My first personalised mask project

[Alihs]

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while since I have posted something so I thought I'd share with you my latest project.

Basically a friend of mine said, can you make me a leather predator mask?

And I said, sure...

Having a good idea what was needed, but still misjudging the time it took to make.

He had send me some pictures and we decided on which style he wanted.

Amazing how many different designs you can have for the same mask.

First I made a cast from the guy's head, and then started modelling.

you'll see the picture I tried to model it after in the background.

Then when he came to see, he decided that it was not quite what he wanted, and I did a remodel:

After that I we had another look, and made the brow's more angular, and the rounder shapes in the front more straight, and the nose more flat.

Then I made a mould of that in silicone rubber, and cast it in casting stone.

That piece was used to form the leather over:

Cut out, and the dreads were added:

Coloured the piece.

And buffed and polished it.

Then he added some beads to the dreads, but the whole thing became so heavy, it bent the top piece flat on his head.

So still some foam needs to be put under it, but I still think it looks pretty ok on him:

Best regards, Kim

[Jimnx]

Awesome, I hope your friend appreciates the effort you put into making it, its inspiring to see an idea take shape & bear fruit, the end result looks fantastic!

[yan]

look realy nice, what tickness of leather did you used?

[Alihs]

I used 3 mm veg tanned leather.

I was not sure if the details would come out if I used thicker leather.

As this is my first try, I will try other thicknesses in the future to see how they work.

Best regards, Kim

[Schno]

That's really well done! Great design and great color.

I'm curious to learn about the molding and casting process. Are there any good tutorials out there?

[leatheroo]

this shape is so great..well done

[TomBanwell]

Great job. I love the attention to detail.

[michaelbeeman]

Wow! Very well done. And thanks for the mini-tutorial!