My Life Size Mrs Bates Prop

the_horror_man · March 27, 2017, 01:34:41 AM

This is a life size Mrs Bates prop I made about 15 years ago for a friend's Halloween party. I sculpted and painted the head and then added a store bought wig. I used an old rocking chair and old clothes to complete the piece. I kept the prop together for a few years, then dismantled it. Now I just keep the head for display. This was one of my first sculpting and painting projects, so it is kind of a rough piece.

thm

Anton Phibes · March 27, 2017, 01:51:44 AM

Norman! Get down there and open the motel!

the_horror_man · March 27, 2017, 01:58:02 AM

Quote from: Anton Phibes on March 27, 2017, 01:51:44 AM
Norman! Get down there and open the motel!

"Oh we have 12 vacancies, 12 cabins, 12 vacancies"

thm

Kidagain · March 27, 2017, 11:54:49 AM

She is one creepy cool mother thm. Congrat's on your great sculpt too.

Relic · March 27, 2017, 03:02:44 PM

thm Wow, very impressive!!!
Great job for being one of your first sculpts and paint/ups!
I'm impressed!!

the_horror_man · March 27, 2017, 05:20:34 PM

Quote from: Relic on March 27, 2017, 03:02:44 PM
thm Wow, very impressive!!!
Great job for being one of your first sculpts and paint/ups!
I'm impressed!!

Thanks for the kind words gents. I really appreciate it.

thm

Gory Glenn · March 27, 2017, 07:30:41 PM

Looks great thm! The B&W photo really sells it too!

BRICK · March 27, 2017, 07:49:39 PM

That's excellent for a first sculpt. Somewhere I have a skull around here that would be perfect to do a "Mother" conversion on. The expression is just right and the mouth is open at the perfect angle!

long live kong · March 27, 2017, 09:06:09 PM

Very cool THM!

Doh! · March 30, 2017, 06:00:38 AM

I like it better than the remake prop -- seriously!

the_horror_man · March 31, 2017, 02:21:16 AM

Quote from: long live kong on March 27, 2017, 09:06:09 PM
Very cool THM!

Quote from: Doh! on March 30, 2017, 06:00:38 AM
I like it better than the remake prop -- seriously!

Thanks you very much guys.

thm

Herr Hussmann · April 08, 2017, 11:41:02 PM

That is so cool- you should have a wireless speaker behind her and play Bernard Herrmann's PSYCHO music!

Mcdee · April 15, 2017, 05:29:30 AM

Great work and very cool !
Mcdee

marsattacks666 · April 15, 2017, 01:45:44 PM

Dead, awesome!

the_horror_man · April 18, 2017, 07:18:21 PM

Thanks guys.

Quote from: Herr Hussmann on April 08, 2017, 11:41:02 PM
That is so cool- you should have a wireless speaker behind her and play Bernard Herrmann's PSYCHO music!

One year for Halloween, I built a room size Psycho display. I created a fake wall cutting the room in half. Put together a fake shower with curtain. Cut out a girl silhouette, put it behind the curtain. Set up a light behind it. Created a life size Norman figure in all black to simulate a silhouette and added a real knife that the figure held up in the air. I had a cd player hooked up playing the shower scene music.

thm