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Master modeler
ROB MATTISON
demonstrates how to
get the most out of 
- and in to - 
your MONSTER SCENES 
      BODY BAG

For starters, here's an  easy-to-apply  technique that 
gives your Body Bag a  gruesome girth ... and keeps 
it re-usable for future devious deeds, too!

Begin with the Monster Scenes Body Bag. 

Gather together a 5.5" length of coat-hanger wire, a nylon stocking, and strong thread.  These will be the makings of a "poseable body" that you will soon stuff into the Body Bag.  

For an added touch of dreadful doing, get a pair of arms from a Monster Scenes Victim™ kit, plus the Monster Scenes Rope Customizing Accessory.  You can see where this is going, can't you...?

Bend the length of coat-hanger into a sort of "S" shape (to replicate the neck, waist, and knees of a body) ...

              

... then wrap the bent wire with the nylon stocking to further replicate the general shape of a body.  Secure the wrapped nylon with the strong thread and tie it off to hold the shape.  You now have a "body" that you can bend and pose inside the Body Bag, as it pleases you.

                 

Soak the Body Bag in clean, clear tap water then lightly shake off the excess liquid.  With the bag still wet, stuff the "body" inside of it, taking time to pose it in a position that's most pleasing to you (and easiest for Dr. Deadly to grapple).

If you wish to include the Victim's arms, this is the time to do it.  Consider binding them at the wrists with Monster Scenes Rope, then insert them into the still-wet bag.

Draw the Body Bag's tie rope tight to close the open end.  Continue to shape the bag around the body inside until you're satisfied with its appearance.

When the stuffed Body Bag dries, it will naturally hold its shape, allowing you to display it with your Monster Scenes kits without worry that it will come unbound or otherwise loose its shape.  

If ever you wish to re-shape the Body Bag or re-stuff it with an actual Victim kit, simply remove the interior contents, re-soak the bag in clean water, and re-form it to whatever you put into it, however it best suits you. 

Ready to make a sinister statement?  Good - here's how  you  can  add  blood, goo, and grue  to your Body Bag  
in  a  way  that  makes the grisly effects long lasting ...

Begin with the Monster Scenes Body Bag. 

Get a bottle of white glue and a bowl of water.  Mix just enough glue into the water to get a slightly cloudy white appearance (it won't take very much glue to achieve this).  

Dip the bag into the glue-and-water mixture to soak it, then remove and shake off the excess.  Immediately stuff the bag with whatever you like.

 

While the bag is still moist, form and pose it as desired.  This is also the time to draw closed the tie rope and position it as you like - it will dry stiff.
          
  

 

Since it will become permanently rigid in this position when dry, consider setting the still-moist bag into whatever diorama you have planned and continue to shape and form it as you like for the final presentation.

Allow the bag to dry completely.
         

Select whichever colors of acrylic paints you'd like to use to add "distress" to the dried and hardened Body Bag.  

Consider a Crimson Red bath -- the color thinned to milk-like consistency that you can dip the Body Bag into.  The fibers of the bag will draw up the color for a realistic blood-soaked effect.  

Use greens, blues, and blacks to further weather the bag (as if the wet bag has mildewed over time).  

Consider light beige tones to dry brush over the bag's hemp texture to create additional contrast.

When you're ready to start carving out a nightmare,
these are the steps to take to go above and beyond
rational  thinking.   More parts,  more pieces,  more 
peril ...

Begin with the Monster Scenes Body Bag. 

This time, grab your surgical scissors and cut the Body Bag into two pieces (as shown in the image to the right).  The goal and outcome here will be two bags for different deeds.  

Remove one of the lengths of tie rope from the bag top -- you'll use it soon to bind the smaller bag.

Get a marble or form a ball of epoxy putty (allow to harden) to serve as a round-like object -- like a severed head, maybe -- to put inside the smaller bag. 

Again, mix up a bowl of white glue and water to soak the small bag.   

  


Remove the bag from the glue-and-water mixture and shake off the excess.  While the bag is wet, insert the "head," then gather up the open end (as shown above).

Soak the length of tie rope you previously removed and wrap it around the gathered end of the bag.  Tie the rope to ensure the head won't spill out. 

Form the bag however you like, creating deep creases to help suggest a weighty object is tucked inside.

Let the bag dry completely.
          
  

 
  

After the bag has dried, dip or paint it to simulate  a desired effect.  If it's to be a freshly-acquired noggin that's inside, add a bit of clear gloss paint to the bag bottom to simulate that it's still squishy and wet.

         

For the top half of the Body Bag, soak it in the water-and-glue mixture, stuff it with whatever you like, form it, and let it dry..  

Soak or paint the bag bottom to simulate bloody ooze and let dry.



Now mix some 5-minute epoxy and pour it into a puddle shape.  While the epoxy puddle is still wet, push the bag bottom into it, making it a base for the bag. 

Allow the epoxy to dry completely.

Paint the blood puddle and add more gore and grue - as much as you like - to the bag.  

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