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Step 3The body
The first thing you need to start building up is the body. This is where you want to refer to photos of your spider of choice.
The body will have two distinct parts. There's the carapace (the front end of the spider, where the legs attach) and the abdomen. In its most simplistic form, you can picture these parts as two balls glued together. You can deal with this two ways - carve the carapace and abdomen separately then glue them together, or you can do both out of one chunk of foam. For my spider, I did the former rather than the later.
To give your spider's body form, cut out a rectangle of 1" upholstery foam that is the right dimensions for the spider. This piece will be on the underside of your spider. Place it, making sure that the wire for the legs and fangs is properly spaced out. Cut another rectangle the same size and hot glue it on top of the first, sandwiching the wire between.
The key with hot glue is to work in small sections at a time, clamping the glued sections with your hands for a minute or two until it sets properly.
From there, glue additional layers of foam until you have a block big enough to carve the body shape you want out of. Using your scissors, cut away the unneeded foam until you get the shape you want. Be careful with the wire - it will move all over the place while you work and you don't want to poke yourself in the eye.
The body will have two distinct parts. There's the carapace (the front end of the spider, where the legs attach) and the abdomen. In its most simplistic form, you can picture these parts as two balls glued together. You can deal with this two ways - carve the carapace and abdomen separately then glue them together, or you can do both out of one chunk of foam. For my spider, I did the former rather than the later.
To give your spider's body form, cut out a rectangle of 1" upholstery foam that is the right dimensions for the spider. This piece will be on the underside of your spider. Place it, making sure that the wire for the legs and fangs is properly spaced out. Cut another rectangle the same size and hot glue it on top of the first, sandwiching the wire between.
The key with hot glue is to work in small sections at a time, clamping the glued sections with your hands for a minute or two until it sets properly.
From there, glue additional layers of foam until you have a block big enough to carve the body shape you want out of. Using your scissors, cut away the unneeded foam until you get the shape you want. Be careful with the wire - it will move all over the place while you work and you don't want to poke yourself in the eye.
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