Grim Grinning Ghost Busts

**bobzilla** · 01-18-2010,04:57 PM

I made these busts last year and never got around to putting the video and projection together. I'm going to work on that in the next few weeks and post a video. I have more pics of the busts in my album if you want to check them out. I'm including this youtube video so you can get an idea of what the busts would look like with the video projected on them.
YouTube - Grim Grinning Ghost Bust By Rompe
Picture of the real busts at Disneyland : http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/16...bfdce9.jpg?v=0

**rockplayson** · 01-18-2010,05:06 PM

Love your bust. They look great. Cool video you posted too.

**orionshorti** · 01-18-2010,05:08 PM

How do you actually do this? I was trying to do this last year and gave up.

**pandora** · 01-18-2010,05:10 PM

Are you going to make your projection? I'm dying to having either busts or pumpkins with projections on them - but I have no clue about how to create anything like that!! Any tips?

**bobzilla** · 01-18-2010,05:14 PM

The bust came from ebay :26" New Flesh Tone Head & Bust Female Mannequin 104N* - eBay (item 360205868783 end time Feb-05-10 21:42:19 PST)
It's the only one I could find that resembled the busts from the Haunted Mansion. Unfortunately it's a female bust with a bust LOL I filled the voids with celluclay to avoid man-boobs

HauntForum.com A light coat of Vaseline was used for the mold release and many coats of paper mache. I used a combination of news paper, brown grocery bags and those blue shop paper towels ( very strong stuff ! ) http://www.rickly.com/sga/images/BLUETOWE.JPG
Blue Shop Paper Towels for Paper Mache | Ultimate Paper Mache
I even used cheesecloth for extra strength. That might be over-kill, but I wanted them to be very durable and last a long time http://thefreshscent.com/wp-content/...eese_cloth.jpg Celluclay was used to build up the features and hair.
I found some thin blue foam at Lowes to create the ties and lapels. HauntForum.com HauntForum.com (I think it's used to wrap pipes for insulating purposes ) Looks something like this :http://www.dincergroup.com/fibranxperoll.jpg I used paper clay to cover the foam pieces http://www.silver-clay.com/basket/Images/paperclay.jpg My paper mache mix was flour, starch and white glue mixed up in a blender. Hope that helps you out

Let me know if you need any more help ! Thanks to everyone for the compliments

Originally Posted by orionshorti

How do you actually do this? I was trying to do this last year and gave up.

**bobzilla** · 01-18-2010,05:16 PM

Check out the pics in my album and you can kinda see how I made the busts. I've got a good source for the projection. If you need help, let me know

Originally Posted by pandora

Are you going to make your projection? I'm dying to having either busts or pumpkins with projections on them - but I have no clue about how to create anything like that!! Any tips?