A little help please.........

[bobzilla]

I got this sharks jaw off CraigsList and it was missing a few teeth.
http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=36509
I made some new ones out of foam board and coated them with white glue and then with latex. Thought that might do the trick, but I'm not very happy with the way they came out. I would rather they have a hard coat finish on them.
http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37207
The original teeth were made out of some sort of foam with a hard coating covering the teeth. Does anyone know what I could use to coat over the foam board on the new teeth I made to give it a hard shell ? Thanks !
http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37204
original tooth
http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37205
original tooth

[IMU]

Well, first thing that came to mind was monster mud. The one picture looks like it has a plaster type texture. I'm not a sculptor, but there is a product called sculpt or coat that is used to give a protective coating to paper clay projects. There are a few here who have used that product before that could give more info on the product!

BTW ... you are the KING of CraigsList finds! :D

[halstaff]

I think you should just give up and sell it to me for the $50 you paid!
Seriously though, is it a thick, hard covering or more like something that was painted on?

[The Archivist]

Man, that's not fair. SFV Craigslist has NOTHING like this!!

[bobzilla]

Thanks IMU ! :) I thought about monster mud, but wasn't sure if that would work ?

Well, first thing that came to mind was monster mud. The one picture looks like it has a plaster type texture. I'm not a sculptor, but there is a product called sculpt or coat that is used to give a protective coating to paper clay projects. There are a few here who have used that product before that could give more info on the product!

BTW ... you are the KING of CraigsList finds! :D

[beelce]

Looks like fiber glass resin

[bobzilla]

LOL
If I fix the teeth you'll have to give me like $55 for it :)
It's not super thick, but the coating is pretty solid. seems to be dipped or brushed on ?

I think you should just give up and sell it to me for the $50 you paid!
Seriously though, is it a thick, hard covering or more like something that was painted on?

[kprimm]

What about making the teeth out of plasticard?

[bobzilla]

I've never heard of plasticard before. How thick is it and can it be shaped ? I need something that I can put a curve into, like a shark tooth. Any idea where I can get some ? Thanks


What about making the teeth out of plasticard?

[Allen H]

http://www.youtube.com/bitymoldsupply#p/search/9/VWkch-QEGkI
This is a demo of a resin that I use all the time, its a great hard coat and for the quantity you need it wont be that expensive. Its really good stuff.
And check out there whole channel, its prop making gold the info on there!

[bobzilla]

Thanks for all the suggestions !
A friend of mine had some foamcoat and let me try it on the shark teeth. I coated the teeth and they seem to have come out fine. I still need to sand, prime and paint them. The foamcoat left a nice hard shell on the teeth. Once I get it all put back together, I'll post pics. I'm thinking of painting it with Wildfire florescent paint so it will glow like crazy under black-light !

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37375

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37380

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37378

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37379

[Sickie Ickie]

Is foam coat like a spray paint?

[Spooky Chick]

Why don't you try coating it with bondo? I use it for alot of stuff (other than cars) and it works nicely for some stuff, and eehhh for other stuff

[bobzilla]

No, it comes in powder form. You mix with water and brush it or you can trowel it on.http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sculpt.com/pictures/powertools/HotWire/DESC_FoamCoat.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.sculpt.com/catalog_98/powertools/HotWire/Desc_FoamCoat.htm&usg=__EznW6n5zOe7n2eWSHQ9DAUq6Ua4=&h=401&w=250&sz=18&hl=en&start=6&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=-u3K9otj8HZKDM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=77&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfoam%2Bcoat%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3 DX%26tbs%3Disch:1

Is foam coat like a spray paint?

[Sickie Ickie]

did you brush or trowel? (I think you said brush?)

How stiff did it turn out? Can it bend or crack with weight? Is it like fiber glass?

[bobzilla]

I brushed it on. It turned out pretty stiff. I might put one more coat on just to be safe. Not like fiberglass, more like plaster or monster mud once it's mixed from powder form. The teeth I coated were made from foam board and they seem to be holding up fine. Haven't had any problems with bending or cracking with weight.

did you brush or trowel? (I think you said brush?)

How stiff did it turn out? Can it bend or crack with weight? Is it like fiber glass?

[Sickie Ickie]

That answers my questions. Thank you Bob. :)

[hpropman]

"you go in the cage, cage in the water, shark in the water, our shark, Oh fare thee well to you fair Spanish maidens oh fare thee well dear ladies of Spain, For we have received orders now to sail back to Boston and so nevermore shall we see you again"

Quint, Jaws

I love that prop now if you can only make it move just a little that would scare anyone.

[Sickie Ickie]

I found this on Ebay. Maybe it will help you feel a little better about spending $50.

This is only $11,500 with free shipping. :)

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/chrise501/?action=view&current=MegalodonSharkJaw01.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/Megalodon-Shark-Jaws-With-Teeth-FREE-shipping_W0QQitemZ200397525006QQcmdZViewItemQQptZL H_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea89f900e

[Volscalkur]

"Brick in the Yard supply" (from the link in Allen H's post above) is awesome!
Absolutely prop making gold!
They have lots of great videos on everything from resin casting weapons to silicone masks and sell most everything they use in their videos.


...and I didn't realize that there was a whole other page after I posted this! LOL
That foam coat stuff looks great! Hope it works out for your teeth!

Wow Sickie Ickie, that's a pretty sweet set of jaws... and free shipping! I'll take 2 sets :D

[bobzilla]

LOL
Thanks !

"you go in the cage, cage in the water, shark in the water, our shark, Oh fare thee well to you fair Spanish maidens oh fare thee well dear ladies of Spain, For we have received orders now to sail back to Boston and so nevermore shall we see you again"

Quint, Jaws

I love that prop now if you can only make it move just a little that would scare anyone.

[bobzilla]

LOL
Thanks Sickie:)


I found this on Ebay. Maybe it will help you feel a little better about spending $50.

This is only $11,500 with free shipping. :)

http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u72/chrise501/?action=view&current=MegalodonSharkJaw01.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/Megalodon-Shark-Jaws-With-Teeth-FREE-shipping_W0QQitemZ200397525006QQcmdZViewItemQQptZL H_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea89f900e

[bobzilla]

New teeth in place. The white-white one's are the new teeth I made.
http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37728

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37726

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37727

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=37726

[Rahnefan]

That is nasty! Good find. $50, really that is great.

[IMU]

Very nice ... it's looking good. :)

[Sickie Ickie]

Let's see a pic with you beside it Bob.

[fravak]

Those really blend in. A little blood and a few TOTs hanging from them and you'll never be able to tell the old from the new!

[bobzilla]

I was thinking of incorporating a skelly with my jaws prop. This might not be the final pose for the skeleton, but just wanted to see what it might look like while hanging from the jaws. I'm going to paint the jaws and skelly with wildfire Luminescent paint :http://www.wildfirefx.com/products/paints/luminescent.aspx and maybe have a bubble machine hidden in the back of the jaws to simulate water bubbles. I may try some Wildfire Luminescent Water Dyes:http://www.wildfirefx.com/products/uvdyes/waterdye.aspx in the bubble machine to see if I can get the bubbles to react to black light ? Any suggestions are always welcome !

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=38095

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=38093

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=38092

http://www.halloweenforum.com/picture.php?albumid=2608&pictureid=38094

[Sickie Ickie]

Don't they already make a black light bubble solution?

[bobzilla]

I'm not sure ? I'll have to look into that :)

Don't they already make a black light bubble solution?

[bobzilla]

Yep ! Thanks :)
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-glowing-blacklight-bubbles-162800/

Don't they already make a black light bubble solution?

[Sickie Ickie]

Check out this vid-: YouTube- Bubble Fogger with black-light bubble liquid

and blacklight bubbles http://www.blacklight.com/TeknoBubbles

[bobzilla]

Cool ! Thanks Sickie :)

[IMU]

Looks good!

[Sickie Ickie]

Glad to help, Bob. :)