Thread: Spider Victim Cocoon

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I've finally re-done my cocooned spider victim. This was one of my first props from 2005(?) and I've been wanting to update it for some time. I followed the excellent examples found online including Grim Visions and others.

It started off as your basic blow-mold skeleton that I painted to make it look aged. I then replaced the skull with a somewhat more realistic foam one and used hot glue to position the limbs in place. I made sure to re-enforce the joints with glue so it wouldn't come apart when hung. The unrealistic blow-mold hands were removed and replaced with the better quality hands from a Bucky. The skull, hands & upper torso was then corpsed using Liquid Nails and techniques from Monster Closet's "Make Your Own Scratch Built Corpse".

I first wrapped the skeleton in clear plastic wrap and packing tape before adding white plastic bags to bulk out the lower body. Black spray paint was quickly streaked to add shadow detail. Then spray adhesive was used to fix stretched spider webbing in place. A few spiders here & there and he was ready for hanging. My daughter has named him "Donald" - not sure why. :)

Here's some pics...

Oh, Donald's creep factor is really up there!
(Your daughter is so cute

That turned out fanfreakingtastic. Excellent job.

looks really good! great idea.

I really like the way this looks. Can I ask, how does it hang?
It looks like spider webs go all the way up, but what really does it hang by?

Originally Posted by SkellyCat

I really like the way this looks. Can I ask, how does it hang?
It looks like spider webs go all the way up, but what really does it hang by?

I wrapped a zip tie tight around the neck vertebra and then another zip tie looped through that behind the skull. I then tied a white shoe lace I had around which seemed the right length to the zip tie and made a loop at the other end. That's what supports the weight. When I was doing the webbing I tied a loop in one end of bunch of webbing and then stretched it down and over the back of the skull using lots of spray glue to attach it. I hope that makes sense - I'll try and take a photo.

That's great looking! My new house has trees, so I want to take advantage of them... I'm working on a torso to hang, but I hadn't thought of a spider victim!

More projects... and only 10 days to go!!

Wow love it! I've saving this thread to make on just like that!

That is slammin'! Looks like a movie prop... Indiana Jones style. It'd be fun to do with other skeletons... animals, etc.