Thread: Stirring Cauldron

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Originally Posted by Hallomarine

Raven - this sounds very interesting! I would be very interested in a tutorial on it. Barring that, some more description... HM

For you sir, anything! I was definitely planning a tutorial with this one, and I'll be sure to let you know when it's posted. Expect it sometime a few months from now, as my ongoing project workload's are pretty intensive.

Looks excellent, Deadview!
I want to make that same thing for my cauldron. Great idea using the pink foam as a base. I've got plenty of blue foam.

That will work just as well Dave what I forgot to metion was using Drylock for under the base and probably finding a larger cauldron.

looking good. I did the coals for my skeleton rosstiserie I had last year. I use flickering lights. I am going to do a new one and add sticks/wood to the foam before it drys. Hopefully it will give it the campfire look.

The wood will be an interesting effect, when it's done take a picture and post it, I'd like to see it.

That would look wild I'd like to see that vid. I also liked the effect of the faux carpet moss you showed on how-to-do. The look on your stone is so realistic looking, I want to give that a try on the stones I've just completed.

Thanks Deadview, glad you like them. Actually, I can help out with the question of how the coals look with wood intermixed too. Here's mine from a couple of years ago...

thanks for putting the tutorial of how you did it,,, I so want to make that for under the witches cauldron,,, have wanted to for a couple of years but just don't get to it

Raven, looks good,,, ,,, love the logs in the "fire" also the bubbling out of the cauldron look,,, I have some on mine but not as much,,,,,, should add more - what color paint did you use for the "over flow" ?

Originally Posted by bethene

Raven, looks good,,, that is one of the things on my huge to do list,,,,, love the logs in the "fire" also the bubbling out of the cauldron look,,, I have some on mine but not as much,,,,,, should add more - what color paint did you use for the "over flow" ?

Thanks Bethene Actually, there is no paint on the overflow at all in that pic. I had some of the toxic green string of colored lights (Walgreen's carries/carried them) that I was using the year before to light the inside of the cauldron, and I drilled a bunch of holes in the cauldron. Then inserted the lights through the holes, and used expanding foam over them. Just as you would when doing the glowing coals effect.



I later painted it with a GITD paint to accentuate the less well lit portions, and a blacklight to help out. But it's really not necessary, as you can see in the pic. The only thing I don't care for, is the look during daylight hours. Where it looks like a head from a frothy root beer. I will give it a thin paint job of neon green later in the year, right after I age the cauldron a bit more.

That was a really good idea with the fire...