apetoes
04-30-2010, 11:23 PM
The Indentured Soul
The concept is that I will make a cheaper version of the Jackal head cage and place that on a ghost with chains and shackles on the wrists. I plan on making the head out of a recycled milk jug that will be distorted with a heat gun and embellished with papier mache*and papier mache clay.
The head cage is made out of a recycled Miller Light 12-pack box.
Placed some guide lines on the box for cutting with a razor knife
Cut some wire to form the bent out bars of the front of the cage. I used tape to hold the distance of the wire when gluing, it worked really well to keep a consistent bend and spacing.
Hot glue on the cage bars
Add with a few layers of mache
The hands started out as tracings of my forearms and hands on cardboard.
Then the arms/hands were built up with newspaper. Once built them up I bent them into the shape I wanted.
When I was happy with the pose I covered them in two layers of paper mache.
Covered the hands with paper towels to give a wrinkled texture
Made the shackles that will go around the wrists out of toilet paper tubes
For the head, First used a heat gun to melt a plastic milk jug
Then covered the whole thing in paper mache.
Add some papier mache clay to build up the features of the head
Build up the shoulders of the ghost from some recycled packing material and a recycled parmesan cheese container. If all goes as planned I can use the cheese container to place the whole ghost over top of a post. I have it covered in papeir mache strips (4 layers so far) but I have left an opening for the cheese container.
Coat the entire shoulder mount in mache as well as hook on two sections of salvaged PVP pipe that will be able to run wire through for the arms.
Once everything had dried I ran to the salvation army and scored some great finds. I found hair in the form of some twisted over-sized Barbi, the chains for the restraints were made out of shower curtain hooks, and some old curtains worked perfect for the body.
The Barbi was scalped and the hair was hot glued to the top of the indentured souls head. Next came painting. Everything was painted black to start. The head cage and chains were dry brushed with white and then a wash of a rusty color was added to that. *The hands and head had greenish/silver wash added to them after the dry brushing.
Here are some of the final pics (Sorry I suck at photography!):
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-28-08.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-29-38.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-28-39.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-31-01.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-30-52.jpg?w=400
So what was the damage?
Recycled Miller lite 12 pack box - free
Recycled toilet paper tubes - free
Recycled*Milk Jug - Free
2 Foot long glue sticks - 2.00
Shower curtain hooks - .50
Recycled Newspaper - Free
Curtain - 3.00
Flour 4 cups - 1.00
Cellulose insulation - 1.00? *A few hand fulls out of a gigantic bag.
Glow sticks for photo shoot (in head) - 1.00
Barbi Head - .80
Utility Wire 4 feet - 1.50
Twine - 6 feet - .50
Recycled/Scrap PVC Pipe - 5 feet - 2.02 new @ 30% scrap value - .60
Recycled Packing foam - Free
Recycled*Parmesan*Cheese container - Free
1/2 roll of Masking Tape - .50
Paint - black less than 1/4 of a pint - 1.25 (found on returned shelf at lowes for 5 bucks)
Paint - Green/Red/Silver/Blue Acrylic - less than one whole bottle - 1.50
Recycled*Corrugated*card board - Free
Total 15.15
A more complete tutorial and more detailed photos can be found on my blog, http://apetoes.wordpress.com/
The concept is that I will make a cheaper version of the Jackal head cage and place that on a ghost with chains and shackles on the wrists. I plan on making the head out of a recycled milk jug that will be distorted with a heat gun and embellished with papier mache*and papier mache clay.
The head cage is made out of a recycled Miller Light 12-pack box.
Placed some guide lines on the box for cutting with a razor knife
Cut some wire to form the bent out bars of the front of the cage. I used tape to hold the distance of the wire when gluing, it worked really well to keep a consistent bend and spacing.
Hot glue on the cage bars
Add with a few layers of mache
The hands started out as tracings of my forearms and hands on cardboard.
Then the arms/hands were built up with newspaper. Once built them up I bent them into the shape I wanted.
When I was happy with the pose I covered them in two layers of paper mache.
Covered the hands with paper towels to give a wrinkled texture
Made the shackles that will go around the wrists out of toilet paper tubes
For the head, First used a heat gun to melt a plastic milk jug
Then covered the whole thing in paper mache.
Add some papier mache clay to build up the features of the head
Build up the shoulders of the ghost from some recycled packing material and a recycled parmesan cheese container. If all goes as planned I can use the cheese container to place the whole ghost over top of a post. I have it covered in papeir mache strips (4 layers so far) but I have left an opening for the cheese container.
Coat the entire shoulder mount in mache as well as hook on two sections of salvaged PVP pipe that will be able to run wire through for the arms.
Once everything had dried I ran to the salvation army and scored some great finds. I found hair in the form of some twisted over-sized Barbi, the chains for the restraints were made out of shower curtain hooks, and some old curtains worked perfect for the body.
The Barbi was scalped and the hair was hot glued to the top of the indentured souls head. Next came painting. Everything was painted black to start. The head cage and chains were dry brushed with white and then a wash of a rusty color was added to that. *The hands and head had greenish/silver wash added to them after the dry brushing.
Here are some of the final pics (Sorry I suck at photography!):
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-28-08.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-29-38.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-28-39.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-31-01.jpg?w=400
http://apetoes.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/2010-04-30-20-30-52.jpg?w=400
So what was the damage?
Recycled Miller lite 12 pack box - free
Recycled toilet paper tubes - free
Recycled*Milk Jug - Free
2 Foot long glue sticks - 2.00
Shower curtain hooks - .50
Recycled Newspaper - Free
Curtain - 3.00
Flour 4 cups - 1.00
Cellulose insulation - 1.00? *A few hand fulls out of a gigantic bag.
Glow sticks for photo shoot (in head) - 1.00
Barbi Head - .80
Utility Wire 4 feet - 1.50
Twine - 6 feet - .50
Recycled/Scrap PVC Pipe - 5 feet - 2.02 new @ 30% scrap value - .60
Recycled Packing foam - Free
Recycled*Parmesan*Cheese container - Free
1/2 roll of Masking Tape - .50
Paint - black less than 1/4 of a pint - 1.25 (found on returned shelf at lowes for 5 bucks)
Paint - Green/Red/Silver/Blue Acrylic - less than one whole bottle - 1.50
Recycled*Corrugated*card board - Free
Total 15.15
A more complete tutorial and more detailed photos can be found on my blog, http://apetoes.wordpress.com/