![]() ![]() It was alright, but maybe a bit too wet and soft. For me, that ended up being a 25 pound box of pottery clay for $10. My attitude is whatever is cheap and gets the job done. There's a large variety of clay to choose from. Here's a time-lapse of my sculpting process: But for an experimental molding and casting process, I didn't even know if it would be worth it to make a perfect sculpt. This was only about 2 hours worth of work. It could be a lot better, especially if I'd taken more time. I used many tools, and followed a lot of reference pictures, but didn't want to take too much time doing this, so I sculpted until I was satisfied. Using some rubbing alcohol did help to soften the clay. Making the sculpt smooth was the greatest challenge. It's a simple enough design, but very difficult to refine. My design was a Batman mask based off of The Dark Knight. This video shows good close-ups and tips for technique. I watched a lot of YouTube videos for reference, and tried to use tools and methods that others had used. All I do is try to make the form as best as I can. I don't have much training or background with sculpting. I nearly skipped over this step, didn't I? Why would I show you how to make a clay head, and not show you how to sculpt the mask design? Well, I'm simply not qualified for that. Make sure your latex is specifically for mask making. Check eBay or costume/makeup supplies websites. Liquid latex is best to buy online, in gallon-sized jugs. A good price is around $50 for a 20 pound box. Plaster strips are good to buy in bulk, from Amazon or eBay, or another online store. A craft store or hardware store would be the place to find the plaster of Paris (be sure to take advantage of the usual "40% off one item" coupons at craft stores). Total cost of materials (not including materials I already had lying around) was about $6 of plaster. And you'll definitely want a tarp, or to lay down newspapers over your working area. Other tools you might use would be a paintbrush, scissors, wires, toothbrush, wash towels, sandpaper, and acrylic paint. Materials needed for making the plaster mold: The step-by-step Instructables are more detailed and have more advanced tips and recommendations. Here's a video tutorial you can follow, or watch as an introduction to the overall process, including both Part 1 and Part 2. You'll have to make a mess, though, and the process will take some time: a few hours to make and clean the plaster mold, and several hours more for casting the latex. I'll point those out along the way.Īnd, as always, we'll try not to spend too much money. It is generally easier to do it all at once instead of in halves, but the method does have its disadvantages as well. For simplicity's sake, I'm doing it all in one piece. Usually, molds of mask sculptures are done as 2-part molds. Normally, molding a sculpt can be difficult, but this method is somewhat simple and easy. Now, we will be taking the clay sculpture, molding it with plaster, then pouring liquid latex inside of the mold, and pulling out the final mask. In Part 1, we made a 2-part plaster mold of our head and used it to make a clay copy. This is part 2 of an Instructable which will show you how to make a latex mask.
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