Emperor Palpatine Prosthetic Mask

Darth Serberus

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This is a mask/prosthetic that I made for our new Emperor in the Emerald Garrison.
I started out with a regular head and shoulders lifecast.
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After making a lightweight fibreglass copy of this...
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I sculpted it in a medium grade plastiline. The look is based on a ROTJ version with some of the ROTS attitude thrown in.
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The real trick was making the appliance durable enough to last 8 hour troops and multiple applications. I ended up with a very soft elastic cold foam.
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Again I had a play with the paint job and tried out the more purple ROTS version and the much paler ROTJ one.
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We ended up going for the paler version on the day which went on like a dream.
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The addition of an amazing set of Clothears robes and some beautiful 9mmFX lenses finished the look.
Sam our new Emperor really has to take the credit for bring this make-up to life. He spent months learning the lines and practising every tiny little nuance of accent and movement. And when he did 'the laugh' or should I say cackle, it sent shivers down your spine. You would be forgiven for thinking that it was the man himself under that hood!!
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I had the pleasure of Vadering beside him the whole weekend, and watching him scare the bejeezus out of the kiddies and parents alike!
 
Wow, that is incredible! That's some impressive work on the mask, and I'd also love to see some video of him in character.
 
That looks great, really accurate looking! I'm curious, since it's one piece, is the back of the head open? I'm assuming it needs to be to apply without tearing, and that the neck is split in the back, which would get glued together on application (hope I'm making sense).
Any problems with the foam, particularly around the mouth, given the amount of time this was worn and the stretching that occurs when speaking? I should say that I don't have much experience with this sort of thing, just what I gleaned from my dad who did theatrical makeup as a hobby. But seeing things like this make me interested in the process.
 
wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BY THE WAY.. can you tell me what material ( brand or where i can get it ).".elastic cold foam"

thanks a lot !
 
Spot on! I hope you're able to provide a vid of this. The first line I though of... "Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive..." I always thought that mocking tone was hilarious and gruesome at the same time.

Fantastic work! Hey! feel free to throw in some pics with Vader and the Emperor side by side!
 
Wouldn't expect anything less from Jules, simply amazing work as always!
And Sam put on a performance the Ian McDiarmuid would be proud of.

Few pics from the event.

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Cheers guys, I'll have a dig about and see if I can find some video.
One of his best lines was when ever a kid approached the throne wearing a green sweater or t-shirt,

"Hello my little green friend!" lol
It was odd, as most kids are happy to approach a 7' Vader and shake my hand but as i present them to Sam in his Emporer kit they just start to SCREAM!!!!!
 
Seeing the amazing work in the Emerald garrison just makes me want to go home.

Excellent work, can't wait to see a video if there is one!
 
Brilliant work as ever Jules, I was totaly blown away buy sams emperor and your Savage, top drawer Jules, and Dougie your chewie was awseome too, twas a pleasure trooping along side you guys
 
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