DIY Animated Ghost Bride HALLOWEEN HOW-TO Video Tutorial

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HALLOWEEN DIY & HOW-TO Props & Special Effects

2 жыл бұрын

This DIY Animated Ghost Bride Prop is ready to take up residence in your Halloween Haunted House or Ghostly Graveyard Display. Welcome to HALLOWEEN DIY & HOW-TO! As she silently floats in mid-air, she lifts up both her glowing eyes and illuminated candle. Is she looking for something … or someone? This step-by-step video tutorial will show you how to create this full sized, motorized animated Ghost Bride prop that moves and levitates. It would be a perfectly haunting addition your Halloween Party decor, scary front porch decorations, haunted house or creepy front yard cemetery display!
Our imaginative, homemade how-to KZfaq videos are full of eerie ideas to help the Haunter, Crafter and Do It Yourself person to build professional looking Special FX, animatronics, motorized props & homemade Halloween displays & decor. With our easy to follow and informative instruction videos, you will make, create, craft and build your own unique scary party & cemetery yard haunt projects, spellbinding special FX and eerie moving props.
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@1jotun136 2 жыл бұрын

It's GOOD to document our mistakes as well as our successes. We won't be around forever to tell the tales.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Bret. Yep, you learn far more from your failures than your successes that for sure!! Hope you like and thanks for watching.

@littleredhen976 2 жыл бұрын

I made a static bride about 10 years ago or so. I think it's time for her to get an upgrade!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Even a static bride can come alive just by attaching it to the infant swing. Good luck with the upgrade Little Red Hen and thanks for watching!

@HollywoodHaunter 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome! Now our son is making his own bride out of a cardboard box and a white sheet 😄 Thanks always for the amazing inspiration and detailed instructions. Your scenes look amazing too!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hollywood, sounds like your son is following in his parents footsteps! I appreciate the comment about the scenes ... it's all about atmosphere.

@meloneeleddington7664 10 ай бұрын

Wow so cool, you have such a great imagination. Awesome job🧡🤎💛🍁🍂

@clarabooth5582 2 жыл бұрын

ANOTHER great prop!!!! Your house must be the BEST haunted house in the whole neighborhood....no..city!!!!!!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Clara! My years of the the big Halloween display are behind me, much of it has to do with the fact that I now have a very small front yard space. What you see in these videos is the outcome of decades of building my own props (long before there were seasonal Halloween stores) and sets. Thanks so much for watching and also for being a subscriber.

@gemmymasterinflatables7477 13 күн бұрын

I making this, I found the seat at goodwill today. I’m gonna post a video once I’m finished ❤

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 13 күн бұрын

What a great find, please let me know how it turns out. BTW, thanks for watching!

@costumesforalloccasions Жыл бұрын

These are still so cool Paul!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that you still find them cool! Thanks for the nice comment.

@Bobsheaux 2 жыл бұрын

Simply fantastic. Combine this with the techniques used for the Ghostly Statue, and you can also make the bride's consort; the Hatbox Ghost! *_THUNDER CRASH!!!_*

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Bob, they are quite the duo ... are they on your to-do list? Thanks for all of your supportive posts.

@Bobsheaux 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms Once I'm at the point where I'm no longer renting and I finally get my own house, Hellz yeah they're on my to-do list! lol

@arlenorchard2146 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing - the vision for the bride is incredible. I can’t believe how you capture ever detail and then translate it so clearly to the viewer. I’m gobsmacked (my new favorite word) by not only the creation but the staging - it’s like something out of a Hollywood movie. Bravo 👏

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Arlen for your continued support and especially for calling out the staging. The set dressing can really set the tone for props and make them shine.

@costumesforalloccasions 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job Paul! I knew you were going to use the baby bouncer for this one too!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks CFAO. Yes you did, however I actually built this one before the Levitating Table, but because the video editing was more involved it came out second.

@costumesforalloccasions 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms ok ya got me.lol

@mari-atonjalkanen9920 2 жыл бұрын

IMPRESSIVE!

@costumesforalloccasions 2 жыл бұрын

Whats next Paul? An animated Ghost groom?!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

LOL, that kinda destroys mystique of the loan bride. If my idea for the next prop gels, then I will have one more video before Halloween. We shall see.

@TheSkellingtonGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! Been excited for the bride since the first video of the year. Great job!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks SkellingtonGhost, This was a very dense one and a bit hard to explain ... thanks for your positive input!

