Just Whisper's 2009 $20. Prop Challenge: Baby Bat

[Just Whisper]

Well, I woke up this morning and decided I might give this a try. I didn't want you guys having all the fun without me. So I dug through my box of recent thrift shop acquisitions and pulled out a suitable baby and started thinking. This is what I came up with: My Baby Bat...Dragos.
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I cut the arms off the baby. Painted the baby. Cut off his toes, made claws from pipe cleaners and hot glued them on. Used coat hanger and made two supports that ran from inside his shoulders down through each leg. Cut out two wings from foam board, applied paper towel skin and painted them. Then coated them with poly...something something. Went to doctor and had poly something something removed from eyes after spraying self. (Note to self:wear goggles on windy days). Took other half of coat hanger, ran it through baby from side to side. Hot glued it to back of wings. Then I hot glued the wings to the sides of the baby. Again using hot glue I made his "mohawk" by squeezing the glue onto a cookie sheet into the shape I wanted. I painted it and hot glued it to his head. I think that was all there was to it.

Supplies:

Baby(1) $1.00
Black latex paint $1.00
White latex paint $.20
Black spray paint $.10
Red spray paint $.10
Hot glue(3 pc) $.50
Foam board(3/4 pc) $.75
Coat hanger (1)... free
Paper towels (4) $.05
Pipe cleaners(2) $.05
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Total supply cost $3.75

He's not as clever as most of your props and he doesn't "do" anything, but I think he is adorably grotesque and it was fun to make.

[Frankie-s Girl]

I think it's very creative and different.

It may not be animated, but it definitely is a lovely prop! :D

[Haunted Bayou]

Love those blood-shot eyes.

[Dixie]

Now that is pretty unique, and one of those things that makes you do a double take - I love it!

[hpropman]

Another nice prop. I like the creepiness of it.

[RoxyBlue]

It's cute, funny, and bizarre all at once:) Makes you wonder where her Mama is and what she must look like:D

[Lilly]

Good Idea..
I like the creepy little ankle biter...

[Monk]

Adorably grotesque indeed! I love the eyes as well. Great job!

[Spooky1]

He/she's a creepy cutie. I wonder what mom & dad would look like. :)

[Joiseygal]

Nice job Just Whisper! I really like the eyes they are spooky. The claw feet and wings are really nicely made. Very cool!

[halloween71]

cool bat!!

[Just Whisper]

Here are my nighttime photos. Not great, but I couldn't get to my good blue light. I might try again tomorrow night if I can find it.
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[The Bloodshed Brothers]

awesome!

[Joiseygal]

This pic is my favorite: http://hauntershaven.webs.com/howTos/bat%20baby/IMGP2099.JPG

[IMU]

Very creepy ... nice and well done ... adds a lot to a graveyard/tombstone scene :)

[Monk]

The night time shots are great!

[Sickie Ickie]

you gotta love those eyes!

[Don Givens]

Good job, I really like it, especially the eyes.

[Lady Nyxie]

Nice job. Creative.

[Ms. Wicked]

This is great! It's especially effective at night time. What a great and unique idea!

[spideranne]

Ok, that is creepy!

[Bethene]

very creative and creepy, awesome! love the eyes,

[Wildcat]

Cool prop, great lighting. Well done.

[Ghoul Friday]

lol that's great. Certainly original in the realm of make-over dolls. Made me smile.

[Spanky]

He's not as clever as most of your props and he doesn't "do" anything, but I think he is adorably grotesque and it was fun to make.

Sometimes its the static props that are the creepiest, Your imagination makes you think it moved, or its going to. This prop has tons of character, I like it.

[beelce]

Really nice job JW....love the hole thing!!

[STOLLOWEEN]

Very nice and those night shots really peaked on the creepiness scale.

[Just Whisper]

I just wish I had a cool name for my Baby Bat. He feels left out. Okay, I'm taking suggestions for names.

[Devils Chariot]

Quite an abomination! Scary and kinda cute, but the cuteness has been perverted by the scariness, so its even better!

[Draik41895]

uh,Vlady, Octavius, Drosselmeyer,all i can think of right now

[pyro]

i need to make some evil dolls ---cool

[Spooklights]

I love it; I'm sure it will give some of the TOT's nightmares for a couple of weeks!

[Just Whisper]

He has his mother's eyes. She wishes he would give them back.

Okay, thanks for the name suggestions Draik. I think I am going to name him Dragos, which is a shortened form of Dragomir. It is Romanian and quite an ironic name for my little beastie because it means "precious and peaceful". Actually it sounds quite close to your name Draik. LOL Quite by accident, but I like "D" names. So I will now add his name to my original post.

[Merlin (The Quiet One)]

Cool idea! He is a great looking Bat Baby!

[Dark Angel 27]

i love her!