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Adventures in Maskmaking
 Death in Progress. Based after the BBC miniseries of The Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. |  Adding teeth. |  Teeth finished |
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 Always check all angles. |  Yep, all angles. |  Every angle. |
 Really. |  sometimes changing the light helps spot imperfections. |  At this point changes can still be made. |
 Sometimes, changing the light just looks cool. |  Once done with the clay form, a plaster cast is poured. It ruins the clay form, but creates the negative for the neoprene/latex. |  Neoprene/latex positive from the plaster form. (Thankfully, the plaster is reusable, so multiple copies are possible. |
 Mostly painted mask modeled on one of my scholars. |  Added battery powered LED eyes. |  Because of the deep set sockets, the eyes seem to follow the viewer. |
 The illusion works well. Maybe someday I'll finish the rest of the cosplay. |  Crab mask of my own creation. Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. |  Painted crab mask. |
 Generic Zanni mask in the Commedia Del 'Arte style. |  Capitano blank. |  Painted Capitano mask with horse hair moustache. |
 Arlecchino blank. |  Painted Arlecchino. Spray paint works on these masks. |  Magnifico Blank |
 Blue and Silver Magnifico. |  Purple and Gold Magnifico. |  Mask blanks. |
 More mask blanks. |  Capitano (Red), Magnifico (Blue), Arlecchino (Black), Il Dottore (Black and White) |  Il Dottore, painted black with white rabbit fur for eyebrows and moustache. |
 Scaramouche, painted. |  Pantalone, painted. |  Traditional mask assortment. |
 Maria, female Zanni character |  "Neutral" mask in three different materials. |  Sometimes it's fun just to be a pumpkin. |
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