Grey Pilgrim
Well-Known Member
My wife has been working on this costume for a couple years now, and the mask has gone through many iterations. For this year's Dragon*Con she let me have a go at creating a replica of the Clockwork Droid mask.
First, I took a cast of her face to sculpt onto. After I made the positive I realized I should have wrapped the plaster further up her forehead so I had more to work with, but eventually built up the edges of the positive with sculpy to compensate.
Next, I sculpted the mask to the best of my abilities. (Shown next to a reference photo of what I believe is either the real deal or a professional replica)
To mold it, I used a mixture of silicone caulk, mineral spirits, and corn starch. I would NOT recommend using this method for a mold you intend to use after the first couple weeks. It shrinks big-time after a while. Then I made a mother mold using leftover plaster bandages from the face cast.
After that, it was simply a matter of mixing up small batches of white casting resin, and slushing it around inside the mask, making sure it didn't pool in the nose, chin, and forehead too much.
First pull:
After trimming with scissors and/or a dremel where necessary, I painted it with acrylics, then coated with a one-step crackle glaze from Michael's.
A wash with brown and black brought out the cracks, and I finished with a spray acrylic clear coat. (Photo was taken with my iPhone, and the distortion is pretty bad.) The crackle glaze actually reacted with the metallic gold paint, so we got some tarnishing around the gold decoration. It didn't look too bad, but it wasn't the intended effect.
The mask made its debut at Dragon*Con this weekend. If you saw us, I was the passable 10th Doctor tagging-along with the Clockwork Droid. Of course, as soon as we got home, we started looking at the photos and realizing where things could be improved with next years' brand new sculpt. And of course, I'd like to build her a retracting weapon, as seen in the episode.
Thanks for reading!
First, I took a cast of her face to sculpt onto. After I made the positive I realized I should have wrapped the plaster further up her forehead so I had more to work with, but eventually built up the edges of the positive with sculpy to compensate.
Next, I sculpted the mask to the best of my abilities. (Shown next to a reference photo of what I believe is either the real deal or a professional replica)
To mold it, I used a mixture of silicone caulk, mineral spirits, and corn starch. I would NOT recommend using this method for a mold you intend to use after the first couple weeks. It shrinks big-time after a while. Then I made a mother mold using leftover plaster bandages from the face cast.
After that, it was simply a matter of mixing up small batches of white casting resin, and slushing it around inside the mask, making sure it didn't pool in the nose, chin, and forehead too much.
First pull:
After trimming with scissors and/or a dremel where necessary, I painted it with acrylics, then coated with a one-step crackle glaze from Michael's.
A wash with brown and black brought out the cracks, and I finished with a spray acrylic clear coat. (Photo was taken with my iPhone, and the distortion is pretty bad.) The crackle glaze actually reacted with the metallic gold paint, so we got some tarnishing around the gold decoration. It didn't look too bad, but it wasn't the intended effect.
The mask made its debut at Dragon*Con this weekend. If you saw us, I was the passable 10th Doctor tagging-along with the Clockwork Droid. Of course, as soon as we got home, we started looking at the photos and realizing where things could be improved with next years' brand new sculpt. And of course, I'd like to build her a retracting weapon, as seen in the episode.
Thanks for reading!
Keep up the good work.
