Made a groundbreaker

This year I attempted a ground breaker.  Nothing mechanical mind you, just a little paper mache' head and hands to look in the basement window and frighten my guests.  I procrastinated this project a long time, as the images in my head are always far better than reality. I started by making  paper mache' hands using Dark Jonty's video and about 20 hours later, I finally finished - what a beast of a project!

I gouged out the eye sockets of a thrifted Styrofoam wig stand, put some eyeballs in, and stapled some teeth in. For the lower jaw, I removed one from a cheap plastic skull.  

Paper mache' clay was used to build up the nose, eye sockets, lips, and cheeks.  I then covered the whole thing in Mr. Chickens zombie skin - the easiest thing about the whole project.  Really, this is a fun technique.

So here she is - I call her Melania, as she wears the perpetually bitchy face of her name sake.  She looks into the window with a lantern lit with a remote control candle.

So Dear Readers, please give me some feedback.  To clean or not clean the window - that is the question.