It's Triple Mountain tradition - Every year we design a pumpkin around the Breyer Halloween Horse. This year is one I've been craving for a long time - A werewolf-theme!
As some of you know, I'm a werewolf fan from way back. (Yes, there were werewolf fans before "Twilight.") Roy and I even dressed as "The Werewolves of London" for the BreyerFest 2012 Costume Contest ...and came away with prize models!
Another year, I stole Little Red Riding Hood's basket and prowled the sidewalk near the store we owned, giving out treats...
...So, when Beowulf arrived, I was immediately filled with ideas for his pumpkin. I decided his story was that he was Mustang who got bitten by a werewolf and became the equine King of Wolves. Why not?
As always, I started out by combining several reference photos and drawing some of my own details, printing out the finished design and attaching it to the pumpkin to transfer the outline, then the carving begins!
This year's pumpkins weight over 20 pounds each... Not the biggest I've used, but they had nice, thick walls, and that's the most important part, particularly for the second pumpkin - The face of the werewolf who bit Beowulf.
And now for the Beowulf pumpkin....
Here they are together! Happy Halloween, everyone!
I have so much fun with these pumpkins every year! I hope you enjoy them, too!
~ Eleda
Bonus werewolf picture (because I can't help myself). One year I was out in town in costume and met a puppy training to be a service dog. He loved my costume so we posed for a picture together!
(The blue light below my ear is an electronic device that made my ears move, because, well, sometimes just a moving jaw isn't enough!)