[Nepboard]

Hello Everyone! I first off want to state that I take no credit for the outcome of the following project. I stumbled across Terra's vid on tombstone painting. Here is my attempt at duplicating her design. The tombstone is about 6 1/2 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It is hard to get the feel of how big it is from the pic.

A few thoughts:
As Terra points out grey dry-loc is a home run for realistic tomstones. The only thing I will do from here on out is give the tombstone a base coat of a cheap gray latex paint first. It takes a minimum of two if not three coats of the dry-loc to cover the colored foam ( a little expensive vs paint). A base gray coat would go a long way. Secondly I would choose a different font. Its a little busy. Well anyway, thanks Terra for the inspiration!!

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[Deathtouch]

That is really nice!

 

[crazy xmas]

Looks great Nepboard!

 

[jdubbya]

Excellent! I'd say you nailed it!

 

[DaveintheGrave]

Looks great to me!

 

[Curlgoddess]

Wonderful job.

 

[_Katie_Lee_]

This is really good. I was thinking about making one myself, and I hope mine looks as good as yours. Great job!

 

[HallowSusieBoo]

Wow! Great job Nepboard!! Looks professionally made! 6 feet tall?! WOW!

 

[Si-cotik]

Wonderful! Wonderful!!

 

[theooggieman]

looks really good to me too......nice

 

[Pumpkin Butcher]

Very nice job!

 

[alucard]

Very sweeeet!

 

[klue]

Looks very nice! 6 feet tall? Now thats a tombstone!

 

[chugger93]

So wait..how do you get the chiseld look again? Like the very right side how do you get that effect or even the cut out at the very very bottom left corner near the ground?

Do you use a wood burning tool or something? Not only that but just the cutout alone..how did you get the crazy bottom portion looking like that?

 

[kprimm]

very nice, i would be proud to be buried there.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Looks awesome!!

 

[Terra]

Wow! That rocks and it's 6 feet tall!? That's impressive. I like the font by the way. So, now that you've made one, you have to make more, it's like a new addiction.

 

[mickkell]

That font is fine,nice work.Thats huge,storage?

 

[Nepboard]

Chugger93,

I use laquer thinner for the distressing. Soak a rag and dab it on the foam. It will disolve the foam in a controlled fashion (obviously well ventilated, flameless enviroment, etc.). I used it on a piece of scrap first to get the feel. As far as the bottom, nothing more than foam ripped at about 30 degrees then mitered corners.

 

[Nepboard]

Mickkell,

The reason for the size is that I wanted a large tombstome to anchor my graveyard scene. I have two poles barns so storage is not an issue.