thomasotom
New Member
Hi everyone, this is my first post here, I'm a modelmaking student at the Arts University Bournemouth in the UK. After seeing the trailer for Mad Max - Fury Road I had to have a go at Immortan Joe's mask. It wasn't a university project, just something I did in my spare time, anyway, I finished it this week and wanted to share how I did it.
I started off sculpting in Chavant NSP medium over a lifecast of a guy with a big face, this is quite handy for helmets and masks as they'll fit most people.
For the mould I used Tinsil 7025 Silicone, this picture shows the clay wall which will create the keys to register the silicone in the fibreglass jacket to be made later and the first "beauty layer" which is just poured on unthickened.
I used four layers in all, two unthickened, then two more thickened with 2% thixotropic additive and brushed on. On top of the last layer I pinned on some pre made silicone keys.
Once this was cured I trimmed the edges and removed the clay wall and popped a quick wet clay wall along the centre of the mould to create the dividing point of the two part fibreglass jacket that will hold the silicone in place.
This is the completed mould along with the first cast, I used cold cast aluminium in order to get the best finish on the metal parts, this photo is straight out of the mould so it needs sanding trimming and polishing.
For the valves that connect the gas mask hoses I hunted around some DIY and plumbing stores hoping that this might be some standard fitting but had no luck, so in the end I drew them up in Rhino estimating the dimensions from the screenshots and 3D printed them. I then made a quick box mould so I could cast them out of fast cast resin.
This photo shows the trimmed mask with the metal parts polished up. I start out sanding with a fine or superfine sanding pad before painting on a wash of iron paste thinned down with white spirit to give some depth to the recessed areas. Once that has dried I give it another light sanding, then a good polish.
After that, I masked off the metal areas and painted the rest with a combination of acrylics with brushes and acrylic inks with an airbrush. The hoses are from gas masks and I found them on ebay.
The last job was to add an adjustable strap which I took from a go-pro headcam and some padding to the inside, these are currently still drying right now so I'll update with images if anyone's interested this weekend.
So that's that, hopefully that was interesting and of some use for anyone planning a similar project.
Cheers,
Tom.
I started off sculpting in Chavant NSP medium over a lifecast of a guy with a big face, this is quite handy for helmets and masks as they'll fit most people.
For the mould I used Tinsil 7025 Silicone, this picture shows the clay wall which will create the keys to register the silicone in the fibreglass jacket to be made later and the first "beauty layer" which is just poured on unthickened.
I used four layers in all, two unthickened, then two more thickened with 2% thixotropic additive and brushed on. On top of the last layer I pinned on some pre made silicone keys.
Once this was cured I trimmed the edges and removed the clay wall and popped a quick wet clay wall along the centre of the mould to create the dividing point of the two part fibreglass jacket that will hold the silicone in place.
This is the completed mould along with the first cast, I used cold cast aluminium in order to get the best finish on the metal parts, this photo is straight out of the mould so it needs sanding trimming and polishing.
For the valves that connect the gas mask hoses I hunted around some DIY and plumbing stores hoping that this might be some standard fitting but had no luck, so in the end I drew them up in Rhino estimating the dimensions from the screenshots and 3D printed them. I then made a quick box mould so I could cast them out of fast cast resin.
This photo shows the trimmed mask with the metal parts polished up. I start out sanding with a fine or superfine sanding pad before painting on a wash of iron paste thinned down with white spirit to give some depth to the recessed areas. Once that has dried I give it another light sanding, then a good polish.
After that, I masked off the metal areas and painted the rest with a combination of acrylics with brushes and acrylic inks with an airbrush. The hoses are from gas masks and I found them on ebay.
The last job was to add an adjustable strap which I took from a go-pro headcam and some padding to the inside, these are currently still drying right now so I'll update with images if anyone's interested this weekend.
So that's that, hopefully that was interesting and of some use for anyone planning a similar project.
Cheers,
Tom.