Thread: What to use

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First off let me say, the last few weeks over here in North Jersey has been amazing, a c moor, dollar tree, lowes, michales, party city, and a few others have stuff out, so I have been going nuts. I am also building many props, and now I am coming to the Tombstones and I was wondering what is the best tool to actually write and make your designes? I have some amazing ideas so please let me know, also where do you get spray latex at, lowes did not have any? Thanks everyone.

i think it depends on what the tombstones are made out of. ive done simple ones out of wood with spray paint writing, foam board with cutout panels to give a 3 dimensional look with airbrushed writing, you can also carve out foam with something like a screwdriver to give a "worn" look to the writing. theres plenty of knowledge here, so im sure some good ideas will come about. good luck.

Another way is to use a stencil on the foam and spray paint the foam and it will melt it a bit and leave the letters or design from the stencil.

I'm using the spray paint way for some of my tombstones and a dremel with the router stand (the small version not the full-on router) and a stencil. Both look great so far. Then I use a wall rasp to carve out and smooth the sides.

I am using styrofoam the insulating one thats pretty strong and its color is blue, getting black and gray spraypaint to paint it. I saw something at lowes today that looks like a gun and has metal pieces that you insert and they heat up, they have an actual foam insert, you think it will work well? Also while I was at lowes I was looking for latex to make some hands, but they said they do not carry it, where can I get a bucket of latex that I can spread with a brush?

For foam tombstones, some of the best work I've seen was done with a wood burning tool, like what you can buy at Michael's. The idea is to practice on a scrap beforehand, so you see how close to get the tip and how much melts over a given amount of time.
The best advice I read was "keep the tip moving".

People do all sorts of lettering and artwork with them.


Just use in plenty of ventilation.

Anyone know where I can get the latex so I can make those hands outta the bic pens and pvc that are amazing??