Sorry for the cellphone pics. The nice camera wasn’t cooperating with the color and I don’t have time to mess with it.
Waiting for the glue to dry before I go in and style the hair, but here is my redone ToTs. Aimed for the one Chris Nelson had on display at Maskfest. There are some small paint changes I’ve got to make but this is pretty much there.
If anyone is curious about the process, the original paint peeled right off of the mask. What I couldn’t get off by peeling, I scrubbed down with Naptha.
I base coated it an off-white with Rubber Cement Paint, (Rubber Cement, Oil Paint, and Naptha to thin) and then did a few washes with brown and greenish PAX. The mask was lightly wiped down with Lacquer thinner to take off the PAX from the high points but leave it in the cracks. Don’t use Naptha for this step or you can pull off the Rubber Cement base.
The rest was just a fine liner brush, going back and forth between white, shading grey, burnt umber, and antelope brown. The hair is a custom blend of mine, still needs to be styled.
For accuracy there should be “blood” around the needle hole and eyes but I’m leaving that off of mine.
If anyone is going to repaint their copy and wants to chat about it or ask any questions, just shoot me a PM. Always happy to help.
(Sorry about the photos being sideways, I think I fixed it.)