[professor_key]

I have mounted an oversized foam skull on an armature connected to a vent motor. The assembly is inside a tombstone such that the skull extends outside the boundaries of the tombstone then retracts within. My intent is to cover the front of the tombstone with some thin, stretchy fabric and then up or side light the tombstone to highlight the effect.

So far, I have not been able to find a fabric that will stretch yet still be thin enough to all the skull details to be seen.

Any suggestions?

 

[lawrie]

Do you have a picture of what you have made?

 

[hhh]

sounds kinda like an asylum door prop?
http://www.halloweenforum.com/halloween-props/109119-just-finished-asylum-door.html

seems like they use spandex, but aren't meant to show a lot of detail.

I think any stretchy fabric you use isn't going to show details because it wants to find the shortest distance and will smooth things over rather than going into crevices.

 

[DaveintheGrave]

Sounds like the material from a pair of panty hose or stockings would work.
Should be many different colors to choose from also.