This year I promised myself (and the wife
) that I would at least add columns to my cemetery.
Now they are almost complete - all I need to do is a little more aging on the tops especially the spheres.
The construction was nothing new, wood frame, styrofoam sheeting. the brickwork was one of two methods.
Method one was cutting a brick pattern out of some styrofoam, then after painting, cutting a hole in the column side and fixing the brickwork on the inside.
Method two was just scraping away at the sytrofoam, then adding some detail to look like stone. I know most people use a router, but I wanted a more rugged, aged look.
The tops of the columns were not planned, they just sort of happened that way. First added some layers of strofoam to build up the edge, the added more styrofoam to the top, reducing the size each time.
Because of a mistake there was a layer left out at the time of constructing the top (it was getting late when this was put together). I then added the block of styrofoam, cut a circle out the middle to accommodate a sphere. The spheres are actually vinyl balls from the Dollar Tree, painted then glued in place (time will tell if this will work
)
Both the wife and I agreed that the top needed a little extra. So I had the brainwave to add the gargoyles from the Dollar Tree.
This is the result
