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| From 2011 buildup |
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| From 2011 buildup |
Masks, contest, pumpkins, preseason, and a Ouija board.
Busy, busy.
Mask update on Kyle. We have the basics down, gotta get some painting and details in on it.
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| From 2011 buildup |
Perfect fit (I would hope so), split up the rear for easy on/off. Top and sides left breathable, huge opening for the nose and mouth. Tried to remove all the things that make a mask uncomfortable, but otherwise an update of his from last year:
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| From The Harvest |
Not sure whether we’ll get one in for me or not. I kinda want to, but also dread it, some of you may recall I get rather claustrophobic in masks…
Finished up my entry for the Guild Wars Art Contest with a little editting help from my wife. I don’t have the editted version online, but here’s the base pic.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
My uncle lets me know the pumpkins are ready to pick.
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| From 2011 buildup |
We’ve already been to another uncle’s to grab the corn…beginning the official preseason display.
(sorry didn’t feel like breaking out the tripod)
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| From 2011 buildup |
there’s something simple and creepy about just the light coming through the corn, however.
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| From 2011 buildup |
Add a little fog, I might have to find a way of using that…
Talia’s impression of the corn: “Let’s go in and find our way out again!” If only I had that much room…
Finally, I got word of an attempt to make the largest ouija board session Halloween night. If you’re into that kind of thing, check it out: http://www.ouijaexperiment.com/
The birds are eating my corpse.
We come home and saw some birds eating perched on Fred 3. Thought it was funny, one didn’t fly off, grabbed the camera. Figured they were after some stray corn or seed from the grass.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
No, they’re EATING FRED 3.
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
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| From Guild wars Halloween contest 2011 |
A hand picked clean, most of a leg…
I can’t imagine that latex rubber and oil stain are GOOD for them, I’m baffled. Taken down for the time being…
Primitive.
Mask: Day 1
There is something a little creepy about having your son staring at you…
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| From 2011 buildup |
Now, the normal process for making a mask at this point is to use clay to sculpt said mask on top of your lifecast here. Then you make another mold of THAT, and cast it in latex.
Well, I’ve never been one for normal. I actually have all the tools to DO that, even. But, 2 reasons we’re not:
1: I only need a very basic form for ‘stage 1’ of this mask.
2: I really enjoy playing with latex.
One of the first things that really got me hooked on the holiday was my ability to create my own monsters. From about 9 years old, I’ve been playing with liquid latex, making my own latex appliances.
This mask, really, is just an extension of that. And the life cast is nothing but the perfect subject. Holding perfectly still, not moving…oh, and there’s that whole synergy where plaster dries latex super fast to speed things up.
So, a couple layers latex, both drying almost instantly, and we attached the back cloth for the mask with just more latex.
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| From 2011 buildup |
In what is probably a superfluous step, I even added a layer of cheese cloth across the whole thing. This will make sure that any tears that occur, or trimming cuts I have to make do not turn into a major tear in the mask as a whole.
Drawing on those years of playing with latex makeup, we began the construction in the traditional cotton ball method. (sorry, apparently the camera doesn’t want to focus whilst held by one slimy latex covered hand)
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| From 2011 buildup |
Not bad for a day. We have some touchup work to do yet, and I need to decide whether we’re sculpting on the lower half or not, then we can begin stage 2…