New Foam Mask on the board

[Pestvic]

So I decided to try and make a wolf mask for now until I can convince myself to buy a mask on the board haha.
Anyway, I went with the foam method I saw on youtube by a member here called predattack.

here is what I have so far. If you guys want step by step progress pics let me know and ill post pics on how I got to this pic

Right now im working on mouth details then mandibles

I'm HOPEFULLY going to be able to finish this before Halloween, I'm trying by the 15th but I doubt that will happen. anyway ill continue to post progress when I can Thanks for watching!

Edit: forgot to mention this fits Caseys wolf bio perfectly. I started building this mask in the bio to make sure it fit

 

[Cathat]

Woot!


Foam! Looking nice! I like working with that stuff too & looks like you've got a lot of experince with it there. Saft to say we're all looking forward to 'Step by Step' eveolution pics as you go.


Good luck

Cathat

 

[predator999]

nice! looks good, hope it works out for you.

 

[PredatrHuntr]

Love seeing stuff made with foam...keep the pics coming!

 

[Pestvic]

Woot!


Foam! Looking nice! I like working with that stuff too & looks like you've got a lot of experince with it there. Saft to say we're all looking forward to 'Step by Step' evolution pics as you go.


Good luck

Cathat

Haha thanks man! im pretty happy with it also, but this is the first time for me ever working with foam and for sure ill keep posting either video updates or pics

 

[Pestvic]

nice! looks good, hope it works out for you.

Me too haha. its all i can manage right now until i buy a mask,

 

[Pestvic]

Love seeing stuff made with foam...keep the pics coming!

for sure man! im working on mouth detail and mandibles right now ill post updates soon

 

[Pestvic]

ok so i have progress.

i added the chin piece (which ill add onto later to the neck)

here i have added a mandible

and here is the other side

heres how it sits on the chin

btw I shape and cut everything on this mask with scissors. here's how I shaped the mandibles round
It starts out like this

and heres the shaping with scissors

heres an ok pic on the progress of rounding

so after you round it, i cut it on the inside so that it sits on the face more flush and doesnt "bulge" the foam

heres how its looking from the crown down to the mandibles, the angle looks pretty flat and i believe correct. It sits in Caseys wolf bio perfectly

and heres my favorite. my gf took a picture of it with an app on her iphone. it looks awesome! (you can see me starting the upper mandibles also)

 

[Pestvic]

forgot to mention this is what im using to glue everything. its the only thing that had foam on the can haha

Here is the upper mandibles added (i decided to keep both mandibles on my wolf, but still have the messed up face)

i cut a really thin layer of foam and added the skin to the mandibles. i cut the thin layer with a hobby knife (xacto blade)

here is how i cut the mandible to compensate for the thickness of the skin so it sits flush

the finished look

Then did the other side (the clean side)

Pics of both sides with skin

more coming soon

 

[Pestvic]

i still need to add skin here

and here

next i added copper wire

found in coaxial cable. (i got mine free from some charter guys that worked on my house and had some scrap they were throwing away)

This allowed me to maneuver the mandibles to closed position

Which allowed the mask to fit even more perfectly

Here is some videos on how to strip the coaxial and cut the copper wire
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...nt=IMG_0476.mp4
http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...nt=IMG_0477.mp4

 

[Pestvic]

anyway i forgot to mention that i shaved down the lower mandibles flush to the face before i added the skin (like i did with the upper mandibles)

Thanks for looking! ill post more as i get more done.

I have some questions also, i plan on latexing this mask. i didnt find anything in the search, so what should i use? regular latex found at spirit halloween? or should i order some mask latex?

also how much will the latex shrink the mask?

Thanks guys!

 

[mattrendar]

looks great . its the same route i went . looks great . i love the way you got the bio mask to fit perfect . the bio mask i picked up was to small for the way my face came out . so now i have to make a mask to fit it . great work . cant wait to see it finished!

 

[Pestvic]

looks great . its the same route i went . looks great . i love the way you got the bio mask to fit perfect . the bio mask i picked up was to small for the way my face came out . so now i have to make a mask to fit it . great work . cant wait to see it finished!

what did you use to harden the mask? did you use latex? and what kind?

That will help a ton

 

[JoeSomebody369]

Hey buddy,

If your looking for latex get this stuff right here http://www.monstermakers.com/product/RD407...-and-Props.html

I'm assuming its the same latex this guy used here with his mask created from foam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwM2czuaK4

His mask came out awesome.

