I have a skull with a hole and a few cracks, I want to do an oil painting on it. Does anyone know what is the best way to fix them. I thought bondo or drywll mud.....but I am unsure.
Thanks
Kevin
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I do A lot of bear for guys in hunt clubs. Usually they shoot them in the head. Obviously they do not want the bear coming out of the tree mad. I use to throw them away. Because of the bullet damage. Then a few years ago I got one that was especially large. So I fixed it with epoxy sculpt. Blew a dusting of paint on it to make it match. and put it on display where The hunt club brings me their bear. Now about 75% have a skull mount to go with their bear. It's added Income. And happy customers.
I prefer All Game putty from Cir-Cut.. but same thing.. use that to fix bone damage.
There is a product called pour a cast, its made by Sinair, Its a two part 50/50 mix, if you can get something to hold the material in the hole from the underside while it sets up, such as a piece of tape, this stuff sets up into a hard plastic in about a minute, and matches natural bone really well. nice thing is that its fast!