Want to see my Willy?

your willy is nice .

Looks great!

I love a good Willy!

You really did a great job. As for the eyepatch the one thing you should do is replace the "gems" with the correct mini earings.

Here is what I did:

Jedifyfe said:

I love a good Willy!

You really did a great job. As for the eyepatch the one thing you should do is replace the "gems" with the correct mini earings.

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Thanks for the compliments.
The rhinestones on the patch are placeholders until I can find suitable stud earring replacements.

The skull started as a "Bucky" bargain skull that was purchased from eBay several years ago.

The left eye was stuffed with plastic material and covered with bondo. The original teeth were molded into the skull so they were ground off with a dremel. The lower jaw was reworked with more bondo to match the deformity seen on the screen used skull. Holes on the jaws were hollowed out for new teeth. I had ordered acrylic dental teeth but when they arrived they proved to be far too short. My solution to the problem was to make sculpey attachments to the "roots" then boil them for about twenty minutes. After they cooled they were sanded down and a simple silicone mold of the new longer teeth was made. After the mold was finished new translucent teeth were made by mixing 5-minute epoxy with a little tan and brown acrylic paint then pouring the mixture in to the mold. The end result looked surprisingly like the acrylic teeth only a shade or two off. The new teeth were then positioned in to the jaws and secured with superglue. Spot putty was the worked around the bottoms of the teeth and sculpted to the jaws. The teeth were masked off and several coats of high build primer were sprayed. The whole skull was then wet sanded to smooth out the reworked areas. I then took a pointed bit in my dremel and created new sutures on the skull.


To get a more organic look, wood glue was applied in layers with a sponge to give slight texture. It was then airbrushed with several different shades of brown, dry brushed with acrylics to highlight some areas then a dark brown wash was applied to give depth to other areas.

The patch was made from an old leather wallet that had been in my junk drawer for some time.

The head rag was made from a floral print feed sack made in the 1930s that I found on eBay. Unfortunately the flower print is too small but I doubt few people off the RPF will notice. The sack material was soaked in instant coffee then allowed to dry. It was then applied to the skull print side down to add to the old faded look. I then attached the skull to an acrylic rod with an old worn wood base. To dull everything down and to give a dusty look baby powder was applied with a large brush.



As a side note, the small plastic Halloween skull is the same as the one seen on Mikey’s bedpost at the start of the movie.
-John

Wow! Looks great!

I hate you! :lol REALLY nice work.. I have been wanting to get one made for, god knows how long.. Any chance you doing me up one? :confused Very jealous..

Turned out great!
I've not seen the Goonies in a long time, with all these great props on show I think I'm gonna have to see it again soon.

Very nice indeed.

I am very impressed, great job man!

Wow, Your willy has one eye, and its awesome.

Looks great!!!

I'm still looking for a base skull for mine
You did a great job modifying yours, I especially like the teeth

I concur with everyone else. You really did capture the look of Willy and I love the bedpost skull. I never thought to include that.

Now all you need is my Chester Copperpot Newspaper!

Nice work, I actually thought about trying to make one myself after seeing the movie last weekend... Doesn't Donner still have the original on display in his office? I remember reading that somewhere (probably here, actually).

cklinejr said:

Wow, Your willy has one eye, and its awesome.

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You know, somehow I never let the perverted side of me register the name 'One-eyed Willy' before. :cool I saw the movie in a theater last Friday with a large group of people, some of whom had never seen it. As soon as they mentioned the name, a few people started giggling and pretty much caused theater-wide laughter for a few seconds... That's all it took. :lol It's actually a great movie to see with a large crowd...

Rik

great work. seems a bit too clean though. If it were mine I would dirty it up a bit.

Still, wonderful job on it.

Absolutely OUTSTANDING john great work.The attention to detail is amazing best willy I seen :eek

"GOONIES NEVER SAY DIE" and neither should this thread

With such a thread title, I was admittedly apprehensive to venture further. lol

Nice Willy you got!:love

Oh darn...another misleading thread title....:lol ...but that's very cool just the same. :$

Rimma:angel