The Mummy--Step 1: Solving the Riddle of the Mummy. . .

With the head now well on its way, and knowing that I was nowhere near a stopping point, it was time to consider my next step.

The coffin is not a very good candidate, as this is a project-within-a-project. . . or is it the other way around? So that leaves me with the mummy itself, and the issue of arm lengths vs. proportions.

The respective arm lengths are correct. The problem lies in the fact that the figure is but 7 heads tall--BUT the proportions are for that of at least a 7 1/2 heads-tall figure! Again, I don't know if there was intermediary shrinkage during pre-production; or production shrinkage. And it is irrelevant: the body is at least a half-head too short, and it is up to the end-user to determine if it is worth correcting or not. Obviously, you know which path I will take.

The first step is to assemble the mummy's body. The fit is excellent and very "positive" (thanks to medial "locking pegs" down the length of the body halves), and assembly of the four components was accomplished in no time. . .The assembled body--minus arms, head and stray wrappings--was filled ~3/4 full with PUR (100cc).


Above you see the assembled body with the scaling grid "Sharpie"'d in, and the Phase II head tentatively positioned on a length of tin solder. By way of follow-up, the arms have been assembled and positioned, with MS used as a filler in the small space between the arms and the torso.