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MichellePrebich — Plague Doctor Mask
Published: 2008-08-21 03:23:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 4623; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 494
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This is a Plague Doctor or "Birdman" mask that I have been working on since the start of July. I decided not to add the glasses that are commonly seen on the masks.It has a wiremesh skeleton and wire mesh covered eyes to keep the wearer concealed. It's paper mache and sanded down plaster of paris.
It's destination is Ghostwalk 2008 to be worn as a costume piece
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How did you make the beak? How did you start with that shape?
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Really good (and it reminds me of the spies from Spies VS Spies on MAD)
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any chance i can commission you to make one of these?
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do you have a tutorial? because i would love to make a plague doctor mask and yours is te best one i've seen so far. i also like the idea of concealing the wearer's eyes, since i wanted that feature for my mask as well.
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I started with a sheet of moderately thin wire mesh and loosely molded it to my face. All the excess part of the sheet I crumpled together kinda like a cone for the beak. Then all I did was paper mache (newspaper, water, and elmer's glue) the rest of the mask building it up layer by layer. I did tape off where I wanted the eyes and left that wire mesh exposed. After I was happy with the basic shape I smoothed it out with paper mulch (much like paper mache just easier to spread) and I sanded it down. I then used acrylic paints and a spray on finish to harden the paint finish. Lastly I took a black sharpie and colored the exposed wire that made up the eyes. A word of caution: paper mache made this mask really really heavy so I used pieces from a catcher's mask to wear it. This was my first mask and was pretty much trial and error. I suggest using a store bought lighter paper mache or plaster of paris mix that you can find in a craft store like Micheals. I hope this helps!
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Awesome 
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Some one else is (actually my dad 
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