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Great Stuff (or whatevers on sale) expanding foam
concrete form tubes x2
Saran Wrap (or whatever s on sale)
Talking Tree Face (picked up on clearance after Hallo'een)
OK, be prepared to eventually get this crap on you (expanding foam)
I start with applying my foam to sheets of saran wrap and after a minute or two of curing (just enough time to get a bit of "tooth" or resistance from the foam. Too early and you'll find it flattens right out and gives very little texture, which in some cases is fine, its whatever desired grain or effect you'd like
I split the top of one concrete form so I could give it the broken off top look to my tree
I built an inner ring of foam inside the bottom concrete form in layers so I could attach the two
It can be time consuming, but I never noticed...
I wanted a few broken off branches that fog can roll out from, using scrap PVC
Also using scrap PVC for this arms, in stages of course as thats how this guy is mostly built. Next, foam in your arms and broken branches being careful to leave branches unblocked for fog to escape from
I wanted to give him a broad base to help with stability...good time to add a skeleton...maybe a sign post...its up to you!
So far so good, going to finish him off with more foliage and moss effects this weekend and will post the finished Haunted Tree prop
Have fun!
Croggy~
Great Stuff (or whatevers on sale) expanding foam
concrete form tubes x2
Saran Wrap (or whatever s on sale)
Talking Tree Face (picked up on clearance after Hallo'een)
OK, be prepared to eventually get this crap on you (expanding foam)
I start with applying my foam to sheets of saran wrap and after a minute or two of curing (just enough time to get a bit of "tooth" or resistance from the foam. Too early and you'll find it flattens right out and gives very little texture, which in some cases is fine, its whatever desired grain or effect you'd like


I split the top of one concrete form so I could give it the broken off top look to my tree
I built an inner ring of foam inside the bottom concrete form in layers so I could attach the two

It can be time consuming, but I never noticed...
I wanted a few broken off branches that fog can roll out from, using scrap PVC



Also using scrap PVC for this arms, in stages of course as thats how this guy is mostly built. Next, foam in your arms and broken branches being careful to leave branches unblocked for fog to escape from

I wanted to give him a broad base to help with stability...good time to add a skeleton...maybe a sign post...its up to you!

So far so good, going to finish him off with more foliage and moss effects this weekend and will post the finished Haunted Tree prop
Have fun!
Croggy~