Dec 15th, 2008 by DeadSpider
Tonight I went to use my camera and realized I had left my memory card snug in the card reader of my computer. I figured I would use the tiny bit of internal memory the camera is equipped with but found it was already full. Seems the pictures were all prop pictures.
I took very few pictures of this guys being made, but here is one pre-hair picture I found of him in my camera’s internal memory. This is during painting…

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Nov 28th, 2008 by DeadSpider
A tiny paper pulp skull residing in a little glass box…. 
This little skull was an experimental sculpt made entirely of paper pulp. He is currently looking for a new home.

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Nov 14th, 2008 by DeadSpider
In October I tried making a little skull with plasticine clay. Though its not exactly a correct skull and it has odd teeth, I was pretty happy with it.
I made a mold, and cast it in resin. I made a few solid resin casts and a few foam filled. I love the weighty feel of the resin ones!


This little guy is just drying now, I will probably put him into my Etsy shop after he has been sealed.



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Nov 2nd, 2008 by DeadSpider
The October 31st forecast called for rain.
…and WOW did it RAIN!!
All my paper mache props are sealed, so I didn’t need to worry about them being out in the bad weather.




The only thing I had to alter because of the rain was the hag’s cauldron. The cauldron, like almost all my props is made of paper mache. It has a faux liquid toppper, and inside has a blacklight. The rain was seeping in under the faux topper and pooling inside. I had to drill a hole in the bottom of the cauldron for it to drain.

Luckily the weather cleared by about 6:30pm and a nice fog filled the neighborhood.
More pictures to come…..
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Oct 30th, 2008 by DeadSpider
This year we threw the costumes together last minute… I don’t know what we were supposed to be, just sort played off the ‘DeadSpider’ thing. I am usually the one behind the camera so hopefully I receive a better picture of us from one of our friends.
Here’s me and the Hubby:

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