"Make an articulated a beast mask" 1 hour 18 minutes of glorious how to

TIME STAMPS FOR VIDEO TOPICS (use to avoid dying of boredom)

0:50 Basics of the design

FOAM STRUCTURE
5:05 foam & how to buy
6:15 Elastic & how to buy
8:55 Working with foam
15:22 Testing the fit of the foam understructure
15:37 Before adding fur mount yours eyes

FUR
16:41 adding the fur
16:47 buying fur
18:45 Using small swatches of fur
19:47 Working with fur and cutting
21:49 Direction of fur pile, gluing on top of fur
22:03 Cutting fur revisited
25:58 Gluing edge of fur to jaw, deciding how to handle lips
27:24 fixing mistakes with hot glue
29:07 Making a fur dome for forehead
31:20 removing folds from fake fur AND heavy duty breathing into microphone action
31:56 Fit fabric to upper jaw, glue
32:40 The side flaps and hiding seams
36:00 How to re-use scraps and re-use loose hair
37:15 Trimming fur to shape the mask more mouth breathing
39:50 Painting fur

EYES TEETH NOSE EARS TONGUE
41:00 How to make ears stick up
51:44 Eyes: Contact lenses
43:27 Purchased lenses
44:50 Making lenses from polycarbonate: cutting
45:29 Making a simple slump mold for plastic
46:04 FIRE SAFETY PSA
46:39 Heat forming plastic lenses
48:18 Cutting formed plastic
49:57 Painting eye lenses
52:30 Finished eye
53:55 Nose, teeth the accessories
53:00 Polymer clay, purchasing, how it works, watch me butcher how the plasticizer vaporization and PVC fuses.
54:05 FX polymer clay comparison
55:05 Purchasing acrylic paint NOTE: If you want to use paint outside more than few times get expensive acrylic with a high "colorfast" rating. Bargain basement acrylic rapidly fades in direct sunlight. Try Basics and Liquitex for lower cost but better quality than $1 tubes.
55:48 Working with polymer clay
57:48 Texturing polymer clay for effects and gluing. Notice how nasty my drop cloth is by this point. Drop cloths protect tables!
61:56 How to shape and bake polymer clay pieces
62:10 Foam for a nose
62:20 Using references for teeth
63:28 Modelling teeth hints for baking very thin polymer clay pieces
65:05 Attaching a nose and making it look wet
69:39 Adding teeth, interior gum.
71:15 Making a tongue from foam, painting foam with acrylic. SO MUCH MOUTH BREATHING. FORGIVE ME.
75:59 Attaching tongue
76:17 Ear options
77:59 DONE oh sweet baby Jesus!

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• talking
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• indie
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• movie
• prop
• eyes
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[jgantner1]

did you scream DUCT TAPE!!!!!!!!! ?

[gryphern]

@jgantner1 Self referencing meta-ness--check out the how to build wings video

[Creaturesfarley]

Heya! You need to alter your time stamps past 60 mins. :-).

Thanks for the vid!!

[gryphern]

@Creaturesfarley I've tried three times, in HH:MM:SS, MM:SS etc., I don't think youtube's deep timestamp links are set up for long videos! Any ideas??

[Enishisan]

Now if I can only do this with a Lizard. HMMMMM

[AlphaWolf400]

Wolf paws ??

[AlphaWolf400]

Omg thanks! U helped me more than anyone ever with those types of masks!! Could you do one on where wp

[Toyman1982]

simply amazing! 

[CameraKinz]

This was AMAZING!! Thanks SO MUCH! for the help!

[Creaturesfarley]

Hmm, silly Youtube :( No clues I'm afraid.

[rikfore]

hey guys, did you use any kind of patterns, i dont know the size of each piece, help!

[thyuiooo]

thanks so much for uploading this i cant wait to buy the materials and try to make it :)

[ricccjames]

THANKS SOOOOO MUCH!!! I 'm gonna wear my werewolf mask while i drive my mothers car down to my high school and throw some eggs!!!!!! I can't wait for halloween:()