2009 Halloween Egg - The Ninth Ring of Hell

Step 7 Building Satan Part 2: Heads Up

SInce Dante described Satan as having three faces on a single head, we'll need to graft two faces onto one of the heads. The large head will serve as the central face and mounting point for the other two faces.

First cut the faces off the two smaller heads. I did this by holding the base of the neck with a pair of pliers while I cut the faces off with a Dremel equipped with a cut-off wheel. Use a utility knife to remove any excess plastic that may have curled up around the egedes of the faces. Save the remnants as we will need them later.

With the faces harvested we need to prepare the large head to receive them. Use a utility knife and fine grained sand paper to remove any mold marks from the head. With that done chose which side you want to graft each face to and trace a rough outline of the face on the side of the larger head. With that done use an engraving bit in your Dremel to remove the needed material. You may have to make several passes to get the shape and depth of the hole right. Just be patient and remove small bits when you're fine tuning the fit. When you finish the first side repeat the process for the second face.

When both face holes are carved use a dab of E-6000 to secure them in place and allow the glue to dry.

In order for the head from the large figure to fit on the small torso we will need to do some further grafting. First (you should probably do this step when harvesting the faces) cut off the plastic nub that allows the large head to rotate in its torso. Next cut the nub that allows the small head to rotate off the remnants from the face harvest. Save the large head and the small nub.

Use your Dremel or sand paper to make the bottom of the head and the top of the nub as level as possible. Next use an awl to make a hole in these leveled areas. Once the holes are made drive the head down onto a small metal rod. (I had some difficulty so I put the rod in my bench vise and shoved the head down on it.) Put a dab of E-6000 on the rod and bottom of the head and then shove the the nub from the small action figure on it.