ahhh how cute! Shannon is a super star! I had the honor and luck of attending Monster Camp 2019, meeting both Shannon and Allen. Allen now has a shop. A huge thank you to Allen and sharing tons of his ideas with us all. ok i gotta go and make a human pelt now. Happy Hauntings
It's worth watching this video just to see the fear in your eyes when you start to think you've run out of time and you'll get caught trashing her fence.
I made my first two pelts. One half torso and one full body. They turned out pretty good. I have adopted this technique for everything in the skinned room. Made half torsos out of chicken wire and heated bags around them. Just started to make your hooks so I can hang these beauties. As always, thanks.
I love this! My theme this year is the after life and I’m thinking of making these with clear bags, adding them to stakes and having them come out of the ground in front of the tombstone lit from behind to seem like glowing souls! Let’s hope it works like I want it to! Thanks for an awesome video!
Awesome! That sounds pretty gnarly. Try making the bodies themselves out of the clear tape technique, then you will be a true convert lol! I like the tape method because of how well the forms turn out.
I was super impressed with your knowledge and detail when you didn't include the hands. When you skin an animal, you don't use the paws either because - you're right - it's too much freaking trouble. Excellent video as always. I just really wish you hadn't given me the welcome mat idea.
Wow, yet another easy to make, straight-forward, and cheap project with an excellent look! Where were you for me a year ago!? I cant wait to try this one out - I'll have to share my results when I finish!
That was AMAZING !! I never knew about colors not staying true depending on the lighting. THAT was a GREAT tip. Now I have a question and a comment, HOW the HELL do you guys sleep with the sound of those bugs??!! I love to hear a few at night but my God they sound like they would devour you in a minute. Now, my comment. If your wife ever gets so pissed at you and throws your talented, comical ass out, I have PLENTY of room for you here, and I have central air !! KEEP creating Allen.
I actually do some teaching the haunted house conventions. It is looking like I will be at the West Coast Haunt convention coming up. I dont know what part of CA you are in but it would be fun to meet people.
Hey i wanted to say that i used this one last year in a static haunted house display at the Binghamton zoo in Binghamton NY. It got really good reaction. Cant wait to see what i can do this year!!!!
Really, really cheap and cool idea. I would probably just adjust the tones on the skin to make it either all flesh or bloody up the black, but I realize there's a time limit for videos and you were probably in a rush. Really, cheap, resourceful and ingenious idea. You can easily cover a whole wall with these and not have to spend a penny for extra supplies.
Wonderful vids! You are my new Hero! I have been wanting to things of this quality for years but they always seemed to cost prohibitive, you have found the prefect work around with plastic!
@the5chronicles Yeah the big thing is the technique- I love a strong dry brush look but its not the most realistic so I know others might want to finish in a different style. Luckily you can. I have about six haunts at the park Im director for and Im definitely putting a few of these in at least two of them, I had forgotten about thhis technique until someone asked about it on a haunt forum. Allen H
As a guy why has skinned deer before, I can tell you that that looks like the INSIDE of a skin more than the outside. When you peel it off the body, some stringy bits are still attached. Sinew, blood vessels, etc. That's the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. The outside of the skin (epidermis) is much smoother and has a texture more like parchment. When you let it sit and dry out, that dermal blood and stuff darkens a lot, turning almost black. It actually looks almost exactly like your prop here does. So fresh blood on a dried skin looks a bit odd to me. Maybe if it was more of a congealed chocolate syrup color with a touch of red in it. And I would lay the hair on the other side of the "skin" and sort of brush it out around the shoulders.
+Miguel Cuervo - I have to say, I liked it better before the hair also and I thought the same thing about it being the inside of the skin and not the outside layer. Either way, it's cool and most people just think of "gross" instead of what it is when they are inside a haunted house. Then again, I thought it looked like a chard person before the paint and would have look great tied to a stake like it was a burnt witch.
This came out so good. I thi k i may try this out as a welcome banner for my door. Omg, your wife's face was saying, "what in the hell did you do to the fence? #priceless😅😆"
so awesome, im going to try and make myself a human pelt....you are a mad genius...ha...one question could we use a hair blow dyer if we dont have a heat gun?
You know what... I love this pelt idea... some of the others fell it looks wrong or unrealistic but, if the pelt was sitting in the hot sun for a while it would look just like this one in the video. remember guys.. it does need time to dry. haven't y'all seen any horror movies at all!!! hello... Texas chainsaw massacre!!!
I think you can go as crazy as you would like with these. i normally sow bare bones no frills to give you the concept, make it your own and knock them out!
Suggestion: Have a pelt with a section which is lying on a cutting board with square-shaped chunks clearly removed and a big knife lying on top of it, with a big pot of "boiling oil" on a stove beside it. Then you can have a bowl of pork rinds nearby and offer them to the people.
watched one of your other videos on Make and I almost thought you WEREN'T gonna check the heat gun with your hand. . . but then. . . you did. And I laughed.
