Happy Saturday, everyone! I've had one
of the incredible GSL Funeral Coaches for a while and couldn't decide
how I wanted to finish it. I kept flipping back and forth between
painting it black and trying to make it authentic to the late 1800's
vs. making it into something really unconventional like a doughnut
delivery vehicle. Once I got into my head that it's basically a
hearse, I hit on the idea of turning it into a funky version of
the Ghostbusters' Ecto-1.
To get started, I set aside the wheels
and chassis and laid out all of the pieces that form the coach's
body. This makes both assembly and planning out which pieces need to
be painted what color very easy.
I used white, black and red paint for
the coach. Here are all the pieces with the exception of the wheels
which were painted black with metallic for the spokes.
Here is the main part of the coach's
body assembled using a bit of tacky glue.
The ectomobile carries a lot of
equipment on it's roof. I used the base of a
GSL Suitcase 2.4 Inch
for gear storage.
Finding stuff for the roof rack was
pretty fun. I ended up using an Altoid tin, spent CO2 cartridge,
some wooden beads, acrylic bits, spool, wire, light bulbs, sewing
bobbin, and a black lego. The amber lights were made by gluing large
rhinestones onto flat square silver beads. The satellite dish is
made from a flower nail, which is the base you use when piping
flowers from frosting.
I fretted over how to make a red light
working only from stash then found a jar of these vase filler acorns. When you
set a red one inside a polymer clay base and add a split key ring, I
think the effect is quite convincing.
The vehicle needs a companion to ride
along. I sculpted a Slimer out of polymer clay. Here is an in-process
picture.
I glued the chassis in place, added
some signage and it's ready to roll.
Thanks for stopping by!
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So fun your creations are mystifying. I love this!!!
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