Darkside
09-24-2007, 01:07 PM
I was looking for something to add to the center of my graveyard and came up with this. I call it "the Tree of Trapped Souls". It has obvious inspiration drawn from a couple of the incredibly talented folks here.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3165.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3135.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3049.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3050.jpg
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chicken wire 8.00
Great Stuff (skulls and veins) 18.00
Kleenex 1.25
Elmers Glue 2.50
1 cup Plaster (for skull face on trunk) 0.50
Dry brush paint 0.25
Red paint (eyes and veins) 0.25
White paint (teeth) 0.10
Black spray paint 1.00
9x9x1 blue insulation foam 0.50
Screws (10+/-) 0.70
Bed sheet (salvaged from the goodwill box) 0.00
15 +/- of 1 PVC (scrap pile) 0.00
4 of ½ PVC (from scrap pile) 0.00
1 2x4x8 scrap (from scrap pile) 3.00
Small piece of plywood (from scrap pile) 0.00
Sticks and limbs from neighbors yard 0.00
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I used a 2x4x8 (cut in half) on a small square piece of wood for the base. From there I added PVC (bent with a propane torch) for the armature of the limbs. The PVC is left over from a yard sprinkler system repair I had to do last year. All of this was, of course, covered in chicken wire and MM. I then added the skulls (molded with Great Stuff), hands and limbs. The skull face on the trunk is a very thin plaster cast of just the face of my skull mold and the hands were cut from blue 1 insulation board. I made small adjustments with more MM. When that was dry, I applied snot rag mache for texture and the great stuff for veins. After looking it over for a few days to make sure it looked acceptable, added the dry brushing and paint on the veins, eyes and teeth. Then a few touch ups and tweaks and done. It is 77 ½ tall and about 6 wide. (and incredibly awkward to carry.)
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3165.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3135.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3049.jpg
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/captvinnie1/Halloween/Halloween%2007/100_3050.jpg
There are more pictures of construction at Halloween 07 pictures by captvinnie1 - Photobucket
chicken wire 8.00
Great Stuff (skulls and veins) 18.00
Kleenex 1.25
Elmers Glue 2.50
1 cup Plaster (for skull face on trunk) 0.50
Dry brush paint 0.25
Red paint (eyes and veins) 0.25
White paint (teeth) 0.10
Black spray paint 1.00
9x9x1 blue insulation foam 0.50
Screws (10+/-) 0.70
Bed sheet (salvaged from the goodwill box) 0.00
15 +/- of 1 PVC (scrap pile) 0.00
4 of ½ PVC (from scrap pile) 0.00
1 2x4x8 scrap (from scrap pile) 3.00
Small piece of plywood (from scrap pile) 0.00
Sticks and limbs from neighbors yard 0.00
36.05
I used a 2x4x8 (cut in half) on a small square piece of wood for the base. From there I added PVC (bent with a propane torch) for the armature of the limbs. The PVC is left over from a yard sprinkler system repair I had to do last year. All of this was, of course, covered in chicken wire and MM. I then added the skulls (molded with Great Stuff), hands and limbs. The skull face on the trunk is a very thin plaster cast of just the face of my skull mold and the hands were cut from blue 1 insulation board. I made small adjustments with more MM. When that was dry, I applied snot rag mache for texture and the great stuff for veins. After looking it over for a few days to make sure it looked acceptable, added the dry brushing and paint on the veins, eyes and teeth. Then a few touch ups and tweaks and done. It is 77 ½ tall and about 6 wide. (and incredibly awkward to carry.)