My Necronomicon

Step 4 Step 4: Mod Podge and Paint

I added 3 layers of mod podge after all the paper mache was done on the face. The back cover and insides only needed 1 layer.
Then I used brown hi gloss (big mistake) acrylic latex enamel paint to cover the whole thing. This took a few days as I painted most of the inside of the covers, edges, back, and front with three coats of brown.
Then using the brown and some midnight blue i made a watered down wash to paint on and wipe off with some paper towels. This of course left plenty of paint in the low areas. I did use a sponge brush to dry paint some of the high areas. All and all I think it turned out pretty good.

Again, thanks to onespartan for the inspiration for this.

A few notes and tips:
Old phone book pages make great paper mache. As the glue/mod podge soaks in quickly and is easily formed to most contours.

Toilet paper does not.

High gloss paint was not a good choice for this application.

I know I wrote paper mache a lot in this and the most common form uses a flour and water mixture. I did not use flour and water to deter mold.

OH and Tom I would never sell this.

Army of Darkness ROCKS.