Body Cast

Unfortunately (for him), Troy left this post up to me. I'm sure he would use this space to describe the process of making a mold of his entire body, but since I (Alison) am writing this post, I will use it to brag about what an amazing wifey I am. First let me explain: Troy is WAY into the Halloween costume scene (we did this cast in April, October is 6 months away) for his costume he wanted make a mold of his whole body so he can use something called dragonskin and make them all fancy and perfectly fitting to himself. Well, none of his friends would help him. Everyone hoped someone else would do it, so it fell on me. Please keep in mind as you scroll through the pictures that I am almost 8 months pregnant, standing (it took 3 hours), crouching, and being in generally uncomfortable positions (of course Troy was uncomfortable too, but he volunteered)


(Mixing and applying the plaster.) Troy's Dad came for about the last hour and helped us out, that was nice.



I didn't have any idea what I was doing. Troy was trying to direct me as we went. Lovely. Frustrating.

Troy shaved his whole body, put on a speedo, covered himself in vaseline, then we started with plaster strips like from the doctor and covered that with regular plaster.

The finished product! Wierd, eh?

Now, I know you all are thinking what an amazing wife Troy has at this point, but I'm certainly not done yet. You see, It didn't dry right and didn't fit together when all was said and done, so a week later, we STARTED OVER! Yep, I got to do it all again. (this time Jordan helped, which was nice and went a little faster, but still). It must be true love