Monkey head part 1

So I finally took the initiative and started working on the head for my $20 Halloween prop. I was pretty intimidated by the thought of trying to make a one dollar plastic skull into a monkey head, but it actually worked pretty well. I started out trying to use modeling clay, but it was extremely heavy and wasn’t shaping up the way I wanted. It turns out that a little bit of newspaper and masking tape works great to build up a monkey jaw. Amazing, no? Oh, and cardboard makes pretty good monkey ears. I’m going to give it a few coats of paint tonight, then will add some monkey fur to the parts that are supposed to be furry after that dries. Anyway, enough jibba jabba, here’s a picture: