Tombstones almost done!!!

[shaunathan]

7 days till halloween GAH!!! I have had this entire month off work and I still have been scrambling!!!

carving the last three tombstones, then paint, then PICTURES!!! so I'm reserving this spot to show you guys.

[ScareFX]

Looking forward to the pics.

[shaunathan]

and here they are, again sorry for the bad quality, camera phone.

http://www.gam3r.com/pics/grave2.jpg

http://www.gam3r.com/pics/grave3.jpg

http://www.gam3r.com/pics/grave4.jpg

http://www.gam3r.com/pics/grave5.jpg

here are the epitaths I put out:
(from left to right back row first.)

Requiscat in Pace Anne Bonney

Mary Reede. Mary mary quite contrary how does your graveyard grow? with ankle bones and old tombstones and relatives all in a row (the one with the white fence.)

Here Lies Lester Moore, Took 2 rounds from a .44 No Les, No Moore. 1922-1944

Dinah Ghent. Dinah had a little can twas filled with kerosene, and soon beneith the twinkling stars Dinah could be seen. (red lantern next to it, the LED lantern with custom flicker circuit)

(front row)

RIP Alexander Booth, a man shot down while in his youth.

Master Gracey laid to rest, no mourning please at his request (black flowers, epitath taken from the haunted mansion in disneyland as an homage)

Ezekiel Akile aged 120 years.

1939 As above, so below, I am one, with the, well o souls B.Ware

[shaunathan]

and the last pic

http://www.gam3r.com/pics/grave1.jpg

stupid picture limit.

EDIT:

It should also be said that these tombstones were made using Keeba's Tombstone process:
Keeba's Tombstones (http://www.hedstorm.net/HAUNT/instructions/tombstones/index.html)

I didn't do the wet or dry warping because I'm a big chicken, I wasn't going to do the black sprypaint + hose thing either but I got talked into it and I'm glad I did, they look very good I think. These are the first tombstones I have ever made that weren't cheapo wood and spraypaint :D After all this, I don't know if I have it in me to make a styrofoam facade for the fogchiller that will be up behind dinah's tombstone...

[SpectreTTM]

Great Stones.

Thoses back grounds must have taken forever to do.

[ScareFX]

Your stones look great shaunathan! Serious detail there. Great job!

[shaunathan]

The backgrounds went really fast actually, all carving was done with a woodburner attached to a dimmer switch. high dimming for low temperature to caver the words or design. then crank it up to full blast heat and the background melts very fast :D

[kevin242]

nice work Shaun, they look very realistic.

[TipoDeemin]

These make me want to redo all of my tombstones. :P

[Black Cat]

The stones look great. Nice detail work. Gotta love the dimmer switch. It works great when you really need to crank up the temp to melt the styro quickly.

[krough]

Great tombstones Shaunathan, I wish I had the time this year to make some that look that good.

Krough

[maxcarnage]

where can a guy find the schematics to make one of those...I've been using soldering tools, and it's not gone nearly as smooth as I'd like.

[shaunathan]

a link to keeba's tombstones is on the first or second post. it details how to make these. The woodburner was purchased at michaels, comes in a little kit with a dozen tips, normally it is 30 dollars but michaels has a 40% off coupon.