Halloween Casting contest Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:16:21 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:16:21 +0000 The Home Foundry http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?forums/halloween-casting-contest.37/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:22:16 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/2022-contest-idea-submission.2384/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/2022-contest-idea-submission.2384/ invalid@example.com (Rocketman) Rocketman I think it would make an excellent subject for a contest
I can see these being made with almost any casting method, which could make it interesting for everyone

CROTAL BELLS

an interesting article on the Crotal Bell, history, construction:
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html

There's a neat bit at the bottom illustrating sand-molding for a one-piece bell, but I...

2022 contest idea submission]]> 5 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:14:24 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/foam-casting.2383/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/foam-casting.2383/ invalid@example.com (mytwhyt) mytwhyt Fredo]]> 5 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 06:08:41 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/halloween-casting.96/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/halloween-casting.96/ invalid@example.com (DaveD) DaveD 6 Sat, 16 Nov 2019 23:04:58 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/2019-edition.827/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/2019-edition.827/ invalid@example.com (Kurtis Kiesel) Kurtis Kiesel 42 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:48:32 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/time-to-vote.151/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/time-to-vote.151/ invalid@example.com (DavidF) DavidF 26 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:04:19 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/tobho-mott-halloween-casting-contest-2017.62/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/tobho-mott-halloween-casting-contest-2017.62/ invalid@example.com (Tobho Mott) Tobho Mott
Jeff]]> 22 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:13:38 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/and-along-came-a-spider-halloween-casting-contest-2017.142/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/and-along-came-a-spider-halloween-casting-contest-2017.142/ invalid@example.com (Al2O3) Al2O3 Here’s my entry fellas. Yup, lost foam…what else would you expect it be? LoL.


I cruised through Michael’s and Hobby Lobby back when David announced the contest and found nothing interesting and frankly hardly anything in Styrofoam at all…just a couple big tombstones. So the heck with that, I decided to make my own.


Conscripted into service were my newly made hot wire cutter, a razor knife, some...

....And Along Came a Spider - Halloween Casting Contest 2017]]> 12 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:13:22 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/davidf-halloween-casting-contest-2017.61/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/davidf-halloween-casting-contest-2017.61/ invalid@example.com (DavidF) DavidF 7 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 02:18:24 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/skulls-from-the-past.127/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/skulls-from-the-past.127/ invalid@example.com (cactusdreams) cactusdreams ]]> 14 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:37:02 +0000 http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/halloween-casting-contest-10-31-17.60/ http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/halloween-casting-contest-10-31-17.60/ invalid@example.com (DavidF) DavidF I was wandering the stores the other day and saw that stuff for Halloween was starting to show up already and thought to myself Here we go!
The rules are pretty simple, the item cast must be of the Halloween theme> Skulls, bones, spiders coffins, etc.
You get the idea
To keep things simple judging will be by registered members via a poll voting for what they feel is the best thread entered into the contest showing how they...

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