Mr. Barbosa, your cannon is ready...

[Dreadnight]

Mission accomplished. Cannon is done - weathering, cannon stand, and all. It was a fun project, and I am once again amazed at what can be done with Monster Mud!

[krough]

That is awesome Dreadnight, simply awesome

[JohnnyL]

VERY cool!!!

[HalloweenRick]

Very nice Dread!

[heresjohnny]

Wow, that is an incredible job!

[Haunted Neurons]

Holly cannonball Batman, that thing could put your eye out!

That thing looks real!....awesome work!

[Dreadnight]

Yeah, speaking of putting your eye out - I've already decided I'm hitching this thing up to an air cannon for next year. After seeing it as "just a prop" this year, I think that'll get a lot of people's attention. Thanks for the comments, folks.

Oh, I almost forgot - I meant to mention that I took the photos with a CANON digital camera :D

[darryl]

Simply awe struck. That things kicks some serious butt. An air cannon would be just the ticket.

[grapegrl]

Gorgeous, Dread...simply gorgeous!

[Wyatt Furr]

Great Job,
I love your cannon and haunt
Keep up the good work

[NecroBones]

OMG, that's freakin awesome!!!

I love the corroded patina sort of thing you did on the barrel.

Great job!

[spokanejoe]

Man...that is impressive. Did you by chance...use your other Cannon to take pics of the construction?

[krough]

is there a how-to forthcoming on that?

[Dreadnight]

I'll answer both of the previous posts with this one. I didn't take pics because my cannon how-to was found at "www.donfoley.com/halloween". You can find a really nice set of plans there which cover my cannon, with the following changes: I stretched mine to a foot longer (mine is five feet, Don's was four). I have worked with mortar and thought it would be very heavy, plus it would be prone to cracking if the cannon was dropped. So, I substituted that wire "netting" (not chicken wire, but the stuff with little square openings about 3/8 inch by 3.8 in) and monster mud for the lathe and mortar. It turned out as smooth as metal after sanding. ALso, I HAD to have those rings around the barrel, so I used foam plumbing insulation, cut in half and wrapped around the barrel. The patina was done with a product I found at Dunne-Edwards paints, where your paint on a metallic coat and then apply this solution that actually does the same thing to the metal paint that sea air does to statues, etc. I can expound on any of this if it is not making sense.