A piece in the works… still a little bit more to go. I had the container lined in velvet – but that was just enough to make the coffin lid touch the metal fangs.
Afterwards, I decided I rather liked the look of the screws – gives the thing more of a toolkit look like what I was going for.
You can’t see it here, but the coffin has brass legs, set up in the way that legs on a grand piano would be. It makes it look rather elegant on a bookcase or other surface.
The piece does come apart – head and wings detach – revealing mechanical insides to the creature.
I am also working on a brief [fictitious] instruction manual for the mechanation.
Were it an actual functioning piece – its purpose would be to collect blood samples from would-be targets. An essential tool for the most modern and civilized of voudou and/or alchemical assassins.
