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Next we begin applying skin. You will need to purchase a jar of Phlx glue. The
only place I know where you can get
it is
SpookyFX.Com. Shop
around the craft stores and hobby stores by phone to locate it in your area
before piling into the car and driving to town. It is not available in your
local Quick Shop. This glue will need to be cut approximately 1/4 cup glue to 1
cup of water. Now you simply use one sheet of paper towel from the kitchen
(preferably with no markings on them) and lay these on your corpse. Hold the
piece in place and using a foam brush, brush on the Phlex glue mixture to wet
the towel. You will need to tear some pieces in smaller, different shapes to
work well, but don't worry about this. If the "skin" overlaps, it
won't detract at all. Once wet, the towels are very workable. Cover the entire
skeleton including the joints with the wet towels. When doing the skull push the
towels inside the eye sockets far enough to accommodate a round eye ball. Here
is a tip; be sure to position your corpse in the pose you will want, as he is
NOT articulated.
When you are completed with this then start back on the other end that you first
began and by now it should be dry enough to go over your skeleton again with a
second layer of skin to reinforce his joints and durability. The reason we use
the Phlex glue is because this is water soluble when wet but once dry it remains
somewhat flexible for forgiveness in moving, yet is now impervious to moisture.
A rare combination of traits. Now let your corpse dry overnight.
The next day you will apply a color to the old boy. By using a combination of
brown and reds and blue (important
color), you will be able to give
your corpse a true rotten looking
color. We used an air brush to
apply our details to the face but I
have to think that you could use a
faster method like rattle can for
the rest of the body. Just try to
highlight the joints slightly with
some red paint before going back
over with the brown color. Done
right, you will have a sickly
looking blood-underneath the dried
skin look. I drizzled some blood
down from his mouth onto his face
and chest as well. Next we go to
the details.
 Here is a close up of the skull. I couldn't find the correct size wood balls
to make into the eyes, so I went with a larger size and wound up with a comical
effect for my creep. But since I liked it anyway I decided to go with it. Use a small paintbrush to outline his gums and eye sockets. I find that a
dark red looks pretty good. Paint inside the nasal cavity with a darker color
like black with highlights of red and brown. Paint the teeth with off-white
paint and you can also blacken out a tooth here and there for more trauma if you
like. For eyeballs you can buy these from a number of places on the net, such as
Bucky's Boneyard or you can
make them yourself using 3/4" diameter wood balls used for doll eyes from a
craft store. Paint them white and glue on a doll cornea and then paint on some
red streaks with a fine brush. Then clear coat the entire ball and pop it into
the socket.
Touch up the entire face before adding the hair. For this we use some white
 hair
found on a 10 cent wig from the Goodwill or where ever. Spray the scalp with
contact cement and place small amounts of the hair on while it is still tacky.
If you look closely the left hand was turned the wrong way before I put on the
skin, so it looks like he has two right hands. I guess I could call him my right
hand man....
I hope yours turned
out nice! This guy hung in there
with me for 6 years before all the
wear and tear got to him and he was
sent to that big haunt in the sky.
Not a bad investment! For another
way to make your Blucky creepy,
visit
Exhumed Corpse.
Rest In Pieces,
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