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Step 4THE MASK
This was a significant part of the costume because it was one of the key components added above and beyond the first two versions (image 1). Finding a blank face mask (image 2) was fairly hard but eventually I did at a local costume shop. Here it is in original condition. I sanded it up and painted it with flesh colored acrylic craft paint. The eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are simple computer paper cutouts and glued into place. I used a utility knife to cut out small squares in the eyes and in the mouth. A small elastic band across the back and we were off and running. The wig is a sixties band member type found at the Halloween costume shop.
The nose is the bulb from a squirting sunflower& something a clown uses in their costume. I cut it up so that it fit over the masks nose and then Velcroed it into place. The LED was taped alongside the masks nose (under the red nose) and the wires run through the nostrils of the mask nose. The wires then ran along my cheek and over my ear and down into the head hole.
The nose is the bulb from a squirting sunflower& something a clown uses in their costume. I cut it up so that it fit over the masks nose and then Velcroed it into place. The LED was taped alongside the masks nose (under the red nose) and the wires run through the nostrils of the mask nose. The wires then ran along my cheek and over my ear and down into the head hole.
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Sep 11, 2007. 5:09 PMWard_Nox
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craft stores like Michel's have blank masks year round (full faced is usually more female styled but once painted it shouldn't be noticeable)
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