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Halloween 2022

  Mad Scientist Control Panel Gathering the piecesparts for the Control Panel. Cardboard Boxes and Bottle Caps, Paint and Craft Foam. Still need to tweak it some ... when it's done, the bottles will have sparkly lights running between them, and they — and the syringe — will glow under the black light I'll set up.

Halloween 2022

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What Will This Halloween 2022 Bring? Some time ago, I hosted a Mad Science/Steampunk party for the Cub Scouts group my son and I were a part of.  I always thought I could do better, so here I go. The thought is to turn the garage into a Mad Laboratory with a Steampunk aesthetic. First of all, any Mad Scientist worth his salt has had some sort of lab accident that has left it's mark. As such, I have created a Steampunk Style Mechanical Arm for me ... Dr. Tolo Maniaco! This is the idea for the costume: An endless amount of thanks and gratitude goes to LostWaxoz.com  for the awesome patterns and instructions for these. I need a main Control Panel, so I made a few components ... Including the necessary Tesla Coil ... The main attraction will of course be The Monster on the Slab. But I want to do something a little different, I think. So ... The head will be separate from the body — as if I'm still working on it. I'm using my Plasma Ball as his brain. And I created a little some...