since they do crumble and break, I'd suggest making one you like out of plaster or something else easy to mold, then casting it. Here are some pictures. http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&q=dias+de+los+muertos+skulls How cool would it be to have a brass one with bright colors, wearing with age?
The real sugar skulls are sold all over mexico for el dia de los muertos. I am in Mexico alot and they usually cost well under a buck each, but unless you could seal it into a resin ball or something they would just crumble.
paul id forgot i asked you about this.thanks for the post and thanks for the advice everyone. i was actually wanting one similar to my tattooist has hanging in his studio. but he said he got it from a tattoo convention a few years ago its a sugar skull on a necklace and i thought itd look ace hanging in my truck
I'm sure someone makes sugar skull stlye shift knobs...theres dozens of companys making knobs, so I find it hard to believe nobody makes 'em
They are called "Calaveras" and sold for Dia del Muertos right after Halloween. If you want, I can get you one but you have to wait until Halloween. That's the only time you can get them and they are sold all over the place then. If you want one, PM me.
copy and paste this - Mexican Sugar Skulls - into a Google search and them click Images. You'll get all kinds of images and their associated website. One of them was even a how-to. Crazy stuff.
I have seen porcelain ones in the tourist stores in Mexico Its funny that Mexican stuff has become part of rodding culture worldwide.
There was a guy on here a while ago making them. The post might still be around. I tried to contact him but no reply. If he isn't making them maybe he would sell you the mold, and you could make 'em. Cuz i want one of those fuckers
Actually if it's made of sugar and cheap, all you need is a foundry and you're in business. Buy a dozen, have em moulded and then soak the molds in water til the sugar dissolves away. Investment casting at it's simplest when the product you're duplicating is pre-engineered as an expendable pattern!
Contact LeadSleadolds. He was making some last year like this : http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=217708&highlight=skull