Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Peruvian Stigmas

"Highbury Cemetary" brings us these wonderful deformed skulls collected from a Peruvian burial site.  Considering they're made with expanding foam and a cheap Halloween skull as a mold the results are all out of proportion to the effort required.  The site includes a detailed writeup of their creation. 



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3 comments:

  1. ArtsnarkMarch 17, 2015 at 6:46 AM

    that is creepy cool - good find

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  2. CoastConFanMarch 17, 2015 at 1:18 PM

    What a great idea, I never thought to use the inside of the plastic skull as a form. I also found the build write-up to be very practical and helpful. The variations between the figures is quite nice and the extra foam runover looks pretty interesting. Gorilla glue makes a similar kind of goopy look, but it’s darn hard when it sets up. You can also use a scriber on these as well as a Dremel or the like to add additional details. Hollow plastic head forms could be used the same way to make monster heads. The mind boggles. Thanks for this post.

    I recall Propnonmicon has had a few posts about using expanding foam:
    http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2010/12/fungi-from-yuggoth-part-two.html and

    http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2014/05/preserved-dragons-egg.html

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  3. PropnomiconMarch 18, 2015 at 4:51 PM

    @ Stacey Merrill

    Thanks. I strive to be the kind of place where the phrase "wonderful deformed skulls" is a badge of honor. Heh.

    @CoastConFan

    Based on my own experiences I know that spraying your mold with water significantly speeds up the foam's setting process.

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