Day 283 - 365/2014

Day Two Hundred Eighty-Three

Yesterday Andi came over and helped me fix up the house (in preparation for Second Thursday) and she also acted as a studio assistant by holding the sawed off goatish guy's head in place on the mannequin so that I could take a couple of photos and also to see what I will need to do to the mannequin in order to get that head to look right.

Later tonight I will be going to the barn with my sister to help her groom again.  I know I won't be home until late and I will be wiped out by then...so I am posting this now.

LOL -- the goatish guy looks too emo because of the way the neck is on the mannequin.

Andi is holding the head up and pointing it more outward...this is more of the way I have planned.  I will need to do some sawing on the mannequin's neck...but not yesterday...and not today, either.

Day 263 - 365/2014

Day Two Hundred Sixty-Three

I was thinking today that maybe I could use a head from a plaster cloth guy that I started a long time ago for the head of the male mannequin (that I got yesterday at the non-garage sale).

I took a photo of the mannequin and also of the working dog and the tiger-like guy.  Then I printed them and cut them out to see if they looked like they might work.

I like the tiger-y head a lot, but I was happier with the dog head for this so I thought I would cut it off of its base and try it out on the mannequin...heh...not as easy as I was hoping.

Wow -- there was much more resistance once I cut through than I was expecting!

It just didn't want to give in!

Ah...this is what was causing me problems...a second neck inside the first one.

Gah -- AND -- masking tape over a plastic bin.

HAH!!!  I won!

Then I took the head out to the back porch to see how it looked.

No...this dog head is not quite right...it looks more like a dog/pig hybrid...it needs a lot more work than I want to do AND that will make it too big for this body.

Then I had a "duh!" moment...what about "the goat-ish guy that I'm building from scratch in the basement" (that will most likely not be a goat after all anyway)?  THAT would be even better!

But -- of course, there is always a "but" -- I need to cut away that roundy part.  Gah -- more sawing!

Man -- that really wore me out...and it is about to rain...

Dammit!  I will have to figure out what exactly is inside of this guy...but for this second, I think I can balance the head on the shoulders for one more quick photo before the skies open up...

Okay -- here comes the rain.  I will probably have to really come up with a new neck, and the shape of the head needs more work,  but I think I like this much better than the dog.  This is going to be a massive project!