King Kong float

[crawjaw]

This is my take on King Kong and was specifically made for our local village Gala Day. Annbank in Ayrshire, Scotland is an ex-mining village, has only a population of around 1000 but it carries on the long tradition of annual Gala Days. However unlike many other local gala days it tries to put on a show with a selection of floats. This is very low budget but it's amazing what our residents come up with. If anyone is intersted I can show some more.

Kong was built primarily using polystyrene foam boards and Sculptamold and painted with latex and acrylic paint. His hair was sheeps wool insulating that I grabbed from my loft and stained with dye. The wall measures 7ft x 2ft x 5ft (lbh), while Kong is around 7ft x 2ft x 5ft (lbh).
It went down a storm in the village and I thought members on RPF might be interested in my creation.

https://flic.kr/p/ojs1WP

 

[Blaxmyth]

Wow, that is an excellent float! Thanks for posting. Love the weathering on the wall, and the way you've incorporated the camera into the scene.

 

[crawjaw]

Many thanks. The wall funnily enough was the part I liked doing the most and I had to keep tearing myself away from it to finish Kong. The camera was a last minute finishing touch that I thought sold the whole float and it's as rough as a badgers backside closeup, but passes muster from a distance. Loosely modelled on the 1933 camera used for filming the original and Jackson's 2005 remake.

 

[Apollo]

Love it!!

Very well done!!

 

[crawjaw]

Thanks Appollo, glad you like it.