Skull and Bones Display Project Pt. 1

During the Halloween clearance sales, I picked this up this skull at Halloween City for, maybe a dollar at max. I knew I wanted to do something with it, and had planned to repaint it elaborately to look realistic.

While I was sitting around, this morning, I got the idea to go paint it with the red and black paint that I had left over from the Halloween costumes. I also found an extra piece of torn fabric that we had left over and decided I could do something cool with that. After I went outside to work, I also looked over the animal bones Kelly and brought me, and before I knew it, I had somewhat of a plan.

It should be noted that this is part 1, as I've only got the initial painting done. Here's what I've gotten so far.

I started out with the black, and did a base for the shadows. Then I found out we had more of the darker red left over, so I sprayed that, and then used the bright red to mist the top layer. The only re-painting I did had to do with touching up and misting to get the desired shades.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. I still, however, didn't know what I was going to do with the fabric. I found that if I put it over the top of the skull, it looked good. There was something missing with it, though. I figured out that I wanted to get some twigs and bend and twist them into a crown to fit over the fabric and skull. Then, with rope threading we have left over, I'm going to get some beads and charms to hang from the crown. I have an overall idea of what I want to do with the bones and the layout. It's just a matter of doing it.

With that said, next up is to connect the fabric to the skull.