GothicCandle's 2009 20$ prop

[GothicCandle]

Charlotte

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/Picture001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/Picture004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/Picture006.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/Picture012.jpg

I also quite like this photo, but it wont fit as a photo so here is a link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/slytherinspy/Charlotte/Picture005.jpg

What she is made of

Wig -50 cents
garbage bags - 30 cents
news paper - free
clothes hanger - free
25 saftey pins - 25 cents -
fabric 10 cents
pool noodle - 50 cents
lantern - 2 dollars
Battery tealight candle - 2 dollars
skull - 2 dollars
dress - 5 dollars
some duct tape - 2 dollars
2 screws - 12 cents
shoe lace - 25 cents
4'8 dowel - 70 cents

Totel - 15.75$

How she was made

I taped the clothes hanger to the dowl to make the shoulders. Then I wrapped a small peice of fabric around the top to thicken the neck. I filled a large garbage bag a little less then half full with newspaper and wrapped it around the torso area forming a human like shape. I then took extra newspaper and taped it in the shallow areas. I added newspaper to the shoulders to widen them and then at last I wrapped the body in anouther large garbage bag to smooth it all out.

For the arm holding the lantern I took a pool noodle and cut it a little shorter then the sleeve of the dress. Then I took a few inches of dowel and screwed it to another peice of dowel to form a T. I tied the lantern to the dowel with some shoelace and wedged the dowel into the pool noodle. Then I taped it to the hanger/shoulder.

for the other arm I just cut a pool noodle the lenth of the sleeve. Stuffed the sleeve with newspaper where the pool noodle isn't at, the elbow and upper arm.

Put the dress on her, safety pinning it in place. then stuck the foam skull on the top of the dowel and at last put the wig on it.

[halloween71]

I like her a cool cheap prop right up my alley!!

[Sickie Ickie]

I think the link you posted is definitely the creepiest pic of her!

[Wildcat]

Looks great. I agree with sickie the link is the best pic.

[Spooklights]

Good Prop! And I love the link image; she's looking right through you!

[Merlin (The Quiet One)]

Nice ghoul!

[SpookySam]

That is a creepy one...I love the shots in the red lighting.

[Ms. Wicked]

Great job. Your lighting is very effective!

[Bethene]

very cool prop, I think she looks so creepy with the red light on her. great job!

[hpropman]

That is a creepy one...I love the shots in the red lighting.

Yes the red lighting is definitely making her creepy. Very nice work!

[Draik41895]

that rocks !amazingly creepy!

[Revenant]

Sweet GC!

I like the effect of holding the lantern without hands. Looks ghostly.

[GothicCandle]

thanks! I'm glad you like her. I'm so glad i got the photos up at last. this computer takes forever to upload things.

[Lady Nyxie]

Great entry!

[RoxyBlue]

She's quite the lady and looks like she's ready for a date with Beelce's pose-able guy:)

[Bone Dancer]

Nice job,

[Monk]

I agree she looks good under the red light.

[beelce]

Really nice....classic Halloween...

[Joiseygal]

She looks so sweet during the day, but the night pictures makes her look so evil! Nice job!

[GothicCandle]

She looks so sweet during the day, but the night pictures makes her look so evil! Nice job!

Thanks! Yeah, She looks so innocent with her pretty blue dress, and then you see her face!

[Just Whisper]

great job. she looks horrific (in a good way).

[Lilly]

Good Job Gothic..
day and night shots look great.

[Uruk-Hai]

I love the night shots - I think the hair on the skull make it look so much more creepy! Had you thought about weathering or distressing the clothes any?

[ghubertu]

Full-sized prop for a great deal, excellent work!

[GothicCandle]

Thanks! i had decided not to mess with the clothes too much. I like the fact that, she has a cute little girl look to her, and then you see her face!

[Demon Dog]

Yes, that's a great tact: everything looks as you'd expect for an innocent girl...and then you see a skull for a face! The impact is sudden and grabbing and often used in horror films. Great job, two paws up!

[Haunted Bayou]

This is very good. I like these types of static props. I crown you "Queen of the cheap and easy graveyard static props"

[GothicCandle]

do i get to carry a septor and wear a crown!? lol. Thanks! Glad you like it!

[Frankie-s Girl]

She's lovely!:)

[GothicCandle]

well, just a little while before voting starts. Glad you guys like Charlotte, I can see she has a lot of great competition to go against. May the best prop win!!

[STOLLOWEEN]

Charlotte is one of those double take props where at first glance everything is normal then your mind registers the face. Great addition to any Halloween display and I agree with the others that the red light really amps up the creep factor.

[Devils Chariot]

I fell in love with a country girl, a simple and lovely country girl who had no face. I agree about the dress, it seems so nice and homey, but then she has a skull for a face. I'm not buying shortbread from her! Great Work Gothy!

[Johnny Thunder]

Eek - very creepy in the red!

[Sickie Ickie]

I fell in love with a country girl, a simple and lovely country girl who had no face...

I hate when that happens, I mean- how do you explain your new galfriend to mom?

[Phil]

Charlotte is sweet! This is a classic.

[Dark Angel 27]

impressive! love her!