If I "ever" do any more yard "art" (except a pukey giant duck) in this lifetime, it will be because I did something really, really, wrong, and that is my punishment. I'm on the final stages of the painting, and should be finished with everything, including gluing on pieces on the backs so a stake can hold them up. There's nothing complicated about any of it, just one major PITA. Usually I enjoy painting, relaxing. Not these. Anyone else planning on making any, I'd say use plywood instead of OSB, easier to draw on, easier to cut, easier to apply a decent coat of paint.
However, all said and done, they're looking pretty good. Mostly better than the examples I got my inspiration from. One Grim Reaper, one fierce pumpkin, one stupid pumpkin, two devils, or imps - one setting the other's butt on fire, and one tombstone, with a ghost peeking around the edge, and a skull in front. Used good quality exterior latex paint, easy water cleanup, no bad smell, and dries quickly. Mixed a few custom colors too, which is easy enough to do. I must have pissed the Woodworking Gods off somehow, or more likely, their idea of a joke. Bastards. LMAO
JOAT "I'm an Igor, thur. We don't athk quethtionth." "Really? Why not?" "I don't know, thur. I didn't athk."