"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. Go back to the shadow. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun! You shall not pass!”
Everyone needs to channel a little Gandalf in their life from time to time. I find my own outbursts to be taken much more seriously when I'm donning this wizard-like costume. Well, slightly more seriously.
My apparent need to walk around in flowing robes, wielding staffs, and quoting various lines from both Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter made it clear to me that I would need a proper mask to really be legit and garner the respect I clearly deserve. So I set out to create one based on my own features to make it as life-like as possible.
Everyone needs to channel a little Gandalf in their life from time to time. I find my own outbursts to be taken much more seriously when I'm donning this wizard-like costume. Well, slightly more seriously.
My apparent need to walk around in flowing robes, wielding staffs, and quoting various lines from both Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter made it clear to me that I would need a proper mask to really be legit and garner the respect I clearly deserve. So I set out to create one based on my own features to make it as life-like as possible.
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To make this mask as realistic as possible, I decided to make it out of latex. There are a lot of special materials required for this. I got all of mine from Monster Makers, whom you know I love. It's one-stop shopping from a very helpful shop in Ohio that specializes in making only superrad stuff.
I happened to have a plaster cast of my own face, but this could also be done on a styrofoam head with the prominent features mapped out to match your own. Using my own face allowed me to follow the contours more closely to create shapes that would look like my own natural aging.
I gathered some reference photos to help me along, and sculpted on top of my face cast with plastalina clay. Here you can see my first rough sculpt, followed by some refining I did. Since I was going to cast this in latex, I knew that every detail was important.
I happened to have a plaster cast of my own face, but this could also be done on a styrofoam head with the prominent features mapped out to match your own. Using my own face allowed me to follow the contours more closely to create shapes that would look like my own natural aging.
I gathered some reference photos to help me along, and sculpted on top of my face cast with plastalina clay. Here you can see my first rough sculpt, followed by some refining I did. Since I was going to cast this in latex, I knew that every detail was important.
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Can you tell us what everyone won? Bet the prizes were great... and I'd love to know!!!
Great Work!!
A tip for those who might wish to follow in your footsteps would be PLENTY of reference photo's - not just of yourself, but 'wizards' in general and any ancestors/older relatives you're told you resemble. Or you could try and find somewhere/some software that can 'age' you electronically.
Of course, that may be more time (and, potentially, cost) than people might be able to devote to this, but it might be worth consideration..;-)
And finally, Scooch, could you re-design your glasses or try some coloured contacts, please..?
Whether that would suit either of us, I don't know - but the 'super weird' look would certainly add a dimension or 2 to your Wizard persona.
I should have made myself clearer, but I just don't think your glasses work in the 'Scoochmaroo The Grey' picture - they're too 'Earth-bound', rather than being rooted in Middle Earth.