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WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
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If you're
an arachnophobe, what better way to conquer
your fears than to wrestle them into submission
with
your own two hands? These customizing tips will help
subdue what scares you while rendering
something
sure to give nightmares to others.
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Begin with
the Monster Scenes
Dungeon Spider Nest. Get
a bottle of white glue, a plastic cup with water, a hobby paintbrush,
hobby knife, and acrylic paints (preferably white, black, and
ochre).
Although the spider nest is already tinted with spider secretion and is
ready to shape and hang in it's "dry" state, the technique
detailed here will
result in an even more gruesome, ulcerous nest that you'll fear might actually
attract eight-legged terrors -- real ones.
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Add a bit
of white glue to the water in the plastic cup, then tint it lightly with
just a tiny amount of the black acrylic paint. The result should be
a grayish liquid.
Working on a clean surface (best on a sheet of glass), drizzle the liquid
onto the work surface and lightly drag the spider nest through it.
As the outer edge of the nest absorbs the liquid, you'll see that parts of
it will naturally stretch away from the core. Don't saturate the
nest -- moisten only the very outer edge.
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While the nest is still moist, begin to further stretch and pull at the
outer surface to form "connection points" - where the nest will
attach to a wall, ceiling, or in the crook or corner of a Monster
Scenes Custom Builder Kit.
Carefully lift the moist nest from work surface and set onto a clean
and dry surface - another piece of glass or smooth plastic will be
best. Once set on the clean surface, make any additional adjustments
to the nest's shape and form.
Allow the nest to dry completely..
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With the
nest dry, use a hobby knife to cut an access hole into the center of the
nest. You should find that the interior is still dry and fibrous
(depending upon how much liquid you applied earlier).
Cut the opening so it can accommodate the size of a Dungeon Spider.
With the knife, push at the sides of the incision to give view into the
interior of the nest.
Using another glue and water mixture, lightly brush a thin layer around
the opening so it will remain open when dry. Consider brushing a bit
of the mixture in the interior of the opening to create a sort of
"throat" into the nest's core.
Let dry.
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Thin the acrylic paints on
a piece of cardstock or other sort of palette and begin adding color and
shadow to the nest.
Use black to emphasize crevices and contours in the nest's surface.
Use ochre to add back some of the original spider secretion
coloring. Dry brush a bit of white or light gray to draw out the
textural highlights.
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For the
Dungeon Spiders, cleanse them in a bit of dishwashing soap and water to
remove the plastic mold release. Dry.
Using an airbrush or canned acrylic paint, spray on a thin coat of brown
base.
Dry brush some gray onto the body contours. Dry brush the body and
legs lightly with the accent color to match Dungeon Spider illustration in
the Customizing Accessory insert sheet or choose a color of you own
liking.
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Lightly
glue the Dungeon Spiders to the nest and attach the nest to a kit, within
a stretching of Monster Scenes Cobwebs, or anywhere in your custom
diorama or display.
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