Your videos are so awesome, I love all of your ideas and tips... your neighbors must think you're some pshyco guy next door with all of your "skinning people" practices :)
@8bitdeath I actually work for a Haunted house. Screams Halloween park in Texas. Im the artistic director there, no matter where you work being anle to do it on a budget is an advantage. Sometimes you want to make $100 look like $1000 other times its making $10,000 look like $100,000.
It did not have a Major affect on me. It was an hour and a half away from me. I have been through West many times, but I did not know anyone there. it was a terrible tragedy.
This is great stuff! Do you work for a studio yet? If not, you should! Judging by what you've done with cheap materials, it would be mind blowing to see what you could accomplish with studio grade tools and materials!
hey man I Love the video and I wanted to bounce an idea off you: what if you first spray painted the pelt with a light brown before drybrushing the skin tone? with the black showing through it kinda looks to me like the guy was flamed before he was skined.
+Devin Casebeer I tend to prefer high contrast paint jobs that's just a personal preference you can paint yours however you like. Be aware though that spray paint will flake off because the plastic will move and flex and the paint will not.
Oh yeah.... Im located in Burleson and travel thru Arlington up to Las Colinas daily. Great vids by the way man... Over heard your channel by one of my horror buds MrJayson1464
west coast haunt convention? never been but sounds exciting. im in southern california Long Beach area. have you been to west coast haunt before? let me know when your next class is. woud enjoy attending.
"I was really hoping to be done with this before she saw it..." Something I say to myself almost every time I'm making something new for a haunt.
Best welcome mat ever!
Oh man...that's bad bad bad good
ahhh how cute! Shannon is a super star! I had the honor and luck of attending Monster Camp 2019, meeting both Shannon and Allen. Allen now has a shop. A huge thank you to Allen and sharing tons of his ideas with us all. ok i gotta go and make a human pelt now. Happy Hauntings
she works the haunt with me and is awesomely supportive, so it balances out.
So glad I found you, I love Halloween and decomposition!
+Grant Grindle thats not creepy at all....
It's worth watching this video just to see the fear in your eyes when you start to think you've run out of time and you'll get caught trashing her fence.
its ok...we moved!
I love this guy "The fence is trashed...Im screwed".
Too funny.
Sweet projects btw.
Thank you for watching.
@2Sherbert that almost made the captions, but I try to leave the low hanging fruit.
thanks, Im glkad you like the vids! I will keep them coming!
I made my first two pelts. One half torso and one full body. They turned out pretty good. I have adopted this technique for everything in the skinned room. Made half torsos out of chicken wire and heated bags around them. Just started to make your hooks so I can hang these beauties. As always, thanks.
When people do things like that, they should get a Stiltbeast studios T-shirt I have not made any of those yet, but when I do...
Let me know how it turns out!
please share! glad you like the turorials!
@CalgEerie No problem, I will do some manner of haunt tutorial every wednesday
@AnetaBlow No worries, let me know how they turn out!
Nice job on the tutorial! I am doing a butcher room this year and I will definitely be using this type of prop. Thanks!
I love this! My theme this year is the after life and I’m thinking of making these with clear bags, adding them to stakes and having them come out of the ground in front of the tombstone lit from behind to seem like glowing souls! Let’s hope it works like I want it to! Thanks for an awesome video!
Awesome! That sounds pretty gnarly. Try making the bodies themselves out of the clear tape technique, then you will be a true convert lol! I like the tape method because of how well the forms turn out.
OMG, you crack me up, I especially love your dancing with the spray cans! GREAT tutorial, love all of them!
+Rhonda Bartolazzi thanks.....Go make stuff!
I was super impressed with your knowledge and detail when you didn't include the hands. When you skin an animal, you don't use the paws either because - you're right - it's too much freaking trouble.
Excellent video as always. I just really wish you hadn't given me the welcome mat idea.
Thank you so much for sharing your how-to videos! They are amazing!
+Martie Tompkins Comments are amazing! thanks for taking the time.
Wow, yet another easy to make, straight-forward, and cheap project with an excellent look! Where were you for me a year ago!? I cant wait to try this one out - I'll have to share my results when I finish!
That was AMAZING !! I never knew about colors not staying true depending on the lighting. THAT was a GREAT tip. Now I have a question and a comment, HOW the HELL do you guys sleep with the sound of those bugs??!! I love to hear a few at night but my God they sound like they would devour you in a minute. Now, my comment. If your wife ever gets so pissed at you and throws your talented, comical ass out, I have PLENTY of room for you here, and I have central air !! KEEP creating Allen.
lol, yeah the bugs get pretty loud sometimes! Glad you like the videos!!!
