Stone Cold!

Today was a beautiful Spring Day! Perfect for bike riding, sidewalk chalk, and making a stone replica of my husbands face. You know, normal stuff.

This post is a continuation from A Body Double for My Husband, and shows exactly what we've done with what my friends have called "the purple blobby thingy". As usual, our kids were involved. This still doesn't mean they helped. At one point they ran off with ALL of my chip brushes and I had to chase them down. Yes, VERY helpful.

Oh here they are with my chipbrushes:

AND with Daddy's silicon mold of his head:

Side Note: The above photos have not been altered in Photoshop. My husbands head really is that large. HENCE...the need to create custom prosthetics. Oh, and don't worry about me hurting his feelings. I'm sure if you asked him he would tell you that he needs all that head space to accomodate his massive brain. Or, how he commonly refers to it: AWESOMENESS.   ---(oh boy)---

I've been learning how to create "Garage Monsters" by watching step-by-step instructional videos from the Stan Winston Special Effects Make-up School online. Those of us who create out of our homes (becuase we don't have studio space) take special pride in our ingenuity. 

For example: My deluxe mold making set-up. Only the best for this girl! (5 gal home depot bucket)

We poured in the UltraCal 30 and used burlap to strengthen the edges and weak spots. Here is Jon helping me rotate the product. My skinny little arms just couldn't take it. Big thanks to my big tough husband for the help!

We let it set for a few hours and spent some more quality time with the kiddos riding bikes. My little man can almost do two wheels all by himself. We just need a little more work on the crashing...er...um....stopping. Below: The kids and I releasing the mold straps to reveal our hard work:

TADA!! My Stone-Faced husband! (I have to admit, it's totally creepy!)

 So's this:

And this:  (HI DADDY!!)

 How does he look on our mantle?

Just kidding! We stuck him in the garage behind the excercise equipment we never use, but next to the home-brew (Beer) equipment we use frequently. Meh....priorities.

Another Side Note: The amount of "filtering" I had to do for this post was ridiculous. Everything I wrote sounded dirty and I had to re-write it. BAHHH!

Next up....sketches and body painting. It's been a busy week!