Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:27 pm
#68296
Ive decided to take the plunge and give monster mud a go this year and I thought I'd show you how it's coming along. I always liked the look of the grim reaper-esque statues that people have made so thats what I thought i'd try.
Ive used an old table top for the base as its nice and heavy so there's no chance of my new man toppling over. My brother kindly got someone at his work to make that metal thing at the bottom to keep the PVC pipe secure.
Heres the basic skeleton frame with wooden supports:
Next step was to get him covered in chicken wire. I had some old scraps lying around so I used them. During the construction ive realised that there is really no need for chicken wire at the bottom of the reaper as the fabric just hangs down anyway. Seeing as I had put the wire there I decided to leave it but it's not necessary in my opinion. I fixed the wire to the pipes with cable ties (I think thats the name). You cant really see his wire head properly in this pic it was too sunny .
I put the cloth on for a quick mock up of what he might look like finished. I'm using thick cotton sheets as I think hessian/burlap is too thick and loses detail.
I'm putting the robe on in three seperate sections to make handling easier. Front, back and hood/arms. I put the back on today, I was actually nervous about doing it, stupid eh?!. The piece of material for the back was a bit on the big side so there are too many creases for my liking. The front and hood will hopefully have less. This is a picture of the back. imagine that the cloth is starting mid spine.
Thats all ive done so far. I'm hoping to add lots of detail with paint and moss once his robe is on and dry. Im not sure what im going to do face wise. I can't decide whether or not he should have a face. What do you guys and gals think?
Oh, ive not measured him yet but hes taller than me and i'm 5' 8".
Ive used an old table top for the base as its nice and heavy so there's no chance of my new man toppling over. My brother kindly got someone at his work to make that metal thing at the bottom to keep the PVC pipe secure.
Heres the basic skeleton frame with wooden supports:
Next step was to get him covered in chicken wire. I had some old scraps lying around so I used them. During the construction ive realised that there is really no need for chicken wire at the bottom of the reaper as the fabric just hangs down anyway. Seeing as I had put the wire there I decided to leave it but it's not necessary in my opinion. I fixed the wire to the pipes with cable ties (I think thats the name). You cant really see his wire head properly in this pic it was too sunny .
I put the cloth on for a quick mock up of what he might look like finished. I'm using thick cotton sheets as I think hessian/burlap is too thick and loses detail.
I'm putting the robe on in three seperate sections to make handling easier. Front, back and hood/arms. I put the back on today, I was actually nervous about doing it, stupid eh?!. The piece of material for the back was a bit on the big side so there are too many creases for my liking. The front and hood will hopefully have less. This is a picture of the back. imagine that the cloth is starting mid spine.
Thats all ive done so far. I'm hoping to add lots of detail with paint and moss once his robe is on and dry. Im not sure what im going to do face wise. I can't decide whether or not he should have a face. What do you guys and gals think?
Oh, ive not measured him yet but hes taller than me and i'm 5' 8".
Last edited by monstermash on Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:21 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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