An Alien Facehugger

The Facehugger,

Materials...
1. 22 gauge wire
2. baking clay
3. hot glue gun with hot glue
4. acrylic paint
a. gray pewter
b. sunshine yellow
c. metallic black
5. Multi tool
6. Foil



to avoid any potential lawsuits (LOL)! This is my version of the classic Sci Fi monster alien. I plan to use this in a possible Halloween display for next.

1. Start with the clay first....make the body. I used half of small block of clay (white) . Shape the body however you would like to. However, make sure the flat part of the body can cover your mouth to make it look like it can attach it self to your face. When you are satisfied with body set it aside.

2. Now, start with the legs. You want to cut eight pieces of wire that are long enough to wrap around the head of your victim. I made each of my legs 7.5-8 inches in length. The tail wire was cut twice as long (16 inches). Place the wires on the foil. This part is a little hard so be careful when using the glue gun. Basically, you want to cover the wire in hot glue. Start about a 1/4 inch from the top and go all the way down to the tip of the wire. the exposed wire is going to be placed in the body, the tail as well. You want the legs to be sturdy and rounded so they can hold up the body. The tail should be rounded as well but not to thick so that you can bend the tail in different directions.

3. Once that is done, you now want to get the body and put holes where you want to put the legs and tail. Make sure they make a good fit. You will glue them in the holes later. But first you have to bake the clay at 270 degrees for about 20 mins per 1/4 inch. Let it cool after baking.

4. At this point: It's time to put it together. Use a strong adhesive like "liquid fusion" or some other adhesive to put the tail and legs into the body of your facehugger. Let it set and dry.

5. When it has dried you can then start painting the project. I laid a base coat of gray pewter all of the body, tail and legs. Let it dry. Then Paint whatever color you feel fits your design...I used a sunshine yellow color that mixed with the gray paint in a neat fashion. I put several coats of the yellow color to give it thickness. Once that had dried I then did details with the black metallic paint.

When its done it should look like this:





Anyway, I hope you enjoy this blog. This project has sparked some ideas for not only a display but a costume idea as well... We'll see where it goes.

Until next time...Spoon out!