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Hey everyone, meet Chuck! He's just a WIP right now, but I'll be documenting whatever progress pictures I take as I piece this beast together.
The story here is a long one...so I'll wrap it in spoiler tags so it doesn't muck up this thread.
...and that's how Chuck came to be.
He's being built in two parts: the upper jaw/head and the lower jaw. I want them to be able to open and close like a mouth would...but that's WAYYY down the line.
Chuck started as just a pile of cardboard with some china marker scribbles. I drew the rough outline while loosely following ScareFactory's shape, trying to figure out where the eyes would go once he got some dimension. You can only barely make out the straight lines in black pen that would be cut along:
I knew I was going to be layering sheets of cardboard to build up the "skeleton" of Chuck. The first piece was a double-thick layer of cardboard with hot glue between the sheets for reinforcement. Then I took some thick cardboard tubing and glued them down before adding the next layer.
Second & third layer before and after joining:
At this point, he looked more like Charizard
But I figured I had a decent enough of a start to begin adding some smaller detail pieces.
I needed a smaller gap between the detail pieces, so I opted for scraps of cardboard folded over on themselves and glued down instead of the tubing.
With a couple details added, I re-drew the facial features so I knew what to build up next.
I was pretty sloppy with the glue here, but that's ok. No one will ever know! ...except for you folks.
Sorta just going with my gut for most of this project. I have never done anything like it, and certainly not at this size to boot. From "nose" to "horn" (it looks like an ear), he measures 48".
This dragon is T H I C C.
The story here is a long one...so I'll wrap it in spoiler tags so it doesn't muck up this thread.
We've been planning a haunt for the last 13 months. It was supposed to happen in October of 2018, but we got ousted and had to start over. We're on for 2019, though! It is a pro-haunt of sorts, in the sense that we will have hired talent and will be occupying a city venue. Our theme revolves around Fairy Tales, and one of the first props (really the only prop we were going to buy) was this beauty:
It's a $7,000 prop from ScareFactory... I can already hear some of you groaning. Well, we bought it, not knowing of their rep. Too late did we find out just how much crap we would go through before giving up and demanding our money back, and that's still in progress. We needed this dragon - we were banking on having this prop. So I decided I would make one....

It's a $7,000 prop from ScareFactory... I can already hear some of you groaning. Well, we bought it, not knowing of their rep. Too late did we find out just how much crap we would go through before giving up and demanding our money back, and that's still in progress. We needed this dragon - we were banking on having this prop. So I decided I would make one....
He's being built in two parts: the upper jaw/head and the lower jaw. I want them to be able to open and close like a mouth would...but that's WAYYY down the line.
Chuck started as just a pile of cardboard with some china marker scribbles. I drew the rough outline while loosely following ScareFactory's shape, trying to figure out where the eyes would go once he got some dimension. You can only barely make out the straight lines in black pen that would be cut along:

I knew I was going to be layering sheets of cardboard to build up the "skeleton" of Chuck. The first piece was a double-thick layer of cardboard with hot glue between the sheets for reinforcement. Then I took some thick cardboard tubing and glued them down before adding the next layer.

Second & third layer before and after joining:



At this point, he looked more like Charizard

I needed a smaller gap between the detail pieces, so I opted for scraps of cardboard folded over on themselves and glued down instead of the tubing.

With a couple details added, I re-drew the facial features so I knew what to build up next.


I was pretty sloppy with the glue here, but that's ok. No one will ever know! ...except for you folks.

Sorta just going with my gut for most of this project. I have never done anything like it, and certainly not at this size to boot. From "nose" to "horn" (it looks like an ear), he measures 48".

This dragon is T H I C C.
