{"id":2386,"date":"2024-05-09T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T03:10:20","slug":"make-prop-skull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/make-prop-skull\/","title":{"rendered":"Make: Prop Skull"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You know those days where you&#8217;re noodling about what you might make and it occurs to you that you don&#8217;t have a full-sized human skull and somehow that surprises you?  It surprised me.  So I made one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I poked around a bit and found a model that was sufficiently detailed.  I found one on Thingiverse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:622390\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:622390\">here<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-1024x795.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-1024x795.png 1024w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-768x597.png 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-1536x1193.png 1536w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-2048x1591.png 2048w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.15.22\u202fPM-1-150x117.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now this model was called a &#8220;mini skull&#8221; and it only measured 65mm wide.  Next I needed to determine the average width of a human skull and ended landing on 145mm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-1024x203.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-1024x203.png 1024w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-768x152.png 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM-150x30.png 150w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-06-at-4.20.34\u202fPM.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I do think 145mm was a bit large.  The resultant skull feels a bit large.  But, I have a head like a bucket, so maybe it&#8217;s me-sized, maybe it&#8217;s a bit large.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My apologies if anyone besides me has to try and explain my Google Search history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Next I printed the pieces that made up the model:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2388\" style=\"width:455px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/F03380D5-12FE-43A7-B89E-05C8965402B6_1_105_c-150x200.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Next I fused the two halves with epoxy resin and began to fill obvious issue (layer lines) with putty and then eventually I used a filling primer to help.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5F8285DD-58A1-4A88-8F45-E877F34F0761_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5F8285DD-58A1-4A88-8F45-E877F34F0761_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768&#038;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2389\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/5f8285dd-58a1-4a88-8f45-e877f34f0761_1_105_c\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5F8285DD-58A1-4A88-8F45-E877F34F0761_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5F8285DD-58A1-4A88-8F45-E877F34F0761_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6F09B312-4A1D-41EC-BEEC-920DC21B4B31_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6F09B312-4A1D-41EC-BEEC-920DC21B4B31_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768&#038;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2390\" data-link=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/6f09b312-4a1d-41ec-beec-920dc21b4b31_1_105_c\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6F09B312-4A1D-41EC-BEEC-920DC21B4B31_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6F09B312-4A1D-41EC-BEEC-920DC21B4B31_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After that I started painting.  I started with off-white kind of bone color, added lots of layers and then started adding some grit and grime as well as some light dry-brushing to highlight some of the high points so there was a range from light on the top edges to dark in the recesses.  I did kick up the white on the teeth because that felt right.  The goal was to look like something both aged and found.  The result was a bit more white\/grey than brown-ish aged bone that I was going for, but I eventually decided to call it good.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mossor.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/54B187D0-E743-4E93-A154-E742B8CCFE40_1_105_c-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div style=\"border: 3px solid #000000; border-radius: 0%; background-color: inherit; \" class=\"ub-styled-box ub-bordered-box wp-block-ub-styled-box\" id=\"ub-styled-box-ef7a59c8-022b-46c9-9bde-a5b40d5fb999\">\n<p id=\"ub-styled-box-bordered-content-759fbbba-2768-4d23-b07c-260ce00b3f9e\">Title Pic Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/grayscale-photo-of-stone-fragments-m6Z_1r3djsk\">Gleb Lucky<\/a> from Unsplash<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know those days where you&#8217;re noodling about what you might make and it occurs to you that you don&#8217;t have a full-sized human skull and somehow that surprises you? It surprised me. So I made one. I poked around a bit and found a model that was sufficiently detailed. 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