@Free_Samples 2 жыл бұрын

You are so very talented and your videos are extremely detailed and easy to follow. I appreciate the hard work you put into each of these videos and hope that your channel sees the growth it deserves. KZfaq recommended your channel to me just recently and I have been going through and watching all of your uploads! Keep up the great work. 😎

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Free Samples! It is nice to hear that my videos are finally being recommended to others by KZfaq. I also appreciate your your kind and supportive comment.

@chadtarver1522 11 ай бұрын

Amazing work!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment Chad.

@OhClaire714 2 жыл бұрын

Looks incredible. And that music - Wow! Move over, Disney!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kelley, I take that as the ultimate compliment.

@kevinfinkel5536 2 жыл бұрын

Daaammnn, that's awesome! Involved too, much more than even the animated tombstone was.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin, yes this is a big build. Thanks for watching, I appreciate the comment.

@richardhohn5334 2 жыл бұрын

pretty cool - thanks

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard!

@stacykelly9962 2 жыл бұрын

Paul, this particular project is very close to my heart . None of my props have motors only because when I began making them; there wasn’t a lot of how to’s. My dress form came out of my family’s Century farmhouse ( est. 1837) in my great grandmother’s sewing room. The cast iron base is the only thing that hadn’t been affected by being completely encrusted in mud dauber nests. My form isn’t all wire so it absorbed the years of being in an abandoned room, of an old farmhouse, in the middle of 278 wooded acres! It was stinky 🤢. I turned it into a witch using a lot of techniques you did with pvc, pool noodles, foam etc. I used electrical wire I found on a spool in the old barn. It did the job but not as good as the flexible you used. Who knew cutting the foam noodle at a 45* angle would have solved one of my head scratcher moments! I used a mannequin head from beauty school , latexed the witchy features and painted her face. One arm bent, the other straight out to hold a lit lantern, hoping some time in the future to make that arm lift a little with a motor. I wish I had thought of the large pvc coupler(?) to extend her neck as that was another head scratcher. I’m always amazed how you engineer your creations and truly appreciate your detailed yet easy to understand instructions. Stacy

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Stacy. Thank you so much for this wonderful look into your personal journey of building a very similar Halloween prop. Thanks also for the complimentary words. If your dress form witch should ever need an update, I hope my ideas might help you out.

@IrieFiery 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome prop!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dana!

@cammurray3824 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing as always

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cam!

@AxeArmorCastlevania 2 жыл бұрын

Wow so cool.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Omar and thanks also for being a subscriber!

@sunnyquartz 2 жыл бұрын

this looks so good!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pickledcow!

@JoeyCuz 2 жыл бұрын

Holy cow. This is so good

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joey, I'm glad that you liked it!

@PlayBoxDestact 2 жыл бұрын

amazing work!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Well thanks Destact. I appreciate the favorable review and thanks for watching.

@costumesforalloccasions 2 жыл бұрын

O man Paul I have to stop what im doing. And watch this! Thanks

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

It is all about priorities CFAO!

@ajtopia 2 жыл бұрын

HOLY CRAP ITS HERE OMGOMGOMFG

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Yes AJ, SHE is here. I hope that you like and enjoy the video.

@wolfman75 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!! Well Done!!!! Thank You For The Idea!!!! 😲👏🎃👍😎

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

You bet Wolfman, I'm glad that you like it.

@laurahubbard9470 2 жыл бұрын

You are always so creative. I love it!!! You are by far one of my favorite channels!! Thank you for sharing and teaching us 👻

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Laura for the very nice compliment, it is great to hear such positive feedback.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Laura, Would you be interested in a HALLOWEEN DIY & HOW-TO giveaway?! I have all kinds of odds and ends left over from my builds and videos, they are not complete sets of items to build a prop, but enough to get viewers started. I would probably have several "Prop Packages" from specific How-To videos to giveaway as FREE PRIZES! To enter viewers would just need to complete a contest or task. Please respond if this sounds like something that you would be interested in. If I get good responses such as thumbs up, then I will publish a video during this off season that will give everyone all the details, rules, how to enter and prize descriptions. Thanks! Paul

@deoblo85 2 жыл бұрын

that's genius right there !! thanks for sharing !!! HFL!

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Well thanks deoblo85, you are very generous with the genius compliment ... but I'll take it.

