So this week I started something very scary. If you haven't guessed by now I'm casting my own latex batman mask. It's a mix of several versions. It most closely resembles the Batman: Dead End mask I suppose. As we know latex is usually cast in a plaster mold. I'm not a fan of plaster molds. They tend to lock up and do other awful things. I also don't really have the proper setup to be working on this, but here I go. First I covered the mouth and eyes to remove undercuts.
Next I put up a clay wall at my parting line
Reinforced.... it fell down 3 times while I was putting plaster one.... not great.
Plaster and burlap. Removed the wall. Surprisingly clean for the most part, but there will be a lot of cleanup later. The cheap water clay I used for the wall was very tacky. It also turned out to be a very wobbly parting line.
tah daaahh....
Next week I hope I will have something more interesting for you.
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