Casting Skulls from Plaster

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I forget where I originally ran across the article online, but, I needed more skulls last year. So, i decided to make a latex mold, and cast some skulls!

Materials Needed

• A skull to cast from (I bought a nice one from AAC)
• Molding latex - can be found from any craft supply place, such as Michaels, where I got mine.
• brushes - to put the latex on the skull
• Plaster of paris - as much as I hate the french, their plaster works great.

I don't have many photos for this now, being over a year later, but, here are the steps to follow.

• Take the skull out of it's wrapping that it came in (oh, the box too)
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is mostly dry
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is mostly dry
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is mostly dry
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is mostly dry
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is mostly dry
• take your brush, and smear a whole lot of latex on the skull
• wait until it is dry
• peel the many layers you have put on off the skull

And you have this...

• make up some plaster of paris, and get it coated thick to the inside of the skull
• wait until it is dry
• peel off the latex mold, and you're done.

Mine came out kindof crappy, but, here they are anyways.

Fin.