Archive for the ‘Halloween Props’ Category
Franky is Alive!!! I have been monitoring Grim’s workings of Franky, via his blog, and am very excited to see him completed, not only am I excited I am astounded at the outcome.
I remember Grim mentioned that he typically doesn’t like to create ‘classic monsters’ but luckily for us he decided to tackle the classic Frankenstein’s monster.
I can’t put my finger on what my favorite part of Franky’s parts are but I can say, his box is brilliant!
You have got to check out all of the progress pics of Frank. Clicking on the image below will take you to Franks final blog post, there are several blog posts on Frank so check those out once you jump over to Grim’s site.
Mauly is finished. There are a few details I want to add but don’t have time to due to the fact that I’m taking her to work until Halloween.
I was going to add pigtails to her but until I figure out a way to make them not look so ‘cutesy’ I will leave her be. She warned me that if I made her too girlish, she would sit and stare at me when I’m sleeping.
I only had time to snap one photo of her so far…
Ok Ok… it’s actually called the Grimvisions Ghastly Halloween 2009 Giveaway and if you do not participate you are, well… not one of the cool kids and we WILL make fun of you.
I will admit I’m a bit biased on the whole Grimvisions giveaways, why? I won the last one!!! ::: squeals ::: and I’m sending my minions back over to Grim’s to whisper in his ear while he sleeps.
Do I have a favorite between the three prizes? Hell no!!! I secretly salivate over all three artists talent. Er…wait… now it’s not a secret. Crap!!
Jump on over to the Grimvisions blog and check out how you can go about winning, while I try to figure out how to cover up my coveting the artistes monstrous creativity. ::: stomps off mumbling :::
In my hermitage lifestyle, I have soooo got to get out more, I have totally missed the fact that we have a newer Haunted House attraction here in Alaska. It isn’t in the same city as I am so that would be why I had missed it, and due to being cooped up with my own creations…creating.
I recently joined Facebook, in an attempt to network myself so that I can start selling on Etsy. What I didn’t expect was that it would connect me with locals. Frankly I had given up on their being any local Halloween’heads and lovers of the spooky arts. Well, by joining Facebook I found Michelle, owner of Gateway to Darkness.
The Gateway to Darkness opens October 2nd at 7pm, all times and dates can be found on their website. The admission is $12 and their locations is:
1241 W. Melanie Ave, Unit 4, Wasilla, Alaska 99654
With fingers crossed, mine that is, I’m hoping that we can connect other locals to the oh so wonderful world of spookiness and the Haunt. Alaskans spookites where are you? It’s ok to come out now… we won’t judge, unless you show up with a bloody cleaver with real blood… then we will have to run, run really fast.
I won the Grimvision’s Contest for the Skull Book Light… woooooo hoooooo, eeeep, and squeal!! I would like to thank my finger’s and toe’s for staying crossed during the waiting period and to all my little minions that would run over to Grim’s in the middle of the night and whisper ‘Pick Kim, Pick Kim, Pick Kim’ into his ear while he was sleeping.
Although they reported back to me that he tends to sleep odd hours and that he is in his workshop a lot. Which they also reported is a nice and cozy place with lots of creepy spooky things, they felt right at home.
Check out my winnings (the exact prize may look slightly different):
That would be Mache with a long A. I’m working on Mauly this weekend and I’m going to be making some witch jars as well.
Mauly is covered in paper towel mache now, I still need to build her left arm, her right hand, add some rooty’ness to her base and then covered her with TP mache. I’ve already covered her foam pumpkin head with TP mache to give her some wrinkles.
The day I finished Cucur I started work on Mauly. Mauly is a small female companion to Cucur. She will be partial height, roughly 3ft tall and may be holding hands with Cucur… you will have to watch and see.
More photos of Mauly and photos of Cucur can be found in the Gallery.
Here are a couple work in progress pics:
I’ve finally gotten Cucur finished. Only took 4 hours of hand painting to get him done…phew. Layer on layer on layer… don’t like that layer, re-layer, layer. Needs more highlights, layer.
So the paint went: Black base coat, dark brown heavy dry brush, lighter brown dry brush, grey’ish dry brush (didn’t like that layer, had to much blue tint), Antique white light dry brush over grey. I’m not putting a sealant coat over the paint. I did seal the mache with Polyurethane so I’m not worried about him falling apart. Why am I not sealing him? I can’t find a sealant that is not shiny, even though it says ‘Flat’ or ‘Matte’ it always tends to be shiny.
Oh, and I attempted to use tissue paper on this guy, not toilet paper but the tissue paper that you use in gifts. It doesn’t absorb for nothing and is so slick it is hard to get a texture.
I’m posting all the pictures I’ve taken so far over in The Gallery, I need to get some night shots but since I live in Alaska and its not fully dark until about 10pm, it’s a bit difficult.
He stands 5′ 6″ and will either stand with the wooden stand or can be slid over rebar.
First things first… I must apologize for not posting about Deadspiders site long ago. My head must be so far into creation land that I could not see clearly. :::bows::: Me apologies Angie and good spooky vibes are still being sent your way in getting your health reigned in.
Deadspider is another prop/dark artist that I have admired from a distance. Most of us Home Haunters and fledgling dark artists tend to lurk in the shadows of the artists that inspire us. We watch, immitate, criticize our own work because it doesn’t compare to theirs, then we start to blossom. We slowly realize it isn’t about having our art look exactly like someone else’s but about finding ourselves in our own art. We never forget who inspires us though, even if we forget to thank them, and most of all we keep watching. Think of it like never forgetting your first grade teacher that you had the crush on.
Now Deadspider, beyond being utterly imaginative with a jar and a label, she is also an incredible prop artist. The first prop that I saw of hers was the Halloween Tree then there was the Winged Demons which I still want to create a version of. The one prop that got me creating was Mr. Hemlock Dench. I actually created a prop that I named Morimal Von Hearsestein, and still use in the cemetery haunt, that was inspired totally by Mr Dench.
Deadspider also has an Etsy shop and sells her Witch Potion jars along with other smaller Halloween items and dark art pieces.
Treat yourself and check out her sites, it’s no trick!
Here are a few pictures that were mentioned:
Mr Hemlock Dench
Winged Demons
Witch Potion jars
