Snake Wizzard

Another fun scratch project this month, after my friend Sander converted 

an Asterix Druid into a wizard. 

I immediately said I was going to do the same, and my way!

I started with this figure, identical to the one he had used.

First, I cut a piece off his head, and I also cut the spoon loose. 

Finally, in the place of the spoon, I drilled a hole.

With a needle, I pulled a piece of cotton through the hole.

Using an embossing pen (my wife's), I slightly bulged two pieces of paper.

From the top part of the spoon, I cut open the round, 

which I glued into the balled-up paper together with the cotton thread.

In the end, the cotton proved too weak, so I added a thin iron wire.

With PVA glue I formed the snake's body, 

and on its head 2 more drops as eyes

Using a glue gun, I made a hat on a sheet of plastic,

it became a bit of a Harry Potter style.

The advantage of clear plastic is that you could put a round on it nicely, 

which I then simply cut out.

On the hat, I glued a small star, and stuck it on the cut-off head.

This fit exactly.

As you can see, the top part of the snake is already shaped, I let this dry first.

Finally, I also formed the lower part of the tube, 

and glued everything securely to the hand.

When glue had dried, he was ready for a coat of primer.

After this, he could get his final colours.

At first, I had painted the rings on the snake yellow,

but eventually decided to replace this with orange...

I am very satisfied with the end result, the first time I made a snake.

All in all, a fun project in which I also surprised my friend Sander.

Finally, a funny detail, 

I used glow in the dark paint on the star and end of the hat,

as well as as as eyes of the snake....

See here what the effect is once the lights go out.

Hope you liked my little project, thanks for visiting!