BUSY BUSY BUSY

Well its the busiest time of the year for me and so I have no time to blog it seems, but here's a peek at whats going on in the Devil's Workshop (my kitchen table).

A prop for a charity I am working on (but not in). This will be a real gorefest when it's done!



I am building three of these guys. They will be corpse sconces, and have flickering LEDs in their eyes and chest cavities.



This guy is finished except for paint. I will be finishing my props and then painting them all at the same time. Why? Because I know exactly how long it will take me to paint something. That leaves time for things I have never done before to play out.




Dead monkey 2.0 is mid construction. He got put on the back burner while I made sure I finished my Volcano. Yeah I said Volcano.





To check out the weekly status of Haunted Tiki Island's Construction, go over to our Blog.

I hope to post some props and a preview of HTI 2009 so stay tuned.

Making Glow in the Dark Teeth

I made a quick video on how to make teeth from Polymer clay. I like to do this because it gives you more creative options when making halloween props and makes for more expressive faces. This how-to uses translucent white Sculpey and Premo Glow in the Dark Clay, but the brands aren't important, as most of these brands all have these two colors.





My recommended baking time:
200° for 20-30 minutes (because these are so thin)

Manufacturer's recommended bake times:
Fimo: 230° for 30 minutes
Sculpey: 275° for 15 minutes
Premo: 275° for 30 minutes

Tools needed:
tooth pick or needle tool
knife or wooden knife tool
toothbrush

Other Glow in the Dark colors from Sculpey:
green
blue
orange
yellow


Flouresecent Colors from Premo:
Pink
Red
Green
Yellow

Examples of Polymer Clay teeth in my props: