Earlier I had spoken of a randome photo album who had inspired me to think on something new with a rather interesting picture.
I wanted a banner of my own. Such a simple design, and so fitting, and intimidating, it was perfect for our yard. Now, while bulap is fine and all, it really doesn’t have that special level of foreboding that I personally wanted for my own banner. No, we needed something just a tad more…tribal.
So, taking the lessons of Fred into account, we covered the bulap in a layer of latex. The result come out looking something like a tanned piece of hide. Looking over my stock of wood stains, we began with a “Red Sedona”. Now, originally, this stuff gave a nice reddish tan look.
Even in darker patches, it was only faintly ‘red’ in nature. Something about sitting in the heat of the garage for a few years had tempered it to show RED. So it was, I may as well have been bathing my new banner in blood out in the back yard.
More red than I planned on, but let’s run with it, and make it look like it’s been stained in blood while we’re at it. The “Red Sedona” was followed up by some “Red Mahogany” and finally, the whole thing highlighted with some “Ebony”. The results of which very well could be mistaken for drying blood. Especially under the firelight…
Now we’ve got to make the pole, and find a nice paint to form an insignia to emblazen this thing with. I’m thinking white will look best, with how dark it turned out.
Also, we took a trip out to my parents to visit Fred. There in the driveway testing him out and trying to come up with the perfect height for him.
There I am, his kneecaps at my eye level, craning my neck to look up at his decayed visage that it struck me. What in the hell was I thinking? What’s worse, we have the ability to put him to where his feet are over my head!
Kyle wants him taller, Alec wants him shorter, Jen thinks he’s about right where he’s at. I’m at a point I want to do some tests to see how much pollution of lighting we’ll get from the torches with differing height and lighting arrangements.
Finally, I’ve started to work on a special necklace to add to my costume. Making a cast to make some beads out of my Squirrel Monkey skull.
