Want to make your own fossilized dragon skull? New Zealand sculptress Kim Beaton shows you how.

Posted on YouTube on March 3, 2014, Kim outlined her presentation thusly:

Using Pal Tiya – http://www.paltiya.com/ – plus some rather nifty short-cuts of Kim’s, it’s entirely possible your creation will brave the elements for many hundreds of years!

0:25 – Step 1: Implements of Creation
2:38 – Step 2: Tinfoil? Fast! Cheap! …who knew?
6:38 – Step 3: Unbelievably sophisticated modeling with Tinfoil
8:36 – Step 4: Crushing your Sculpture to perfection
10:15 – Step 5: Improper use of a Kitchen Appliance!
12:30 – Step 6: Preparing for permanence. Applying Pal Tiya
15:04 – Step 7: Unprecedentedly dynamic Reptilian Scales
21:22 – Step 8: Root Canal for beginners
22:50 – Step 9: Ridges, outlandish details
24:20 – Step 10: Dragon Dentistry – Proper fang management
26:55 – Step 11: So, now he’s a ..Skull?
28:30 – Step 12: Dynamic use of a broom?
30:22 – Step 13: Proper Curing… or else!!!

More of Kim’s videos can be found here, including mixing instructions for Pal Tiya.