The Crow tragedy mask

[logan74k]

Hey all, been a minute.

Some excitement around The Crow lately with the remake finally getting a release window, for better or worse TBD. Got me all hot and bothered to finally sculpt a replica of Eric's mask from the Original, which seems like really the only thing in the film suited to a molded and cast type of reproduction! YMMV. There are a couple on Etsy but none really tickled that pedantic screen accuracy bone.

Wasn't too bad despite a lack of really great reference; it's only in a few shots, and I've never seen the actual prop kicking around in auctions or whatnot. What screenshots lacked in fidelity I kind of made up by morphing a separate sculpt of Brandon Lee into the mask's features, which is very subtle.

I also found Rochelle Davis (Sarah) at Crowfest in Canada this past weekend and got her to sign one for me!

Hope you guys get a kick out of it. I've also been toiling on replicas of both tombstones, and a 1:1 Eric Draven mannequin, fingers crossed in time for 'Devil's Night' this year!

 

[Too Much Garlic]

That looks awesome.

Would love to hear more about how you made the mask?

 

[logan74k]

Thanks!

Like a lot of my stuff lately, I sculpted it in Zbrush. As I suggested, I started with my sculpt of Brandon Lee, and squished things around until it had the correct broader features of the movie mask. Then I did a resin print, cleaned and primed it, masked where the painted lines go, sprayed it with high build primer and took off the masking. Leaves the very subtle depression for paint so that the major lines aren't variable guesswork every time. Molded and cast in urethane resin.

 

[Psab keel]

Considering how iconic this movie is, you really don't see many prop replicas from it. Beautiful work on this!

 

[MiamiLoco]

I got mine signed by the man himself!!

 

[logan74k]

Cool MiamiLoco! Did you make that or buy it? Where'd you find him signing?

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Thanks for the info on how it was made.

 

[MiamiLoco]

Cool MiamiLoco! Did you make that or buy it? Where'd you find him signing?

I got it from Etsy, I have ZERO skills, lol. He did a signing in Tampa, Florida a few months ago

 

[BrandonR]

Thanks!

Like a lot of my stuff lately, I sculpted it in Zbrush. As I suggested, I started with my sculpt of Brandon Lee, and squished things around until it had the correct broader features of the movie mask. Then I did a resin print, cleaned and primed it, masked where the painted lines go, sprayed it with high build primer and took off the masking. Leaves the very subtle depression for paint so that the major lines aren't variable guesswork every time. Molded and cast in urethane resin.

Any chance you have an extra I can buy from you?

 

[logan74k]

Any chance you have an extra I can buy from you?

They're out there, but I don't want to accidentally violate any forum rules. PM me.

 

[logan74k]

Just made it! Here's my Brandon figure with the mask I got Rochelle to sign. Will do a separate post about the figure.

 

[MaxPower89]

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Just made it! Here's my Brandon figure with the mask I got Rochelle to sign. Will do a separate post about the figure.

I love this! If I could make one observation?
Too clean. The shirt. The jacket. Needs blood, water satins from the rain, grime, etc. Remember, that shirt didn’t start with the holes and black duct tape, it earned em.

 

[logan74k]

I love this! If I could make one observation?
Too clean. The shirt. The jacket. Needs blood, water satins from the rain, grime, etc. Remember, that shirt didn’t start with the holes and black duct tape, it earned em.

Fair enough. Yeah he's still sitting around in his clean state. Will get to aging him down before I do any 'real' photos. Technically his hands could use painting as well, but this was what I managed in the pre-halloween rush!