@janehouck1906 2 жыл бұрын

That is amazingLy awesome 🤗. You’re the best! Love you ❤️

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jane ... your opinion means a great deal to me.

@janehouck1906 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 😉😍

@KerriGilpin 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic build- another great use for the baby swing!

@KerriGilpin 2 жыл бұрын

I love it in the draped hallway, but the graveyard is SPECTACULAR! The lighting is superb.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Since I had found two used ones at a great price, I had to put the second one to good use. Thanks Kerri for the nice comment.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kerri for the compliments on the lighting and the graveyard set. Perhaps next season I will do a How-To on my DIY tombstones.

@michaelevans2798 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Michael, I'm glad that you are enjoying my videos.

@603VIL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Your videos are very well done with precision explanation. You definitely have the mindset of an engineer...which promotes the question...are you one? For myself, I'll need to watch this several more times since I'm more of an art guy, and mechanical constructions with moving parts can really confuse me at times. However, the video is done really well. Thanks again.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi hawwkee79. No I am not an engineer, my background is in home construction and set design. I was fortunate to have a wonderful father who would help me as a kid with my harebrained inventions. He was an Iowa farm boy that could fix anything, he instilled that ability in me with his patience and never once did he discourage me. We worked together on many projects out in the garage ... all those years ago. I dearly miss him.

@603VIL 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms Wow! Well, he did a great job and taught you very well! On a side note, I'm very interested in your education as a set designer. I struggle with that a bit. My strong suit is weighted mostly in art. I also build static props. I've wanted to dabble more in animatronics, but it's difficult without guidance. Thanks again.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Most of my education was on the job training since I could not afford much beyond two years of college. As a general contractor, a friend asked if I would be interested in possibly designing sets and running the crew to build them for a locally shot movie (she had seen my Halloween displays). I said sure and landed the job, which in turn led to other jobs as Art Director/Set Dresser/Prop Master for local small movies, documentaries, public service announcement, commercials, industrial films, etc.

@603VIL 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms Wow! I'm impressed. Perhaps I could send you some of my work? I could use a hand getting my name out there. If not, that's fine, but I thought I'd ask. The haunt world is a tough industry to crack. Thanks again.

@gravemarker 2 жыл бұрын

I see you got the right frequency UV lights for the Wildfire invisible black light paints. Are they LED panels?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi gravemarker, actually I used a small LED black light spotlight that I picked up at a SPIRIT Halloween store.

@Erika-Raf 8 ай бұрын

Though this video is older it is still relevant. I made this Bride with the swing. Despite it seemingly being locked in place with the same clamps you used, it is top heavy as you said, but mine seems to "sway" (my wire stand is a 4 leg base and not as wide as the one you have) alot of the weight seems to lean toward the front. Twice the swing has a made a loud knocking sound (I assume from the weight distribution.) I repositioned it as best as I could, and though it sways without noise the entire Bride still seems "wably" when in motion. IDK if what I am describing is normal? Not sure if you had a similar experience....maybe I should unclamp it and reclamp it? Or maybe the base needs some weight to it? But overall it turned out great.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 8 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for asking. I would try attaching 4 wire tethers up at the waist, under the skirt and evenly spaced around the circumferance of the waist. Have those then come down and attach to the oval ring, using additional claps. Those claps should also be evenly spaced and corresponding with where each wire connects to the waist directly above them. The wires should angel out as they connect to the oval ring, giving the dressform more stability. Additionally make sure that your swing's base is sitting on a level and sound surface. Placing a weight or weights (such as a theatrical sandbag) on the base can also help with it's stability. I hope that those suggestions help.

@Erika-Raf 8 ай бұрын

Thank You so much for your quick response, I will try the wire tethers, I think that should do the trick, I will let you know. Again Thank You so much. 😊

@Erika-Raf 8 ай бұрын

The added support from the waist helped along with adjusting the swing a bit back vs forward. She still tends to "lean" but not nearly as bad and the swing is running normal (no loud knocking noise).

@xxSandman1873xx 10 ай бұрын

Hey Paul, I started building this prop. I was wondering do you have a link to buy the hand/candle? Or know where to find them?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 10 ай бұрын

Hi Sandman. The led candles can be found at many hobbie and housewares stores as well as online. There are many different versions, brands, shapes and sizes to choose from, some have a moving flame and some do not. The hand I used is a styrofoam hand and partial forearm, the bad news on those is that Halloween products came and go each year. What was available last season may not be avilable this season. The good news is that there are many hands (some with forearms) available out there, from hard plastic to soft rubber, some are posable and some are not. I would order two or three that look like they may work and see which one does. Then I would find the candle that best fits the hand, not the other way around.

