{"id":6863,"date":"2024-10-29T17:56:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:14:53","slug":"monster-prom-band-part-1-alien-drummer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/monster-prom-band-part-1-alien-drummer\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Prom band, part 1: alien drummer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For our Monster Prom Halloween party, my main project was our monster new wave band. I started with the alien drummer because I knew he would be the easiest!<\/p>\n<p>The first idea I had in creating the drummer was to re-use my <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/big-brain-alien-costume\/\">paper mach\u00e9 alien mask from last Halloween<\/a> as the head of the drummer. So that saved me a ton of time and materials right off the bat! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 5px solid #999; padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\">I&#8217;m putting this disclaimer on all my Halloween 2024 (Monster Prom) projects: I was in such a panic this year I did not take many progress photos of anything! And the pics I did take are at really random stages. So I&#8217;ll dump all my pics for each project near the top, and just write up all my steps below those.<\/p>\n<p>I also realized I could save time by making the drums those 1980s hexagonal electronic drums \u2014 this goes perfectly with our theme and would be easier\/faster to make than a bunch of more realistic round drums and cymbals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-01.jpg\" alt=\"Big brain alien playing a set of hexagonal electronic drums\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-02.jpg\" alt=\"The alien sitting on my dining room table without his drums\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-03.jpg\" alt=\"The alien sitting at his unpainted drum set\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-04.jpg\" alt=\"Side view of the alien set up in my back yard at his drums, but his head is missing\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-05.jpg\" alt=\"Front view of the alien set up in my back yard at his drums, but his head is missing\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/alien-drummer-06.jpg\" alt=\"Nighttime view of the alien set up at his drums; the bass drum jack o' lantern face is lit up.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/monster-band-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/monster-band-01.jpg\" alt=\"The whole band set up together at night; demonic singer\/guitarist lady, Frankenstein keytar player, and alien drummer.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made the body for the drummer out of pieces of foam board and poster board, all held together with a little hot glue and a lot of masking tape. I didn&#8217;t do any paper mach\u00e9 for the body at all; if I&#8217;d had more time I would have covered the whole thing in paper mach\u00e9. But for this short-lived decoration, foam and tape and spray paint are good enough. When you do spray paint over a sculpture of foam and masking tape you can definitely see all the tape lines everywhere, but I was okay with that for this thing. (Fyi, I avoid spray paint over shipping\/packing tape, because those remain really shiny when painted and they look ugly.)<\/p>\n <div class=\"ad-300x250 ad-float-right\">\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MMS 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5009313124668288\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3616150394\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Note: I use Scotch brand masking tape, which holds really well over time. Cheaper brands of tape tend to curl and come un-stuck after a few days \u2014 and the same is true for blue painter&#8217;s tape. If you&#8217;re going to cover a taped-up sculpture in paper mach\u00e9 right away this isn&#8217;t a big deal. But for a project like this where I&#8217;m <em>not<\/em> doing paper mach\u00e9, it&#8217;s critical to use Scotch brand masking tape so it stays stuck.<\/p>\n<p>I made the drums and stool out of foam board as well. For the the stands to hold the drums up, and for the base of the stool, I made a few narrow triangular shapes out of foam board. Triangles are always the strongest and easiest shapes you can make. These things still ended up feeling a little flimsy! Obviously for a more permanent sculpture I could&#8217;ve used wood for these supporting pieces and that would&#8217;ve been much, much stronger.<\/p>\n<p>For the bass drum, I cut out a jack o&#8217; lantern face shape and put a big piece of thick translucent foam behind it, and I taped lights behind the face right before our party started.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty easy! I&#8217;m happy with how all of this came out. Now on to the more difficult monster musicians&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For our Monster Prom Halloween party, my main project was our monster new wave band. I started with the alien drummer because I knew he would be the easiest! The first idea I had in creating the drummer was to re-use my paper mach\u00e9 alien mask from last Halloween as the head of the drummer. 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