Finally painted five pumpkins that were created for a Great Lakes FrightFest demonstration last spring, these pumpkins were painted with an airbrush, sealed, then washed with black paint. The final coat of black paint was wiped from the surface with a damp cloth leaving only traces of the paint in […]
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Finally getting some projects completed for our Halloween Display 2010, these three large pumpkins stand almost three feet tall and are a mash up of several different projects. The pumpkins used the trash bag method, the cardboard strip method and the face techniques use for DEMONIKUS. The tutorial will be […]
Introducing NOCTURNUS, my eight legged entry for Davis Graveyard SpiderFest 2010. This is a big fella, his body and head are 19 inches long and 10 inches wide and with the legs attached he measures 41 inches long and 36 inches wide. The legs were designed to be detachable for […]
So what do 13 tortured pumpkins waiting for their final paint look like? The pumpkins have been base coated with flat black latex paint then dry brushed with flat white latex. The next step involves colorizing with some various color of oil stains…this is sort of experimental, something I’ve never […]
An update on the Davis Graveyard Spider for SpiderFest 2010…let me just say that I “changed gears”…yes the pun is intended. A week or so ago I posted some teaser photos of my spider and as the clues suggested it was going to be a steampunk skeleton spider. My original […]
Here is a peek at some new items for my Etsy store, they are called “Tortured Pumpkins.” These guys are stuck in eternal agricultural agony because life in the STOLLOWEEN pumpkin patch isn’t exactly easy. Nailed, chained, stapled, stitched, shackled and bound in barbed wire these 13 new pumpkins are […]
The Undead Pumpkin is now finished and he has a name. Meet Gourdon Rotsworth. A new tutorial has been posting showing the steps involved in making this evil pumpkin that will be lurking in his new home at The Never Moor. Here are the instructions.
Good old Charlie has been outside braving the elements for 57 days. Fifty-seven days of rain, wind, heat and humidity. The Spar Urethane has done the job, there is absolutely no sign of water damage, the papier mache is still rock solid and all is good. The only problem I […]
You’ve heard of the Davis Graveyard right? Have you heard about SpiderFest 2010? The Davis Graveyard SpiderFest 2010 is a group prop idea where anyone can build a spider, send it off to the Davis Graveyard and it will be displayed in a big old willow tree during the month […]
All the pieces of the undead pumpkin are now completed and drying. The pumpkin dude consists of eight pieces that when joined together can be posed in a variety of positions. Thin strips of newspaper were rolled into vines and papier mached to the arms and chest but in order […]