Thread: Teaser: Still working on my obelisk :)

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As many of you know, the last couple of months were rather harrowing from a car accident nearly taking my Sister, niece, & newborn nephew. I spent a good deal of time out of town with them, both before, and after their release from the hospital. As a side effect, I didn't have nearly as much time to devote to getting my display up to par. Consequently, many were only 1/2 to 3/4's finished by the big day. Honestly, i only had two thirds of my front yard done before Tot's arrived.

So, after breaking everything down...I've torn into a few to finish them how I'd originally intended. I was surfing Dave the Dead's blog, The Shadow Farm last spring, and looking at "The Pumpkin Baby" gave me an idea. Sure, mold is no problem, mildew either. But lichen carpet moss...now there's something you don't see on most homemade tombstones! So, I figured I'd give you all a sneak peak at what I'm working on atm...while I'm working on it. Enjoy!

Wow. No love for a new style of faux finish?

Originally Posted by Raven's Hollow Cemetary

Wow. No love for a new style of faux finish?

I think that it looks quite good. I'm sure that you'll get more comments tomorrow morning though.

Hmmmm.... I say again, HMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm....

Very nice.

Awesome job on the antiquing/weathering!!!

I think it looks great! Looks like real mold.
Nice design, too!

I dig it. What process are you using? Is it too early to share?

Originally Posted by GhostTown

I dig it. What process are you using? Is it too early to share?

Yes please, inquiring minds what to know! I have a bag of saw dust that I've been collecting for use in possible moss texturing but have yet to experiment with it.

I think it looks great, very realistic looking. I'm curious how you did it.

Thanks! I'm glad you all like it! It's a rather tedious multi stepped process that I'll be detailing in a tutorial shortly. I am attempting to do a 3-dimensional look similar to what a carpet moss would do when it climbs up a stone. However, I've been experimenting with short-cutting the process in various ways, but I've not been satisfied with the results of the shortcuts so far. It looks like this technique is going to best started at a minimum of a week or so prior to the need by date simply due to the rather long drying time between coats, if you decide that the dimension of depth is the look that you're after. The thickest coat I've applied so far has taken 24 hours to become firm enough to work further. The results are very well worth it, in my opinion.