Tales from the Attic: "Double barrel" Maggie.

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The frail Old Lady, with her uncertain gait, wasn't any of that when it came to aiming her trusty 'double barrel' at the sinister creatures from the swamp, should they come at night, as they usually did, and dare to trespass...

In her world, nothing was more vital for survival than a generous supply of ammo to feed her rifle. The monstrous head of the devilish boar that she kept in the attic as a trophy, was a silent testimony to her courage, her shooting skills, as well as to the need to stay vigilant at all times... Especially so when the sun went down, and darkness and mist engulfed the heather fields around the house. Because that was the time when the swamp creatures usually began searching for food...

 

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Jane's attic update No XLV: A Pig from Hell!

It was one of the more challenging items to be added to Jane's attic: the head of a wild boar to be displayed as an old, hunting 'trophy' on a wall.

Initially, I tried to get a ready-made example online, but didn't really like the ones I found. So I decided to make one of my own...

Having no idea how to go about it, I got started by studying the anatomical features of wild pigs. Then I modeled a head from clay, and was quite happy with the initial results.

However, to my dismay, the head turned out to be too big for the wall! This was one big pig, a monster pig, to be precise! Disappointed, I briefly contemplated making another, smaller head. But then I thought: what's wrong with a monster pig? And why should I hang it on the wall? I could just as easily use this one and put it on the floor somewhere, amidst the other stuff in the attic.

My eyes brightened up again with the prospect of creating a true, mean, killing machine: a Pig from Hell! And so it happened, as illustrated in the below images.

After it was finished, I put the pig's head in a wooden crate and placed it in the attic. However, my 'weathering' techniques had created a thing so ugly, so evil-looking, that I was afraid it would even scare off the resident ghosts! And considering that I'm very fond of my ghosts, I couldn't let that happen!

So I decided to make the pig invisible by covering it with a cloth. Custom made, of course.. 

I mentioned at the beginning of this blog, that I made this pig's head because I couldn't find a suitable one. But seeing the result, I couldn't be more happy that things went the way they did!

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