{"id":667,"date":"2014-06-13T15:04:41","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2015-04-06T14:34:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T18:34:21","slug":"dead-mans-chest-from-pirates-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phoenixfiredesigns.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/dead-mans-chest-from-pirates-of-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Man’s Chest (from Pirates of the Caribbean)"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a TV\/Movie themed craft swap on Craftster<\/a>, I made this Pirates of the Caribbean inspired “Dead Man’s Chest.”<\/p>\n

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Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest with dual skeleton key from Walt Disney World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was the initial inspiration:
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\n(seen here<\/a> by bornahorse on DeviantArt)<\/p>\n

What I did was buy an unfished wooden chest from my local craft store. (I bought this one at Joann but Micheal’s has an assortment of wooden boxes too.) I used that as my base to build up the decoration. I needed something that didn’t have to be fired\/baked because I was starting with a wooden box. So immediately, polymer clay was out.<\/p>\n

I browsed the options and first tried using Creative Paper Clay<\/a> but I had problems with it sticking to the wood and also, it was irritating my hands so I had to find something else.<\/p>\n

Next I went back and found La Doll stone air dry clay<\/a> which is what I ultimately used.<\/p>\n

I spent hours shaping, rolling and applying the clay to the surface of the box. It stuck rather well on it’s own but I also helped it along with little bits of white glue when needed. It worked very much like real clay – it didn’t feel any different for being an air dry formula. I was able to use small amounts of water to help smooth and push the clay along when I had to fill in areas or blend edges.<\/p>\n

Here is what it looked like when I was done with the clay:
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The clay needs time to air dry and can be anywhere from 24 hours to a week depending on the thickness. I placed it up out of the way and left it untouched for about 4 or 5 days to harden.<\/p>\n

The other nice part of the LaDoll clay is that once it’s dry, you can paint it with just about anything. I used good old fashioned acrylic paint in several shades of brown for an aged or weathered look along with some gold metallic Sharpie for the accents.<\/p>\n

And voila! I had a finished box inspired by the Dead Man’s Chest from Pirates of the Caribbean!<\/p>\n

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The project was something I hadn’t done before using new materials. But I can say that though it was quite time-consuming to sculpt out all the pieces (several hours of work), the LaDoll clay was really easy to work with and I had no difficulties even being a total novice. I would definitely recommend the product if you need to sculpt or decorate something with real clay but without the difficulty of a needing a kiln.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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