Zombie Build
I’m truly amazed at some of the great looking props that people are able to build that cost next to nothing, and the creative ways they go about accomplishing it. Sytnathotep is one such prop builder with his 1/2 zombie build, which looks great and probably didn’t cost a whole lot. The spine of the zombie is crafted using three three foot sections of 12/2 electrical wire that are braided together to give it some extra rigidity. Since this is a 1/2 zombie it doesn’t have to support any real weight (no legs).
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The shoulders are 3/4″ pvc connected via a cross fit connection that slides over the spine while the collar bones are more 12/2 electrical wire, and the scapulas are styrofoam insulation. With a wire clothes hanger ribcage and hands made out of wire with plastic pen tube fingers this project is not exactly breaking the bank. Once the skull slides onto the electrical wire all that’s left to do is corpse and paint this bad boy!
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What I really like about Sytnathotep’s zombie is his corpsing technique. He used the melted plastic method as a base, but then stretched cheesecloth and spider web dipped in a 50/50 mixture of black latex house paint and elmers glue all over the zombie. It really does give the appearance of rotting flesh and is well worth the effort and the mess that it creates.
Items needed to complete this include:
- 12′ – 12/2 electrical wire
- Skull
- 6 wire clothes hangers
- 1 pvc cross fit connector
- Scrap styrofoam
- 10 Plastic pen tubes
- Duct tape
- Plastic for corpsing
- Cheesecloth / Spider webbing
- Latex paint
- Elmers glue