Gravedigger – update #3

All painted up and ready for the latex

Ive now made it to the point in this project where I’ve chosen to stray from my comfort zone. The Gravedigger is all constructed, with several coats of paper mache applied and a coat of exterior Latex Paint added to seal up the mache. Now it’s time to play with the liquid Latex and Cotton. For the record, I am sceptical of doing this, as I am not completely confident that this will look as good as I hope it will. Nonetheless, I feel I must give it a shot. I have used the Liquid Latex once before as can be seen here, but this time it will be on a much larger scale.

The Gravedigger is now the biggest halloween project undertaking I have made to date. Not so by overall size (my past scarecrows took that category) but definately by the work involved. So far, I’m pleased with the progress and have high hopes for the final outcome. Here is one last look at the gravedigger before I start with the latex & cotton. One coat of light brown Exterior Latex, with a dry brushing of dark brown. The bright white areas, which will be toned down with a brown wash, are where I plan to have exposed bone, though some of the white will be covered up with latex as well.

The Gravedigger's Eyes

Another new direction that I have chosen to take with this proect is the addition of the eyes. The eyes, inspired by Haunters Hangout’s “Easy Eyes“, were created with 1″ wooden balls purchased at Michaels – The Arts & Crafts Store. The balls were painted with white and red acrylic hobby paint, then Haunters Hangout’s printable Irises were added. Gloss Modge Podge was used to give the eyes a “wet” look. Once in place, the eyeballs were held in place with a paper mache clay made from Scott’s TP, water, Elmers Glue-all, and a few drops of red acrylic hobby paint. Once dry, a pale light yellow was drybrushed on and then sealed with the Gloss Modge Podge.

Well that’s enough babbling from me. Latex and cotton process starts today!

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010, by SKAustin and is filed under "Halloween Props, corpse, corpsing, dead, Halloween, haunt, latex, Paper Mache, props, skull ". You can leave a response here, or send a Trackback from your own site.