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My first attempt at a Toe Pincher Coffin


My budget is tight and I finally got into the mood of building something. I had scrap foam laying around and this is what I came up with.


The end is slanted because what I plan to do is have a piece of plywood cut into a rectangle, paint it black and then pile grass cuttings around the edge so it looks like a grave. I will then have my "Old Man Joe" grave digger prop "lifting" the coffin out of the hole.


This is a closeup of the "wood grain" that I put on it.


I havnt fully completed it and I dont have a bottom on it yet because I may convert it into a fog chiller or a place to hide wiring.

Hope it works out

Nicely done, I love the wood grain look

It looks perfectly creepy!

Really great detail! Very nice!

NICE! Awsome detailing with wood grain. Is the wood grain carved into the foam and then hand painted? If carved what did you use to carve it?

What a great job. It has a certain Tim Burton-ish feel to it......i love it!

that is awesome. Love the paint job on that!!

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles

NICE! Awsome detailing with wood grain. Is the wood grain carved into the foam and then hand painted? If carved what did you use to carve it?

I drew lines down it first to mark the planks as a guide then I used a very large nail to scribe down the lines. I then used whatever I had handy that had a sharper, finer point and did the wavy lines, which happened to be a smaller sharper nail. I then used a dremel, being careful not to go down to deep to make some of the plank ends. The reason I did that was because when I tried to go across the "grain" of the foam (didnt realize that there was a grain) with my sharp nail it started to rip the foam. I used a scalpel to make some holes and splintered areas and just popped out the pieces.

I then painted the whole thing black and made sure I got down into the grooves. I then got a sponge and basically dry sponged the surface until I got what I wanted.

I followed the instructions on a website I had found but the link is on my home computer.

would this be the site?

http://www.spookyblue.com/halloween/.../fake-wood.htm

Originally Posted by creeeepycathy

would this be the site?

http://www.spookyblue.com/halloween/.../fake-wood.htm

Thats the website but this is actually what I was looking at

http://www.spookyblue.com/halloween/coffin/

I didnt follow any directions on making the coffin, I just slapped it together.

Why measure once when you can cuss twice when you screw up.