Friday 31 October 2014

              Hi hi, welcome to the Paper Maker! I know its a little late, with barely a few hours to Halloween. I made a skeletal seahorse for the season (although I don't think I did a good job). I'll include a basic guide of what I've done. Hope you all like it.


Firstly, choose your favourite animal. I prefer the seahorse as it is neither too big nor too small. It also has pre-defined lines for the skeletal structure to follow.

Melt the glue holding the brush together with warm/hot water. Do not discard this water as you can use it to wash your brush later.

SEAHORSE! (well, not really, but close enough)

First, paint the entire seahorse black. You may need to give it more than 1 coat of paint to get the colour evenly spread. I tried with 1 coat initially, there were patches all over. Really ugly.

Here's what it looks like when its done. Once you go black, you never go back :p
Use double coat of pain for the skeleton as well. It makes the contrast much more obvious and much more spooky.

Fill in the pre made grooves with white paint. The whiter the better. If you have special fluorescent (glow in the dark) paint, that would work even better still.
All done. A skeletal seahorse to scare the children. Hang it up on a wall and let it flap in the wind for extra effect. >:D


And here you will find the Jack O Lantern eating skeletal seahorses in its natural habitat. Happy Halloween everyone!