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I did several alterations on the basic plan for Rachael. I first painted the face/wig head with glow paint (incidentally,
I found that mixing half white glue with half glow paint made the job a lot easier). At least 4 coats were needed to make
sure that there were no 'streaks' when the blacklight was on. I soaked the cheesecloth in Rit Whitener and Brightener in plastic
bags overnight to make sure that it was adequately soaked. A gentle rinse and a trip though the dryer and she was ready to
be dressed in her blue glowing death shroud. I made her arms from three-eighths inch wooden dowels painted black with screw
eyes connecting them. Her hands are hand-shaped bent coathanger wires wrapped thickly with masking tape and painted with several
coats of the glow paint/glue mixture. I painted her features with plain black acrylic paint, I thought about doing her features
in fluorescent paint but decided against it, I didn't want too many colors and glows competing for attention.
She's truly amazing to watch (although it took me about 2 hours to get the strings the proper length and the marionette
harness just right so she would fly naturally {or unnaturally, whatever the case may be}). Although it can't be seen, I had
to use a counter weight system that goes down the back of her, unseen when she is flying (a full explanation of this is also
found in the flying crank ghost instructions).
Ms. Rachael and her LED eyes. They run off of a 9 volt battery and last forever. I like the jumbo red LED's from Radio Shack
just for the look. They're siliconed in place from the back of the wig form.
The blue shroud with the red eyes and glowing green head and hands are really striking.
Yes, she has that Joan Crawford thing going on with her eyebrows..
The glow is still going strong...This is NOT under blacklight, she's pretty bright all by herself!
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