Thread: My column monument

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This is the last of the ornate monuments I'm making for this year. I may have posted some of these in another thread but here's an update. This one stands at 7 feet tall. It's a wooden crate skinned in foam. The letters are wood and were purchased at A.C. Moore. I routed a square in the face and set the letters/date with liquid nails. The wooden scroll appliques are from Michaels. The column is a concrete tube from Lowes. The column base/top pieces are also from Lowes. I need to cut/detail the top foam pieces, and finish the painting. It will be an antique stone white to match the finial on top.
Hope to have it done by next week so will post completed pics then. Thanks for looking!

Very cool! It will grab attentionto the cemetery for sure!

Looks great !!!!!!

I really like it!
That's a unique style of tommbstone I haven't seen anyone make before!
Great job!

Originally Posted by Terra

Very cool! It will grab attentionto the cemetery for sure!

Thanks Terra. It's pretty imposing and really stands out (or should I say "stands up").

Originally Posted by Clad In Shadows

Looks great !!!!!!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by DaveintheGrave

I really like it!
That's a unique style of tommbstone I haven't seen anyone make before!
Great job!

Thanks Dave. It's loosely modeled after one in a local cemetery not far from our house. I saw some really neat ones while tending some family graves this spring so it gave me some inspiration.

Wicked cool and nice directions!

I love it. And the name too. The pics were great too and it's always interesting to me to see what people make use of in their construction. Where did you get the tube from?

Originally Posted by litemareb4xmas

Wicked cool and nice directions!

Thanks. They're not so much directions as a parts list but hopefully it explains how it went together.

Originally Posted by Ghost of Spookie

I love it. And the name too. The pics were great too and it's always interesting to me to see what people make use of in their construction. Where did you get the tube from?

The tube came from Lowes. Cost a bit over 5 bones. The name I got from a stone at Brewster Yard Haunt. Thought it was pretty catchy so I "borrowed" the idea.

Wow, that looks amazing!

MsM