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| Well, I have re-vamped the Witch for 2006. Below are pictures of my progress, I have made a new frame, the fan motor is done differently, and I'm using one of my custom made masks. |
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| I know, the frame actually looks kind of like a praying mantis, but I wanted her to be bent over. I got the fan idea from the "Death Lord Dummy" prop. The upper fan frame is pretty much the same, I just changed the bottom part. I added another set of legs to the frame for stability. The fan was bought at Walmart for about $11. Make sure it is the kind on a pedistal. |
| I used foam pool noodles for the arms, the hands I used last year are being used again this year. They fit nice and tight over the noodles |
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| View of the front of the fan |
| Using the fan in this manner,, It will have plenty of air for circulation, and won't burn up. You will notice that I screwed all the pieces together instead of glueing. I did that so that if after this year if I need to make changes I could. |
| I added some chicken wire over her back half, so the clothing wont get in the way of the fan, and to give her some shape. Then I put some of the camping mat over top to round her out, and painted the bottom of the frame. |
| I decided to add some foam to the cauldron, boy was that fun! That stuff just grows and grows! |
| Once the foam was hard, I sprayed it with a nice green latex paint |
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| Here is the finished mask, all that is needed is to attach it to the PVC pipe at the neck. Isn't she lovely! |
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| This was taken just after I finished the frame. I wanted to see what she would look like. The mask wasn't finished yet, and I hadn't foamed the cauldron. Quite a difference from last years witch! |
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| Well, here she is in all her glory on Halloween night. I think she turned out nicely! Everything moved like it should and I had many compliments on my work. I did add a green strobe light inside the cauldron facing up towards her face, made her even creepier looking. |
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| I tried to get a night photo with no flash, it didn't turn out too good, and I had to lighten it just a bit. |
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