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mechanics of his prop are the same as mine but that is where the similatries end. If you follow his tutorial you will end up with something like this.... That is a pic from his tutorial. I got it into my head that it didn't look right to me.(no offense there jeff) I just prefer to have things a bit more tidy or hidden. I didn't like the fact that you could see everything. So I set out to see what I could do about that. |
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First
I built according to his
how-to until I got to this point. |
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this point is where mine changed. I decided to hide everything I could. So I started to build a base covering the mechanics. The frame I built matched the 2'x2' board I built the mechanics on. The two 1x2's sticking up line up with a reinforcing 2x4 used to help support another 2x4 holding the eye hooks. |
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I put
the
frame together with hotglue and a staple gun. then as you can see I hotglued foam on all sides and top. Then cut a hole in the back to allow taller 2x4 and pvc through. |
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then trimmed excess foam, used filler where I needed let that dry then sanded it, painted with a gray paint. |
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The design and spiders are on the front, left,and right sides |
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marked off a rectangle then took a compass at each corner and marked off a curve. Then took my dremel and carefully cut the lines out. The spiders weren't as easy as you would think. I put them on with hot glue and every time the glue cooled down the legs would pop back up. To solve this problem I got out the gorilla glue. Once that dried I painted over them with paint |
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The
tombstone is 4 layers of foam 2 white 2 pink. I started with the first 2 layers glued them together then carved out a spot in the middle for the pvc and eyehooks to fit loosely. Then I added the next layer of white and cut out a section for the 2x4 to fit, then I put on the last layer to cover that up. |
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can't remember who posted it but thankyou! These are plant stakes I got at wallyworld thanks to someones post on another forum. I just stuck them in and painted them. |
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This
is the face on the front of the tombstone. It was a poorly put together styrofoam skull. I took it apart and kept the face. I then hotglued it to the tombstone then caulked around it and painted over it. To make it look like part of the tombstone. Carved RIP from a template and its done. |
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I
needed some way to keep the legs still, so I made this
plaque. The black section is white foam, the plaque is pink foam. On either side I pushed in then glued a piece of pvc. Then cut a hole through the foot and a hole in the bottom bone and slid the foot and bone over it. The plaque itself took me over 4hrs to do. Shaving out the foam and leaving the letters. I then painted with a silver paint when that dried I put a black stain on it kinda giving it that old pewter look. A clear coat and there ya go. |
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is the lower torso or butt of the skeleton. I cut a hole to match the one on top and the legs didn't sit right so I moved them forward drilling new holes for them. The old holes didn't bother covering no one will see them. |
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As
you can see from the
pics, this is a blucky skeleton. It has a bit of an odd paint job but it works for me. LOL I first stained it with a very dark satin, once that dried I paint it with an almond colored paint. After that dried I took a light stain and brushed it on and dabbed it off. Doing this, it also took off some of the almond paint, showing the dark stain underneath. I think it looks great. |
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The
hands I took a heat gun and softened them up so I could bend them so they looked like they were gripping the tombstone. then I drilled a couple of holes and made little stakes and hotglued them to the hands so they wouldn't move on the tombstone. Update: Use longer stakes then you see in pic for better securment. |
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joints I didn't want to use zip ties so I found this way on line. Cut the tips off the bones then put a piece of a glue stick in the hole then take a small I bolt and screw it into the glue. Do the same with the other side. Then take a piece of wire and wire them together. Then cover that with glue. Paint and stain. Update: This way did not hold up to movement I cut up a bungee cord, put knots in the end pushed knots in bones, then glued and painted. Works much better. |
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The
chest section I ran a
piece of PVC through and screwed it in place. I used 2 45o PVC joints one on top and bottom. Before gluing in place make sure there facing the right direction. When attaching to PVC coming out of the tombstone the chest should be hanging slightly in front on an angle. |
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Attach
hands by pushing
stakes into the tombstone. |
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purchased these eye blanks from monster guts and they also had a link to the pupils to make easy eyes. a little glue then clear coat it and you have your eyes! |
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I
then
drilled a hole in the back of each eyeball blank inserted 2 LED's in each eye, then pushed them in. |
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as you can see is not
a blucky skull. I hate the blucky skull, I had this one which is ceramic. I painted and stained it the same as the body. Now all you have to do is set it on the body. |
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| Well
there it is folks my version of a Leering prop. Below you will find a couple of links to him in action. The first was taken by Ghostess at the Florida Haunters M&T and the second was done by me, Enjoy! http://s245.photobucket.com/albums/gg66/spiderfreak-photos/Leering%20prop/?action=view¤t=leer prop.flv |
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