Part 8 Mask: Final Version

I don't think there's anything I can do to make this more accurate at this point. Mask on the left is the movie mask; mask on the right is a cast off the movie mask pulled in clear PETG by Beyond Disgusting Studios. The detail in the pull is impeccable and you can see the faint impression of the original mask--including the chevrons, the larger scratches, and the subtle warping around the sides--in BDS's pulls. Because of the thickness of the plastic, you have to cut the eyes slightly larger than how they appear in the pull. But aside from some possible roundness in the chin, the blanks are impeccable.

The straps are from Fiberglassmasks.com and I'm very happy with them. Important to note though, there are no commercially available straps that are hand-stitched like the movie mask's were--mask makers tend to use rivets instead of stitching.

I can't remember every detail, but I believe the movie mask was spray painted silver on the back and the front, then painted over with two slightly different shades of yellow (a sort of naples yellow, followed by a straw yellow). Slash marks were then scraped in, revealing the silver paint beneath, and in the biggest scrapes, the silver on the back side through the clear blank. This is one of the toughest masks to reproduce accurately (second only to the part 3 and 4 masks) due to the unusually high level of detailing by the Vancouver FX team, but I've got it close enough to satisfy me. Weathering is with black acrylics washes. Final coat is Krylon satin clear.