WIP My Lifesize Freddy Krueger

Hey,

I thought i'd start my thread on the Life Size Freddy Krueger that i'm about to tackle, not to the liking of the Missus but hey.....lol

So this is going to take a while so be patient but i will get there eventually and i will update the thread with photo's every time i make any progress. So....i bought the Mannequin a few weeks back now and this photo is the first time it's actually been all put together -

it stands a bit tall so i will need to trim the legs down a touch, the Torso seems about the right length, he just has longs legs at the moment (compared to me anyway) and i will also change the right legs position slightly. I will be leaving the left arm as it is apart from the hand which detaches, i plan on casting my own hand in a more natural position so it looks more realistic, i also plan to do my right hand as well for the glove.
The right arm i'm planning the biggest change, i want the glove to come up towards the face so that will mean cutting and then reattaching the arm in three places, iv'e got ideas on how i'm going to do this so i just hope my ideas have no dramas and it allgoes to plan. And lastly i may have to make the head smaller as it measures 24inches and mine is 22.5, so i will see when i get the mask.

Yes the mask, i plan on displaying the Part 3 from James on it once he's done mine,totally the best silicone mask's out there all done by himself, they have great movement once on and he's just started shipping these new Part 3 one's out, iv'e asked for this paint up on mine so i can't wait to get it -

and i already have a hat that i bought and weathered up that i did last week, but i did this in the style of a part 2 as i really like the look of it with the holes in it -

I plan on getting one of M.Olschewski Sweaters at some point, for anyone who's never heard of her she knits handmade quality sweaters made to measure and they are screen accurate to whatever part you want.

So far iv'e bee tackling the right Arm, it took a bit longer than i thought but its bent to shape now and looking much better on the mannequin i reckon. I had to cut the arm around the bicep area and then twist it, i then took a chunk out of the elbow area as shown -

I just quickly sanded down around the elbow area and just taped it up for now, once i get the epoxy and fiberglass cloth i will be able to tidy it up a bit more, even though i could leave it as it is because it's secure now, i'd rather add a bit more strength and get a slightly better finish to it.

Anyway as you can see the arm is in a better position now, don't worry about the sweater in the photo, it's just a cheap one i plan to use as practice for weathering for when i get my one from the woman in Germany, i thought i'd just stick it on for show.

Done a bit more today mainly on the right leg, it's not as bent as it was before and it also made the overall leg shorter which i wanted, and the overall height of the mannequin is about the same height as me now, which is good.

I also took a chunk out of the left leg to make make it move out a little, i actually took a little more out of it after i took this photo, iv'e also got to shorten the lower leg so i thought the best place to do that was around the ankle, hence.....minus the foot.

So here's a some photo's of the new straighter leg and a photo of how it stands now compared to before, as you can see the legs are spread more than it used to be.
before
Everything needs fibreglass sheets and epoxy on it yet to add strength and i'll sort out the foot next, i also plan to cast my hand for the left hand for more realism, and i'm unsure whether to cast a pose of my right hand for the glove or make something up?

I'm also working on some new templates to make a glove similar to a Part 1, and that's all for now i can't do much with the head until James has finished my mask then i'll know how it sits and if i need to alter it.

More soon.

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