Chris Palmer This past week my local Dollar Tree started putting their Halloween decorations on the shelves, and I grabbed one of their plastic skulls to make a skull-shaped rock terrain piece for Ghost Archipelago.
I began by slicing off part of the lower jaw at an angle, so the skull would sit more upright and less leaned back.
I then hot-glued it to a CD.
I also hot glued a bit of pink foam scrap under the back overhang so it wouldn’t look quite so unbalanced.
I then sprayed it with flat black primer; and when that was dry, I sprayed it with stone texture spray paint.
When the stone texture coat was dry, I drybrushed the skull with various light grays. When the drybrushing was dry, I used a little green stuff, some small twigs, and some spanish moss to make a little bird nest to sit in one of the eye sockets.
I then hot glued various plastic aquarium plants onto the base.
After that, I flocked the base and added some more clump foliage and some grass tufts. Finally, I sprayed it with some Testor’s Dullcote matte spray paint.
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Shown with a 28mm Reaper pirate figure for scale |
I’m very pleased with how this turned out! I’m thinking I may like to make some smaller ones as well.
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You are the master of Dollar Store alchemy!
Thank you for the high praise, Mark! Now I want to include MDSA after my name. 🙂
I love tinkering with Dollar Store stuff as it is very gaming budget friendly.
I look forward to your embracing that as part of your curriculum vitae Chris!
The bird’s nest is a nice touch.
I did something similar very many years ago for my skull island pirate games.
Thanks, Buck! Yes, I vaguely remember that now that you mention it.
Do you still have all that stuff?
I think we also may be able to use some of your MBA Pulp jungle stuff in the campaign as well.
You should know I never get rid of anything. 🙂 Yes, I still have the skull island stuff and the MBA pulp jungle stuff. It is lonely and wants to come out and play.