DRACULA'S HEARSE WITH BLOOD COCKTAIL MINI BAR IN COFFIN - NEW COLLAGE SHEET & VIDEO TUTORIAL

Dracula and his new bride are on their way to Grimsley Village to spend their honeymoon at the Buzzard Bed and Breakfast.  

Looks like the current guest has stayed well past the checkout date.

There is no mistaking Dracula’s hearse as it flies by using bat wing power, sporting a red “D” on the windows and Dracula’s insignia curtain clips.

Inside is the coffin lined with red and black suede.  On the lid of the coffin is the Dracula family crest flanked by silver vampire bats hanging on the edges of the coffin lid.  

    

With a shortage of young maidens in the area, they make a short stop for refreshments and are attended by their faithful raven butler Belvedere and wolf chauffeur Farnsworth. 

The graveyard, with its rows of tombs, makes a perfect setting to enjoy the full moon rising as it casts its silvery light onto blankets of clouds.  

Dracula and his bride prefer to fly when traveling, which leaves the coffin free to transport necessities, in this case, a collapsible blood bar stocked with anything a blood-sucking creature would want; there’s bottled Dracula’s Reserve, Chateau Vlad, Dracula’s Kiss, Type O, and Type AB.  On tap is Blood and Hair of the Dog Beer, the latter being Farnsworth's favorite.

The couple’s favorite beverage is Belvedere’s blood martini, garnished with a pickled eyeball.

Looks a couple of vampire friends have flown in to enjoy the refreshments. Nothing like an impromptu graveyard party at midnight!

THE DETAILS

All you fellow ghouls, don’t sweat the details as I made a step-by-step video tutorial. 

The hearse, coffin, bookcase (bar shelves), and stools are made from chipboard kits (I love those kits).  The 6" coffin fits nicely into the hearse with room to spare. For storage purposes, all of the items in this project fit inside the hearse.  The coffin is nice and deep, which made it perfect for a collapsible bar and even big enough to store the small stool under the bar shelves. 

One of the coolest aspects of the hearse is the two coach lamps with an LED light and battery-powered.  The images you see in this project are from my new Dracula & Bats Collage Sheets described below.

DRACULA COLLAGE SHEET

This collage sheet is packed with all kinds of vampire goodies.  Included are Dracula, his bride, a faithful raven butler, and a wolf driver.  In addition, are lots of bits and bobs to deck out a coffin blood bar and a set of curtains that are sized to fit the funeral coach.  

BAT COLLAGE SHEET

 This sheet contains 23 bats and bat heads.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

Click here to see the supplies carried by AlphaStamps

If you are interested in the other Grimsley Village pieces, you can find the video tutorials and supply list by clicking the links below.

Grimsley Village Part 1 (which includes)

Happy Bat Tavern

Grizelda's House of Beauty

The Retching Toad Eatery

Ghoul & Sons Chemists

The Thrifty Witch

Grimsley Village Part 2 (which includes)

Black Cat Emporium

Buzzard Bed & Breakfast

Cadaver & Digger Undertakers

Village Square

Ghostmore Manor

Forsaken Cemetery

Mad Scientist Laboratory

Witch in the Woods

Moldy Morty's Market

DRACULA COMES TONIGHT

I am a huge fan of the old Dracula movies (before all of the gore).  The ones where you see Dracula put his cape around the helpless female and you must use your imagination.  I also love the gothic style of old movies.

To paint the chipboard Gargoyle in the back of the piece, I used the same technique as I demonstrated in the first Halloween Carnival video tutorial to paint the tombstones. 

The floor is made from black foam core board.

The top of the table is a plastic lid and the base is the same base as the one I used to make the table in the “Stump and Owl” carnival game.

The window in the back comes in a chipboard frame.  I removed the window, papered the frame and painted the window.  Next, I glued them back together.

For the back of the piece (seen through the window) I used a piece of black foam core board.  I applied cheap bat stickers to the board to act as a mask.

I used a stencil brush to dab red paint onto the board and over the stickers.

I then removed the bat stickers exposing the black foam core board underneath.

I decided the bats weren't black enough so I applied black paint.  

Here are some of the images I cooked up for this piece.  Feel free to download them and use them in your art.  To download an image, click on the image to expand it, right-click and select Save As.