New Mummy and Zombie Head

**Tavaruas** · 07-13-2008,10:40 AM

I'm well behind on prop making this year but managed to finish up a mummy and a zombie head. Any ideas on what to do with the zombie head?

**bradbaum** · 07-13-2008,11:41 AM

How did you make the mummy?

is it a buckey underneath, or did you fabricate the whole thing out of paper mache?

**NewbieHaunter** · 07-13-2008,11:57 AM

fantastic!! The mummy is simply wonderful but I gotta tell ya that Zombie head is gonna give me nightmares... **shudders** creepyyyyyyy... in a good way of course

**Tavaruas** · 07-13-2008,12:47 PM

Originally Posted by bradbaum

How did you make the mummy?

is it a buckey underneath, or did you fabricate the whole thing out of paper mache?

Here was the process for the mummy which was completely unplanned from the beginning:

1. Head - a talking through Boris plastic skull which I never could get to work right last year. Paper mached some areas of it, then added carpet latex, and then stain which I painted on and wiped off with a rag. I also wired in some red LED's for the eyes, if I want to turn them on.

2. Body - the head is mounted on a PVC frame running from the neck to the foot, including shoulders and arms. For body bulk, I added chicken wire around the PVC spine, stuffed it with pillow stuffing and some towels down by the legs. Added duct tape around the chicken wire and then paper mached the entire body with carpet latex, and then painted on stain and wiped it off with a rag.

3. Body wrapping - Cheesecloth soaked in tea to darken it. I then rolled it on, but it looked too new still. So, I cut/ripped holes in it and then painted a thin coat of carpet latex mixed with a bit of water on it.

4. I had 1 spare Bucky hand and 1 spare Bucky foot so I attached them at the end, but should have done this sooner in the process if I had planned better.

I only took pictures half way through the process, but here are a couple...

**bradbaum** · 07-13-2008,01:57 PM

Looks really good!

**Madame X** · 07-13-2008,04:01 PM

He looks really Great i would put him in a coffin or just stand him up somewhere .

My I give you a Tip?

what Mom does with the eye balls , she drills a small hole in the back of the eye being care not to nick the eye and empty's out the fluid so the eye will not roll up then unless that was the look you wanted
Hope I didn't offend

**maleficent** · 07-13-2008,04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Madame X

what Mom does with the eye balls , she drills a small hole in the back of the eye being care not to nick the eye and empty's out the fluid so the eye will not roll up

Ewwwww!!!!