Saturday, February 19, 2022

My Mannequin Bride (PART TWO)

In the previous post HERE we saw how I found a 50's mannequin and a 50's wedding dress and combined them together to hopefully create a life-sized likeness of the famously fun, but monstrously murderous ghost bride of Disney's Haunted Mansion dark ride, Constance Hatchaway. All she needed after I added hair, jewelry, stockings, and eyelashes was a veil which was unfortunately missing from the gown I purchased. A quick trip to Hobby Lobby and around $25 for supplies: fake flowers, a headband, and enough tulle to create the veil, and I'd say we (thank you Nana for the assist!) did a pretty good job matching the original worn by the ghastly gal inside the mansion (see her phantasmic photo at the very end of this post!) And so here we see my gal up in my attic, glaring at you from behind her veil of vicious vengeance. Unlike the original bride at Disney, I think I'll add a hatchet to her hand instead of the candle, and I'm still mulling over the various ways to make her eyes glow and to have a beating red heart in her chest --without damaging the mannequin or dress itself, of course. You'll have to come back here to AEET around Halloween time this fall to see the final, frightning version! But for now, heeere comes the briiide...  

6 comments:

Mr. Cavin said...

Oh wow. Sweet work! That looks great! Do the glow effects with a slide projector? Or, you know, a flashlight? You could cut a stencil and red gel for the end of a D-cell Mag-Lite for a couple of bucks, and the heart would be bright enough to see, projected onto her chest, during the day, even.

JMR777 said...

Well, this certainly looks like the making of a SOV horror flick. THOIA goes Hollywood, and horror/Giallo films will never be the same.

A quick net search under "led blinking red heart reflector clip running body light" offered a few ideas available, with the heart attached to the outside of the dress.

A little Clear Glow in the Dark Paint for the eyes?

Just a few ideas to kick around.

Guy Callaway said...

Amazing work, MK!
Maybe a Hatbox Ghost next year? ;)

Doc Briar said...

Seeing that creepy assemblage in your attic, I wouldn't be able to resist sending an unsuspecting victim up there to fetch something. A victim with a healthy heart, of course.

Mr. Karswell said...

If you think The Bride is spooky, wait'll you what else is awaiting in the darkness of Mr. Karswell's attic! Thanks for the comments, and stay tombed for much more mannequin madness in the coming months!

Brian Barnes said...

Little late to the party on this one, but nice job duplicating the bride. She's had so many revisions (even a corpse face one) that you can basically mix and match your favorite things!