Behind the Scenes of “Aliens”

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cardboard for the outer rim of the space ship
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white acrylic paint undercoat for the spaceship rim and a glowing bouncy ball for the center (I then painted over the white with glow in the dark gel)
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rocks from a bamboo plant
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painted gold, white and glow in the dark

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quarter machine, glow in the dark aliens bought in bulk from ebay
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holographic foam core for the sky and cheese cloth for the ground
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everything all set up
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I used my lens baby control freak for this image
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there was too much light coming in from the window so I created a tent between my camera annd the set up with a blanket (all house and studio lights were turned off for the actual shot)
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All images were shot very quickly with my phone, so I apologize for the iffy image quality.

 

View the One Word Photo Challenge: Glow-in-the-Dark post where I originally shared this image here.

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  1. OMG — such intricate and creative work!! I believe it takes a lot of patience to work with miniature anything! My fingers would get in the way!!

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  7. That’s cute and cool that you made the picture yourself. With the title “Aliens” I was expecting something about Xenomorphs (or as our chum Axe Man calls them, Xemophores) and face huggers and all that sort of thing!

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