Thread: GVFD Props 2010

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Well My lil rag tag crew and I have been working our butts off trying to get everything together for this years show!!! I am gonna start updating in this thread with prop pics, scenes, lighting.....well everything lol. I am gonna go ahead and put a couple of pics up right now and as the days go I'll add more as things are built.....Remember that most of what I am going to be putting on here is not actually finished yet!!!!

Below you will find props in this order;
#1 Mr. Crispy
#2 Myself and Mr. Jerky
#3 Mr. Jerky.....He still has some work that needs done.
#4 Mr. Jerky's Torso.....He will be getting finished today!!!
#5 A Scarecrow head in mid paint.....

Today I will be getting 3 more helpers soooooo I will be able to crank out 6 more corpses and get the rest of our 12 scarecrows painted and set on their vines!!!!

Also if anyone wants to know any of the materials used, please feel free to ask!!!! Oh and no the scarecrow heads do not have anything on the inside.....just a burlap shell...

Mr. Crispy is sick! Very disgusting and effective appearance. How'd you go about the build on him?

Mr. Crispy is a standard Blucky.....You will need an;
Exacto knife.
1 can of Great Stuff Foam (or really any generic knockoff).
Red spray paint.
Black spray paint.
Black brush on high gloss.
Paint brushes.
Rubber gloves.
A Dremel tool

#1 Remove all the unwanted plastic from the eyes, nose, mouth, ribs using the exacto knife. BE CAREFUL....You can easily cut yourself during this!!!

#2 Hang your Blucky outside or in your garage (you really don't wanna deal with this in your home....Just ask my wife!) Once he is hung, begin coating the entire skele with the Great Stuff Foam...Try to avoid the mouth as much as possible. Although I do like to get a small amount of the foam on the teeth, it makes them really easy to carve later on....Do not worry about getting it perfect. Its the little things like imperfections that make these so special.

#3 Allow the foam to dry over night. In the morning it should look like an enormous loogie. Using your Dremel tool carefully carve out the nose and eye sockets....I also took the foam down to the ribs in a few spots. This gave it a more fall off the bone goodness look Grab your can of black spray paint and put a nice thin coat along the inner pelvis, under the rib cage, along the back of the spine, eyes, nose, mouth, along the sternum. Let this dry!!!

#4 Once the black has had time to tack up nicely, grab your red can and go to town on the rest of him!!! Do not worry about getting red on the black as you really don't want to stay true to any lines. Kinda meld the divide between them!

#5 When the red coat has had time to cure, you may now dry brush the whole thing in the high gloss black. To dry brush simply dip just the tip or so about 1/2 inch into the paint to load the brush. All you have to do now is drag the brush along the raised, blistered meat sack you have just created.

#6 Once dry, break the dremel back out and carve around the teeth to remove the paint and excess foam. I like to leave a lil bit of paint on the teeth to give them that good ol singed look.

If you like you can seal the whole thing in clear coat. I personally think the shiny black VS. mat red contrast more pleasing to the eye.

Hope this helped

i want to see the end result of that scarecrow. Be sure to post it on here. It looks badass!

Originally Posted by Big Nick

i want to see the end result of that scarecrow. Be sure to post it on here. It looks badass!

Don't worry...As long as I do not glue myself to my phone again, I'll be able to take lots of pics to put up here!!! (yes I glued myself to my phone.....No I was not happy about it)
They really weren't kidding about using liquid nails!!! Once that stuff bonds, it doesn't come off easily.....lol

We are also getting the parts to make a Jacob's Ladder for our Mad Scientist scene.....Hopefully I won't be meeting Jesus before the day is through!!!

Well we started on our monster mud Grim Reapers today......Got one armature fully posed and wired up....They are 8.5 ft each and will greet our patrons at the doors....We got the basic idea from here http://www.hauntproject.com/projdeta...=Monster%20Mud We are following closely to the first one on the left...Pics coming soon

Any updates on the scarecrow???

I really wanna see how he turned out and how you made his face.

Thanks!!!

The head of that scarecrow looks like of the one I did in 2007. Here is a picture for reference.