Head-hunting on a Budget
or
How to make a prop head
This project was started because of a conversation between SpookyMuFu and
myself. Scott had long talked about his wish to have a full sized Frankenstein
for his annual halloween party but found that the prices for a full size
prop of this nature posed certain problems. After all not many could afford
2,500 or so for a party prop without making certain sacrifices such as
giving up eating.
Convinced
that a haunter should be able to have a little fun and still eat we started
discussing how it might be done. Such things as making a pvc frame
body and shopping the local thrift marts for the duds would certainly bring
the costs down. But one thing keep popping up the head. Scott being the
guy he is just wanted it to be perfect (not an unreasonable request for
a true halloween type) but the masks available just didn't seem to cut
it. He wanted that karloff classic monster look not just the run
of the mill guy with bolts in his neck.
I told
my good friend that if he wasn't in a hurry I would see what I could come
up with. And Frank here is the result. Since it looked feasible to
accomplish it in the time we had we started to set the priorities.
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Must be a reasonably good
version of a Karloff classic Frankenstein.
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Must be with in a reasonable
budget.
What follows is the result of that
struggle between keeping the cost as low as possible and making it scary
enough to induce hart seizure.
Note: Consult
your doctor before proceeding ;)
Wolf