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Originally Posted by bradbaum
How did you make the mummy?
is it a buckey underneath, or did you fabricate the whole thing out of paper mache?
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Here was the process for the mummy which was completely unplanned from the beginning:
1. Head - a talking through Boris plastic skull which I never could get to work right last year. Paper mached some areas of it, then added carpet latex, and then stain which I painted on and wiped off with a rag. I also wired in some red LED's for the eyes, if I want to turn them on.
2. Body - the head is mounted on a PVC frame running from the neck to the foot, including shoulders and arms. For body bulk, I added chicken wire around the PVC spine, stuffed it with pillow stuffing and some towels down by the legs. Added duct tape around the chicken wire and then paper mached the entire body with carpet latex, and then painted on stain and wiped it off with a rag.
3. Body wrapping - Cheesecloth soaked in tea to darken it. I then rolled it on, but it looked too new still. So, I cut/ripped holes in it and then painted a thin coat of carpet latex mixed with a bit of water on it.
4. I had 1 spare Bucky hand and 1 spare Bucky foot so I attached them at the end, but should have done this sooner in the process if I had planned better.
I only took pictures half way through the process, but here are a couple...
New Mummy and Zombie Head
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