Here are a couple of shots from our 2008 Halloween Village, alien invasion theme (you can just make out several green aliens towards the back). These show the lights that we use, the LED ones for pumpkins. The first shot is taken during the day and shows the table layout, you can easily see the two LED lighting units at the far end of the table. The second shot gives a good idea of how the lighting looks at night.
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| 2008 Halloween Village. Daytime shot showing lights. |
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In this shot you can clearly see two LED units at the far end of the table, you can also see the back of an LED unit in the bottom left of the shot, they are designed to sit flat but they stand on end just as well, which is how we use them. The haunted house in the center has another LED unit sitting inside giving the red glow to the windows. There are also some practical lighting effects in the scene, such as the lights for the walkway leading to the haunted house, you can also see a lit street lamp behind the house. The white fuzzy glow towards the upper right is a special effect purchased just for this display. It is a special piezo fogger unit that goes into a little bowl of water. The unit is designed for little home fountains and such, you will frequently see these in mall displays of Japanese style fountains. The actual unit is only about 1 1/2 inches across. It has the piezo fogger and waterproof lights in the same unit. For our display I cut a round hole in the table (the table is really a 4x8 sheet of plywood mounted on a couple of saw horses. I didn't cut a hole in a real table), then I mounted a plastic mixing bowl under the whole, dropped in the fogger, filled it with water, and instant foggy bog. The table is covered with green paper and irregular shapes of railroad display grass paper. This helps break up the large flat surface and looks great at night.
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| 2008 Halloween Village at night with lighting effects |
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Here is how the right side of the display looked at night. The orange glow is the piezo fogger bog, the two LED units are upper center and right side. You can just see some of the street lamps around the "grave yard" on the left. We hang a black sheet behind the display to act as a backdrop and to hide the living room behind. the trick or treaters view the display through the front window just to the right of the front door.
