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Ok these are my newbies 4 sale. I am in the process of remaking them and so they will have different makedo posts than the pictures. These are not completed just yet but almost done. I am putting this up because they sell out quickly and I am only making one set. They are both made from muslin painted with Gesso and the painted, molded, wired and painted some more. They have molded clay horns, bat wings, and the boy holds a skull staff. The girl holds out her tongue which is a separate piece totally from the doll face. I can go on forever about the detail work here but I will let you look at pics because they speak louder than words.
So I woke up with this nagging feeling since yesterday to make this doll. this pic was taken around 7 AM. I started making the wire armature and putting floral tape around it to hold it together.
You can see it took a while. It was like 11AM when I got done wrapping and making armature....I am still in jammies at this point.....I had to do this though was bugging me.....
Then I painted the armature and it being 100 degrees today, it dried quickly. Then I added his chest cavity shown here. Eventually his other parts were added but I didn't take pics as you can see what my hands looks like and they still are stained this way.....See pic below.....
Ok this is the cone he holds. it has a battery operated tea light in it. Looks kewl in the dark as I punched holes through the cone and the light peeks through them. The cone I painted orange for color and "pop" and then the holes I dotted black as well as the trim and handle....
The Pumpkin Sentinel has a full wire armature body and arms and fingers--no legs----He can be ent and posed. His armature was painted black then stained over that. It has all been wrapped in floral tape. His chest cavity is made from muslin, lightly stuffed and painted gray with black ribs then attached to the armature.
If you look at this side pic, the armature is like a hand and grabs his head, holding it in place. I also sewed it donw so it doesn't come out. Has a black grubby cheescloth cloak held by 2 rusty safety pins in the front.
The wind was blowing in this pic giving him the illusion of flying. His head is round and painted orange, his stem is twisted grubby black cheesecloth. His eyes and mouth are pieced onto the doll. Painted black and then dotted with a yellow eye if you look close. I just wanted a hint of an eye.
Ok she is just the cutest thing ever! Meet Wilhemina Flytrap. She is roughly 12 inches tall. She is made from muslin that has been painted for the look of olde. She has hand-painted eyes, sculpted mouth, separate eyelids attached on by hand and the cutest outfit ever. She is weighted on the bottom for sitting. her arms are made from wire and are poseable. Her dress is an awesome Moda fabric black with gray ravens all over it and the bodice is gray with black crackle through it. her hat is made from matching raven's fabric. In her arms she holds a big pumpkin...Great for a prim home this holiday season.......Oh and she has a vintage military button sewn to the front of the bodice....Pattern by Soft in the Head.......
These guys all just added for the new Halloween season........
Decayed Corpse Chips with Entrail Salsa
Bizarre Brain Pate
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
8 ounces Philadelphia cream cheese, softened
1 (.25-ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin, softened in 1/4 cup water
1 bunch green onions, chopped
3 pounds cooked shrimp, coarsely chopped
(or 1 pound crab meat)
1 cup mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Tabasco or creole seasoning to taste
Heat soup, undiluted, and mix in the cream cheese. Stir in softened gelatin and blend well. Fold in remaining ingredients and pour into a lightly-oiled mold. Chill until firm and serve with your favorite crackers.
I originally found this recipe for MardiGras 2000, which was quite yummy. When I got a brain mold for my birthday - can you tell my friends know I love Halloween? - I started thinking of what I could use for making a brain. Since the brain mold is only about 3 cups, I halved this recipe except for the amount of gelatin, left out the green onions, and finely chopped the shrimp in a food processor into more of a paste for the sake of making it look more smooth-textured like a real brain.
Materials and Tools:
plastic eye mask
foam from waffle mattress pad
razor blade/scissors
soldering iron
black and gold spray paint
Apoxie Sculpt as a base material (liquid latex)
paintbrush and sponge
spray glue
spray gloss sealer
purple, pink and silver nail polish
cardboard box
dust mask
black permanent marker
stapler
felt, elastic, ribbon
fabric glue
Step 1Steps:
1. Place a store-bought plastic mask onto a piece of foam from a waffle mattress pad. Trace the outline of the mask on the foam with a permanent black marker.
Step 22. Sketch the eyes, nose, and mouth and face patterns on the foam.
Step 33. Cut out the foam pieces. Sculpt each piece with scissors before gluing onto the plastic mask.
Step 44. Glue the sculpted pieces on the mask with fabric glue.
Step 55. With a soldering iron or wood burner, burn scroll and line patterns onto the foam. Wear a dust mask or respirator.
Steps 6-86. Coat the mask with spray adhesive.
7. Sponge on liquid latex with a scrap piece of foam. Wait for it to dry.
8. Coat the Halloween mask with spray adhesive again.
Step 99. Wear a dust mask. Place the mask in a cardboard box. Spray paint the entire piece black. Allow to dry.
Steps 11-1210. Mist the Halloween cat mask with gold spray paint.
11. Apply purple, pink and silver metallic fingernail polish to add highlights to the eyes, mouth and cheeks.
12. Spray a gloss sealer all over the mask.
Steps 13-1413. Remove the existing elastic strap from the mask.
14. Staple white elastic to each side.
Steps 15-1715. Tie a ribbon on one side, where the elastic is attached. The other side is tied when it is put on to wear. This is a decorative element to cover the elastic strap.
16. Cut felt to fit inside the cat mask for comfort.
17. Glue felt on the inside of the mask for a nice finished look for your Halloween cat mask.
Halloween Cat Mask designed by Lyn Marie Neuenfeldt from Milwaukee, Wis.
Ever since Lyn Marie’s grandfather took her to see a horror movie at the age of 5, monsters and monster masks have fascinated her. One time, she tried to cast a plaster mask on her brother, but he ended up in the emergency room with doctors removing the plaster from his face. She now happily works as a special effects artist in Milwaukee, specializing in monsters.
Website: www.mo42.com
