VoldemortOpens in a new tab had to wait 14 years to regain a body, and even then it required a year-long con job by Barty Crouch Jr. pretending to be Mad-Eye Moody to finally make that happen. Now we don’t mean to question the Dark Lord’s methods, since they did work, but it feels like a lot of excess labor. Did he ever consider just hiring someone to make him a new body? Because as this talented sculptor proves, with the right materials and skill, Harry PotterOpens in a new tab‘s ultimate enemy can apparate into existence much faster — especially when you watch it happen in a timelapseOpens in a new tab video.This incredibly realistic piece, which is equal parts impressive and terrifying, comes from artist Steven RichterOpens in a new tab of Smithtown, NY, whose incredible custom-made Jumanji board game recreationOpens in a new tab we told you about last year. Despite being such a short video, it shows just how much work can go into a bust that requires multiple stages of molding, sculpting, casting, and painting. The results speak for themselves, though, because the end product looks like it might really hit us with Avada Kedavra.
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