Two scenic artists explain how they used Rosco Scenic Products to coat and protect a foam skull entryway that transformed a home into a haunted house – this Halloween, and for Halloween seasons to come.

It’s hard to find a wide-width wood graining tool. So, when Scenic Artist Terra Writz needed to paint 6-in planks for a faux parquet floor – she made her own. Then she shared her process with us!

Designer Heidi Hoffer conducted a foam carving workshop that discussed how to prime foam that included a section on how to prime foam scenery with Rosco FoamCoat and CrystalGel scenic coatings.

Costume Crafts Artisan Denise Wallace-Spriggs shares her technique for making stain-free, washable costume blood effects using Rosco CrystalGel.

Costume Artist, Denise Wallace-Spriggs, describes how to use Rosco CrystalGel to firmly attach glitter to costumes. The results are durable, flexible and sparkly!

Read more at our Spectrum Blog: http://www.rosco.com/spectrum/index.php/2018/05/diffuse-the-glitter-bomb/

I sharpied the image directly on the plexi glass. I then used Crstyal Gel to get the base of my texture and mixed paint with Flexbond to get the coloring right.

1. Drawn on brown paper
2. Pounced onto canvas
3. Inked
4. Lay down texture with Rosco Crystal Gel
5. Add color with Rosco Super Sats.
6. Used Rosco Crystal Gel tinted with Tough Prime to create the stained glass leading

This is a bloody angel from the tabletop game Warhammer 40k. The actual size of this model is about 2 inches tall I made a life size version. I want to thank Rosco for coming out with this product so that I can make this cost too much better than without it!

The grass and dirt were created by spraying tinted Jaxsan over carved foam then adhering on tinted sawdust with Flexbond and Crystal Gel. From there we used more Crystel Gel to secure bits of craft moss and tinted cork. The grass had to be able to be walked upon as well as travel to another theatre after our run.

The exterior walls were created by using a wash of Raw Umber to dirty the wood planks initially and then using a layer Elmer's glue underneath scenic paint to create the cracks. The whole unit was then distressed with "dirt" washes.

This helmet was constructed using pep files, fiberglassed, then skinned with foam. I then coated twice the helmet with CrystalGel. Once it was cured I proceeded to paint. This stuff is amazing. I found it much better than the FlexBond