Comments on: Make a Paper Mache Echidna http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna Animal Sculptures and Advanced Paper Mache Projects. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: fitzopatrick http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-12508 fitzopatrick Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:37:58 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-12508 Yes, it's a school project. Yes, it’s a school project.

]]> By: Jonni http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-12497 Jonni Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:26:14 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-12497 Nice comment - are you going to make an echidna, too? Nice comment – are you going to make an echidna, too?

]]> By: fitzopatrick http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-12418 fitzopatrick Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:44:15 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-12418 When I saw the picture on the start of the page I thought it was a proffesional photo of a real Echidna that someone had took with a proffesional camera and that's what the guy who made the paper mache Echidna was trying to make. When I saw the picture on the start of the page I thought it
was a proffesional photo of a real Echidna that someone had
took with a proffesional camera and that’s what the guy
who made the paper mache Echidna was trying to make.

]]> By: lilly http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-8126 lilly Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:48:04 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-8126 this is cool! this is cool!

]]> By: Jonni http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-8022 Jonni Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:43:38 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-8022 I hope we get to see it when it's done! I hope we get to see it when it’s done!

]]> By: Billy http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-8021 Billy Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:28:24 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-8021 Thanks for the quick answer. I don't think you watching Miss Marple is lame... I actually think murder-mysteries are too scary. (Miss Marple is about crime solving, right?) In horror movies you know it's usually something completely made up. Crime shows are things that can and do happen in real life. But back to the project. I like the idea of a paper-latex hybrid. And since i'm already planning to buy liquid latex for a Predator mask (Also an alien movie that caught my eye) so i could use that. So for now i'll just do a paper mache body with wire fingers and tail and wrap those with some paper and tape, and i'll coat them with latex as soon as i'll get it. Thanks for your help! //Billy Thanks for the quick answer.
I don’t think you watching Miss Marple is lame… I actually think murder-mysteries are too scary. (Miss Marple is about crime solving, right?)
In horror movies you know it’s usually something completely made up. Crime shows are things that can and do happen in real life.

But back to the project. I like the idea of a paper-latex hybrid. And since i’m already planning to buy liquid latex for a Predator mask (Also an alien movie that caught my eye) so i could use that. So for now i’ll just do a paper mache body with wire fingers and tail and wrap those with some paper and tape, and i’ll coat them with latex as soon as i’ll get it. Thanks for your help!
//Billy

]]> By: Jonni http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-8018 Jonni Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:12:14 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-8018 This is a really hard question - and I don't' think I'm the right one to answer it. The only two ideas I can come up with are segmented fingers that leave gaps between segments so the wire can bend without breaking the paper mache skin, or building a hybrid creature - paper mache for the spider's exoskeleton, and latex skin on the fingers. (And no - I'm afraid I didn't watch the Alien movies. I like milder shows, like the PBS Miss Marple series. Lame, I know....) This is a really hard question – and I don’t’ think I’m the right one to answer it. The only two ideas I can come up with are segmented fingers that leave gaps between segments so the wire can bend without breaking the paper mache skin, or building a hybrid creature – paper mache for the spider’s exoskeleton, and latex skin on the fingers. (And no – I’m afraid I didn’t watch the Alien movies. I like milder shows, like the PBS Miss Marple series. Lame, I know….)

]]> By: Billy http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-8014 Billy Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:41:03 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-8014 Hello Jonni! Once again, the smoothness and realism amazes me. You have opened an all new perspective for me in prop making. You probably get more than enough questions like this, but i'm going to ask anyways. I just got the idea for a project. Being a movie maniac, especially in the horror genre i can't help but create things from movies i like. This time, i'm making a Facehugger from the "Alien" franchise. Don't know if you saw any of the movies, but basically it's a spider-like creature that leaps toward people to clamp to their face. It has 8 long fingers and a long tail. I thought it would be a great feature to have posable fingers and tail so that i could actually stick it on my or someone else's face. To achieve that, i thought of building the fingers and tail around some pretty strong wire. The wire would then be wrapped with newspaper and masking tape and then paper mache'd. But then i thought of a problem: since paper mache is hard, it would not end up being posable after all. And if you did pose it the paper mache would crack... I'm not expecting you to have done something like this, but i thought you may have some advice. Thank you for your time and good luck in the future! Greetings from sweden. Hello Jonni!
Once again, the smoothness and realism amazes me. You have opened an all new perspective for me in prop making.
You probably get more than enough questions like this, but i’m going to ask anyways.
I just got the idea for a project. Being a movie maniac, especially in the horror genre i can’t help but create things from movies i like. This time, i’m making a Facehugger from the “Alien” franchise. Don’t know if you saw any of the movies, but basically it’s a spider-like creature that leaps toward people to clamp to their face. It has 8 long fingers and a long tail. I thought it would be a great feature to have posable fingers and tail so that i could actually stick it on my or someone else’s face. To achieve that, i thought of building the fingers and tail around some pretty strong wire. The wire would then be wrapped with newspaper and masking tape and then paper mache’d. But then i thought of a problem: since paper mache is hard, it would not end up being posable after all. And if you did pose it the paper mache would crack…
I’m not expecting you to have done something like this, but i thought you may have some advice.
Thank you for your time and good luck in the future!
Greetings from sweden.

]]> By: Jonni http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-5193 Jonni Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:03:14 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-5193 That would depend on the type of object you use. If it's porous, like paper, then any white glue would work. For hard, nonporous objects like beads, gorilla glue might work. Or an epoxy. I haven't actually done this, so I might not be the best person to ask. The clerk at your local hardware store could offer some good advice. That would depend on the type of object you use. If it’s porous, like paper, then any white glue would work. For hard, nonporous objects like beads, gorilla glue might work. Or an epoxy. I haven’t actually done this, so I might not be the best person to ask. The clerk at your local hardware store could offer some good advice.

]]> By: Karen http://ultimatepapermache.com/cheap-art/make-a-paper-mache-echidna/comment-page-1#comment-5186 Karen Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:24:25 +0000 http://ultimatepapermache.com/?p=255#comment-5186 If you were to decorate the surface of an animal with real objects, like seeds or beads, how would you suggest they be attached? Thanks. If you were to decorate the surface of an animal with real objects, like seeds or beads, how would you suggest they be attached?
Thanks.

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