First...
You are going to make the nose out of foam (like
the white upholstery type that the toaster head
style above). Set your self on a redesign, and cut
out a chunk of foam roughly the base shape of the
nose. Using electric knives, box cutters, and scissors
carve the foam to the desired shape and size. Compare
it to the muzzle it will rest on afterwards. Make
sure you have the nose carved to the shape you want,
and get the surface as smooth and even as you can;
the smoother the surface the better.
Buy a can of Plasti-dip
black, and one can of the spray version (also black).
Get your self a bowl you can either seal or toss
when through. Stick two coat hanker wires (about
4-6 inches long) rods slightly bent to form angled
hooks (It helps if you sharpen both ends of both
wires). Now drive the hooks deep into the foam (NOT
through the foam. You will also need to set a wide
flat block of scrap foam (this will be used for
drying the plasti-dip).
Put on rubber gloves, and then pour the plisti-dip
into the bowl. Take your foam nose on the two wires
and dip it into the dip; cover as much as you can
(avoiding the wires), then quickly turn the nose
to the sky, stick the wires into the wide flat block
of foam in a place where it won't be touched and
let that dry. It will drip off the bottom, and form
rubber sickles, don't worry about this they will
be removed during the clean-up phase.
I warn you it will look bad the first coat or two,
but we are not done. Dip it again, repeat the same
as above 3 to 5 times. If you do this right then
you'll have a fairly smooth nose, but we are still
not done. Once those layers are dry, with razors,
and scissors, trim off all the rubber sickles, and
rough edges, but only those on the underside, where
the wire extrude.
Last
step, take the spray Plasti-dip, and give it a new
coating (not to much mind you). Once dry repeat
2-3 more times. The nose will finish with a strange
texture hard to describe texture, but very much
like flesh.
The above method is how I did these noses:
I
hope this is helpful.
Enjoy
