JasonF205

Hey there! I didn’t prime the compound as I had plenty of paint, you may want to as the compound does absorb some. As far as coverage it goes a long way depending on how thick you make your bricks, I was able to do a 12x8 wall. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Thank you, I truly hope your bench will serve you well!

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 soaki…

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

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Thanks!

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

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

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.

Looks great!!

HA!! I'm mostly using ice tea and water jugs now....friends all save em for me!

Thank you very much!

Awesome...they look like they came from my work shop!!

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?

Looks great!!

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

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!

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.

The plastic jugs never sticks to the resin skull.

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

Thank you very much!

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.

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.

WOW...ok..the idea sounds good but this is what works for me...adding paint to the compound will make it tough to get a heavy coat to stick...it will want to run off. I used a whole pail for one wall. I used another pail to do several wall sections. The finish dry brush means that you use very little paint on the brush so it's almost dry and lightly brush over the top of the brick.

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?

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.

I use the rustoleum 2X spray paint for the inside (off white flat) and for the outside (flat black) the finish grunge coat is just flat latex wall paint. Hope this helps

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.