JasonF205

Awesome!

Hey there, I’m sure it was just pine. Same as a 2x4. You can use whatever you like for the top but I wanted this to be super heavy duty. Looking forward to seeing your results!

Sorry for some reason I didn’t see tour question...I’m thinking it might have been to thick? Just a thin coat over the top of it would work well. (I hope that’s what you did)

Hey there, I used very inexpensive fence planks from the Home Depot. They were about $1.30 each. Off the top of my head I think they are about 4” wide. Thanks for your interest in my project!

Thank you!

Hey, I did get that on a few bricks if I went to heavy on the compound,,,I did just go over it again to fill the cracks

Thank you, it has been fixed!!

Thank you, it has been fixed!!

Thank you, it has been fixed!

Thank you, it has been fixed!

Great!!

Awesome!

Awesome!!

Hair dryer doesn’t come close! Gotta get the plastic hot enough to turn clear for molding.

I’ve only used a good heat gun, but you need to do small sections at a time so I’m not sure how a heat lamp would work.

I would think...but I'm not sure how much detail you will get with the teeth?

YES!! I always paint 20 or so skulls at once. Sooo I first spray an off white inside the whole skull..you don't need much, I use the 2X rustoleum....then once dry, I spray outside with 2X flat black on the lower surfaces, eyes, mouth, nose and cheeks...I also "sprit" just a bit here and there so they aren't all the same. Just as it's dry to the touch I soak a sponge with a scrubby side in thinner and wipe off the excess black...I also take some time and "scrub" the teeth...don't take to much off....after all the skulls dry I use a latex interior flat wall paint (orange brown)...I brush it on all over the top surfaces...then while wet I wipe off excess with a damp dish towel....it takes practice not to wipe to much off! I keep a bucket of water handy and just keep soa...

YES!! I always paint 20 or so skulls at once. Sooo I first spray an off white inside the whole skull..you don't need much, I use the 2X rustoleum....then once dry, I spray outside with 2X flat black on the lower surfaces, eyes, mouth, nose and cheeks...I also "sprit" just a bit here and there so they aren't all the same. Just as it's dry to the touch I soak a sponge with a scrubby side in thinner and wipe off the excess black...I also take some time and "scrub" the teeth...don't take to much off....after all the skulls dry I use a latex interior flat wall paint (orange brown)...I brush it on all over the top surfaces...then while wet I wipe off excess with a damp dish towel....it takes practice not to wipe to much off! I keep a bucket of water handy and just keep soaking and wringing out the rag. Hope this helps

Thanks!

It's a PVA....we would call it school glue!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you very much! I mostly build Halloween stuff but this was fun!

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Thank you!

I can make one in under 30 min.

Looks GREAT!!

Actually, the ones I've made are for outdoors! At Halloween we hang several of them in a tree, very cool look at night.

I found them at the Home Depot. Very thin, works well but it does take practice! I did buy a cheap scroll saw but it saves me time just using the jig saw.

Instead of the LED candle I used a dollar store pumpkin light that changes color.

Wow! Thank you and you are so very welcome!

That's awesome! They look great!

Thank you very much!

Looks great!!

That's awesome!! Love to see folks being inspired....looking forward to your next batch!

They look great!! Thanks for posting your results!

For an outside wall I would think you could use stucco?

Thank you very much! So glad to see you were able to make them! The more you make the better they get...yours looks great!

Wow! Thanks to everyone who voted....well now what do I do now that I’ve won with my first Instructable? Lol

Looks great!!

Really only took a few hours each night....first 2 nights I let the compound dry 24hrs and the last night was the paint.....that did take a while on the full wall.

Thanks! No gallon size plastic jugs?? Not even water jugs??

The plastic jugs never sticks to the resin skull.

Thank you very much!

Sooooo...I have tried...the problem is that if you ad paint to the compound it becomes thin and it's tough to get it to stick to the wall without running off...you need a ton of paint to make it dark enough...some sort of powder pigment might work?

It depends on how much you use...I would NOT use it for outdoors unless you could really seal it well and it needs to be on a wall that isn't going to be rubbed or banged into.

The only problem with mixing paint into the compound is that it thins the compound and makes it hard to build up enough without it wanting to sag and run off the wall.

yes but it doesn't look very real and if you are doing a 12' wall you will see the seams. For about $30 I can do a whole wall.

The resin skull I use has a removable jaw...when making a full skull I just hot glue the jaw back on....it does take more time to make...I just mostly make the jawless because in my opinion they look more real??

Not sure what your question is but if I'm making the full skull I just hot glue the jaw back on....it does take more time getting the teeth detail with the lower jaw.

No!! MUST have a heat gun, and a good one!

All I did was look for one that said "life size" 1:1....it is a bit smaller than a real one but the jugs fit better!

NO...won't get close to being hot enough....I'm using a high temp heat gun.