This is the only latex i've heard of beside the latex from the halloween stores. As for the shrinkage I have yet to cast anything out of the latex I purchased. I just used it to mix my acrylics and paint my dreads and my predator hands and feet. Though I've read if you don't seal the paint it'll crack with moving parts. My hands cracked a litte bit but they were such a tight fit after I modded em a bit I haven't seen the latex cracking since I've worn em (several times). Your mask looks great man I can't wait to see it finished.

You could always shoot him a message to I dont want to give you any false info he was at NYCC I dunno if he is a member on here though.

 

[Pestvic]

Hey buddy,

If your looking for latex get this stuff right here http://www.monstermakers.com/product/RD407...-and-Props.html

I'm assuming its the same latex this guy used here with his mask created from foam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwM2czuaK4

His mask came out awesome.

This is the only latex i've heard of beside the latex from the halloween stores. As for the shrinkage I have yet to cast anything out of the latex I purchased. I just used it to mix my acrylics and paint my dreads and my predator hands and feet. Though I've read if you don't seal the paint it'll crack with moving parts. My hands cracked a litte bit but they were such a tight fit after I modded em a bit I haven't seen the latex cracking since I've worn em (several times). Your mask looks great man I can't wait to see it finished.

You could always shoot him a message to I dont want to give you any false info he was at NYCC I dunno if he is a member on here though.

awesome man yeah i saw that latex online already. thats the kind i wanted. but i needed the mask earlier. so i just used latex from the store. it actually worked really good. it came out a little porous because of the foam. so im trying to fill it with the paint. anyway, its just a temp mask because im going to buy one soon anyway. but yeah ill post progress pics really soon. i started the dreads and teeth and painting the whole thing white

 

[Pestvic]

So I'm about to post progress pictures and I'm on the paint stage (so I think anyway) but I'm wondering what can I do to fill the pores in the foam? I've tried 2-3 layers of latex, and a lot of layers of paint. Still no luck. Any ideas?
Thanks everyone

 

[randy7027]

Since im so curious im going to ask. Why are you making it out of foam?

 

[Pestvic]

Since im so curious im going to ask. Why are you making it out of foam?

It's just a cheap alternative to buying a real mask haha I only spend about 30-60 bucks so far. Until I decide to buy a new real mask haha

 

[Pestvic]

ok guys i know its been forever but this will be a good post im uploading the pictures now. maybe some party pictures too haha. but after they upload i will be posting new progress pics, and also a magnet bio/mask tutorial

 

[Pestvic]

alrighty guys so here is the progress. from the last time i posted i started making dreads out of foam (and yes this WHOLE mask dreads and all was made with one foam roll i bought at walmart for like 18 bucks) haha

i started sculpting the teeth i used sculpty and baked them

then test fitted on the mask using toothpicks (which later attaches to the copper wire)

i then painted the dreads black as a test. looked pretty rad

so while i finished latexing the mouth, waiting for it to dry i moved on to redrawing the "muscles" on the head (or whatever they are called on the wolf haha) and started cutting out the lines to create ridges and bumps of the mucles.

i then started cutting the damage on the left side of the wolfs face

at this point i thought it looked pretty rad haha. but i knew it needed horns. so i started making them one by one. i kinda went for my own P2/Wolf look here so i just started adding what looked good to me and came up with this

Then of course started latexing it when i liked it

(oh yeah right, i added the teeth after painting them pale yellow white with acrylic paint)

my Girlfriends little brother had a blast with it.

heres how it looks fromt he side. i love that lifted horn look. adds a nice curve to the head that points up at the end

at this point i got sidetracked decorating the house with decorations. so i decided to mess with the fog machine and catch these photos

(it was outside so the fog didnt stay to well like it does inside)

anyway this is what i came up with so far

i added more dreads then test painted and came up with this... it was ok i guess. i really need an air brush

side view again. i Love the head angles

more temporary dreads (i will be purchasing some "seconds" dreads from casey soon)

at this point i added the bio with magnets
http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=21206

anyway. i decided to get some spray cans and use acrylic paints and sprayed this up. I'm actually pretty happy with it enough to want to permawet the paintjob. but i dont have any. does anyone know permawet alternative? (i didnt find an answer on the search)

Damage

teeth

side views

started a Mr. I suit

took some pics

anyway all in all it came out awesome I think. At least good enough to satisfy me for halloween (im pretty picky on things looking at LEAST pretty decent or good haha)


Thanks everyone for watching and dont forget to look at the Bio to mask Magnet tutorial!!
http://www.thehunterslair.com/index.php?showtopic=21206

edit: forgot i need to add the bottom teeth and a lot more dreads oops