I've been following this tutorial on making Kitsune masks.
Things I've learned.
Glue is sticky! It's all over my fingers after a few minutes. But peeling the glue off is cathartic. I kind of love it. I guess it's like how some people like slime.
The first layer of paper mache will be kind of rough and a bit wrinkled.
I made the ears and forehead bump before putting down my first layer of mache.
It takes SO much paper! But varying the thickness and length helps with curves and dents.
I've got one layer of paper so far. It's already hardened but definitely needs smoothing out.
After awhile, I was not loving the shape of the first mask. I wanted a 2nd crack at it so I started another one. I cut up another soda fridge box and this time the base was much smoother. I made the muzzle smaller. I used brown paper from a roll and made sure most edges were uneven. (It sticks better.)
2nd attempt.
A smaller snoot
side by side comparison front
inside the masks
After about 2 layers of brown paper, I made the 3rd with white printer paper. This definitely made things smoother. The ears a placed a bit better too.
Sorta marked where the eyes go
I'm keeping both masks I'll just paint one with a different design.
UPDATE: I've painted the masks but I think I need to redo the noses and mouth on both. They're a bit off centered and too low. I made stencils for much of these. It helped but not perfectly. 😹
This is the costume mask. And Sebastien
I really like how the eyes and flowers came out.
This was the first mask. I need to fix the eye makeup and whiskers too.
They'll both need macrame cord, but the fire fox is definitely going to be a decorative piece while the Rose fox the actual mask.
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