Saturday, November 2, 2013

Halloween craft time with Kirk

I survived another Halloween. 

I wanted to show you how my Halloween project turned out for Halloween 2013!  

Previously in my blogs titled "I Love Halloween part 1, 2, and 3" I had constructed an old western toe-pincher coffin. I then acquired a heavy skeleton meant to teach an anatomy class about the human skeletal structure and planned to decorate it to look like a rotting corpse and live forever in my toe-pincher coffin. Here’s how it was completed.

First the eyes

I gorilla glued some real glass eyes into the ocular cavities of the skull. 

Then the face

After that I melted hot wax and molded it around the face to give it more of a fleshy texture.

Now color

Then I spray painted it all with a tan color with green undertones.

Final facial details

I tried to open the jaw to show the mouth open but I broke the springs holding it in place so I had to wire the jaw shut and settled for a closed mouth expression.
I blackened the teeth with acrylic paint

Mounting the corpse
close up: moss and cobwebs


Finally I bolted an “L” bracket at the head of the coffin, and wired the skull to it. That way I can either lay the coffin down, or stand it up and the body won’t slide around and fall out.
I stapled moss and cobwebs around the interior to add to the aged looking effect.

Now that's curb appeal


Final project on display




I got very few trick-or-treaters this year to admire my handy work. Hopefully that changes in the future. 

Any advice on where I can store this heavy Halloween decoration until next year? Please leave your comments below!

4 comments:

  1. I don't have any good advice on where to store it, but I'm very impressed!

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    1. Thanks Jeff, I was very envious to read about your Zombie hunting adventure with your sister.

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  2. Looking good Kirk - I always love Craft time with Kirk! Maybe you could store it under your bed? or hide it around the house in a different spot everyday? Ha. Just kidding. That would scare me sooooo bad.

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  3. Yeah, don't hide it in different places in the house. Let's make sure everyone in our family knows where it is at all times, please.

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