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Incremental Progress
Had a board meeting, so only got a tiny bit more done — upper big teeth and building out the lower jaw a little.
Building a top hat for Bullwinkle
We need Bullwinkle’s iconic magician’s top hat for our on-stage presentation, but Moose has Large Head. Plus, packing issues.While I have an actual opera hat (collapsible Top Hat) it is Kevin-sized and far too small for the Moose. I found a popup cylindrical black hamper/wastebin that was 12×15″ and ordered it. The proportions are off…
It’s a fit!
Saturday I finally took the time to add the internal band that lets Rocky’s head rest securely on my own.
Adding texture and “sutures” to the foam to simulate bone
This next step was in two stages: Adding Texture to the foam “bone” This step was actually fairly fast and easy. You take a wire brush, and tap/slap it firmly against the foam surfaces, so the bristles pockmark it and create “pores”.Again, Andy and I each worked on one skull; we used 3 different brushes….
Adding shape with foam clay
The next step was to take a (fraction of a) bucket of foam clay to fillet the seams and add more organic shape to the already sanded skulls. We were going back and forth a lot to SKS Props YouTube video.Andy and I continued to work on one skull each so it will acquire some…
