How many of us have searched and searched all over the forum and internet for different techniques to make our tombstones? Or how many of us have come cross a tombstone here and there and wondered how they made it or what techniques they used?
Well after doing that myself for the past couple years and looking at a bunch of different threads with cemetaries, graveyards, tombstones and such, I figured why not start a thread where people can display just their tombstones. I was also inspired by Terra's latest awesome thread with her video on how she paints and weathers her tombstones, to make this thread. If you havent checked it out, you need to!
And then while looking thru this thread, if anybody likes specific tombstones displayed here and want to know how they made them and or painted/weathered them, they can do so! Enjoy and hopefully somebody will come away with some great ideas for their tombstones!
Is there a tutorial on making the ones with the angels on them...considering weight etc I assume there is a bit more to it than just gluing them on? Any help would be great.
WOW, awesome tombstones everybody! So much detail its amazing!
Jimmyzdc : Mind if I ask what painting and weathering techniqes u used? I love the "stone" look on them. I've been trying to get a better stone look on mine and plan on trying Terra's techniques and was wondering what u did. Thanks!
Check places like Big Lots. They usualy carry some nice garden statues and will mark them down toward early August. The large sitting cherub on one of mine came from there. It was originally $50.00 but I got it for 30% off. You can also go to garden centers, which normally carry a nice selection but they are usually more pricey and the don't mark them down. If you have a Tuesday Morning or TJ Maxx, they also carry statues that are not too expensive.
well i'm sorta imbaressed to post my tombstones, but here are a few.
ok it's all the mess, but i couldn't figure out my pass word for photo bucket to edit stuff out.
on the plus side i gots me a dremel tool today!!!!!!
St gabriels - don't be embarassed - I like your tombstones. I always like the ones that show a sense of humor, and yours do. I've only made 1 tombstone so far this year and I went with the old line "I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK", so you've given me some inspiration
Oh, you should!! They're actually really easy to make and they payoff is incredible. I was nervous too, but I love them so much. They really enhance the haunt.
I love this thread and reading all of your tombstones. Thanks for starting it. These "last" messages are great reading. The tombstones I have now are all pretty much decorative without much character or humor.
I don't have any creations of my own yet but that will be my winter/spring project I think. All the pics and tutorials are so inspiring.
Well, my first time where I decided not to risk melting the foam with a Dremel (we're not friends) or slicing my hands up with an Xacto knife for carving. Meaning it's the first completed one...except for being completely unpainted/sealed on the sides and back. But I think I'm onto something here with the foam stickers and soon to be other raised details. I'd rather build up than carve out. I need to fix that big splotch under the lower "D" but otherwise I'm satisfied.
Still looking for foam number sticker that don't look like a kindergarten class project.
Thought I'd add my first large tombstone of 2009, this one will hide my peeper, still needs the hands added as well as a bit of dark wash on the upper edge and moss. Wiper motor set-up arrived from Monster Guts earlier this week.
Printed them from a font I have in MS Word onto 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Positioned the printed sheet onto the paper where I wanted the info and just simply used a pencil to trace the outlines. Pressing firmly, the indentions are picked up on the surface of the foam and then I trace those with pencils again. I used a standard cutting bit on my Dremel with a routing attachment and started about an inch away from the letters and numbers, working my way toward them, eating the foam away at a consistant depth. I have pics under my profile of the stone in progress.
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