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Next up was the concrete base. I did end up using papier maché for this, as I started making it
earlier so it had more time to dry. I asked around friends and family for any unwanted polystyrene that had been used for packaging. MCM is over and there is still polystyrene in my room
waiting to be binned. That’s how much I was given!
First stages of papier maché concrete block
Making a mess of the house
I broke the polystyrene into chunks and bound it together with
papier maché. Once it was dry, I coated the thing in Modroc to
give it a crisper finish and make it easier to paint.
For the chainsaw blade, I was hoping to use foam. I found a
good thick piece that I could carve into and sand down in the
recycling at work, but when I went to get it at the end of my
shift, it was hidden under piles of other rubbish. Very annoyed,
I ended up buying a couple of sheets of 4mm thick foam. After
a couple of attempts at sandwiching foam teeth in between the
two pieces, I finally had a decent looking blade, even if it did
take a day to dry.
Badass chainsaw
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