Sickie Ickie's Skull Tree
Supplies
Sickie Ickie's HG Corpsed Skull (See Homepage)
Plastic Pail
Water Hose
Short Rebar
Wood Fir Stripping
Florist Wire
Package of Faux Leaves
2 Drywall Screws
Acrylic Paint
Hot Glue
Let's Begin!
The base is just a plastic pail.
(I was looking for the right
pot for the longest time, but when I finally found them they ranged from 8-20+
dollars. Heck I don't have that kinda moola, so I used what was available around
the house.)
I removed the metal handle by just
spreading the arms and it popped right out.
The trunk is just a rolled up
water hose I bought at Menards for 4.99. They have different colored water
hoses for what person preference may be.
(I looked for a large sized wire, but
the prices were way out of my range. I still think it would have been nice to
bend it however I needed at any given time, but the best laid plans of madmen..
or something like that...)
I cut the hose to length.
(and realized I needed some
stability in it, so after trying coat hangers and a variety of other items, I
had brainstorm to use...)
Rebar! I had it lying
around anyway. The idea worked well.
(It was a b*itch bending rebar,
folks- but I'll bet with the proper tools it wouldn't be bad...or if it is- I'd
never admit it!)
I slid it inside the hose and
had to attach it to the Sickie Ickie HG Corpsed Skull which I had already made
from a $3.00 desktop plastic model skull and neck I bought at Iron Stock.
I busted off the single molded upper and lower teeth, cut out certain teeth and
hot glued them back on. I then had to drill out the inside of the neck to
accept the rebar and green hot glued the skull to the rebar and hose.
(At this time I still thought I
was going to use a green stem...)
Of course the stem still has to
stand up which is why I had to cut wood fur stripping long enough to go across
the inside diameter of the pot, then screwed it in from the outside and plenty
of hot glue inside to hold it in place. Then a hole was drilled into the wood to
accept the rebar/hose.
(Because the screws weren't positioned perfectly on the sides of the pot, the
wood won't turn into an "axle." See? It is a gift to not plan too
much.)
I found a package of faux fall
leaves at the dollar store, bought a $2 florist wire roll, and green hot glued
the wire as stems on the leaves. I then wrapped the wire around the trunk and
green hot glued the florist wire both on the trunk and along the wire to add
color and girth. The runners are just florist wire with green hot glue on them.
(Did'ja count how many times I
used the word florist in this paragraph? The answer is 4!)
The pot and trunk are painted
with acrylic 2 oz acrylic container paints. That's it folks. Basically a Sickie
Ickie HG Corpsed skull, trunk, leaves and wire, a pot and wood.
(Oh yeah, the background wood
adds some counterweight and is really weathered from outside. Plus it hides the
spout of the bucket, but I bet he won't mention that!)
Simple, yeah?
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