Keeping the Spidey face, without a face shell? Lets figure this out.

[Egon Spengler]

In some of the films Spider-man was able to have his mask lifted up at least halfway to reveal his face. In those scenes the look of the mask before it's pulled up looks the same as it would with a face shell. How did they accomplish that?

Let's try to figure out how to add to a Spider-man mask to allow for keeping that familiar face shape while allowing the mask to be flexible enough to be removed either halfway or completely.

Was the mask somehow coated inside with a thin layer of foam? Maybe cutting and gluing a thin layer of craft foam inside over the mouth area would allow for this?

 

[Cal]

Anything is possible with CGI.

 

[Equinox]

Well, in all the movies there is almost always a series of quick cuts between the scenes where he's taking off his mask. So that is most likely the case. However, I believe a similar effect might be achieved by using a type of rubber shell. (Not really a shell when rubber but you know what I mean; a rubber face) I know that in the original Spider Man suit from the Raimi trilogy they added a rubber jaw in order to show the movement of the jaw when the he talked. However, they always separate the face shell mask and "reveal" mask but never go in depth to say if the reveal mask is just a plain old mask without a face shell or one with a rubber appliance or something else. Probably some thin foam might give a similar effect but I'm not so sure.

 

[Chris Fields]

I never used a face shell in my spidey suits.. you just have to have the right shaped face, lol...

 

[Mr.Spider]

not all of us have a perfect jawline chris ; p

 

[Ikariya]

What if the face shell was actually made of soft craft foamies? I think they can be heat moulded

 

[Tarchinoko]

Well seeing as they probably have some kind of full head mould for the mask, all they would have to do is make a cast of the actors head and stick it inside the mask mould before pouring a cast, that way the thickness of the mask would fit perfectly against the actor's face while keeping the face shell appearance!

thats my idea at least

 

[Harry Bardwell]

Well, here is my 2 cents. in the first spider-man movie the scene in his apartment where he removes his mask, the mask was special made for that scene and furthermore it was specifically designed for the angle they shot it at (apparently it didn't look good from other perspectives). So looking at the first movie for mask tricks may not be the way to go in this case. I like the idea of a thin rubber shell that seem like it may be the best of both worlds, but I don't work with rubber much so I'm not sure. In the new movie there is a scene where his mask is laying on the ground and it looks like it still has some definition to it, but not a shell, so maybe there is just a way to stiffen the fabric of the face into that rough shape. What do you guys think?