2009 Halloween Egg - The Ninth Ring of Hell

Step 9 Trim Work

To spice up the egg's exterior I decided to give it some bone trim work. I did this by using my Dremel to cut the fingers off some plastic skeleton hands. The fingers were slightly curved which made them perfect for conforming to the curve of the egg. If needed you could probably heat the plastic to give them more curvature. Scour the bones with steel wool to roughen the surface to better accept paint.

Once I had harvested the bones I used the halves of the egg to roughly layout the trim work. I had separated them into two groups so that I could easily reassemble them once they were painted. I even had bags with labels for each group. Unfortunately, I had to pack up the project quickly one night and the bones became intermixed. Later I would be left with gaps in the trim work that I had to cut custom pieces to fill. Not the end of the world just a minor irritant that you may want to avoid.