Jessica
Well-Known Member
I thought it would be cool to document my trials and tribulations in making this mask for my five year old son. I was inspired by this particular thread and thought, dang I think I can do that too! :love
http://www.therpf.com/f24/tmnt-replica-suit-diary-new-pics-8-31-10-pg2-90023/
I first measured the head of this mannequin, which I thought would be a good platform to build on. The circumference is only one inch larger than my son's measurements...and the eyes hit the same spot. I thought maybe I could make an Ultracal mold and slush some latex, which I have not done yet. Or perhaps try something new, like Flex Foam 17.
Here is how he looked after four pounds of clay. My son did not like his expression, and wanted it to look just like the mask that came with his costume.
I ran out of clay, unfortunately, and had to make a quick run to the store. As luck would have it, they did not have Klean Klay, and I went with whatever oil based clay they had. :cry I must have felt up every single looking bead or whatnot at the store, to try and see if I could get something that I could make a texture stamp with. I almost bought some beads because I liked the texture of the packaging and thought it would work but talked myself out of it.
For texture, I found a mesh pocket that I imbedded some oven bake clay onto. I then I cured it in my toaster oven. When that was cooled off, I made another impression of it so that I could create the "reptilian texture" I needed, and cured that.
It took a day to build up the sculpt and get the expression perfected. The texturing took less than an hour and was quite fun. It helped to powder it first with some baby powder so that the texture stamp would not stick on.
Here are the photos of how he looks now. Still needs some minor tweaking...and then I will need to create a mold.
I'll post some photographs of my texture stamp and the original mask that came with the costume soon.
http://www.therpf.com/f24/tmnt-replica-suit-diary-new-pics-8-31-10-pg2-90023/
I first measured the head of this mannequin, which I thought would be a good platform to build on. The circumference is only one inch larger than my son's measurements...and the eyes hit the same spot. I thought maybe I could make an Ultracal mold and slush some latex, which I have not done yet. Or perhaps try something new, like Flex Foam 17.
Here is how he looked after four pounds of clay. My son did not like his expression, and wanted it to look just like the mask that came with his costume.
I ran out of clay, unfortunately, and had to make a quick run to the store. As luck would have it, they did not have Klean Klay, and I went with whatever oil based clay they had. :cry I must have felt up every single looking bead or whatnot at the store, to try and see if I could get something that I could make a texture stamp with. I almost bought some beads because I liked the texture of the packaging and thought it would work but talked myself out of it.
For texture, I found a mesh pocket that I imbedded some oven bake clay onto. I then I cured it in my toaster oven. When that was cooled off, I made another impression of it so that I could create the "reptilian texture" I needed, and cured that.
It took a day to build up the sculpt and get the expression perfected. The texturing took less than an hour and was quite fun. It helped to powder it first with some baby powder so that the texture stamp would not stick on.
Here are the photos of how he looks now. Still needs some minor tweaking...and then I will need to create a mold.
I'll post some photographs of my texture stamp and the original mask that came with the costume soon.
