It's been a long time since I have posted on this blog. You can make sure to not miss any new things going on by going to www.mehuart.com , there I will link to my various pages.
I watched a video on youtube of "Monster Tutorials" doing a Zombie Monkey Taxidermy, It was a cool Halloween prop of a zombie monkey done with paper mache. You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/Zi5vQvaJqxU
I decided that this looked like a lot of fun. He did a good job breaking it down into simple steps and materials and I wanted to try making my own.
I pretty much followed his steps except instead of the toilet paper I used paper mache clay. The paper mache clay was made by Jonni. For the recipe, check out her blog here: https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-clay
First I found the base cardboard skull at Target:
Then I cut off the jaw,
re-attached it open, glued on vampire fangs and homemade follow me eyes.
The follow me eyes are
made with those half marble glass pieces for flowers. I painted the backs using
nail polish.
I then started building up layers of paper Mache clay.
I wasn’t going from one type of
monkey in particular. I mostly worked from my head just occasionally googling
monkey and looking at general features. I didn't want a specific kind because
this is just a Halloween monkey.
Once I got a shape I liked, I covered the teeth with clay, waited for everything to harden, and began painting. I did the first layer in black latex and did all subsequent layers in lighter and lighter acrylics. While waiting for the paint to dry I also stained the wood base and covered it in a few coats of polyurethane.
Once I got a shape I liked, I covered the teeth with clay, waited for everything to harden, and began painting. I did the first layer in black latex and did all subsequent layers in lighter and lighter acrylics. While waiting for the paint to dry I also stained the wood base and covered it in a few coats of polyurethane.
I went to the store and found some brownish fake fur. I brought it home and noticed my paint was too red/brown for the fur so I had to go over some areas and dirty them up with a yellow/black to better match the shade of the fur.
Once this was done I began hot gluing the fur to the monkey. I first did the large piece and then used the method with white glue to hide the edges like in the Monster Tutorials video. I cut a solo cup for the head to mount on and I glued the head to the piece of cup and then the piece of cup to the board and trimmed up fur accordingly.
Overall I think it turned out alright for a Halloween prop/couple
day craft.
I am just the one who made it. The idea is from Monster Tutorials. The paper mache clay recipe is from Jonni at Ultimate Paper Mache
I am just the one who made it. The idea is from Monster Tutorials. The paper mache clay recipe is from Jonni at Ultimate Paper Mache
To see more of my work go
to www.MehuArt.com
