Spideranne's $20 2009 Prop Challange Entry - Akobari

[spideranne]

Akobari has been laid to rest
His arms have been placed across his chest
Where his legs are, we don’t know
But now there's place for the moss to grow.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy010.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy009.jpg

Materials:

Recyclables/Free
newspaper
wrapping paper tubes
Cheerios box

15 ft duct tape – 1.00
Foam skull – 4.00
3 sm bottles white glue @ .78 – 2.34
½ roll paper towels - .70
Glue stick - .25
Oops paint for base color – 1.00
Craft paint for top coat – 1.00
¼ can great stuff – 1.25
½ bag craft moss – 1.25
¼ can Urethane sealer – 2.00

Total – 14.79

I started by tightly rolling newspaper to make the ribs, securing them with duct tape to a wrapping paper roll that I used as the spine. Some of the wrapping paper roll I used for shoulders. I cut them down some from this picture. I then used a glue and water mix to mache over the torso with newspaper.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy001.jpg

I attached the head with hot glue and made arms out of two more wrapping paper rolls and attached them with duct tape. The hands are trace outs of my hands on a Cheerio box, again attached with duct tape and folded a bit to give them some shape.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy002.jpg

I then paper mached over everything with paper towels a couple of layers. I did a base coat of a dark gray oops paint and then dry brushed over the top with brown and beige craft paints. The cavity opening got filled with great stuff, painted and then I glued on the moss.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy020.jpg

[Joiseygal]

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k136/spideranne/2009%20Halloween/20%20Challenge%202009/Tophalfmummy020.jpg
I love this shot of your Akobari. You did a really nice job, it looks very creepy!

[SpookySam]

Really has that mummified look. Makes me feel almost like I stumbled across it in the woods or something. Great job!

[Just Whisper]

Totally creepy. The detail is amazingly lifelike....or should I say deathlike. Great prop.

[Frankie-s Girl]

Gorgeous details, or should I say GOREgeous? I really need to learn how to corpse, but I'll never get something to look THIS good - beautiful work!

[STOLLOWEEN]

Beautiful detail and coloring, great job with the armature construction, a great example of "something for nothing."

[IMU]

Looks great ... awesome job!

[hpropman]

very nice. I really like it.

[RoxyBlue]

Wow, this guy could just about pass for the real thing. The color and detail are top notch, and I love the poem, too:)

[smileyface4u23]

Wow. It's amazing what you created out of newspaper and wrapping paper tubes. That is very creative. And when you get tired of storing him you can feel free to send him to my house - I'll take very good care of him!!

[dave the dead]

I love the texture you gave him. The corpsing is top notch, and you really did a good job with the armature proportions.

[Devils Chariot]

Man that's cool! I love the moss growing out of it, it changes the feel totally, its that a mummy? is that a statue of a mummy, must be, moss doesn't grow on people (or it shouldn't). Hey ya know that secret reaper limit is $20, he he, hope you get my name!

[Lilly]

real nice spideranne
love the expression and hands and texture

[dubbax3]

I really dig how you made his hands. His positioning is great also.

[Ghoul Friday]

The paint job on this is perfect. I love the positioning/angles of the head/shoulders/arms...you can sense the stiffness of the corpse.

[Mr_Chicken]

Fantastic! The color scheme works perfectly in that setting!

[Dixie]

Gorgeous work, Spideranne - great armature proportions, awesome expression and wonderful paint job.... love the little poem too! Excellent!!

[Draik41895]

love the colors,and the moss adds quite a creepy feeling

[Sickie Ickie]

Really nice texture on this piece! Great job!

[pyro]

that looks so good---- you hangin out with stollween

[Spooklights]

I really like this prop; and the fact that you made it with recyclables underneath is great. I will never look at an empty Cheerios box in the same way again.

[Spanky]

*sigh* I love poetry about dead things. You had me at "Akobari".
Great mache work and clever use of the moss.

[Merlin (The Quiet One)]

Wow! He looks great!

[HauntDaddy]

Great job I bet that wold fetch a pretty penny on EBAy

[spideranne]

Thanks all for the nice comments. This was a new experiment on the hands. I've tried using hangers and wires to make hands before and they never looked right.

[Wildcat]

Great job. I'm going to have to make one now.

[Haunted Bayou]

OMG, that turned out great. Love the eyelids.

[Lady Nyxie]

Superb! Great placing... very unexpected... gotcha!

[Dark Angel 27]

very nice! its gonna be really hard to pick a favorite! all of these rock!

[Dragonomine]

Great work!

[lowdwnrob]

Ive got to learn how to paper mache. That thing is disgusting. I love it.

[Scary Godmother]

I'm a bit late, but, he is awesome! Going to have to try that one, thanks for the tutorial and pics.

[haunted1]

Wow, very cool and inexpensive! I love it.