I just went ahead and started and I am so happy I found you ! All my friends turned out fantastic thanks to you .. Cant wait to see more
Wife comes out: "What the hell are you doing?!" lol. That is why I stay married to my work. But the lack of house cleaning sucks. Looks great!
Your wife doesn't seem to like what you do but its awesome! Keep it up man!
+Guy Hermanson truthfully she is very supportive, but the other way is more fun.
I think this looks great, the bloody and hair is a nice touch i will be preping these for halloween coming. loving the vids, nice work.
"I don't live in the amazon, that's just what the bugs sound like in Texas."
ROFL! That made me laugh
Dude! That would make an AWESOME welcome mat!
NO NO NO! DO NOT THROW AWAY THAT HAIR! You stick it it a dirty jar and call it Werewolf fur!
Loved the vid!
I actually do some teaching the haunted house conventions. It is looking like I will be at the West Coast Haunt convention coming up. I dont know what part of CA you are in but it would be fun to meet people.
Yes. I need this as a welcome mat. That's friggen' brilliant.
LOL, they look great in person. try making one it takes about 15 min and you can get technique down quick.
depends on the paint you use, I used acrylics here so not very. but If I used latex housepaint mixed with some latex it would be very flexible.
Hey i wanted to say that i used this one last year in a static haunted house display at the Binghamton zoo in Binghamton NY. It got really good reaction. Cant wait to see what i can do this year!!!!
"If I was going to skin a person I wouldn't skin the fingers" that cracked me up
Love your work
i think its a very good idea and with your own spin and a little time you can realy make a realalistic human skin I think. I like it. good job!
Really, really cheap and cool idea. I would probably just adjust the tones on the skin to make it either all flesh or bloody up the black, but I realize there's a time limit for videos and you were probably in a rush. Really, cheap, resourceful and ingenious idea. You can easily cover a whole wall with these and not have to spend a penny for extra supplies.
the5chronicles You are so cool. I wish you lived next door to me. Thanks for the cool ideas.
She "what's that red stuff on the fence?"
He "Jeeze, I don't know. Where the heck did that come from?"
She "uh-hu."
This is an awesome prop man and it has given me so many ideas! Thanks for the tutorial!
I love how effective it is and how simple it is to do
i enjoy your videos. hello from california. thanks for making halloween so much fun for me and my kids
Excellent! Your neighbors must find living next to you to be...interesting...
I really like the video think I'm going to give it a shot. The pelt reminds me of Silent Hill. I give you a Big Thumbs Up!!
I love this! Very creative and thanks for sharing. I might steal this for next year.
Wonderful vids! You are my new Hero! I have been wanting to things of this quality for years but they always seemed to cost prohibitive, you have found the prefect work around with plastic!
This is freaking amazing!!!! Can't wait to watch more!!!
That could make great for some slasher films or a Silence Of The Lambs horror set up good job on it
indeed!
@@StiltbeastStudios 🙂👍
Very creative and cheap .I will try this project for my upcoming hallowing party. Thanks Allen!!
@the5chronicles Yeah the big thing is the technique- I love a strong dry brush look but its not the most realistic so I know others might want to finish in a different style. Luckily you can. I have about six haunts at the park Im director for and Im definitely putting a few of these in at least two of them, I had forgotten about thhis technique until someone asked about it on a haunt forum.
Allen H
As a guy why has skinned deer before, I can tell you that that looks like the INSIDE of a skin more than the outside. When you peel it off the body, some stringy bits are still attached. Sinew, blood vessels, etc. That's the dermis and subcutaneous tissue. The outside of the skin (epidermis) is much smoother and has a texture more like parchment. When you let it sit and dry out, that dermal blood and stuff darkens a lot, turning almost black. It actually looks almost exactly like your prop here does. So fresh blood on a dried skin looks a bit odd to me. Maybe if it was more of a congealed chocolate syrup color with a touch of red in it. And I would lay the hair on the other side of the "skin" and sort of brush it out around the shoulders.
Keep talkin' Fedoreo.
Not really sure why that's relevant, But for the sake of conversation, how would you have created this prop? Any artistic input to put forward?
+Miguel Cuervo - I have to say, I liked it better before the hair also and I thought the same thing about it being the inside of the skin and not the outside layer. Either way, it's cool and most people just think of "gross" instead of what it is when they are inside a haunted house. Then again, I thought it looked like a chard person before the paint and would have look great tied to a stake like it was a burnt witch.
do you practice? are you using a natraul fiber soft brush? are you going across lines of detail as opposed to along lines of detail?
This came out so good. I thi k i may try this out as a welcome banner for my door. Omg, your wife's face was saying, "what in the hell did you do to the fence? #priceless😅😆"
idk why but when he paints it, he sounds like a demonic bob ross
Definitely will try this. Looks great!
