Thread: Cheap Plastic Skulls?

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Hi,

I am planning on creating several rotting corpse heads/bodies over the summer for next Halloween season. For these heads, I need a base shape to add skin to. During Halloween, I can find really nice plastic skulls similar to this model (seen at lower right of photo) at savers for around $5. It has a fairly realistic shape and a movable jaw, and is perfect for making a corpse head. Last year I managed to get two of them before having to resort to a crappy more expensive model from target. Unfortunately, savers only sells these during Halloween in rather limited quantaties, and the above site says they are out of stock right now. Any suggestions for good looking skulls around $5 or $6?

Here is a picture of some of the skulls I created this past season too late to sell.

You can often find them floating around on e-bay.
Alternatively, there are a number of threads on the forum that deal with skull duplication techniques, if you are feeling creative.

The skull doesn't need to be perfect if you are going to corpsify it.

That is a great display! Any thoughts on writing a tutorial about how you did it?

Yep. If you need a lot of skulls, I recommend buying one that you like and duplicating it. I figure if I buy one $20 skull that's really nice (ie: Bucky or Lindberg), and I churn out 10 papier mache or plaster copies, it's the same as 10-- no-- 11 $1.80 skulls.
Cool looking corpse skulls, by the way.

I tried making a few skulls last night using Stolloween's technique. Im having a little trouble with the facial part, getting the template right is kind of hard. I have also tried just making the paper mache mold from an existing skull but it didnt come out too good. Mine was too thin, I didnt do enough layers. It came out pretty lame, not as good as corpsing a cheap plastic skull. You could always try out the great stuff method, theres a video on youtube.

I wish I could tell you something that hasnt been said. Next year Im going to stock up after Halloween as well. I wish I would have done it this year, I just didnt see anything that looked good but was still cheap. Ill let you all know how mine come out.

Good luck, the prop in the picture is pretty sick, I love it.

Check out this person's casting technique. Looks pretty easy and is a different way to do paper mache. I did mine with newspaper and glue/water and it took a long time. THis way uses glue mix and toilet paper. Looks pretty good for what I would need (groundbreaker heads).

http://www.howloweenqueen.com/Casting.

I found one decorated and it comes with bones but I guess its not ''cheap".
Hanging Pirate Skull And Crossbones

You could also just check over the site there is more skulls.

You might just try some local craft and party stores. Never know what they might have.

I did find this site. These are not cheap, but definitely odd and creepy.

Dapper Cadaver

These might be too cheap for what you're looking for, but here are some $5 pirate skulls.

Pirate Skull sports a bandanna, earring and straw as hair. 6"tall

I'm probably driving you crazy, but here's another site offering cheap skulls.

Spook Shop 7" skull $5.99