DeadSpider’s musings and makings
Posted in Molding and Casting, Skulls on Nov 14th, 2008
In October I tried making a little skull with plasticine clay. Though its not exactly a correct skull and it has odd teeth, I was pretty happy with it.
I made a mold, and cast it in resin. I made a few solid resin casts and a few foam filled. I love the weighty feel [...]
Posted in Dragon Skin, Molding and Casting, Potions, Uncategorized, Witch on Sep 29th, 2008
I made a couple sets of new Witch Kitchen potion bottles from vintage spice jars. They are listed in my Esty shop.
I like the “Severed Fledgling Finger” and the
“Blood of the Undead” in particular…
Posted in Dragon Skin, How-to Pages, Molding and Casting, Skulls on Sep 10th, 2008
Making your own skull mold isn’t as hard as you might think. A little bit of money invested into a mold will reward you with many skulls that can be used in endless ways.
I’ve made a few molds using Dragon Skin by Smooth-On. Dragon Skin is a soft, super stretchy silicone rubber. It stretches without [...]
Posted in Dragon Skin, Molding and Casting, Props, Skulls on Apr 2nd, 2008
I never seem to have enough skulls come Halloween, they are great ‘fillers’ in any display.
Pictured below is a polyurethane foam skull I recently cast from a dragon-skin mold. The skull was carved with a dremel and painted with acrylics.