Working back to front, the Barghest is slowly taking shape.
Little bit of a wiring test, gotta make sure all that is working before I go making it hard to re-do.
Step one of the ribs complete.
Hoping to have him close enough to complete for a debut on Walpurgisnacht.
Between basketball and skiing and school with the kids, slow going on progress.
Working on a head for the Barghest.
Ordering seeds for the year, I’m looking forward to seeing how well these pumpkins do.
Should prove to be interesting jacks.
Little side project that got interrupted. “Witch Jars” of Pumpkinrot fame. Got some additions to the idea I couldn’t get to till the weather warms up.
Been looking over RadoJavor lately.
Didn’t realize it at the time, but back in 2010, it was a pic that he did (but uncredited on the site I originally saw it) that started this whole Harvest thing.
It was sitting as the wallpaper on my work computer (since a pic of some skulls I made was found offensive and I was asked to change) when the weather decided to destroy most the things we had built for 2010. The more I stared at it, the more I came to realize how fun it would be to recreate.
Well, finding him has perhaps provided inspiration for 2014. (no way I could do this with the Barghest and stuff going this year.
Been a busy month with the kids.
Slowly coming together.
Frame update for lower body, and ability to hide the fog machine that will be crucial to this one.
Also begun work on a head. Sculpted out of clay, then made a plaster shell.
Now I can use a different clay to finish up the sculpt with. Also time to wire everything up in the frame, and start the mudding. Here’s hoping the weather warms some.
Started on a new Chimera.
But, the monstrous work has been putting together our massive tutorial on monster mud and creature design. I’m still putting pieces together, but “>have a look.
Since we began heading into the back yard in 2007, the fence has played a large part in building the atmosphere every year. It is the ‘transition point’ of the yard. The point kids lose sight of parents (unless they are coming too), the point where they are venturing into the unknown that lies beyond. They can see the front plainly, it’s the fence that is the ‘real’ entrance.
Of all the things of 2012, the fence was my favorite.
The bifurcated pumpkins have become a veritable icon of my yard as well, and always garner comments from the neighbors.
It’s an easy setup as well…so why mess with it? Well, I was looking for something to challenge me in 2013 and a suggestion was made: Why don’t you animate the fence?
I’ve long been toying with the prospect of animating something anyway, and this was a good place to start. Still got a few bugs to work out, and some paper mache pumpkins to make, but it’s coming on quite well.
