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07-20-2009, 05:54 PM
I saw this Youtube how to by an "industry insider" I think it's great so I'm trying it out. The url is YouTube- How to make a Scary Skull part 1
I started with a bucky that I'm hoping to give a voice later on with a scary Terry card. But I thought I would play with some of the techniques he showed in the video.
As you can see I have a large bottle of latex so I'm good there and I have cotton balls and a skull... I also got the 22mm eyes from Kit kraft and they seem to work good although I thought they might be too small.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/3740485392_fc6ddd9637.jpg
Next I put a little modeling clay in the back of the eye to fix the eyes in a direction I liked (you cna skip this step and just put some cotton soaked latex back there but I didn't want to waste it and I had clay on hand.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3740485496_10eeb97b50.jpg
In watching the 2 videos it seemed that he used full strips of cotton soaked in latex. Go light until you get a feel for it. I started with a full latex soaked strip and it drips everywhere.
so use smaller pieces that are damp but not dripping. As seen here...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3740485638_07cb1e9006.jpg
One thing you may be wondering is about the tool in my hand. That's a dentist's tool for cleaning teeth. I asked them if they had nay they were going to get rid of and they handed me these...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/3740485792_739f811da2.jpg
As he says your fingers will get very sticky and the cotton will stick to your fingers...
These tools come in very handy but if your dentist won't give you some any small pallette like tool will work...
I'm no where near done but is at the end of the first evening with the lights off...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/3740486078_867ef9b600.jpg
I'll get some more up later...
I started with a bucky that I'm hoping to give a voice later on with a scary Terry card. But I thought I would play with some of the techniques he showed in the video.
As you can see I have a large bottle of latex so I'm good there and I have cotton balls and a skull... I also got the 22mm eyes from Kit kraft and they seem to work good although I thought they might be too small.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2481/3740485392_fc6ddd9637.jpg
Next I put a little modeling clay in the back of the eye to fix the eyes in a direction I liked (you cna skip this step and just put some cotton soaked latex back there but I didn't want to waste it and I had clay on hand.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3465/3740485496_10eeb97b50.jpg
In watching the 2 videos it seemed that he used full strips of cotton soaked in latex. Go light until you get a feel for it. I started with a full latex soaked strip and it drips everywhere.
so use smaller pieces that are damp but not dripping. As seen here...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3740485638_07cb1e9006.jpg
One thing you may be wondering is about the tool in my hand. That's a dentist's tool for cleaning teeth. I asked them if they had nay they were going to get rid of and they handed me these...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2536/3740485792_739f811da2.jpg
As he says your fingers will get very sticky and the cotton will stick to your fingers...
These tools come in very handy but if your dentist won't give you some any small pallette like tool will work...
I'm no where near done but is at the end of the first evening with the lights off...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2539/3740486078_867ef9b600.jpg
I'll get some more up later...