Recondite – Page 2 – An Unorthodox Halloween

Little things

May not be the most transformative process, and I’m not exactly sure it really pictures well, but we’ve started sanding Trevor, and it’s really coming ‘alive’ when seen in person. All the little lumps smothing out, it’s just looking “right”.

Also got a little blast from the past this weekend, as wind picked up and rolled out the carcasses of our pumpkins from last year. I really don’t know why some of them retained their shape in the compost pit, most just flattened out as they rotted. A few, well, they became these shells…which made me think the the body snatcher pods had landed.

This one still had Talia’s name scar in it.

And, we’ve built a couple more pleurant for the tomb.

Still trying to figure out a little somethin’ to do for Walpurgisnacht tomorrow….

Trevor update

Trevor the transi got a lot of work over the weekend.

Is there anything more fun than messing with actual CLAY? I needed the fingers finished so we could do the next major step…

With them finished…it was time for that whole shroud business these transi were famous for.

Views of the right side.

Moving around to the left.

A good shot of how the tomb as a whole is coming along.

One might be tempted to say we just need to add some toes and the lid is ready for painting, but there is still quite a bit of detailing work to be done to Trevor now that the basic elements are all in place.

The knee bone’s connected to the….

Time to put Trevor together.

Wrists/hands and feet/ankles were all cast from my son’s respective limbs. I’ll need to do some sculpting of toes/fingers.

All joints were held together with just more foam. Even made a little pillow for him to lay on to get the right angle on the body. That part will eventually be covered with monster mud.

More great stuff for the knees, and hooking the feet on.

Thighs were made by draping the bottom half with plaster wrap, then filling with more foam, and sculpting it and fitting the top half with plaster.

After six hours and running out of plaster wrap, however, it was time to take a break from Trevor.

With any luck we’ll have him finished up next weekend, and MIGHT even get to getting the monster mud. Lid is definitely nearing completion. that said, something about Trevor now having arms and legs makes him especially creepy to me.

A Gemini at work.

If there’s one thing I can say about this tomb project, it’s that it is perfect for me.

If you’ve been following long, you’ll have noticed that I tend to start many projects early in the year, and don’t always finish them until October, if at all. As a Gemini, this seems quite natural for me.

Often, I’ve taken to setting deadlines for myself. This typically results in me rushing through a particular stage to get the project finished, even if it’s not my best work. Hey, at least it’s done, and who will notice in the dark anyway, right?

This tomb, however, has so many pieces to it, I’m easily able to hop from one area to another.

Saturday saw me working on Trevor, for instance.

And, I started getting that “let’s get this done to go work on the next thing” feeling. Well, the next thing is just more of the tomb, so I dropped Trevor and started working on a wall.

The thing is swiftly flying towards a completed piece. I’d sure like to have it finished in April. But, I’m going to avoid making that a deadline on this project. No need to rush anything.