Giant Stag Beetle – 7 Feet Long!

Custom Sculpture & Sign Co. May 1, 2020 2 Comments

A taxidermy/insect themed store in Phoenix contacted us to make an enormous, seven foot long stag beetle! Quite a unique project. We decided to make it from EPS foam for the body, HDU for the pincers, and all-thread rod legs reinforced with epoxy clay.

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I laminated the pincers and started roughing out the EPS block.

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Next, I added the legs…

I sculpted over the all-thread rod legs with FreeForm Air, an epoxy dough.

I reinforced the middle legs and the pincers with fiberglass, then moved on to give the whole piece a coat of polyurethane foam coat. It dries into a hard shell, sealing all that foam and making it weatherproof.

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Next, I moved on to painting. We used All Surface Enamel from Sherwin-Williams.

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We couldn’t resist having some fun with such an unusual sculpture!!

Thanks for looking!

CategoriesInsects, Misc, Uncategorized

Tagsamusement park sculpture, beetle art, beetle sculpture, bug art, custom bug sculpture, custom insect, Custom Sculpture, custom sign, dung beetle, giant art, giant bugs, insect art, oversize sculpture, stag beetle, stag beetle sculpture, taxidermy, taxidermy sculpture

2 Comments

marcia edwards May 20, 2020 at 6:29 pm

Very nice work.

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KENT May 20, 2020 at 6:39 pm

THAT REALLY BUGS ME !

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