The first thing you'll need to build is a frame. We chose a 18" square in frame which extends to 25" and has height of 8'. Once your frame is complete, you can add your plywood to the sides. Make sure the edges line up as well as the bottom, to prevent wobble as well as construction problems. Once your frame is covered in 3/8" plywood you are ready to add the pillars top and bottom. We made ours by framing in 2x4's and covered them with the 6" wide pine. Our prop book has complete instructions as well as step by step pictures that can aid you in the construction of this as well as the rest of our props.

Once you have this part done, you can start adding the edge pine. Run all 6 pieces so they touch the bottom as well as the top pillar ends. Now add the center pieces in. Remember to measure out how far the crown molding extends. We dropped our pine centes down 1.5" so that it would keep the same look throughout the project. Now is a good time to router out the inside of the pine. (You can router the entire thing if you'd like. Its entirely up to you. You should router the inside before you add the crown molding, so that just in case it splits, you dont have to rip the molding off. Once you are done routering the pine, you are ready to add the crown molding. Cun the molding so that it is sitting on the miter saw(or box) the same way it will be layed on the pillars. Once the crown molding is done, your ready to paint. I chose a 2 tone, but this part is entirely up to you. Your pillars are done. Add a wall plaque for some extra detail and your ready to roll.

For a good false cemetery ground we use burlap that has been coated in fiberglass resin. To build one of these false floors the first thinkg you will need to do is build a frame of the size of area you would liek to create. We used 2x4's and framed in a recreation of the area we needed to resemble ground. Once that was done, we began creating a flase ground using chickenwire and other pieces of scrap wood. When your done and you are happy with how your ground looks, cover the chickenwire with plastic, then burlap or fiberglass cloth. You are now ready to begin applying the fiberglass resin. Apply the resin in thin coats and only make as much resin as you will be able to apply in approx 5 minutes. Once you have finished applying the main structural resin, apply one more thin coat of resin to the entire project and sprinkle dry compost into the wet resin. This will give the illusion of a dirt mound. Once the resin is dry your ready to paint in some detail and spray glue some modeling moss onto the entire project. You should now have a pretty sturdy fake dirt mound.