Where Grim Visions Become Dark Art
Posted in Halloween, Monster mud, Props on Jul 18th, 2008
I have always wanted to add a grim reaper prop to the display. But I dont like “traditional” grim reaper poses.
About 2 weeks prior to Halloween I started on this piece. I wanted him to appear as if he were about to stand up. I used a full sized skeleton from Anatomical Supply Company. They [...]
Posted in Clay-mache, Halloween, Monster mud, Props on Jun 10th, 2008
I am finally gotten around to going thru a bunch of 2007 Halloween images. I have some nice pictures of Mr. Lo Pan. Here I have cut out some sections of a larger image so if you are curious you can see the detail. more detailed and textured than my other stuff and its hard [...]
Posted in Clay-mache, Halloween, Monster mud, Props on Feb 7th, 2008
The Pope is a smallish prop as most of my pieces are now. He is a fiendish little man who pulls a wagon about the graveyard picking up spare parts and toting them about. He warns visitors not to venture to far into the graveyard with his small outstretched palm.
His head is sculpted from air [...]
Posted in Halloween, Monster mud, Props on Jan 30th, 2008
For a contest at Hauntforum.com the goal was to use Monster Mud as the main component. I wanted to take it a bit further than the normal grim reaper type Monster Mud prop and really wanted to get a lot of flowing folds into the fabric of the prop. I settled on a seated figure [...]