Every
haunt needs some rotten ghouls. The price of these props can be
overwhelming, this is why the $7 plastic "Blucky" skeletons are so
popular. The trick is to make these look like expensive rotting
corpses. I took a lot of ideas and came up with this process. Feel
free to try it yourself.
Once
you finish applying a latex coating you need to let it sit for a
couple of days to dry. I then painted the whole thing with a "bone"
colored spray paint. Add accents with wood stain and other colors
of red and burnt umber with a paint brush to look like bloody flesh
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You will need the following:
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A Blucky or Blucky parts
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Toilet tissue tore into 2" squares
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Cotton balls
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Can of Latex Floor Adhesive
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Box knife
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1/4" Aluminum or copper tubing
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Sponge brushes for applying the Latex
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Tape
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Spray glue
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Bone colored spray paint and accent
colors of brush paint
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We need to make the
skulls more realistic looking
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Cut out the flat eyes to
form new sockets
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Use the tape to form eye
sockets
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When cutting out the
mouth leave a few teeth
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Spray the skull with
spray glue and apply the tissue squares. Overlap the pieces
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Use the sponge to apply
the latex
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You will need to apply at
least two coats
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Anyone who knows anything
about a skeleton know that the arms and legs have two bones on the leg
and arm sections so we need to transform these to be more realistic.
This shows the three steps of the original, cutting the bones, and
taping the bones.
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Cut out a generous amount
of the plastic on each side of the plastic bones
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Use the tape to "close"
the pieces together. Tape the sections together to form two
separate bones.
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Spray the bones with glue
and apply the tissue squares. Overlap the pieces
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Use the sponge to apply
the latex
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You will need to apply at
least two coats
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The picture on the left
shows the bones after applying the latex
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Call me
crazy but I think ribs are all separated and not one piece. When
separating the ribs you have to cut a "pie section" out. This will give
a gab between the ribs.
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Cut out
a generous amount of the plastic on each side of the plastic bone
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Spray
the bones with glue and apply the tissue squares. Overlap the pieces
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Unravel
a cotton ball. Starting at the top shoulder blade I string the
cotton down to body. When finished this will look like dripping
flesh or skin. Be generous, it will down play after applying the
latex.
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Use the
sponge to apply the latex. Brush the latex from the top to the
bottom. This helps with the dripping flesh look.
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You
will need to apply at least two coats
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The hands
and feet that come with the Blucky are just pathetic. There isn't much
to save. I used the ankle section of the foot but I threw all of the
hands away
Hands:
- Cut
various lengths of tubing for the fingers
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Crimp the tubing where they would normally be a knuckle. This gives
it character by the fingers bending abnormally.
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Space the fingers and tape them together.
- I
put a piece of foam in the palm to give the hand bulk
- Use
strips of cotton to form knuckles
- Use
the sponge to apply the latex
- You
will need to apply at least two coats
Feet:
- Cut
various lengths of tubing for the toes
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Crimp the tubing where they would normally be a knuckle. This gives
it character by the toes bending abnormally.
- Put
the tubing into the plastic ankle and fill in the gaps with cotton
balls and tape.
- Use
strips of cotton to form knuckles
- Use
the sponge to apply the latex
- You
will need to apply at least two coats
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