creature from the black lagoon mask LATEX MASKS DONE! HUGE UPDATE WITH TONS OF PICS!

[MrGzilla]

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Wow, amazing! I love the old classics! Are you planing selling these?

Thanks! And yeah, when it's done and molded I plan on doing a run!
If your interested, be looking for a thread in the junkyard in a few weeks hopefully!

 

[Looch]

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thank you! ill have to search for KNB to see theirs!

and im hoping in the next few years to get the full suit made, but it'd a HUGE project for me as ive never done a ful body sculpt! this is really the first sculpt ive ever done other than a godzilla head that i never really finished...

edit: wow, i just watched the united monster talent agency trailer and it was amazing! i dont know how i havent seen that before! the creature suit looked amazing, and its really the only one ive ever seen made that was that good! (ive only seen 2 others and they were less than impressive xD)

There's actually a documentary on them, called The Nightmare Factory-check it out!

 

[MrGzilla]

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There's actually a documentary on them, called The Nightmare Factory-check it out!

Thanks! I'll have to find that!

 

[MrGzilla]

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Here's where I'm at with the creature right now!

 

[xmr1]

Great job, i love it

 

[MrGzilla]

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I got a lot done on the gills on the left side of the head, and started on the texture on the right side

 

[ginyu force]

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great job man, that looks really movie quality, im sure prows can learn a thing or two from you haha

 

[ed209]

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Wow! This just totally reminded me of "Creature Feature", which was a show that would play classic horror movies every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid. I remember that one underwater scene in the Creature from the Black Lagoon, where the creature is swimming below the female lead. I thought that was such a good, but scary scene.

Great job on this!

 

[rosskow]

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incredible how much you've done in such as short time, shall be following

 

[MrGzilla]

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great job man, that looks really movie quality, im sure prows can learn a thing or two from you haha

thanks!

 

[MrGzilla]

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Wow! This just totally reminded me of "Creature Feature", which was a show that would play classic horror movies every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid. I remember that one underwater scene in the Creature from the Black Lagoon, where the creature is swimming below the female lead. I thought that was such a good, but scary scene.

Great job on this!

thank you! i think thats one of the best scenes in the movie!

 

[MrGzilla]

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incredible how much you've done in such as short time, shall be following

thanks! ive kinda slowed down a bit, but im still working!

 

[HMS Mike]

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Hi,
Just saw this thread. Your doing a great job. I have photos of the Creature Mask for the second movie. I did a preservation on it for a collector. It's the head used with the working gills.

HMS Mike

 

[MrGzilla]

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Hi,
Just saw this thread. Your doing a great job. I have photos of the Creature Mask for the second movie. I did a preservation on it for a collector. It's the head used with the working gills.

HMS Mike

Wow! That's really amazing! I'd love to see any pics you have and really any information on it or the other masks you may have! I've seen a few foam filled masks on eBay that say they were from a preservation effort to save the molds or the mask or something, but have never seen any other info on in.
It's a shame that they resculpted the mask for the second movie though, it came out way to round to me :/ I'd love to know how the gills operated though! I have my theory's but I haven't found any evidence to prove it.

Thanks for the post! I hope to hear back from you!

 

[HMS Mike]

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Hi,
You can see photos here.

Creature from the Black Lagoon - a set on Flickr



HMS Mike

 

[MrGzilla]

Re: creature from the black lagoon mask sculpt

Hi,
You can see photos here.

Creature from the Black Lagoon - a set on Flickr



HMS Mike

wow, those pics are great!! is that before or after the restoration? no offense or anything, i just dont know what shape the mask was in or how far it was restored.

 

[MrGzilla]

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finaly think im done with the sculpt!!
let me know what you guys think and if you have any ideas on how to make it better!

now ive got to mold it which im really nervous about... ive never done a 2 part mold before, and im not sure what material to use. i have hidrocal from monstermakers.com, but im scared of using it because its a one shot thing and if i mess up theres no way to remold. im also thinking about using silicone with a hard mothermold. ive had experience using silicone and am more comfortable with it, but ive been told before that lated and silicone done really like eachother... so would it be posible to cast a latex mask in a silicone mold? im also planning on doing resin or latex foam filled busts so think the silicone would be better.. so any tips?

thanks!

heres some pics!

thanks for looking!

 

[pRoJectEarth7]

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Been quite an audience of this build from the start... I just reserved my thoughts and smile..

Honestly, I have no idea what this creature is, so I have to google it up just to be educated... lol:lol... (you should've see me saying to myself "so that's what he's talking about"... lol:behave)

You've done superbly well my friend...:thumbsup

It looks more friendly than scary though...

Cant help with the molding though since I have no experience on rubber mask making myself...

At any rate, do more research and hopefully some experienced member will pop out to help...

Good luck and congrats for a job well done so far thumbsup

 

[MrGzilla]

Re: creature from the black lagoon mask SCULPT DONE! need advice on molding

Been quite an audience of this build from the start... I just reserved my thoughts and smile..

Honestly, I have no idea what this creature is, so I have to google it up just to be educated... lol:lol... (you should've see me saying to myself "so that's what he's talking about"... lol:behave)

You've done superbly well my friend...:thumbsup

It looks more friendly than scary though...

Cant help with the molding though since I have no experience on rubber mask making myself...

At any rate, do more research and hopefully some experienced member will pop out to help...

Good luck and congrats for a job well done so far thumbsup

thanks for posting!
haha and he deoes look kinda friendly from some angles but hopefully with a good paintjob he'll be a bit scarier! xD

yeah, ill have to research the moding a bit more..

and thanks for the compliments!

 

[pRoJectEarth7]

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thanks for posting!
haha and he deoes look kinda friendly from some angles but hopefully with a good paintjob he'll be a bit scarier! xD

yeah, ill have to research the moding a bit more..

and thanks for the compliments!

BTW, I just remember... try to send PM to Darth Pinhead... he has done a pretty good job on his predator rubber hand and is quite a great guy, always willing to share tips and tricks...

cheers!