Hot Pickle Giant Magnum ice creams

  • Two painted fibreglass cast Magnum ice cream props.
  • A close up shot of the caramel dripping from a Magnum ice cream prop.
  • A magnum ice cream fibreglass prop.

The brief

These magnums had to look as though they had a bite taken out of them and the caramel inside is running down the side.

Project Details

Prop process images

  1. A polystyrene sculpted Magnum ice cream prop.
  2. A polystyrene sculpt of a giant Magnum ice cream.
  3. Sculpting a giant Magnum ice cream in polystyrene and adding clay detail.
  4. Two fibreglass Magnum ice cream props ready to be painted.
  5. Masking a giant Magnum ice cream ready for a second coating of paint to add the caramel detail.
  6. Two painted fibreglass cast Magnum ice cream props.
  7. A member of the Spur Creative Workshop staff pretending to lick a giant Magnum ice cream prop.
  8. Two painted fibreglass ice cream props.

The Process

We began the process by sculpting one in polystyrene. We took a mould from this and cast one in fibreglass. We then added the nuts in clay and made a master mould from this. From this mould, we cast the two, into which we bonded the ice cream stick, which was cut from birch plywood with a printed vinyl Magnum logo adhered to it, and these were then fixed into painted MDF bases.

Project Image

A magnum ice cream fibreglass prop.

The Result

The finished Magnums looked almost good to eat and the paint work we did really gave them that authentic look.