Removable masks

Removable masks
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Custom WorkstationI was posed with an intesting question the other night.
" How do I make a removable mask?" I thought about it and thought about it and figured it out.
things you need.
1 latex glove
sculpt material <perfered>
sculpting tools.
1st: cut the finger off the latex glove. <compare> I used the pinky after several trials.
2 : place the before said finger on the head of the finger making sure it is tight on the face, tape down in back in nessacary.
3 mix equal parts sculpt.
4 begin sculpting mask. <when smoothing it out I found that pushing towards the jawline worked best.
5 sculpt detail into mask.
6 let dry
7 remove tape in needed.
8 make an incession around the diamater of the head <ear>
9 carefully remove fingerand mask from head. peel latex out of sculpt and glue the two sides together.
Cowboys notes. : I made a trial mask using this method, it was a 3 quarter mask with bad sculpting, but I just wanted to see it work. I will work on a pic tutorial as I can.

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Posted by
cowboyink on Saturday, March 22, 2008
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WOW! I can't wait to try this out. It would be cool if you got some pic to go with this awesome tutorial. I learn something new by reading the step by step :'-).
Thanks for the great tip
Take Care
Bye :-)
Thanks for the tips!
Aquila08
It's a custom for a female warrior in Knights of the Zodiac.
Female fighters wear metallic masks, and while it's OK if the mask isn't removable,
it would be a fun challenge.
I'm using Psylocke as base figure, but
I will need to sculpt the head myself, as it is a little too small to balance with
the commercially released action figures for the anime series.
So, I guess the order is:
1. Sculpt the head with epoxy clay. Embed a piece of metal near the forehead, close to the surface, in the process.
2. Once the head is hardened, do what you suggested and make a mask. At this point, maybe I can have a tiny magnet
(the one which I will embed into the mask) stuck to the forehead of the face, so the mask will have a corresponding indentation which
will allow me to insert the magnet later.
3. Once the mask is dry, glue the magnet into place.
4. Paint face and mask. (The mask needs to be shiny silver, so I will be messing with Killer Chrome spray, but that's another story...)
Maybe a bit complicated for a newbie like me, but I would like to try....
Aquila08
This is awesome-- I'm trying to make a silver mask that fits the face exactly, and this is a really cool way to do it!
(I'm hoping there's a way to hold the mask in place-- maybe with a tiny neodymium magnet?? Will have to embed a piece of metal
in the face, though. Hmmm.)
Anyway, thanks for the info. I will try it out sometime!
Aquila08