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Yes, I know he should be black, and when I make another one, I’ll use bigger plastic hemispheres for his eyes. But for a really fast project, I think he came out OK. And a little black spray paint would take care of that fur. 🙂
And there’s no paper mache in this mask at all – no wait for anything to dry except for the acrylic varnish I used to paste the tissue paper into the eyes to make them red. Except for vacuuming up all the moth fur that ends up on the floor, this is a fast project.
I received some excellent ideas for this year’s Halloween mask when I uploaded my last video to YouTube. I chose the Mothman because I thought it would be the fastest one to make, once I had all the materials. But I wasn’t expecting it to be so hard to find a small amount of black fake fur – the only fur available locally was a yard of grey fur from Walmart. It’s pretty, and it’s the color of most of the real moths around here. But the Mothman is usually black.
Next time, I’ll start shopping sooner, and it will come out better.
Links:
If you have time to order the plastic things for eyes, you can find the ones I got here.
The ones I got were slightly larger than 3″. For bigger, more impressive eyes, search for larger “Clear Plastic Fillable Ornament Balls.”
If you don’t think a real light next to your own eyes would bother you, these little LED lights could be used behind the Mothman’s eyes:
And if you’d like to make a more professional-looking mask for Halloween or for your next theater production, be sure to check out all the downloadable patterns I have for animal masks and sculptures: https://www.ultimatepapermache.com/patterns
Have fun! 🙂
J,
you are just wonderful. thank you you for all the great patterns and models you make and share with the world! i’ve made many of your recipes and had so much fun sharing them in community workshops and in friends’ basements. i think i’ll give this a go next. i just wanted to say thank you, wholeheartedly, for the great energy you put into the world.
xoxox
g
ps i got and loved your novels too! renaissance woman indeed.
Thank you for your kind comment! 🙂