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The monument bases can be used as column bases for walls. The crosses and roof peaks can be used to decorate the tops of steeples and buttresses. The fence sections can also be used to span archways and put bars into windows.
The coffin was spray painted white, then brown paint was wiped on like a stain. The trim of the coffin was painted a dark brown. Looking back, I should have made the coffin a little more of a gray color.
The skeleton models are Warhammer(TM) miniatures from Games workshop. HIRSTARTS (via Make Blog) and [Boing Boing]