@colemyst 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! she's fabulous absolute fabulous!!!! Just a question about the glowing paint. Can that be thinned so it could be lightly misted over a face or well anything so a hint of dimension could be seen?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Finding Magic. Interesting question, that depends on the paint. All paints can be thinned, however sometimes with these paints, as you thin they also lose their luster.

@colemyst 2 жыл бұрын

@@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms Thank you. That's what I thought but I've never worked with glowing paints before.

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

FYI - Just keep in mind that there is a difference between glowing paints (i.e. glow in the dark type) and blacklight fluorescent paints, which do not glow in the dark until activated by a blacklight.

@gravemarker 2 жыл бұрын

The Wildfire invisible black light can be thinned and used in an airbrush.

@colemyst 2 жыл бұрын

@@gravemarker Thanks, great to know.

@ruthsoriano6886 2 жыл бұрын

Is this based on the Haunted mansion brides?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Aleithea, that and Miss. Havisham from literary fame. What is it about a ghost bride ... so spooky!!

@donjarrard8635 Жыл бұрын

That would probably be a rotating wheel like his floating candle.That ride is getting old.The mechanics were used a lot like film projection for the statues and head in crystal ball.

@jacquelinevazquez2721 2 жыл бұрын

me gustó mucho la visión tan imaginativa de transformar esa silla para bebé en el efecto fantasmagórico de la novía fantasma. 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻 el intro tam bien fue muy bueno. quiero hacer unos efectos para una casa embrujada. nos podrías compartir como se hace la voz fantasmagórica de la intro? por favor es un gran proyecto, muy minucioso gracias por compartir

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacqueline, I need an interpreter ... but I gather that you liked the video.

@stacykelly9962 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Jacqueline asked if you would share how you record your ghostly voice in your intros. I have a translator app(?) on my Apple devices. You’re so kind to share your talent with us, I would like to help you in some small way. 😊

@jacquelinevazquez2721 2 жыл бұрын

@@stacykelly9962 gracias que linda por ayudarme 😊🌼😊🌼😊🌼😊🌼👻👻👻👻👻👻🎃🎃🎃🎃

@stacykelly9962 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Me again, your Peculiar (Missouri)😂 follower. I thought it would be best to translate Jacqueline’s entire comment as you take the time to reply .😊 My translator reads her comment as : I really liked the imaginative vision of transforming the baby chair into the ghostly effect of the ghost bride. The intro was also very good. I want to do some effects for a haunted house. Could you share with us how the ghostly voice in the intro is made, please? It’s a great project, very thorough. Thanks for sharing

@stacykelly9962 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacquelinevazquez2721 😊

@xxSandman1873xx 2 жыл бұрын

Omg this is amazing! How much does it cost to make this? Do you sell these or can i buy the one you made?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi xxSandmanxx1873 and thanks for asking. No, I do not sell the props that I make but I appreciate the compliment. The used infant seat was $45, thrift store costume $35, miscellaneous bits and pieces another $35, the dress frame was free ... so I would say roughly $150. A lot depends on what you can find on sale, at thrift stores, for free and things that you might already have on hand.

@xxSandman1873xx 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for quick response. At 23:00 mins into video how did you make her go black?

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxSandman1873xx thanks for asking. That is done with the use of a SFX Scrim, here is my video that shows you how: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8lia6mXztvIdIE.html

@HALLOWEENHOWTObySaulFilms 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sandman, Would you be interested in a HALLOWEEN DIY & HOW-TO giveaway?! I have all kinds of odds and ends left over from my builds and videos, they are not complete sets of items to build a prop, but enough to get viewers started. I would probably have several "Prop Packages" from specific How-To videos to giveaway as FREE PRIZES! To enter viewers would just need to complete a contest or task. Please respond if this sounds like something that you would be interested in. If I get good responses such as thumbs up, then I will publish a video during this off season that will give everyone all the details, rules, how to enter and prize descriptions. Thanks! Paul

@xxSandman1873xx Жыл бұрын

Sorry i missed your message. Yes id be interested. If you ever sell this or can make me one id pay you good. I will try and make it 1 day but it looks difficult.