Your work is incredible. Thanks for the vids
Dude, Sounds like Indiana Jones! Love it!!!
Thank you, and Happy Halloween!
so awesome, im going to try and make myself a human pelt....you are a mad genius...ha...one question could we use a hair blow dyer if we dont have a heat gun?
have to have a heat gun. go to harbor freight or use a Michaels coupon.
+james plasencia need a heat gun, $10 at Harbor freight!
thou hast made thine Queen unhappy with your fence pelt siirrrrr....
That's a great idea thanks for posting, We have been looking around for new welcome mats! LOL!
Allen... you are freaking awesome!
@ukiechop In all honesty I have the most understanding awesome wife, but I do on ocassion test her patience. And it will wash off...eventually.
damn, i love how easy it sometimes could be! well done sir!
I'm in Gainesville FL...was born and raised in Buffalo NY.i just moved here 5/15.
YOU GOT TALENT
Kinda reminds me of Predator with the jungle sounds and skinned pelt.
Awesome, glad you like it the videos!
You know what... I love this pelt idea... some of the others fell it looks wrong or unrealistic but, if the pelt was sitting in the hot sun for a while it would look just like this one in the video. remember guys.. it does need time to dry. haven't y'all seen any horror movies at all!!! hello... Texas chainsaw massacre!!!
i luv the effects.im a fellow halloween maker myself....like 40yrs worth...luv you tube,,wish i found it or you sooner
very cool! Im glad you like the channel! Where abouts are you?
Gville Florida
I think you can go as crazy as you would like with these. i normally sow bare bones no frills to give you the concept, make it your own and knock them out!
@KustomFu Harbor Freight $9.99 when they are on sale $13.99 when they are not.
Great idea. We have a hotel kitchen in our haunt this year and now we will have pelts 🙂
yeah do it!
Suggestion: Have a pelt with a section which is lying on a cutting board with square-shaped chunks clearly removed and a big knife lying on top of it, with a big pot of "boiling oil" on a stove beside it. Then you can have a bowl of pork rinds nearby and offer them to the people.
I agree! Thank you so much for these tutorials!
That was awesome, great videos, keep them coming.
No, there is no sugar in it, it is glue.
Very cool! Thank you for posting
i busted out laughing while watching this
rolling in the deep is playing in the back
@thebloodshedbrothers No problem, thanks for posting all your vids.
No, a hair dryer does not get hot enough.
watched one of your other videos on Make and I almost thought you WEREN'T gonna check the heat gun with your hand. . . but then. . . you did. And I laughed.
ur vids r awesome!!! now for those who are making a haunt on a budget, im sending them to you. the props look good, and ar very cheap aswell
Your videos are so awesome, I love all of your ideas and tips... your neighbors must think you're some pshyco guy next door with all of your "skinning people" practices :)
@deathstaste LOL thanks- i take it you will be making a few of these?
@8bitdeath I actually work for a Haunted house. Screams Halloween park in Texas. Im the artistic director there, no matter where you work being anle to do it on a budget is an advantage. Sometimes you want to make $100 look like $1000 other times its making $10,000 look like $100,000.
It did not have a Major affect on me. It was an hour and a half away from me. I have been through West many times, but I did not know anyone there. it was a terrible tragedy.
Make that a back ground skin, try different thicknesses of plastic.
So glad I found you! I'm going to make me one of this soon for haloween!! Thank you
yes!!! GO MAKE STUFF!!!
This is great stuff! Do you work for a studio yet? If not, you should! Judging by what you've done with cheap materials, it would be mind blowing to see what you could accomplish with studio grade tools and materials!
hey man I Love the video and I wanted to bounce an idea off you: what if you first spray painted the pelt with a light brown before drybrushing the skin tone? with the black showing through it kinda looks to me like the guy was flamed before he was skined.
+Devin Casebeer I tend to prefer high contrast paint jobs that's just a personal preference you can paint yours however you like. Be aware though that spray paint will flake off because the plastic will move and flex and the paint will not.
Oh yeah.... Im located in Burleson and travel thru Arlington up to Las Colinas daily. Great vids by the way man... Over heard your channel by one of my horror buds MrJayson1464
west coast haunt convention? never been but sounds exciting. im in southern california Long Beach area. have you been to west coast haunt before? let me know when your next class is. woud enjoy attending.
I really want to give this a thumbs up but the video is on 666 and I feel that's too perfect to ruin.
Yes, that was one of the key things it needed to do.
Nice Idea, i Like It !
very good.
Great vid Allen. And No, I'm not dumb enough to check it with my hand......... I checked it with my face.... don't ask why.LOL
thanks! And I believe I have more persistence than talent.
That was freaking awesome thx
an oldie but a goodie