Thread: Bone (skull) aging recommendations

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I now have four Lindberg skulls, two 3-piece buckies, and two 2-piece buckies. Each of them are made from different material, but all are way too clean and white.

Is there a method that will work equally well with all three different types of skulls to make them look aged and more realistic?

Maybe some really fine sandpaper and shoe polish and dirt. Thats what i do i say the sandpaper incase the skulls and all are super slick and wont hold the polish or dirt or even some charcoal dust not the stuff with lighter fluid in it just the plain stuff. Heard of using stain also

Have you thought about corpsing? There is alot of info on it at The Monster List

I use Minwax gel stains, various colors. If your looking for a mottled grayish color, mixing fireplace ashes with diluted white glue works well- also gives a nice textured surface. Use lots of ashes with a little of the diluted glue. The ashes also work for making cobwebs look dusty and clumped up.

you'll need to break the glaze on the Lindbergs with either steel wool(SOS pads) or fine sand paper so either stain or coffee can make it into the pores of the plastic. If you have used coffee grounds, try soaking the skulls or bones in strong coffee or a lot of grounds.