Thread: Cucur - in the style of Pumpkin Rot

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I have finally finished Cucur. He is a Pumpkin Rot inspire creation and my Thanks go to Rot.

Cucur is made from PVC, newspaper, 9 and 16 gauge wire, paper towels, tissue paper and toilet tissue. Four'ish different layers of paint on the body and three'ish on the head. He stands 5'6" and can either stand via the stand in the picture or he can be slid over rebar. Not sure on the weight but I'm guessing around 25 pounds with the wood stand.
The head was created using Stolloween's pumpkin head technique.
You can find more pictures of Cucur on my blog Gallery

great looking !!!!!!

Wow! Great work.

Nice work he looks terrific. I so love to see homemade props.

WOW!!! How BEAUTIFUL and frightening -- incredibly awesome -- I love how you made him freestanding, like a tree! And thanks for the link to Stolloween's pumpkin head tutorial, I've been trying to find that! Someday I would love to attempt one of these . . .

Kimily.... This is absolutely awesome! I wish I'd seen your pictures before I started mine, I love the way you "crumpled" the paper towel (?) all over... Makes him look old....

And I L-O-V-E the stem!

This is AMAZING work! I love the texture of the pumpkin face and the long fingers and the feet! I guess I love it all! What did you use to form the head? Please post a pic of him during the night so we can get the full effect, too! love love LOVE it!

WOW!! Really great looking. I love the tangle roots at the base - sort of like tentacles.

Thanks everyone!

WickedBB - It is paper towel. I normally use Toilet tissue, it doesn't leave the paper towel texture to deal with, like you can see in his head close up. I think I got impatient and forgot to do the toilet tissue layer. Heh!
My mache mix is 1 cup Elmers glue, 1 cup water, 1 cup corn starch. I prefer the 1:1:1 ratio and its friggin hard when it sets up.

Jess-o-lantern - I used Stolloweens technique for the head. Basically take a plastic bag, I used a grocery bag for him, stuff it full of crumpled newspaper, tie it off then add scotch tape for the lines. The stem is a toilet paper tube that I sliced down the middle long ways so I could make the tube diameter smaller, like this:

That looks amazing! I also agree the trunk part of it is really cool. So are the veins on his face. Aww heck, just wholly terrific!