Snake Head"Choosing your poison" would've been in the literal sense had the project been completed. This fanged reptile was created to serve the special drink offer, appropriately called "The Snakebite" from the fangs. It was originally a brain child of a moment of boredom for a western-themed bar. The creators had meant for the snake to have a head and tail to wrap around the bar area. But sadly, the project fell through, and only the head was made. Making the snake head began with styrofoam blocks cut into shape with a chain saw, hot wire and foil rasps. The scales where then detailed with a Dremel tool. Finally, it was coated with several layers of styrocoat with a twist. Various colors of paint where mixed in for it's realistic skin, this method is called intrinsic painting. Fear not, our slithering friend is not in a box, tucked in some corner with no chance of seeing the light of day. On October 31, 2008, he served as a party decoration, scaring off the caked on face paint of party goers at Stage 3 in Warren, MI for the SemaFX entertainment industry Halloween Party.

MATERIALS USED FOR THIS PROJECT

  • Styrofoam blocks.
  • Spray Jr.
  • Cut the styrofoam with a chainsaw and hotwire, and foil rasps.
  • Detailed the scales with a Dremel tool.
  • Coated with several layers of Styrocoat with various paint pigments mixed in for color.