Thread: Corpsed Skull

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Here is a skull prop I'm working on for this year. It's still a work in progress. Next steps include:

• Veins on the skull
• Arteries on the skull
• Veins on the eye
• Haze over the eye with a wash of white paint
• Outer layer of corpse skin
• Shiny coating on eyes, teeth, veins/arteries, and muscles
• Few more colored washes (brown, black, etc)
• Paint in a few more fine details and shadows
• Flip skull and cover underside and jaw interior

I apologize for the poor quality photos. Just snapped these on my phone last night. I'll get better shots when the prop is finished.

thats so awesome

Great Work!!

OK, please tell us that you have a tutorial for this!!

You can find a tutorial for this, and a more zombified version here: http://www.youtube.com/user/agent385

His tutorials are great, and all based off of common industry techniques. I liked the expression he used, so I went the same direction, but I've used a few of my own techniques and will be adding some different details in the next stage.

Basically, it's all liquid latex, cotton, paper towels, and washes of acrylic paint. I use Liquitex acrylics because I normally use those when doing special effects makeup. (For making pax or tinting latex)

The next steps will be all about adding in finer detail and a bit more anatomy.

I have 2 more skulls that I'll be doing after Halloween. One with two eyes, and one with no eyes and a removable jaw.

Any idea where he got those teeth?? He just says dental supply store but I cant find anything...

Originally Posted by VexFX

You can find a tutorial for this, and a more zombified version here: http://www.youtube.com/user/agent385

His tutorials are great, and all based off of common industry techniques. I liked the expression he used, so I went the same direction, but I've used a few of my own techniques and will be adding some different details in the next stage.

Basically, it's all liquid latex, cotton, paper towels, and washes of acrylic paint. I use Liquitex acrylics because I normally use those when doing special effects makeup. (For making pax or tinting latex)

The next steps will be all about adding in finer detail and a bit more anatomy.

I have 2 more skulls that I'll be doing after Halloween. One with two eyes, and one with no eyes and a removable jaw.

You can get them from various dental supply stores, or online. What you are looking for is acrylic teeth.

In my case, I just ordered upper and lower anterior (front) teeth from Monster Makers (https://www.monstermakers.com/produc...eeth-sets.html) but they do not offer the posterior (back) teeth, so I used the posterior teeth that came with the model. And to be honest, they cost more at Monster Makers than you'll find from a local dental supply place. (under $10 a tray), so shop around!

The real trick is finding a local place. So good luck!

Tonight I'll be sculpting some veins and arteries in clay to create a mold that I can brush latex into. I also have some hair to attach sporadically around the skull.

Hopefully I'll have some more photos either tonight or Friday.

Crazy! I love it

Originally Posted by VexFX

Tonight I'll be sculpting some veins and arteries in clay to create a mold that I can brush latex into. I also have some hair to attach sporadically around the skull.

Hopefully I'll have some more photos either tonight or Friday.

Hey VexFX, how did it come out in the end?