Jack Skellington Head Build

[Malibu139]

This is a quick Halloween build. I watched a couple youtube builds and followed along (DIY Jack Skellington Mask by Justin Built)
I know its been done before and done very well but I wanted a slightly different take.
Most of the builds I have seen have the angry looking mad Jack, I wanted something more lighthearted ,inquisitive and happy.

Here is the paper mache beachball start. It was a 20 inch beach ball
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I used a really cheap clay called model magic. Its really light weight but not the greatest for detail
Once it was dry I covered it one last time with the last paper mache layer of paper towels.

 

[Unseely]

That's looking really good.

 

[Malibu139]

That's looking really good.

Thank you

Next steps were:

Cut out the eyes

Coating the inside with a clear epoxy resin to give the paper mache support.

In order to smooth the outside surface i put the beach ball back in after the resin cured and used a dry wall spackling to coat it.
It goes on pink and has a consistency of cake icing. It dries white so its easy to tell when its time to sand.
I did a couple layers (then some spots here and there) on this step. The sanding was easy but really messy.

 

[Snow Builder]

Wow, what a great build.

 

[Malibu139]

Got the epoxy resin on
Next up filler primer , some sanding, then prime and paint white.

 

[Malibu139]

Primed ,painted , sealed and detailed.

I used a semi gloss white and a matte clear coat

Padded a cheap bike helmet and set it up to Velcro in.



I like happy jack and this captured what I was looking for as close as my limited sculpting skills allowed.

Gotta do some alterations to the suit and make a better/larger bowtie

 

[Malibu139]

I got the eyes complete. I made a form in the shape of the eyes out of foam and superglued black hose stretched over it. Then hot glued that to the inside. I can see out decently but light doesn’t get in well



Finishing out the bat bow tie now.

 

[Malibu139]

Templated the new Bow tie with some scrap paper. Tried to make it close to the scale in the movie as compared to the shoulders. The one I had was small and floppy due to multiple coat hangers in it.

I made mine from 2 layers of 4 mm foam with lightweight pipe cleaners sandwiches in between.

I formed it the way I wanted , heat sealed then plasti dipped it. Then I burned the lines in and painted them white. The whole thing is light weight and velcroes to the white undershirt.

 

[pchrisbosh1]

Amazing Job! Very creative work.

 

[Lunajammer]

Wow, very thorough. That should last a good long time and be comfortable for many uses ahead.

 

[Malibu139]

Wow, very thorough. That should last a good long time and be comfortable for many uses ahead.

I see what you did there ...lol
Thanks! It was surprisingly comfortable, not too hot to keep on, and I could see fairly well even in the dark .

Amazing Job! Very creative work.

Thanks a lot .

 

[Malibu139]

Jack at the Gap.