Cbstudios
Sr Member
Ok so changing tack with a 9 year necropost, “Do ye fear death?” This thread certainly does.
My foam core attempt was pretty good, but ultimately very flimsy, and while I loved the proportions I just never saw myself finishing it so I scrapped the whole thing. The box itself also turned out to be much larger than I really wanted. I happened to be wandering around at a second hand store back in 2017 (I think) and found a green painted timber box that was a rough similar shape and style, with a hinged lid, so I bought it for a few bucks and got to work!
You can see here, I’ve split the lid off, and I used a table saw to rip down some strips of MDF for the raised panel pieces. I’ve also started marking out where to cut and put the lock detail.
Lid structurally done, same MDF strips, a timber insert to build it all but a little higher, an MDF ring for the lock surrounds and a fuckload of brass furniture tacks for the rivets. At this point I also sculpted the octopus panel details and cast a bunch up in Epoxy, and then sealed the whole chest in with a couple of brushed on coats of epoxy resin. The piece got sprayed black and then hit with some silver and brown paint work to finish it. I also sculpted the lock in plasticine and did the old moldy casty in resin, et voila
A pretty respectable and heavy, albeit slightly inaccurate Chest of Davy Jones! Buuuuuuut.....
My foam core attempt was pretty good, but ultimately very flimsy, and while I loved the proportions I just never saw myself finishing it so I scrapped the whole thing. The box itself also turned out to be much larger than I really wanted. I happened to be wandering around at a second hand store back in 2017 (I think) and found a green painted timber box that was a rough similar shape and style, with a hinged lid, so I bought it for a few bucks and got to work!
You can see here, I’ve split the lid off, and I used a table saw to rip down some strips of MDF for the raised panel pieces. I’ve also started marking out where to cut and put the lock detail.
Lid structurally done, same MDF strips, a timber insert to build it all but a little higher, an MDF ring for the lock surrounds and a fuckload of brass furniture tacks for the rivets. At this point I also sculpted the octopus panel details and cast a bunch up in Epoxy, and then sealed the whole chest in with a couple of brushed on coats of epoxy resin. The piece got sprayed black and then hit with some silver and brown paint work to finish it. I also sculpted the lock in plasticine and did the old moldy casty in resin, et voila
A pretty respectable and heavy, albeit slightly inaccurate Chest of Davy Jones! Buuuuuuut.....