Although the metal casting was a failure for this project, I now have a simple crucible for melting lead and white metal. (I melted down electrical conduit connectors)
This is my son in his Lego zombie minifigure costume next to his zombie little sister at the annual Denver Zombie Crawl.
Build thread located here:
http://www.therpf.com/f24/theropods-2012-halloween-costume-contest-entry-164946/