After chatting with Tvayumat about the island mask that Wintergreen and Slade wear, I decided to do a "quick and dirty" build of one. The goal was to do it with stuff I had on hand, in a couple of days.
To start, I sculpted it out of wed clay on a resin sculpting armature I had.
Untitled by stormtrooperguy, on Flickr
Then I molded that with some leftover rebound 25 silicone I had from prior projects. Despite being over a year old and literally scraping the bottom of the bucket to get enough out, the mold was good. I've never tried molding wed clay with silicone. I wasn't sure about reactions, so I coated the whole thing in thinned down vaseline first. I don't know if that was necessary, but it worked.
I didn't want to waste any of my freeform air on this, so I made the mold jacket out of plaster of paris. I then proceeded to make a positive casting, also out of plaster of paris. If I decide to do more than a handful of these, I'll re-do that with a stronger plaster.
Casting complete, and holes drilled for the eyes. The plaster is about 2" thick, with embedded fiberglass drywall tape (again, using what I had on hand)
Pulled in 0.080 HIPS. The droplets are from rinsing it off after sanding.
Then I made up a quick covering for it, attached with contact cement.
There are a few changes I plan to make:
So far though, I'm really happy with it.
On a related note, anyone know if there's been any research into Wintergreen's suit? Specifically his forearm guards. I've got most of what I need from Deathstroke, and think this might be a fun variation.
To start, I sculpted it out of wed clay on a resin sculpting armature I had.
Untitled by stormtrooperguy, on FlickrThen I molded that with some leftover rebound 25 silicone I had from prior projects. Despite being over a year old and literally scraping the bottom of the bucket to get enough out, the mold was good. I've never tried molding wed clay with silicone. I wasn't sure about reactions, so I coated the whole thing in thinned down vaseline first. I don't know if that was necessary, but it worked.
I didn't want to waste any of my freeform air on this, so I made the mold jacket out of plaster of paris. I then proceeded to make a positive casting, also out of plaster of paris. If I decide to do more than a handful of these, I'll re-do that with a stronger plaster.
Casting complete, and holes drilled for the eyes. The plaster is about 2" thick, with embedded fiberglass drywall tape (again, using what I had on hand)
Pulled in 0.080 HIPS. The droplets are from rinsing it off after sanding.
Then I made up a quick covering for it, attached with contact cement.
There are a few changes I plan to make:
- I'm going to smooth out the plaster casting a bit, so that the final surface of the mask isn't quite as bumpy.
- The pattern I drew up for the hood is a bit too small, so I'll be enlarging it by an inch and a half or so.
- The hood is going to have a hidden zipper in the back, both to make it easier to wear and easier to glue to the shell.
- I shouldn't have cut the eye holes out completely... Leaving a lip around the edge would have matched the reference better, and made it easier to assemble.
So far though, I'm really happy with it.
On a related note, anyone know if there's been any research into Wintergreen's suit? Specifically his forearm guards. I've got most of what I need from Deathstroke, and think this might be a fun variation.
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