Skull Pile

I wanted to give a little more detail about how we finished the skulls. After removing the plaster skulls from the molds, we let them sit for a day to harden. Then they get a few coats of latex house paint, white on the bottom, and tan on the top, making sure to get into all the recesses and cover thoroughly. I then took some black spray paint and gave a quick blast into the eye sockets, nose, jaws, and any other deep pockets. A final coat of eggshell/off-white is applied with a dry brush technique so as to only cover the top surface. You don't want the light color going into the cracks and deep recesses...like the spaces between the teeth. Finally we give the skull a quick spray with green primer and black spray paint from about 2 feet away so as to lightly dust it with color.

Now what do you do with 30 plaster skulls? You could make a pile and put the smoke machine behind them like I did. Thanks to all the help from Sarah, we think we have a cool prop for the Haunted Graveyard

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