Category: Bob

Finally got around to purchasing more latex.

And, that meant one thing. Finishing Bob’s torso (he’ll get legs later).

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I’ve learned many lessons building Bob, and the corpsification process has been no different. Future Bobs will certainly have some improvements (we’ll be doing a Build Your Own Bob on the next one) as a result. And I was anxious to see just how this paper mache was going to stain…

Speaking of stain, Bob’s getting a coat of Red Sedona (sparingly, VERY red stain), Red Mahogany, and Ebony. Mostly because that’s what we have on hand.

One tip from me. Do yourself a favor and spend that little extra on these spray cans. It’s FAR less messy when staining these corpses.

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An interesting note here is that straight laminate paper mache (just the strips of newspaper) actually stains and washes much like the plastic on a bucky.

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The paper clay was much more fussy. Too much texture for the stain to hide in.

Bob needs teeth. I just couldn’t find our super glue to give him any yet.

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I need some flash-enabled pics…(my DSLR is broken, so the photos just aren’t quite what I’m used to getting from it, and I keep forgetting. Originally it was just the auto focus, but the whole light meter is now totally messing up exposures…)

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One area I was most pleased with is the hands. While most of Bob I compare to Fred, and easily find Fred superior by differing degrees, Bob’s hands are indeed superior to Fred’s. Fred’s had all those springs and wires and loops to contend with, and ended up a mess. Bob’s are just wonderfull.

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It’s ALIIIIIVE!

While I did an initial experiment to prove to myself I COULD move Bob, the exact who’s and how’s, and whatsit’s have been a little trying, requiring a minor re-design and some creative implimentations of the bungies.

Following a request to get some more details on all this mechanism, I’ve got a bunch of photos.

First, the axis.

A PVC pipe inside 2 pieces of larger PVC pipe, bolted to the table. A hole drilled allows the EMT pipe up and through, to act as both Bob’s spine, and the activating lever. A couple of cauder pins help hold the EMT from sliding.

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The EMT has a nice little “S” bend in it so that when Bob is flat, so is the under-side.

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Photo of the gate latch, a re-designed bend in the pulling lever to account for needed lengths of the bugnies, and the temporary switch of a clothes hanger. I need some pulleys to install the final switch. I know the new bend is not pretty, but it’s what happens when I did not foresee it’s need…

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And the guts of the mechanism.

The “top” bungie slides along the EMT to that new bend, preventing Bob from doing a face plant. The other is the driving bungie. Both hook to the legs of the table.

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Finally, the long awaited video of Bob in action. (Bob is not fully corpsed yet, need more latex, waiting for payday. He’ll also scream…but that’s a ways off yet.)

The big grin on Bob is gone…

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In it’s place, we have begun sculpting a more suiting visage. Yes, one can critique my stylizations of sculpting skulls. Eyes, nose, jaw is too large, giving a very caveman appearance. Personally, I like it that way. Allows for more expression.

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Talia also seems awful confused with the whole Bob situation. Bringing him in to sculpt the face, she wanted to hug and kiss Bob, as if he’d been a long-lost friend. And, she insists he’s sleeping in this lying down position.

She also gets quite upset with Indy when he’s snooping around Bob.

It’ll be interesting to see how she handles the corpsing.

Hands, lower jaw left to go. I HAD a source to go buy teeth earlier, but I can’t seem to find it anymore…

We’ll have to think of something. (there’s always the goats teeth again…)