Custom Pirate Skull "Chest"

[Indy Magnoli]

I did this custom one-off prop for a customer and thought some of you might get a kick out of it. It's meant to be a 17th century treasure chest made from a skull. The front "key" unlocks the chest at the forhead revealing the cavity of gold coins. A fun project and something quite different for me.

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[Ramiel]

VERY nice idea.
And well developed

 

[Capt MarVell]

I've got to show that to my brother - he's into the whole pirate thing and he'll probably go nuts over it. Great job, very creative, fantastic execution.

Jim

 

[Kylash]

wow that is friggn cool. where did you get the base skul, thats really thick

 

[Indy Magnoli]

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wow that is friggn cool. where did you get the base skul, thats really thick
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Thanks everyone. If I remember correctly, I got the skull from this site: http://www.fossilreplica.net

Kind regards,
Indy

 

[Gigatron]

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where did you get the base skul, thats really thick
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If she weren't still alive, I'd say my ex :lol

-Fred

 

[Coz]

Thats really cool looking. Should have a gold tooth or two, tho. :lol

Makes me think of the skull in Vice Versa (at least, I think that was the movie).

Nice piece.

C.

 

[SurferGeek]

Very cool. :thumbsup

What's with the two little "knobs" near the front of the forehead? They look like wood hole plugs...

 

[Darth Kahnt]

Fantastic work as usual Indy. :thumbsup

 

[Indy Magnoli]

Yes, those little wooden knobs are carpenter's plugs. Since I couldn't screw into the plaster-like skull, I needed something to hold the hook loop in place.

Here is another custom chest I made for someone:

It's stained pine, all scratch built. The debossed parts of the lower half of the box are actually textured wall paper that I stained, painted, gold leafed, then aged.

Kind regards,
Indy