An Unorthodox Halloween – Page 21

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’s transformation.

I konw it’s been a while, but I’ve been up to my elbows in clay for nearly a week, it seems. Kinda hard to break away, get pics, and post.

Its started as “we’ll just touch up some areas here and there”…but Trevor has consumed me to the point where it became a full on transformation. I apologize to anyone in the Ogden/Layton Utah area attempting to find DAS clay. I’ve systematically cleaned out all hobby stores selling it at a reasonable price. Even then I had to resort to some of the terra cotta color.

From Buildup 2012

(Lilly there inspecting the work.)

From Buildup 2012

Toeses.

From Buildup 2012

Start of the left side. I finished most the left leg as well, but failed to get a pic of it.

From Buildup 2012

The sculpt is about 80% done I have a bit of the left leg left to finish, and then there’s a little sanding and cleanup work to do. I can’t wait to get him all painted up…

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.

Little side project, and “First Halloween”.

Well, the boy scouts are out camping in Skull Valley tonight. And, I was asked by one of the leaders to do a little something “to freak them out a little bit.” And, if possible, make it look like it’s been buried for a while.

It seemed simple enough. Then the week went all to hell. First, we had a fish tank emergency when we lost an 8 year old catfish. Apparently to old age. Well, with nothing to clean up after Joe, the filter quickly became overloaded, coupled with one of them kicking the bucket.

So, I ordered a fancy newfangled filter that is bigger and better, but had to spend a day tearing the tank apart. Meanwhile, I’ve come down with the awful cold Talia’s been fighting for more than a week.

So, I didn’t get to spend as much time on the project as I wanted, but in the right setting, I think it’ll suit the purpose.

Then, tonight, Talia asked me when it would be time for “First Halloween”. This is her name for our little Harvest party, apparently. I rather like it. “First Halloween is when we have all the pumpkins, second Halloween is when we trick or treat.”