mvmagic
Well-Known Member
In addition to movies, I am deeply in love with theater. Having worked in a theater, it always has a special place in my heart.
One of my personal favorites is The Phantom of the Opera and from a prop-builder's standpoint it has a very iconic thing in it-the half-mask worn by the title character.
There really isn't one definite mask design. Broadway production uses a set of generic masks and choose one that fits the actor the best. London-as far as I know-makes masks for individual actors. Of course there is the movie as well, but I've always found the mask in it rather boring.
I have a "real" mask, directly from production-used mold (I have that on in my avatar) but I've always wanted a personal mask. One that fits my face well so I decided to make one-so this isn't a 100% prop replica. I also wanted to incorporate design elements from different masks.
I meant to vacform it but after making the plug, my vac table took an unfortunate 10-foot plunge to a concrete floor so before building a new one, I decided to use the mold for the plug and use polyurethane to cast the mask. I've done a ton of rigid masks and armour for stage and wanted to share this with you guys. The stage version is rather heavily shaded so the shape reads better but as mine is for much closer viewing, I opted for very slight shading.
Here's the initial sculpt (sorry for the quality):
The mold:
The vacform plug (which I will use in the future):
And the finished mask:
One of my personal favorites is The Phantom of the Opera and from a prop-builder's standpoint it has a very iconic thing in it-the half-mask worn by the title character.
There really isn't one definite mask design. Broadway production uses a set of generic masks and choose one that fits the actor the best. London-as far as I know-makes masks for individual actors. Of course there is the movie as well, but I've always found the mask in it rather boring.
I have a "real" mask, directly from production-used mold (I have that on in my avatar) but I've always wanted a personal mask. One that fits my face well so I decided to make one-so this isn't a 100% prop replica. I also wanted to incorporate design elements from different masks.
I meant to vacform it but after making the plug, my vac table took an unfortunate 10-foot plunge to a concrete floor so before building a new one, I decided to use the mold for the plug and use polyurethane to cast the mask. I've done a ton of rigid masks and armour for stage and wanted to share this with you guys. The stage version is rather heavily shaded so the shape reads better but as mine is for much closer viewing, I opted for very slight shading.
Here's the initial sculpt (sorry for the quality):
The mold:
The vacform plug (which I will use in the future):
And the finished mask:
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. I also like the RAH Phantom coloring you gave it to!
