Devilish Imp latex mask

Well here we go another mask with a twist of rush added to the equation, i had 4 weeks to sculpt smooth make mould cast mask make adjustments to mould if needed.....re cast mask then paint few!....... here is the pics bellow

i used a bigger head this time to allow for latex shrinkage this head is a 61cm head

 I had major melt down getting the nose right on this mask just couldnt get the creases right in the end
i just stripped it and did it again lol....as below

on go the ears.......

from here i casted the mask in plaster hurculite No2 and slush casted the mask below is the finished item its the one on the right lol.... i managed to get this out the mould on sat night at 7:30 pm i painted it and trimmed it out by 10:30 it was on and i was out the door the the halloween party ....few cutting it close hey haha

here is the pics the club took of us from their web site as you can see there is my demon mask and catwoman mask i have done all together ...

Abigor demon mask

well welcome to Abigor my demon ....which im sculpting in mind to then cast a latex mask from i will post up my step by step of the sculpt mould and casting of Abigor

here is the first steps of the sculpt in making the head and starting the face, and working on the nose

from there i then built on the nose making it bigger and flowing under the eyes

to make them look more sunken, then drawing in the eye brows for that menacing

look, then starting on the mouth area.

Here you can see the mouth and cheek lines are going on, along with razing under

the eyes and along the brow ready to take the horns 

ok after a good few more hours i have got the head bone in place all the raised 

areas around the head, eyes, cheeks for the horns to go on, 

and made a start on the ears.

i will be working on this through the week hopefully ready to mould from at the weekend and cast masks from  the week after but will upload more pics as the sculpt comes on.....thank

oh here i am still fighting this sculpt it is nearly done now i have added the horns and going through the detail  nearly ready for casting

Ok well after another few days of adding clay cutting back shaping and smoothing out then not being happy with it add more clay  cutting back smoothing out......then frustrated with smoothing out all the detail hes done ! yay ready for casting wohoooooo here are the pics

all horns are added ....looking dapper lol

well here goes hopefully this will come out right and no air bubbles or missed bits lol here is the front part of the casting process

here is the clay wall starting to go on around the sculpt half way from front to back to make a 2 part mould

 I have added a lip on the top so i can make the plaster more like water to try and get better detail from the surface.....the lip is to just contain it from spilling

Well here is the side view of the wall and bellow is where its finished with lip ready to go....finger crossed lol

OK here we go first layer of plaster on covered nicely i noticed the nose had air bubble and promptly popped lol few!!   

Here is the second layer making sure i pushed it into the gaps dont have much time with this plaster as it starts to set after about 5 mins so kind of pasting it on with my hands now....

here is the 3rd layer now less panicy no lol as this layer is just for strength

the fourth layer again for more strenght

And a final thin top layer this is just to smooth it out for ease of handling 

 ok now time to do it all again on the back of the mask lol.......here goes...

well there we go once i left it over night to fully cure i cracked the mould and and picked out all the clay from the detail.......check the casting it looks good apart from a few little air bubbles which can be filled in easly....

Here is the mould ready for the first pull for the latex mask this will pretty much be a cleaner run to pull out greas remaining clay in detail etc

well here it is the final latex cast of the mask ready to paint

here is a first layer of flesh colour i airbrushed on this is the first time ive used an airbrush
so not sure if this will come out fine lol

well here we go the first attempt at airbrushing im not fully happy so will run of a few masks to practice on

here we go a red devilish version lol

Catwoman latex mask

Ok here i go here is a start to finish run through of me making a cat-woman mask does  and do not...
the first thing was to sculpt the mask i wanted as there is so many variations of the mask out there..... i opted for the one with the stitches as worn in the movie by Michelle pfeiffer, ok first thing was a polystyrene head and a oil based none drying clay easiest way i found was to make the Shape of the head and nose then fill out the mask from there .....

Here i have got the basic form and have started on the ears.

on goes the second ear which now allows me to start on the detailed stitching and smoothing

the sculpt out for casting.

Here you can see the detail of the stitching going on.

here is all the detail stitching and smoothing done ready to be cast in plaster

once you are happy withe sculpt you create a wall/barrier for the two part mould you

are going to make 

ok i forgot to take pic of casting the sculpt but the basic is mix up plaster 

place it all over the mould till its at least 2 inch thick on the walls so the pic above and 

bellow are of the de-mould process 

when de-moulding it will destroy the clay sculpt bellow so make sure

your happy with the sculpt before casting the mould.

After you have pulled the sculpt out of the mould and cleared away

the bigger bits of clay you will still find some clay stuck in the detail

of the mould this can be removed with a sculpt pick or cocktail stick etc...

don't worry to much about hard places to reach, as the first cast out of 

the mould will pull out the rest.

so here you go here is the first pull of the latex mask out of the mould ready for the

mouth and eyes to be cut out.

And there it is all cut out and trimmed ready for painting.

OK i cheated here a bit this is the second mask out the mould but this time i used

latex pigment and dyed the latex before i slush casted the mask in the mould let it 

dry over night and pull out the mask....i then painted the stitching and here is

the finished mask ready!.....