Mask on Mask

[TomBanwell]

Great job, Roo! I love how you incorporated the fins into it to take up some slack. The detailing around the nose and mouth is awesome!

[Drac]

great work as always! the wrinkles are too minor to worry about in me opinion.

[TomBanwell]

if anyone has done this type of mask i would really appreciate some advise on the techniques that you use...this was such hard work!

1mm leather, wet moulded, airbrushed and sealed.

hope you like it, i called this mask....Mask on Mask. leathercat is the live model!

Roo, have you considered using a vacuum to pull the leather down around the form? It can be very effective. You'd need a fairly strong vacuum to do this, stronger than a household vacuum cleaner. You can either embed a pipe into the bottom of your form and suck down a plastic bag around the whole form, or you can build a vacuum table upon which you set your form. If you're interested I could post some pictures.

[leatheroo]

this sounds very interesting....please please post the photos you spoke of....many thanks

[zman7458]

Wow! where do you even start to do something like that? I strugle just getting a passable image on a flat surface, but that is so dimentional, I can believe it when you say too many hours. beutiful work Roo. as for the vaccum thngy, do know that when they mold carbon fiber and fiberglass they use what they call a vacuum bag. which is basicaly just a bag big enough to fit the form and molding material into and it has a port on it that they hook a vaccum to. everything sucks down tight and the slick plastic leaves a perfectly smooth finish. but that would seem to be less craftsman like and more of a manufacturing type of rig. this was done completely by hand and the little imperfections just tend to accentuate that fact. just my 2 cents.really really nice work!

[TomBanwell]

this sounds very interesting....please please post the photos you spoke of....many thanks

Ms. L,

Give me a couple of days to get it together, and I will post this info as a new topic under How Do I Do That?

[Myriam]

Wow, beautiful work, roo! I really like it!

[Billsotx]

I've never tried what you're doing, just thinking out loud. Did you slick the leather before you start molding? Case it, don't drown it, and then slick it. It may get too firm, but you can sure tighten it up and workout some of those wrinkles.

[leatheroo]

hey bill...sorry for my ignorance...what is slicking....i put the leather in warm to hot water for about 30sec until there are no more bubbles. i have cut one of my 'heads' in half and glued to a big board. i placed the leather over the head and start molding. as the shape takes place i tack the leather to the board to hold in place. more and more molding and getting rid of wrinkles with modeling tool. the biggest problem is not the wrinkles on the face but the excess leather that is left around the chin and up the top. i creased the top excess into fins but really would like to be able to eliminate this to. i am waiting to see banwells vacuum method...looks very interesting...cheating maybe but i cant get the result i want the way i am doing it.

thanks again

leatheroo

[Tina]

Very impressive molding Roo. The mask lookes fantastic:-)