Inspired by Krough

[Death Wraith]

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[heresjohnny]

Very Nice Job Death Wraith! Krough will be proud.

[krough]

Awesome Work Death Wraith.

[grapegrl]

schweet work there, DW!

[Dr Morbius]

You hear that Krough, Ol buddy? You have a fan club!

[DeathTouch]

Get your Krough T-shirts only 20 bucks. Krough T-shirts 20 bucks. It has a pictures of stumpy on the front and Eyegore on the back. Get them now while they still last. I also sell Krough eye patch for 5 bucks.

[Frighteners Entertainment]

Wow, the talent base keeps getting bigger, nice work!

Hey Pete, sit down....Krough can sell his own shirts, you just play with your underware!

[ruafraid]

Ok since no one has done this yet, DW did you shoot pics along the way for a how to ? LOL Looks terrific great work on that prop.

[DeathTouch]

Wow, the talent base keeps getting bigger, nice work!

Hey Pete, sit down....Krough can sell his own shirts, you just play with your underware!

It took me this long to get the Pete thing. Peter Brady. Oh god.

[heresjohnny]

:googly: LMAO

[Death Wraith]

Thanks all! The process is a direct rip of Krough's fine work on his website: A support of PVC, body formed from chicken wire, covered with newspaper and packing tape, two layers of paper towels and white glue/water mixture laid out smooth, then I do a final layer carefully applied to give wrinkles and sags where I want them. I'm still learning that part of it. I did find that, for my taste, I prefer using good thick single ply towels so I can squeeze out the excess glue/water before applying. The cheap towels just tear on me when I try to unfold them after squeezing. The Mache also dries a whole lot faster that way.

Oh yeah, the skulls are the cheap foam ones bought at Kmart after season last year for a couple bucks a piece. Makes the whole thing VERY light weight!

Here's some pics of the painting process I used on my second one:

Corpse before painting:

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After gray primer base coat was sprayed on:

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After red primer accent color was applied:

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After the base coats I applied bry-brushed highlights following Kroughs example.

[Death Wraith]

Also I tried to include a little collar-bone action using rolled up paper towel dipped in the glue mixture then added to the form before the final layer of paper mache. On the next corpse I'll try to outline a whole rib cage that way. Should look cool!!

[Dr Morbius]

Ahhhh yes..a Krough-like masterpiece if ever I saw one...Great job, DW!

[krough]

I want one of those eye patches

[DeathTouch]

Why, did you shoot your eye out?

[Hella]

very nice work DW!

[shaunathan]

I'm still nervous to try this kind of project, they always look like they turn out wonderful but somewhere deep inside me, I feel that I'll be making the first horrid looking one :/ How much are these to build? assuming I have the skull already...

[krough]

about 12 dollars max

[Merlin (The Quiet One)]

Nice job DW. I like the added touch of collarbones.

[Death Wraith]

Yes, they can be very cheap if you have the stuff hanging around. Chicken wire, a scrap of wood for the base, newspapers, packing tape. You might invest in a length of PVC and you might have to buy some cheap spray paint. And a light shade of paint for dry-brushing the highlights, I had all this from other projects. The biggest expense for me was a can of spray Spar Urethane to help seal it. $5.00. But you could even skip this part if your prop will be inside.

I'm not much of an artist myself and copying what other people do is how I get by. I'm most concerned with proper proportion in the body, making sure the arms aren't too long, too short. Even shoulders. Just stepping back and looking at the thing as you form the chicken wire and taking your time will give you great results. If you screw up the first couple you can reuse the PVC frame and your biggest loss is your time. Give it a shot!!

[shaunathan]

hmm, sounds easy enough, just read Krough's tutorial.. but another problem is storage... space is a premium arround here and if I can't hide it in the rafters of my garage I probably can't build it... I wonder if I can design one that's sectional...

[kevin242]

wow! I love that. bucky skull and mache? I gots to get me one...

[krough]

Good lord. I just went and looked at my "how to". I will try and redo it soon, so it makes more sense. I didnt realize people would actually use it. LOL
I think I can add some info that will make it much better

[Dr Morbius]

What is this "Mache'" thing your site refers to? hehe

[DeathTouch]

What is this "Mache'" thing your site refers to? hehe

You know those girls you see with the togas? Mache is kinda like that, but just a little more harder. LOL.

[krough]

what in the ....??