For a contest at Hauntspace.com the requirement is to use a pumpkin be it a real pumpkin or a fake one. I decided to use a fake one so I went and bought a fake pumpkin. I then got a plain wooden plaque, a lamp socket and cord a switch and a Feit 13 watt blacklight bulb.
1. I mounted the lamp socket on the plaque, and added some rubber feet to the underside of the plaque. The socket was on the front 1/3rd of the plaque. I used vinyl staples to attach the cord to the underside of the plaque, I then added an inline switch to the cord.
2. I then added a PVC “T to the back 1/3rd of the plaque for mounting of my figure later on, I used screws and epoxy to adhere it to the wood.
3. I then went about sculpting the head of the figure and molded my own hands and cast them in resin using the same technique listed here at Deadspiders site
4. For clothing I used an upholstery remnant from the fabric store.
5. I used Undeadvoodoomonkey’s fake knife How-to from Hauntforum.com to make the knife
6. For the UV highlights on the face and hands I used glo-it UV paint from Deco-art mixed with Liquitex airbrush thinner.
Unpainted had casts. These are resin casts of my own hands, I then airbrushed them.
PVC armature of figure, I then covered the armature with Grey pipe insulation to give a bit of bulk to the figure.
This is a very early picture of the face sculpt with harsh up lighting I wanted to make sure that the effect I was going for with the UV light would look right.
Note: The Funkin label states Do Not use a bulb with wattage exceeding 4 watts. I used a 13 watt bulb. I also cut off a large section of the top of the Funkin. I have checked the heat in and around the Funkin many times. I don’t see a problem.
But I do not recommend not following the manufacturers recommendations.
