Video Tag
Every video tagged “epitaphs” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
3 videos
Wicked Makers hosts Jaimie and Jay walk through a quick and budget-friendly upgrade of store-bought foam tombstones into realistic, personalized Halloween gravestones. The process involves removing unwanted surface details, adding custom lettering via carving or adhesive 3D letters, and finishing with a Drylok base coat followed by layered acrylic paint for a weathered stone look. The result is a highly customizable yard prop that far outperforms its plain out-of-the-box appearance. Printable tombstone epitaph templates are available through their Patreon for added convenience.
This second installment in a foam tombstone milling series focuses on the software side of CNC fabrication, walking viewers through setting up speeds and feeds in Carbide Create for cutting foam. The workflow culminates in exporting ready-to-run g-code for the Shapeoko 3 router. It is aimed at haunters looking to produce professional-looking tombstone epitaphs, plaques, and signs using digital tooling.
This first installment of a multi-part series covers the digital design phase of creating CNC-milled foam tombstones and signs for haunted attractions. The focus is on building out epitaphs and layouts in Adobe Illustrator before sending artwork to the Shapeoko 3 CNC router. Mastering the vector design step is presented as the critical foundation for clean, repeatable results in the physical milling stage that follows.
