Friday, October 22, 2010

Walgreen's Halloween figure remake


Most villagers don't buy Walgreens Halloween figures because of the bad paint job the cmpany does on them. Now that they are retired and Walgreens doesn't carry them any more they are showing up on e-bay. I like them I have collected about dozen or so. But I only collect the trick or treaters not the monsters.


These two figures are from Walgreens, the witch and the bat girl on the right I've already painted. They used to look like the figure on the left just minus the kid in the middle.
 As you can see the orange witch really stands out now that she has been repainted. I watched Hocus Pocus last night and Danny's witch costume was the inspiration for her coloring. LOL
Here is a close up of the bat girl much better color but her eyes I still need to work on. LOL I used a toothpick to dot them but it still isn't small enough maybe a pin?

I decided that I wanted two seperate figures for this figurine. I'm going to keep the other one together. I used a Dremel tool with a diamond cutting disc to seperate them. Then sanded down the edges with the same disc.
Now I just paint I had to use two shades of green to match the grass on the front. I also cut off the fence it just look wrong.
Now I have two new figures! I'm happy with this project. I'm going to work on the others this winter.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Backwards Candy Corn

I've been watching all the wonderful Halloween Ornaments that have been made and really wanted to try to make my own.

I love how these came out till I really just sat and looked at them. Something was wrong. I went to my computer and googled candy corn under pictures. Wow I painted the candy corn colors on the wrong ends. White is supposed to be on top and yellow on bottom. But I think I like them this way! LOL


Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Bumpy Pumpkins

I finished my first Bumpy Pumpkin. He is just my practice doll. 

I did learn alot about mixing mediums like papermache, wood and paperclay. Making an armature using foil and wire which I had problems with on the tiny details like fingers. One of his fingers cracked. I think I have a better solution on the next one.
Here I was trying a way to make his cloths fit his body and seal them but forgot to put the words on his shirt right side up! LOL

His running buddy for trick or treating I'm happy with, right down to his scary cat candy bucket.
Also the candy container needed to be bigger. Learning proportions is going to be a challenge for me!
Two of his four hands are holding up his cloths. I guess human cloths don't fit pumpkin vines well. LOL You can see his cracked finger on his hand
I'm pleased with his tennis shoes, and the lawn he dropped his candy on.






All in all I had fun using so many different art mediums to make him. I'm starting my next one in a few days.