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[stormintrooper]

Basically guys, i want to make a Latex mask of freddy, i want to make the cast of my own face for maximum fit

Basically i was wondering if anyone out there knows the process and products involved?

[The Matt]

Freddy Mercury?

[The Matt]

http://www.dalchem.c...ntent&task=view

[Bec]

Freddy Mercury?

It's spelt Freddie, darling

[bcjames]

After the last month on here and Stanford as soon as I hear Freddie I think Mercury! But Freddy with a y being the Krueger chap I'd guess!

[Juju]

Maragon sell a variety of media (you may find yourself allergic to latex!) & also provide good guides, techniques & tips.

Looky here http://www.maragon.c.../life-cast.html.

Personally, I'd use silicone or alginate.

[Mini_Magic]

Freddy Krueger not Freddie Mercury!

[Dan]

Making a full face mask mould is very dangerous, and can be terrifying for the person inside. I've seen it done at work but didn't pay all that much attention.

DO NOT try to do this by yourself, you may very well die. You need to have someone there monitoring you to make sure you are still breathing and who is prepared to rip it all off and possibly resuscitate you if it all goes wrong. They should know how to do this.

You need to apply all the alginate in a very short time, but work around so the nose is closed over last and REMEMBER THE BREATHING STRAWS. Two of them, in your nose. One or both may block, if both do you should stop immediately obviously and accept you have to start again. Also grease your eyebrows heavily with vaseline if you want to keep them. It is scary in there for the few minutes it's going off. You will need to decide where the seam is going, I think there tends to be just one seam from the crown down the back of your head to your neck. Athough if you are using alginate it may not be strong enough to fold and peel off around your whole head like that, you may need to make a front and back. You would have to experiment. You will also have to find a tool that will cleanly slice the alginate but not cut your skin. Before you cut seams, mark alingment lines across the cut line so you can get it back together properly.You might be lucky and be able to peel it all off in one go, you never know. You can press a layer of fabric into the outer surface of the alginate as it dries to give it more strength. You then have to make the mould reform as close as possible to the right shape (the thicker the layer around your head is, the better it will hold its shape) and cast a plaster interpositive into it. Before casting, check the seam is aligned inside and if it looks very bad use wig tape or something to hold it together. Don't cast in one go, start with an even coating washed over the inside and then slowly build it up in layers and fill it. Peel the alginate off once the plaster has gone off (the mould will probably be destroyed) and look yourself in the face for the first time. The interpositive, or plug, will need some work to repair damage and tune the edges and give it all a little fine definition. Build up with plaster or clay and scrape and cut away with fine tools. You should not clear out the nostrils or anything, if you do the mask will have little plugs that lock into your nose and which will drive you crazy. Leave the nostrils, ear canals and things raised on the plug so the mask will have an opening there. Cast your mask onto this interpositive plug and scuplt it.

That's how I'd do it anyway, might be completely wrong!

[MaxAndPaddy]

Yikes.....playdough is alot safer

[stormintrooper]

yes freddy as in fereddy krueger, i would use one of the kits with the manequin head but my head is abnormaly large so doubt it would end up fitting me right.

want to make one that fits perfectly to my face and moves with my expressions, so i need to find myself an art student then lol

[stormintrooper]

also once iv got the positive cast of my head, once iv used up all the clay to define freddys big nose and make up all the scared and burnt tissue effects (as i want it to be textured not just painted on) i dont know where you go from there making the latex mould of it that you would wear

[Dan]

That bit I don't know, but I guess you need an inner mould and an outer mould. I can try to find someone to ask at work but there's no prosthetics on the job I'm doing at the moment. All the places will be shut at the studio tomorrow, but I'm back there next week and could find someone to ask.

[Dan]

Thinking about it, the outer layer of latex that you build and sculpt onto the plug actually is the mask. The clay is used to perfect the plug and fix any flaws and then painted or sealed over to stop it coming apart, the mask itself is built up in latex or similar onto the plug. If you are making more than one mask like for a film then you might make an outer mould so they are all cast the same, but if you only need one just sculpt the finished product in the final material.

[Daviewonder]

Original Nightmare on Elm street style or the remake style?

[olds_kool_lews]

i have a big bottle of latex and hardener in my shed, used it to make a few moulds for making mini gnomes in, but give up as it was too flexible to get a good mould, but i spose makin a mask or something would be pretty cool, especially as haloween is coming up!