Demon with Hellhounds, wings, and scythe - Static Display

So I bought a skeleton 24 Hours ago and corpsed the Torso and skull, shoved it onto some 1.5 " PVC pipe with a pool noodle wrapped around the lower part to add girth. Cut the skull so I could shove the blade through and have this so far. The "scythe" stands over 6.5' tall. My guy is going to be about 7.25' tall. I'll be adding better coloring to him, and giving his guts some better coloring as well to make it look like they have decade along with the body.

The blade was drawn onto a piece of cardboard to build a template, then once I got the shape I wanted I cut it out of 1/4" plywood and wrapped it in tape to help prevent separation in the future while adding wet paper mache paste.

Here I wrapped the shaft in paper mache clay and built a vine with the clay that wraps around the entire pool noodle.

I used expanding foam to give my torso guts (I now use the expanding foam gun because it allows you to do different sizes, and you can reuse one can multiple times) and painted them red. ***I don't like the look of these so I will am looking for ways to make the guts look decayed in order to match the time of death for the body. ***

Here I used a dark stain on the entire shaft to make it look wooden. I then went back over the vine with grey stain, wiped it off quickly, and added redoak stain (wiped off quickly as well) to give it contrast.

This is the blade before putting it through the skull. I put it through the skull by cutting a slot in the front and back of the head to the size needed for the blade to be pushed through.

I used Paper Mache clay to cover the blade, sanded down the rough edges, used joint compound to fill any big gouges, sanded smooth, then painted with a metallic silver acrylic paint. ***Still trying to figure out how to make the blade look like it's been used a lot to and stained with the blood of it's victims.****

So I decided to rip out the guts and start over. I sprayed expanding foam let it dry a little then pulled off parts to make it look more decayed. Put down a base layer of grey stain, then washed it with brown, red, green. Added a layer of plastic for the corpsing to give it flesh decaying from the stomache, and here is the finished scythe up to the torso. I'm still working on the head.

Demon's Head Progression will be posted here:

I found this massive Vampire Skull a few years ago and messed around with it a little. We built the Horns by shaping aluminum foil into the shape we wanted, used wires to make the rings, and there is another wire that makes an edge along the top. We then paper mached over the top and attached them to the skull (which was an event). I found that the best way to attach items to these good quality skulls is by drill a hole for the glue to seep into, use gorilla glue, place the horn over the hole, then add 1 or 2 more screw at the base to secure it even better. I covered the screw with paper mache clay then painted.

Since I did not secure the horns like I explained above they fell off and got broken. While reattaching the horns my wife decided to beef up the eyes, cheeks, and nose features with masking tape, and repair the horns. You can also see here the red LED eyes I installed a few years ago that is hooked up to a solar battery. The other wires leading out of the head do not have a purpose yet, but I wanted the option to hook up this battery to multiple components. I installed the eyes by drill 1 hole in each eye slightly larger than the LED and hot glued them from the outside. I had to cut a hole in the base of the skull large enough to fit my hand through to push the lights in place. I then sealed them from the inside with great stuff, and closed the hole with it as well.

This time around I used paper mache clay to give this guy some more girth and character, also used the clay to cover the holes mentioned above, and to repair the horns. I used 80 grit sand paper and joint compound after the clay dried for a few days to smooth out the horns and other areas required. NOTE: This stuff is hard as a rock once dried, try to get the shape and texture you want prior to it being completely dry if possible.

Now I tossed down a base layer of black for the teeth and horns and red for the skull. The red was then dry brushed with 2 other darker shades of red. I'll be adding more red to the horns later. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the teeth to make them look better.

Finished the demon head, FINALLY!!

Also started the wings, ran into a few issues that I've posted HERE

Wingspan will be approximately 11 feet once I figure out some solutions. Here's a picture of the frame so far.

Covered the Blade in paper Mache Clay, sanded it smooth, filled in holes with compound joint, sanded again and then painted with Acyrlic paints.
I'm trying to figure out how to make it look like a well used blood stained blade, then I'll recorpse the head and put it back on the body.

For the Scythe I ended up using a PVC pipe covered with a pool noodle that I covered in paper mache clay. I used dark stains, plus green and red paints to give it texture.

For the blade I ended up painting it silver (spray paint), then got muddy greens and reds and flung them onto the blade from a distance, like I was an abstract artist or something lol. I also mixed some oatmeal in blood red and spread it all over the blade to add the "guts" texture.

I did have to attach a 1X2 piece of wood to the base of the skull pointing down and a "D" clamp around the neck so that I could detach the head for easier storage. I also added a bold at the base of the skull so that I could keep it aligned inside of the spine for correct alignment. These were secured by making the metal HOT so that it would melt the plastic, and once in place I poured cold water over them to cool and set quickly. I then put gorilla glue over these parts to keep them from detaching. I covered everything in plastic, then corpsed over it to blend in with the entire torso.