Tiny Headstones

Most people think that for tombstones to be scary they have to be big, not always. Somtimes tiny things can be pretty scary, or what were going for is a creepy ambience effect for your yard.  So im going to take you through the steps I would to make my tiny headstones.

Step 1 Main body and carving

  To start you head stone(s) your going to need a base, and because these are tiny, the bases are going to be small; and for these i find only two typs of base shapes, a classic half circle top, and a squared shape, but the squre one is simple to cut out of a bored of styrofoam. So lets go over to classic one, all you need to do is cut an angle of the corner then shape.
  
   Now for the carving; its very simple, all you need is either a smalll pocket knife or an exacto knife to trace out the border( if you want one, not all head stones have borders) and also the epitaph , like the average RIP. Then trace a roung the trace, with the knife at an angle then just scoop the foam out with the knife. Same goes with designs on the epitaph and  even cracks on the edges.

Comments

[Kiteman]

Be careful about your paints; many aerosol paint solvents will also dissolve polystyrene, so use thin layers and let them dry thoroughly between coats.