Scorched Earth

Heads in the Sand

Retuning to the lid, it was given a wash of dark brown to fill all the tiny details. It was then painted again using a combination of airbrush and dry brushing.


Here are a few close-ups of the painted lid. Unfortunately, try as I might, I have not been able to fully capture the subtly of colour with a digital camera. Even if I say so myself, it does look quite stunning in the flesh, but you will just have to take my word on that!


The next step is to sort out the lighting for the skulls. This consists of six 5mm, high intensity red LEDs, one in each skull. The tops of the LEDs were ground down using sandpaper so they could fit completely inside the skulls.


Next, the LEDs had thin wires soldered to them.


The LEDs were inserted into each skull and held in position with hot glue. This also has the advantage of acting as a diffuser thus helping the light spread evenly inside the skull rather than the narrow pin-point beam usually associated with high brightness LEDs.


The wires were passed through the holes in the lid and the skulls again seated to ensure a good fit and the wires did not foul underneath.