Hello again! It’s been a while but I’ve been furiously trying to finish up The Bayou and have not had much time. But recently I created some stalactites to hang from the top of a cave and I thought I’d show you how I did it since halloween is just …
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a DIY for my new room, which is thankfully getting close to being complete. So as I was making a tree the other day I thought it would be a good subject. Step 1 – Find something for the base, or trunk of …
I needed a DIY glowing embers effect (DO IT YOURSELF) for my new escape room and this one had me stumped for a while. After some internet searches I pieced together enough information to figure out how to do it for my needs. The first thing I needed to do …
I had a bunch of fake candles that I needed for my new room, The Bayou: Legend of the Midnight Raven, but they all use batteries. In addition, I wanted to be able to control the candles turning on and off. This turned out to be really easy. Step 1: …
Well it’s been a while since I’ve done a post and i’ve been really busy trying to get The Bayou ready. So I thought I’d put up this image of the latest puzzle I’m trying to complete so you can see how complex it is. Well rather you can see …
DIY rust effect. Welcome back to my new escape room build: The Bayou: Legend of the Midnight Raven. Today we are going to look at how to make something look rusty. In this instance I needed some corrugated tin roofing, like something you might find on an old shack out …
Today’s project is making an old looking flower box with peeling paint. I want it to look like it’s been out in the weather for a long time. I’ll also be using fire retardant in the paint so you can see how that works. Step 1: Mix the paint and …
Hi and welcome back to our blog about the build of our new room: The Bayou: Legend of the Midnight Raven. I’ve just got one of the puzzles finally all working with all the external elements (many of which you can’t see). But this is the raw build ready to …
Last time I talked about how to go from a sheet of foam to something that starts to resemble wood. This time we will complete the process with a simple painting technique. Here is the piece painted with the first coat. Next you are going to want to take a …
For my new room, The Bayou: Legend of the Midnight Raven, I needed some dark, rich looking wood. Here’s how I went about doing it. First I found some polystyrene at the local home store. Don’t use styrofoam, it just doesn’t work well. Peel the foil off. This is a …
