Thread: Corpsing bluckies without latex - ?

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Man, what great Forums! Just today I learned that those cheap-but-nice-size blown plastic skeletons are called "Bluckies" (for whatever reason, that I'm sure somebody will waste no time in divulging) and that the process of improving their appearance with cadaverous flesh is called "corpsing" (that one I got).

However, the corpsing tutorials I've seen thus far only describe the use of various materials for the flesh that are adhered to the soft plastic Bluckies with either latex or white glue. Neither material is particularly good for outdoor displays and latex is especially prone to disintegration over a fairly short time. So my question for all you Bluckyphiles is, have you found a good adhesive for Bluckies that is stable and durable enough for outdoor use?

Thanks in advance.

cheesecloth is a pretty good technique, cut in in strips paste it to your skel with PVA glue and then pain liberally with red/brown fence paint.

you can tone the skel with watered down black paint and then drybrush with white for a great looking effect.

I used carpet cement....have enough time for it to dry though...could be tacky. Put panty hose on it...looks like skin

Dennis

Also, Elmer's wood glue works well with cotton batting. It dries faster and can be stained.

Thanks for the tips so far, guys. P._UK, I like the fence paint idea. It occurs to me that the appropriate color of acrylic house paint (the cheap Big Lots/dollar store stuff) would serve double duty as the adhesive and base color coat for the cheesecloth, panty hose, newpaper strips, batting, or whatever else I end up using for the rotted flesh effect.

But I'm still open to new ideas...

I know you were avoiding latex but check out Ghostess' corpse. I think it turned out pretty sweet. She used a Bucky instead of a Blucky (blow mold skeleton hence, blucky) but maybe you can still pick up some techniques.
The Dead End

You're dead on (pun intended, of course!) about my wanting to avoid using latex on my bluckies, Jackie. As a general thing I like to make my Halloween props durable enough to be reused. And as we all know, that isn't latex' strong suit - plus, latex can get expensive.

Hence I'm looking for a liquid material that will adhere to blow molded plastic, dry (or cure or whatever) into a durable form, and that can be purchased in quantity on the cheap - I may end up corpsing all 5 of my bluckies. But just to make sure I've covered all the bases, can you post a link to Ghostess' corpse, please? Thanks.

well as everyone here know's I'm a dragonskin fan. but to do a Blucky with Dragonskin is not cost effective, but they do make pigment that will color silicone and if you buy the cheap tubes of silicone at Lowe's or Home Depot you can tint that and dip cheese cloth in it to use instead of latex.Of paint it on with a chip brush on to pantyhose to make the skin.silicone versa latex : latex does bio-degrade and silicone doesn't ( well it would take a couple hundred years anyway) to degrade. Just another Idea to think about

Only a couple hundred years, RBC??

Originally Posted by Mark McGovern

Only a couple hundred years, RBC??

ok, give or take a day,lol