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UPDATE
The Halloween of 2011 was an unexpected success! I am spending the next few months retooling my workshop and my process. Some of the changes and additions are a vacuum forming machine with a high level of vacuum and variable platen size. With it I am able to form many props I otherwise couldn't obtain like detailed swords and guns, rum bottles, and other props that would be too heavy and / or expensive to use. These props will be more detailed, durable and much lighter. I have also taken advantage of the post-Halloween sales and purchased many high priced items (hats mainly) for very low prices. Hats are one on the hard to create / hard to find cheap but good items. There are other refinements to my workshop and work flow that will allow me to create better pirate skeletons that are lighter, more durable and most importantly better artistic creations.

Welcome to MasterWerxStudios. We specialize in the creation of life sized props for haunted houses, museums, and other displays and settings. Contact us at luke@lukeahearn.com or browse our available creations.

These are my latest works. Click on the pictures to go to eBay, that's where the latest stuff will be.

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We attain the following four goals in the creation of our props:

  • Aesthetics - Of course a prop must look good, but we don't stop at good. We consider our props from afar, closeup, and in various lighting conditions. You will notice details that usually don’t exist on other companies products such as jewelry, unique clothing, and fingernails to name a few.
  • Durability - Durability is not just using the strongest materials, but in the design of the bases, hangers, armatures, and other such core structures for each figure. Durability also involves the ease you can move, store or handle a prop, that's why we also consider weight.
  • Lightweight - Not cheap, lightweight. We use materials that are as light as possible but strong such as hardened foam, etc. Some prop skeletons can weight as much as 20 pounds or more and add other decoration to that and the support to hold it and you can be looking at a 50 pound prop. Trying hanging, animating or even getting that out of a box. And most important is safety. You don’t want a 50 pound zombie landing on a customer. Our skeletons weight about 4 pounds. As a result the armatures that hold them up are very light, but extremely strong and usually made with 10 gage wire. This allows most figures to pose at the large joints (shoulders, hips, elbows, and knees) and can still hold their own weight. Most need a base to hold them for a standing position and that can be done with a custom made lightweight PVC stand that is also very durable and can collapse.
  • Unique - Our creations are one of a kind. You will not see a prop or figure purchased from us in another display or setting. Costumes are created on a figure by figure basis as is the hair, eyes, and all other details. We don’t throw a Halloween mask and hastily cut shirt on a form and call it a zombie. We build one of a kind creations.

Custom Work
We sell all our own works, but we take custom work to. This doesn’t involve more expense, just more time. Our schedule is all but full for this year's Halloween, but please contact us. We may be able to fit you in or modify an existing prop or figure to fit your needs.

Thanks,
MasterWerxStudios