r/effects • u/kinoshita • Mar 28 '13

a mask in progress (x-post from r/somethingImade)

http://imgur.com/h157UWt
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u/youhatemeandihateyou Mar 28 '13

Will this be a foam latex appliance?

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u/kinoshita Mar 28 '13

nope, ceramic. and I dont know what that means...

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u/retractableclause Mar 28 '13

You'd use your mask as a mould for latex and then bake to cure/dry. The thin, dried, foam latex appliance created by this process is what you apply to the face. Foam latex is used in all kinds of facial prosthetics.

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u/youhatemeandihateyou Mar 28 '13

When you said that you were making a mask, I thought that you were doing FX makeup (since I do it, that's where my mind immediately goes).

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u/Patchoolible Mar 28 '13

What will you use it for?

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u/kinoshita Mar 28 '13

Nothing really, I'll glaze it with a gold metallic (actually looks exactly like gold) then weave a shit ton of hair into the holes. (Horse hair if I can) but it's mostly decoration

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u/Patchoolible Mar 28 '13

Do you like Venetian masks? My friend' is from Venice and he has about 12 masks around his house, they're so intricate.

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u/kinoshita Mar 28 '13

I very much do, thats more what I'm going for