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Published: 2011-06-29 01:45:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 3949; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 56
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Here is a quick picture of an owl mask that is supposed to represent Hades, Greek god of the Underworld.I just finished shaping and drying it. I will let it sit overnight before I start painting it. I just got some new mediums to work with, so I'm pretty stoked about testing them out on this mask!
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gorgeous detail and suprising design. love this, and can't wait to see it painted.
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Thank you very much! I am almost done painting - I should have had it done over the weekend, but decided to enjoy some of the holiday
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I love the stamping/tooling on this! Can't wait to see it with colors!
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Thank you, thank you! I am hoping to have it painted by this weekend.
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Owls are pretty cool! I saw lots of crazy variations of screech owls while looking for reference pictures and some of them look like they have real crazy personalities hehe.
I do have to say that Barn Owls always frightened me ever since I was a kid; they have such a creepy look to them. I had a subscription to ZooBooks and when I looked through the issue with owls, I would always skip the page that had a picture of the Barn Owl lol.
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i dont know why but i actually like barn owls a lot.. they really are like royalty
but in my eyes the snow owls look like kings and Queens.. lovely, strong and proud, yet filled with honour and justice
im quite crazy about owls^^
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Very nice tooling, cant wait to see the end product.
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Thanks! By the way, this is the mask I was talking about that has the skeleton hands that is kinda similar to your necromancer mask lol
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Nice tooling, looking great! Can't wait to see it finished!
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Thanks! I'm anxious to start painting it when I get home from work today!
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You're welcome, enjoy!!
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Those skeletal hands on the ear tufts are amazing! What kind of tool do you use to get that level of detail?
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Thanks
I am using my swivel knife to get the initial lines cut in and then go in with a regular beveling stamp.
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Ohh very nice textures in the 'horns' of the owl and the wispy feathers beside the beak! I always thought of owls representing Athena, so it will be interesting to see how you paint this in the theme of Hades. Looks great so far!
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Thank you!
I was doing some research and found that many of the Greek deities shared the same or similar sacred animals.
The screech owl was supposed to be a symbol of ill-omen and was associated as a messenger of Hades (I think there is a story of how Demeter changed Hades' orchard caretaker into a screech owl).
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That's really interesting. I wonder if there was perhaps a different species associated with Athena and some significance to that difference? (Screech owls being pretty terrifying to listen to at night!)
It's funny the little known things one digs up while researching. Sounds fascinating!
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Interestingly, I found out that there are a genus of owl species that have the name Athene. These are considered small owls and have four different species ([link] ). So it's pretty safe to bet that those are Athena's owls
I also found out that screech owls are a species restricted to the Americas. The owls that are in the Eurasian part of the world are called Scops Owls and for some reason are categorized with modern day screech owls.
*adjusts nerds glasses* lol
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Aah yes I've seen these Athene owls! One of my good friends (*windfalcon ) works at a raptor center and has sent me pics. Owls are just so cool. Interesting to learn how they've affected the mythology around them.
Baw now you have me wanting to try my hand at bird masks too. They look like fun and I've never tried that! The prospect of a beak scares me away each time.
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I love windfalcon's work! She does great in all the different mediums she works with and you can tell she loves birds!
Don't be afraid to try something new! I'd start off with a bird with a small beak (like an owl!) before trying something like an eagle... I went the other way around and that gave me a lot of trial and error scars
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I may have to try a snow owl. They are my favorite of the nocturnal variety. Brenda gave me some tips on beaks that I'm passing along just in case. She said skiving the beak so it's thinner and easier to mold is a good idea!
But you might know that if you already have the beak forming scars!XD
At any rate, I shall look out for more work from you. Planning to do an entire Greek gods set or just Hades?
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I did not think of that! I'll definitely have to try it on the next one, thanks
I do have an ambitious plan of doing a whole set of the Greek Pantheon; so here's hoping I can keep the steam going and not get sidetracked lol
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wow that is some really nice work! i assume your tooling it before your forming it. and are you just kind of forming it by hand or did you make a block or something for it
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Thanks! Yeah, I tool it before I form it. I also do the forming by hand.
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