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Dracula Does the Weather

Dracula Does the Weather
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  • lid 1.jpg
  • arm of braided yarn.jpg
  • bent to fit top.jpg
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  • arm of braided yarn.jpg
  • bent to fit top.jpg
  • body mounted.jpg
  • close up.jpg
  • coffin lid open.jpg
  • completed coffin.jpg
  • Dracula's frame with neck.jpg
  • dry.jpg
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  • dry weather.jpg
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  • he should just fit in coffin.jpg
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  • pine scale soaked body mounted.jpg
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With Halloween just around the corner, a pop up Dracula came to mind for my projects using pine scales well soaked in salt water. I had a large one that really responded well to changes in humidity, so with tongue depressors in hand I set out to build his coffin first. What did one casket say to the other?...  Is that you coffin?  See my previous Instructable on the Robot Weather Toy.
 
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Step 1Form the top of the casket

Form the top of the casket

This is an image of Vlad Dracula that I wanted to shoot for in a comical way, even though the original was not funny
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Oct 4, 2011. 9:56 AMRossyta says:
Hey! What a pretty nice project!!!

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