NECA Jason Mask and Rubies Freddy display FINISHED w/Pics

[Maelstrom]

Thought I'd share a few pics of the display I'm currently working on for the latest NECA Jason mask and to put the Rubies Deluxe Freddy Glove with it to kinda re-create the NECA vs. shadowbox display...

Since I was going to be building this in my apartment without the benefit of powertools I decided to build a frame that would attach to the back of a picture frame. So instead of the front opening up as on a regular shadowbox this one would have a separate back on hinges that would open.

I got a picture frame from Wally World that the opening measured 14x18 without the matting material inserted and built the frame...

Now I grew up around woodworking so please don't bust my chops about not using mitered or dovetailed corners. In my Dad's shop...no problem. In my apartment w/o powertools...problem :lol

Next I sprayed the wood pices of the boxframe with black furniture laquer and once that was dry I covered the inside edges with red velvet from Hancock Fabrics (and no...It is NOT a fabric store owned by Will Smith!) and then attached the boxframe to the picture frame...

Now with the back piece cut, velveted, hinged and "catched" on I have the pieces just setting in there at the moment. Still have to affix the glass in the front, build a hand to properly display the glove and position the mask, but you will get the general idea from this...

And for some reason I really like the lighting on this last one when it comes to the mask...

Okay...so there it is so far. Once the shadowbox part is completed there is still soooo much more I want to do.

* Change the straps on the mask to look more accurate, being in the wrong hole doesn't bother me so much as the crappy elastic and grey plastic fasteners.

* Change the "leather" glove to a leather glove with much better aging/weathering done to it

* Will probably replace the knives also with a set from one of the websites offering them and actually solder them on.

Wow... long post! So lemme know what you think so far!

 

[Maelstrom]

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As an addendum to the last pics. I still haven't de-linted the velveted areas so in the pics they have a lot of little specks and crap all around. When the sides and backed are delinted they will be beautifully smooth red velvet.

Just didn't want everybody to think I really stunk up this part of it:lol

 

[rabbit4x]

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That's pretty impressive regardless of powertools used. The whole display looks great. It looks like something that the Propstore has for their props.

 

[tk1055]

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Nice!!! Now just an odd idea, add some sort of lime green lights to illuminate the mask and glove. I may have to make one of these for my set.

 

[cayman shen]

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Wow, nice job! I'm in the middle of a re-working of my Jason mask right now, and I might have to follow your lead on the shadowbox construction. That was a pretty great solution, and I even have access to free scrapwood and a full shop...

How did you adhere the velvet?

 

[darthsnikelfritz]

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For just the basic tools around. That is still a clean craftsmanship. Have you thought of having a red and green striped background instead of the red velvet? thanks for sharing.

 

[Tandiono]

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Looks Nice! But I think there is some of Freddy knives that still has to be tweak...

Here's some sample of the Neca version :

 

[Maelstrom]

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Looks Nice! But I think there is some of Freddy knives that still has to be tweak...

Here's some sample of the Neca version :

Yeah I still haven't finished the poseable hand to put the glove on, but this will probably be the basic pose. I like the 2 middle knives thru the eyes like the NECA version, but I think overall I will have the index and pinky somewhat spread out to actually show off the blades a little more.

 

[Maelstrom]

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For just the basic tools around. That is still a clean craftsmanship. Have you thought of having a red and green striped background instead of the red velvet? thanks for sharing.

Thanks. Dad taught me if you can't build something well, it's not worth building.

I briefly thought about the red and green, but if I went that route I would actually want it to be sweater material and look right. Red velvet was just easier and still gave a nice effect.

 

[Maelstrom]

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Wow, nice job! I'm in the middle of a re-working of my Jason mask right now, and I might have to follow your lead on the shadowbox construction. That was a pretty great solution, and I even have access to free scrapwood and a full shop...

How did you adhere the velvet?

Thanks! Sometimes I do well at thinking outside the box (or shadowbox in this case). This mostly came from looking for a shadowbox years ago for the glove, but I never found one the size I wanted and they tend to be fairly pricey in the larger sizes.

The velvet was adhered with "Stick it" web-spray adhesive. Unfortunately I couldn't tell you where to get it, because the can I have some guys left behind one time when they were carpeting the ofiices in a place I used to work at. You can get 3M or Duro (I think Duro is the name) at Lowe's, Home Depot, and usually automotive places (for headliners and whatnot).

I've used the 3M quite a bit to adhere leather to subwoofer boxes and such and like it pretty well, but have not found one yet I like as much as the Stick-it. Kinda sucks, too. I don't have much left. If you research it and find where to get it from let me know!

 

[Maelstrom]

Re: NECA Jason Mask and Rubies Freddy display...

Nice!!! Now just an odd idea, add some sort of lime green lights to illuminate the mask and glove. I may have to make one of these for my set.

Thought breifly about some lights, but I'm too lazy for that. LOL

May make up some other small stuff to stick in there like a hypnocil bottle or something.

 

[Maelstrom]

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That's pretty impressive regardless of powertools used. The whole display looks great. It looks like something that the Propstore has for their props.

Thank you. That's high praise, indeed!:thumbsup

 

[allosaur176]

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Looks great..That last shot is pretty sweet

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

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My pops has a woodworking facility as well - it's so wierd I saw you doing this, I've been toying around with the idea of doing it myself for a few weeks now. The original NECA release of the FvsJ display is pretty expensive to buy nowadays - so thankfully, NECA rereleased the mask and that gives us an opportunity to make the display from scratch - GREAT work! The frame looks AWESOME!
The only thing I would change is the position of the glove - if you can make some kind of wire armeture to get the glove to shape the way it is in the original NECA shadowbox display, that woul be pretty cool.

 

[Maelstrom]

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From a couple of posts up...

Yeah I still haven't finished the poseable hand to put the glove on, but this will probably be the basic pose. I like the 2 middle knives thru the eyes like the NECA version, but I think overall I will have the index and pinky somewhat spread out to actually show off the blades a little more.

Thanks for the kind words on it! You should have seen me standing in the frame aisle at Wally World. Probably almost an hour at 2am trying to figure out what I wanted to use. LOL

What I originally wanted was not there anymore. A few years ago the rage was apparently frames made from old fence wood or reclaimed wood of some kind and I thought that would look really cool as the outer material, but I guess they went out of style.

Of course at the time when I first saw them I was like, "Why the (expletive deleted) would someone want a frame that looked like that!" :lol

 

[Maelstrom]

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Well...It's done (for now) as I got really tired of messing with it. I may have PADD (Prop Attention Defecit Disorder)...

To mount the mask I used some flush mount hangers on a post with a bolt insert on the backside of it...

I made a poseable hand for the glove...the one pictured below is actually one I made for my Fett, but you'll get the idea as its basically contructed the same...

and now the final product...

Sorry for some of the pic quality, but the glass is now in and glass always screws with me being able to take good pics...

So it's been a journey and I hope you likes! Thanks!