So we "peeled" Joe out of his original mudded fabric* (which was fun) so we could try him in cheese cloth. We had to remove some hardware that would show through the thinner material and I decided to lift his hands up to put a bowl or something there.
Cheese cloth is really fun to mud, I like they way it looks and it is easier to work with than I thought. It looks great on the body and the shoulders, but I can see now that the head will need few more layers to make it look like it is a shroud and not chain mail :D* Now, I have not given up on the brilliant idea of the skeleton nativity scene. We have been talking about doing a full size one in the yard, the back yard, one day.....maybe soon. A small one might be easier to manage and less chance of the neighbors seeing it and picketing the house :D
I knew I loved y'all for a reason!!! I have been trying for about 3 years to get my wife to allow me to do a corpse or zombie nativity scene... She has vetoed it every year...she says she would rather not have the national media frenzy over that.
ReplyDeleteMudded cheese cloth looks great!
ReplyDeleteThe cheese cloth looks great. I would love to try and work with the mud but I don't think I am ready yet.
ReplyDeleteLike one of the Knights Templar. Kick-ass job!!
ReplyDeleteI love this guy! I really like the skelly nativity idea too!
ReplyDeleteIts the Grail knight from Indian Jones!
ReplyDelete"You have chosen... wisely. But, beware: the Grail cannot pass beyond the Great Seal, for that is the boundry, and the price, of immortality".
Captain!! That looks just like him! You are gooood! He had a little more skin in the movie, but not much :D
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Wow, this looks really amazing!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I never saw it myself and the story has since become apocryphal, one of the Department Stores in Tokyo had a Santa Claus in crucifixion mode! I really hope it was a true story.
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