| 31 Aug 2005 |  Matthew Larrick | The fact that you made the mask is awesome. Love the mask. Yup, a lizard man alright. Cool costume. Nice job! B-] | |
| 1 Sep 2005 |  Rebecka Champion | Whoah this rules! You sure have some talent making masks! Shame you cant see the scales, scar and other details that were evident in the work in progress pics, it would be good to see a close up of the finished product! Me and a group of friends have wanted to get into LARPing for quite a while now, have you got any reccomendations as too the best way to get started and go about it?   Jonathan M. B. Hayes replies: "Universities often have their own LARP clubs. In addition, if you find an organisation that runs big events annualy you can often find their afilliates. In the UK we have several of these; Mayfest, Curious pasttimes, Lorien Trust and Trinity to name but a few. If you really want to get into it though, why not create your own rule system, purchase a few simple weapons and masks and run your own event. Pay close attention to the safety guidelines in other systems...it has been known for LARP companies to go out of business because a disgruntled player sued them for injury damages (It's extremely rare, but it happens)." | |
| 8 Sep 2005 |  Nelleke Pieters | that mask is amazing!! 0.0 How did you made it?? It looks very reallistic!!  Jonathan M. B. Hayes replies: "Thank you for your positive feedback. How do I make this?...well...here's an abridged guide. I have a life cast of my own face made of plaster. I add clay on top and sculpt it until it looks like the sculpture also featured in this gallery. I take some alpha plaster (Mix ratio 3 parts plaster to 1 part water...not the 1:1 stuff) then add the plaster to the sculpture until it's about 1/2 inch thick....leave it to set. Then I remove the plaster mould and clean it with soapy water. I now have a negative of my sculpture. Leave the mould to dry out. Then I fill the mould with coloured latex (Black usually) right up to the top and leave it for 45 minutes, then I filter pour the latex back into the container and leave the finished article to set overnight. When you pull the latex from the mould you can colour it with latex impregnated acrylic paint and fix the colour to the mask using transparent roofing rubber." | |
| 2 Nov 2007 |  Heather Christine Carey | That mask looked so real when I first saw it! Wow. | |
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