WIth all the spider tutorials that we’ve been posting lately, isn’t it about time you see where they all come from? The answer, of course, is from Spider Egg sacs, and Voodoo Willy from Halloween Forum has a great tutorial on how to create them. These egg sacs are crafted using chicken wire wrapped in polyester batting to form the mass of the prop. The ping pong balls are then glued to the surface of the egg sac and the entire sac is painted. After its dried up the webbing is dipped in latex and stretched around the egg sac. They’re easy to produce and are a creepy finishing touch to any haunt that has a giant spider. Items needed to complete this include: Chicken wire Wire cutters Ping pong balls exacto blade Hot glue gun polyester batting (the thin kind) Spider webbing Liquid latex airbrush acrylic...
Making Spiders
posted by Tony
If you need some spiders for you web and don’t feel like purchasing posable spiders then have a look at Born2haunt’s tutorial on Making Spiders. This project is pretty easy to complete and the detail on the spider is pretty forgiving to most sculpting imperfections. Once you get started you’re not going to want to stop making these things, and that can only add to your creep quotient. Items needed to complete this include: Foam Plastic tubing Wire Latex Hot...