Thread: The Witch (2010)

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The original plan was to have my wife, dressed as a witch, handing out the candy from our witch house this year. Unable to find a suitable costume, she has considered not dressing up at all. This put me in a panic, as what is a witch house without a witch to live in it.

PROJECT TIME!

with only 4 weeks to go until Halloween, I decided that I might have time to get one last big project done before the big day. The idea was simple, much like the Gravedigger, I planned to do the skin on the face, head and neck with Latex, but first, the skull (a Lindberg Pirate Skull) would need to be modified. I bulked up the chin and molded the nose with Sculpy Clay, then baked it under a heat lamp. A tongue was carved from scrap blue foam. I know this one wont hold a candle to LauriBeast's magnificent creations, but I hope she'll look nice just the same.







The Torso was framed with Hardware Cloth, which is much more difficult to work with then chicken wire, but is also more rigid. Once complete, the torso was covered with several layers of Cheese Cloth coated with Elmers Glue.






Here is a preliminary look at the overall structure. I still have to build out the arms, and then it will be time to start applying the latex/cotton for the skin.







This is after 1 day of adding the skin. The skin was applied in the same manner as one might do in the latex/cotton method of corpsing, but with extra attention to smoothing out the layers.

Here are a few quick shots, Latex complete, before the paint went on






And with the paint complete, the only thing left to do on her is to replace the hands with a new pair.







And for the benefit of the actual color of her face, here is a shot without the flash.

totally awesome1 where did you get the original hands?

Originally Posted by foggyfathoms

totally awesome1 where did you get the original hands?

The hands were from a previous witch that I had created last year. They're rolled newspaper and paper mache.

awesome detail work!

I love her!
You did such a great job with all the detail work.

Wow! You sure don't do things half-way, do you? She looks great!
Oh, btw, you might want to think about getting her an appointment with the periodontist...

She looks great!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE HER!!!! She looks fantastic!!!

Looks great!!! The skin looks so real with all the details. That's the kind of affect i've been tryin' for. How did you get that affect?