Archive for September, 2009
Frequently Asked Questions
September 8th, 2009
September is prop building season and with that comes a lot of email and questions. Thank you for all the nice comments and questions, I do my best to respond to everybody but during the next two months my schedule is very hectic and sometimes I miss an email.
I love questions and if you have a unique question it will probably be answered on my other blog called Scotty Art. Take a moment to browse that site and see if the question has already been asked. Frequently asked questions include:
“How do you make paste?”
“How do you make clay?”
“How do you weatherproof or waterproof?”
“How do you make templates?”
The answers to all of these questions are supplied in The Basics section on this site which goes into detail about my paste and clay recipes, weatherproofing and making templates, please read the information because chances are your question has already been answered.
September Work in Progress
September 8th, 2009
If you’ve read through the majority of projects on this site then you know that one of my favorite places on the internet is The Mad Lab, a site that hosts monthly prop building contests. The Mad Lab has motivated me to create many of my more popular pieces; the pumpkins, gargoyle, busts and sentinels to name a few.
This summer has flown by and except for teaching some papier mache workshopsI haven’t really created anything new, but after reading about this month’s contest which requires you to build a ghoulish prop using paint containers (plastic, metal, 1 gallon, 5 gallon, etc.) I found the inspiration and motivation I needed.
The pieces I’m working on for the contest are something I’ve never created and proving to be a challenge.
Here’s a couple of teaser pictures, enjoy!
