[The-Hog-Flu]

So after seeing a couple of great Dog/wolf themed props here and on other sites, I decided to make one of my own. I should have taken pics of my progress from the start but I neglected to do so. Pretty standard stuff anyway. I started with a Christmas Buck frame and built it up with plastic siding for the general shape. Then I used sticks and foam copper pipe insulation for the legs. More siding strips for the ribs. For the head I used a couple of platic bottles and melted them to a general dog head shape, and then filled it with great stuff and trimmed the excess.

I then melted plastic drop cloth over the body.....just like how'd you'd corpse a skeleton.

For the face, I used air dry clay. Once that's dry I'll add monster mud and add more detail. More pics on the way

 

[JesterLex]

Never would have thought to use a deer as a base, can't wait to see how this turns out!

 

[RoxyBlue]

I really like the detail on the face.

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

Before going any further...and before it's too late, I'm thinking about adding white lights behind the ping pong ball eyes and red lights in the mouth.
Hmmm......?????

 

[Bone Dancer]

Nice job on the face. Looking forward to seeing progress photos of this prop.

 

[Sawtooth Jack]

Nice start...looking forward to more.

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

Here I used 1/4 inch plywood and carved individual teeth out, leaving a long root to stick into the head. The 4 fang teeth are just carved out of sticks. I also cut and melted pipe insulation to form the tongue. I put a length of coat hanger through the center to give it shape and to have something to stick into the head. The ears are foam paper, again, with coat hanger bits.

 

[theundeadofnight]

That looks great . The face sculpt is excellent . Clever way to make a tongue .

 

[heresjohnny]

Very creative use of materials, and the result is turning out great. I agree, the face sculpt is spot on.

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

.......add a healthy thick layer of monster mud,

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

.......paint the inside of the mouth and tongue. Then shove the teeth in and secure with hot glue. Hot glue tongue in place then coat entire mouth parts with a high gloss poly.

 

[Pumpkin5]

:jol:Wow! Super great prop! I love your ingenuity! Which air dry clay did you use? I've just started using the air dry, I'm an Apoxie Sculpt gal...but...it's HEAVY...need lighter weight. I like to hear what other people have success with, so any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

:jol:Wow! Super great prop! I love your ingenuity! Which air dry clay did you use? I've just started using the air dry, I'm an Apoxie Sculpt gal...but...it's HEAVY...need lighter weight. I like to hear what other people have success with, so any thoughts would be appreciated.

I forgot what brand I used. It was the only one that Walmart has....if that helps. Still, it's pretty dang heavy and I had to roll it thin to ease the weight. I usually use a mix of thick monster mud and cotton to sculp but decided to try the clay. The frame was strong enough to handle the weight though, and you can get more detail with the clay.

I worked more on it tonight. More pics to come tomorrow.

 

[drevilstein]

looks great, really nice work!

 

[RoxyBlue]

Before going any further...and before it's too late, I'm thinking about adding white lights behind the ping pong ball eyes and red lights in the mouth.
Hmmm......?????

Yellow or amber lights behind the eyes might be a better choice than white, particularly since he has such a wicked look to his face

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

Yellow or amber lights behind the eyes might be a better choice than white, particularly since he has such a wicked look to his face

Yeah, you're right about that but I decided against adding lights. It would have been too much of a pain to route the wires and hide the bulbs.

.......worked more on the rib cage, which is made from cut strips of siding. The flesh is just melted plastic.

 

[Pumpkin5]

:jol:Oooooo...nice ribbage!

 

[Bone Dancer]

Soooo, are you adding fur?

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

Soooo, are you adding fur?

Nope. It's a doberman so they have that shiney slick coat. The monster mud left subtle brush strokes so it kind of looks like hair.

 

[The-Hog-Flu]

The base coat of paint is done. A few finishing touches and it'll be ready to rock.