[NecroBones]

OK, so I finally got my hands on my nifty new FCG kit... I'm curious... how do you guys prefer to hang the rig up if it's going inside a window (not a mausoleum or something like that)? Hang it from the ceiling? Make a frame from 2x4 wood or from PVC?

I'm considering a frame, though hanging from the ceiling would be relatively simple... I'm just concerned about getting hooks that will be strong and not pull out of the drywall.

 

[Hellspawn]

The way I did it was, I located the ceiling joists and screwed eye hooks into three of them, one for each arm and one for the head, then I just ran some 115lb dog chain from home depot from the eye hooks to the FCG rig

 

[ScareFX]

I run mine from below. But I have a standard lightweight puppet. I used some drywall anchors with eye screws and small pulleys. Here's a photo from 2004. I just set the rig on a box with some weight in the bottom to keep it from crawling.

 

[HalloweenRick]

If you have wife like mine, she was horrified at the thought of putting holes in the wall for one night. We put the FCG in the bay window, so I had enough rooms to suspend our FCG from 2x4's across a set of sawhorses I had raised above a table. I hung a black sheet to cover the inside light. It worked great! This year though I am attempting to build the FCG its own crypt. Adds a little more to the haunt.

 

[Gothikim]

Our ghostie is in a bay window, and a framework that stood on either side of her would show, so she had to be supported from behind to hide the frame... DH & I made a stand based on an engine hoist's design. It's WAY over-engineered, but it gets the job done

BTW, Woody, you may have solved my FCG problem for 07. I'm putting Isabella in a different window this year, and running the rig from below may save my ceiling from a number of huge holes and my existing framework from being cut down by 1'! Thanks!!!