I also have a DJ Yoda to go with Darth Vader. Edited October 1, 2018 by RabidAlien bradnjackie, meflick, Scrappile and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Some Very Cool and Creepy work.I,m gonna have to get in on this ,this year. RabidAlien, amazingkevin and bradnjackie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabidAlien Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Have another skull pattern I'm working on now, hope to get it cut sometime soonish. October is going to be a busy month, work-wise. bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combat2000 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 A Steve Good Pattern. (I changed it a little) Charlie E, Keeg, Scrappile and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post heppnerguy Posted October 6, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 6, 2018 my Wife had this figured out for me. I love these challenges, even though they are only for fun and no judging is going on. I missed the back to school challenge and I knew I just had to get on the Halloween Challenge. I told me wife that I wanted to try and post the spookiest Halloween Challenge item of all. When I told her about it, she said," if you want to post the spookiest piece, that should be an easy one for you. All you have to do is make a self portrait and cut it." Right away I knew she was correct and so that is just what I did. Hence, here is my entry for the Halloween Challenge. Dick heppnerguy winterdezign, Scrappile, Charlie E and 10 others 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 7:59 PM, heppnerguy said: my Wife had this figured out for me. I love these challenges, even though they are only for fun and no judging is going on. I missed the back to school challenge and I knew I just had to get on the Halloween Challenge. I told me wife that I wanted to try and post the spookiest Halloween Challenge item of all. When I told her about it, she said," if you want to post the spookiest piece, that should be an easy one for you. All you have to do is make a self portrait and cut it." Right away I knew she was correct and so that is just what I did. Hence, here is my entry for the Halloween Challenge. Dick heppnerguy Great pattern! heppnerguy and bradnjackie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bpardue Posted October 8, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Here is my 2018 Grim Reaper that I completed this weekend. Walnut, Purple Heart, Aspen & Spalted Tamarin left off the magnolia Edited October 8, 2018 by Bpardue winterdezign, amazingkevin, Travis and 10 others 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 8, 2018 Report Share Posted October 8, 2018 10 hours ago, Bpardue said: Here is my 2018 Grim Reaper that I completed this weekend. Walnut, Purple Heart, Aspen & Spalted Tamarin left off the magnolia Now that is a real winner.. love this one Dick heppnerguy bradnjackie and Bpardue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 7:04 AM, Bpardue said: Here is my 2018 Grim Reaper that I completed this weekend. Walnut, Purple Heart, Aspen & Spalted Tamarin left off the magnolia Holy Moly! Now I'm scared to go to bed! Great job! meflick, jscottj, Bpardue and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Charlie E Posted October 16, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) I'm not entering this as part of the Challenge but it seemed an appropriate place to share it. My grandson is a huge Halloween fan. He did some chores for his parents and me so he could buy a $10 skeleton, he pronounces it skellington. I've been setting it up in his front yard doing something different each day while he is at kindergarten. I'm going to try to continue till the 31st. I did use my scroll saw on the skeleton fish you'll see in one picture! I borrowed his cousin's skeleton, not his actual skeleton you understand, and added his skelly-dog for a few. j Edited November 2, 2018 by Charlie E Added new pic. RabidAlien, Dan, Travis and 12 others 6 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jscottj Posted October 18, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Here's a couple of Halloween projects I've done. Karl S, amazingkevin, heppnerguy and 10 others 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post don in brooklin on Posted October 18, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 New for 2018 - Happy Halloween pattern is from Steve Good. The Pumpkin pattern is from Kathy Wise. Forgive me for my "Intarsia sins" as I dyed the pumpkin and stained the cat. Keeg, jscottj, Scrappile and 9 others 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 1:06 PM, Charlie E said: j@I'm not entering this as part of the Challenge but it seemed an appropriate place to share it. My grandson is a huge Halloween fan. He did some chores for his parents and me so he could buy a $10 skeleton, he pronounces it skellington. I've been setting it up in his front yard doing something different each day while he is at kindergarten. I'm going to try to continue till the 31st. I did use my scroll saw on the skeleton fish you'll see in one picture! Very clever. I love your great imagination and the all the wonderful displays. You are really talented and have a wonderful mind for coming up with creative displays. Dick heppnerguy bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 40 minutes ago, heppnerguy said: Very clever. I love your great imagination and the all the wonderful displays. You are really talented and have a wonderful mind for coming up with creative displays. Dick heppnerguy Well thank you very much! I think I'm enjoying it as much as my grandson. There's 9 more school days till Halloween so wish me luck. heppnerguy and bradnjackie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 18, 2018 Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 14 hours ago, don in brooklin on said: New for 2018 - Happy Halloween pattern is from Steve Good. The Pumpkin pattern is from Kathy Wise. Forgive me for my "Intarsia sins" as I dyed the pumpkin and stained the cat. I think for this piece, staining is probably the wisest and most efficient way to come up with the results you would want for it. Excellent job on the cat and pumpkin. I do not see how it could possibly be done differently or better then this one is. You Steve Good piece is also done to your usual results of perfection. Very nicely done too. I just proves to me that finishing of a project makes it become mediocre or great Dick heppnerguy bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Don F Posted October 18, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 Here's my offering Karl S, Scrappile, wombatie and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 10/17/2018 at 7:06 AM, Charlie E said: j@I'm not entering this as part of the Challenge but it seemed an appropriate place to share it. My grandson is a huge Halloween fan. He did some chores for his parents and me so he could buy a $10 skeleton, he pronounces it skellington. I've been setting it up in his front yard doing something different each day while he is at kindergarten. I'm going to try to continue till the 31st. I did use my scroll saw on the skeleton fish you'll see in one picture! Oh I love it. Best I have ever seen. Marg Charlie E and bradnjackie 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted October 20, 2018 Report Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 10/18/2018 at 7:21 PM, Charlie E said: Well thank you very much! I think I'm enjoying it as much as my grandson. I think your grandson will have wonderful memories of a brilliant grandfather to carry with him for the rest of his life. A great gift xx Charlie E and bradnjackie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Foxfold said: I think your grandson will have wonderful memories of a brilliant grandfather to carry with him for the rest of his life. A great gift xx Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you are right!!! bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Black lace pumpkin candle holder. The pattern is an enlarged filigree pumpkin from Keith Fenton (of Shelia Landry Designs) bradnjackie, heppnerguy, meflick and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl S Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Nice job. That would make a nice fall napkin holder also bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradnjackie Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 All the pictures are wonderful. I'm still working on mine but will post it soon. amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, MrsN said: Black lace pumpkin candle holder. The pattern is an enlarged filigree pumpkin from Keith Fenton (of Shelia Landry Designs) nice piece, Katie, and the finish makes it look like a cast metal item. How did you do the finish on it? Just curious. Your work is always really unique and interesting Dick heppnerguy bradnjackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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