Step 8: Paint It Up!
I'll preface this step by saying that I haven't ever used acrylics before. I figured that the more time I spent painting this thing, the better it would turn out. The entire process took 3 days. After I had pulled a good-looking cast, I needed to clean it up with some sanding and glazing putty. I gave the entire mask two coats of gray primer before I started in with the acrylics. I started by painting the magenta and purple areas on the mask, since they make up most of the surface. I used some Frog Painter's Tape to rope off the areas where the black borders were so that I could get a sharp edge. I used two layers of straight black paint to cover the black areas. Next, I mixed up a pale yellow color and painted a base coat on each of the horns and the eyes. If you notice in the pictures, I didn't paint the yellow all the way down the horns so that it would be easier to blend some color into the horns later. I left all of the paint above to dry overnight before moving into the next steps.
I started day 2 by working out the eyes. I've seen several other Majora's Masks with eyes that were either too red or too yellow so I spent extra time on these to make sure I got it right. I used "Cadmium Red Light" to blend from a dark orange into the pale yellow that I had applied the day before. After that had a few hours to dry, I freehanded the eyes with a small brush. I actually used a black marker for the outside black ring around the eyes.
After this point, the rest of the mask was all freehand. I VERY CAREFULLY painted the pink and light blue lines first. Then, I used the same light blue paint to make the first of the four color "rings" on the symmetrical areas on the bottom part of the mask.
I spent a good three hours blending paint and drybrushing color onto the eight lower horns. The top two horns were painted with a darker yellow, then a thin layer of brown and finally a layer of black to give them a weathered look. I gave the bottom eight horns a drybrushing with yellow to blend them together completely.
The last thing I did was the two orange sections at the top near the horns, which was simply orange with straight black sections. I gave the entire orange sections a black wash to help them match the dark hue of the mask.
And finally, I have the mask three layers of acrylic lacquer to make it nice and shiny, while making the entire thing scratch and water proof
I started day 2 by working out the eyes. I've seen several other Majora's Masks with eyes that were either too red or too yellow so I spent extra time on these to make sure I got it right. I used "Cadmium Red Light" to blend from a dark orange into the pale yellow that I had applied the day before. After that had a few hours to dry, I freehanded the eyes with a small brush. I actually used a black marker for the outside black ring around the eyes.
After this point, the rest of the mask was all freehand. I VERY CAREFULLY painted the pink and light blue lines first. Then, I used the same light blue paint to make the first of the four color "rings" on the symmetrical areas on the bottom part of the mask.
I spent a good three hours blending paint and drybrushing color onto the eight lower horns. The top two horns were painted with a darker yellow, then a thin layer of brown and finally a layer of black to give them a weathered look. I gave the bottom eight horns a drybrushing with yellow to blend them together completely.
The last thing I did was the two orange sections at the top near the horns, which was simply orange with straight black sections. I gave the entire orange sections a black wash to help them match the dark hue of the mask.
And finally, I have the mask three layers of acrylic lacquer to make it nice and shiny, while making the entire thing scratch and water proof
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