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Build will be starting 2/1/16. Follow the prop building news thread for more updates http://www.halloweenforum.com/general-halloween/146095-2016-online-prop-building-group-news.html#post1823615
Now that Halloween is over and our thoughts are on the 2016 season, I wanted to toss out the idea of a beginners paper mache course and see if there was any interest. I know there are several tutorials here and on the web but having once been a paper mache newbie myself, I know that it can all be a little intimidating. So this is my way of giving back to the Halloween Forum community and hopefully increasing the number of paper mache artists out there.
Tentatively the course would include:
choosing paper
creating armatures
making paste
paper clay
painting and final details
Since to me pumpkins signify Halloween and are are pretty simple to make, that will likely be what we'll be creating in the course though I'm open to other ideas and suggestions. I just think that the first few projects should require easily obtainable items (newspaper, plastic bags, coat hangers, etc...). Lessons will likely be posted twice a week, depending on what step of the project we are on and where the group is at a whole. So there will not be a rush.
If the interest is there, I'd like to start Jan/Feb 2016, though I will post a thread with the start date and list of materials required at least a month before. The actual course would be posted in the tutorials and step-by-step forum. I do have a co-conspirator for this project and we would love to make this happen.
So are you interested? Do you have any suggestions or ideas about future projects? How does the course start date work for you?
Edit: There is more interest than I imagined so this is definitely going to happen.
Right now the start date is Feb. 1, 2016 and I will post a list of supplies needed in mid/late December. I figured we all needed a month off after the holidays.
Feel free to continue to post your comments and suggestions. Right now it looks like we'll be following this course with a paper mache skull build.
Now that Halloween is over and our thoughts are on the 2016 season, I wanted to toss out the idea of a beginners paper mache course and see if there was any interest. I know there are several tutorials here and on the web but having once been a paper mache newbie myself, I know that it can all be a little intimidating. So this is my way of giving back to the Halloween Forum community and hopefully increasing the number of paper mache artists out there.
Tentatively the course would include:
choosing paper
creating armatures
making paste
paper clay
painting and final details
Since to me pumpkins signify Halloween and are are pretty simple to make, that will likely be what we'll be creating in the course though I'm open to other ideas and suggestions. I just think that the first few projects should require easily obtainable items (newspaper, plastic bags, coat hangers, etc...). Lessons will likely be posted twice a week, depending on what step of the project we are on and where the group is at a whole. So there will not be a rush.
If the interest is there, I'd like to start Jan/Feb 2016, though I will post a thread with the start date and list of materials required at least a month before. The actual course would be posted in the tutorials and step-by-step forum. I do have a co-conspirator for this project and we would love to make this happen.
So are you interested? Do you have any suggestions or ideas about future projects? How does the course start date work for you?
Edit: There is more interest than I imagined so this is definitely going to happen.
Right now the start date is Feb. 1, 2016 and I will post a list of supplies needed in mid/late December. I figured we all needed a month off after the holidays. Feel free to continue to post your comments and suggestions. Right now it looks like we'll be following this course with a paper mache skull build.
