First time sculpt!! Raphael ninja turtle mask

[Guy451]

Hello everyone, I am extremely new here and new to props in general. I'm going to attempt to sculpt out a Raphael head, and if it goes well I'm going to move on to (attempting) a mold and silicone cast. Now, my idea is a little different. Instead of the false eyes like the movie costumes, I'm sculpting it so that my eyes will be Ralph's when the mask is on. Please, any feedback and/or advise is welcome!
These are some pics of my progress tonight

 

[jweger77]

An ambitious first sculpt and interesting to incorporate your own eyes. Very cool.

 

[jolive]

I kinda feel like they did the false eyes for a reason but i would like to see this work! Keep it up!

 

[jolive]

Not sure exactly where your going with this but i can picture a more realistic half turtle half man vibe working with this

 

[Guy451]

It started looking more like a duck than a turtle so hopefully I've corrected that. And thanks for the input, everyone. I agree that they used the false eyes for a reason, this is just something that I wanted to try.

 

[grinty33]

I like it, it's unique. I'm just concerned how small the eyes are going to look compared to the rest of the mask since the suits eyes are alot bigger than humans. But if it's something you want to try then great can't wait to see more.

 

[Guy451]

Starting to get the "snout" where I want it, but the eyes have me stumped

 

[Guy451]

My progress so far. Unfortunately work has really hindered it

 

[Guy451]

This is as far as I got before I started molding. I added a couple scratches/scars and some pore detail

 

[Guy451]

And here's the silicone mold. This is my first one using pretty much just bity YouTube videos as reference. In hindsight, I probably should've used less mold keys

 

[Guy451]

Sorry for makin these single posts instead of posting them all at once. I'm uploading this all from my phone and for some reason it'll only post one attachment at a time. But here's the sculpt with the mold and mother mold all on

 

[Guy451]

Also, does anyone have any experience slush casting ecoflex silicone in a mold like this? I would really appreciate any tips before I get started with that step

 

[Snikt]

Looks awesome man, Im new to this awesome hobby myself, but the sculpt is killer. I wish I could help you out or offer advice, but like I said, Im a total novice. Ill be keeping an eye on this because I want to do a Red Skull mask for SDCC this year. Silicone would be great, but Im still sketchy on the process.

 

[Guy451]

Thanks for the positive feedback! And yeah, red skull would be really cool to see. Hopefully I'll get to a point someday where I can make something worthy of sdcc

 

[Luxastra]

Looking great! Can't wait to see the final product.

 

[Snikt]

Any updates?

 

[Welmanshire]

I am interested in how this turns out! Updates?