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SylvanSmith β The Mask of the Dark Druid
Published: 2012-11-18 22:22:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 6254; Favourites: 203; Downloads: 129
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The Cailitin clan of druids had been sundered by the new religion, and all of those who worshipped old Crom were forced to hide in the bogs and dark forests. Some chose ageless forms of rock or tree that were as twisted in appearance as their souls had become.You can buy it on Ebay [link]
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It would cost a lot of money to ship it, and it is papermache and not worth it. Β You can make one easily enough for a small fraction of the cost. Β The root hair is just crumpled tinfoil- either mached over, or sometimes just coated with the hot glue from the glue gun. I think it looks a lot better in the pics than in person, but thank you kindly for your compliments.
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I really want to learn to do this!!! Perhaps I'll be buying from you one day.
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I don't sell them anymore, but thank you all the same.
Β I can tell you the method, and it is very easy.Β You only need tinfoil, old newspaper, elmer's glue- or regular craft glue, and a hot glue gun.Β The tin foil is used for shaping, or making parts. You then hot glue scraps of newspaper over it, covering the newspaper completely, but conforming to the shape you desired. Then you dip scaps of the newspaper into a mostly glue mixture- so they have glue, bit it isn't overly saturated; then press it over, and layer it. Let it dry, and paint it. That is mache. Very easy. It takes a mask or two to master, but it is easy. There are a lot of different methods on youtube- which is where I learned.
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Thank you for sharing ^^
I hope I'll find the time to try this sometime
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Sure, thanks for the watch and the faves.Β
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Sweet! I'm going to do this.
ahahahahahha bahahhahahaha
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I forgot to mention that you can shape things with clay - I use something called Das airhardening clay. The mache paste sticks right to it.Β www.stolloween.com/ Here is a page with a different method and tutorials.Β
Β youtu.be/pyFbWtlIWrU I don't use the method shown here, but it gives you an idea of possibilities. Search Youtube, you will find good stuff.
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HUZZZZAWWWW I'm gonna look at these!!!
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Thanks for the fave, I like your work too.
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Thanks for the comments and faves. I haven't seen your sculptures in a while. You are really good with that.
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Thanks,i'll have to keep it up.
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You should, they are great.
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Thanks, I like your drawings.
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you are welcome,thank you very much 
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Verra welldone from the forest ,yet with fire.
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Thanks, you do great work.
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Your verra welcome. I greatly appreciate the praise. From one as able as you.
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I am not so able, but thank you. Happy Saint Patty's
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Your welcome. Don't sell yourself short. You have amazing talent. Yet I relate. Never does a piece acchieve what I've planned at its start. Erin Go Braugh!
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Yes, Sculpture can be hard, and it never does become exactly what one envisions.
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Aye so true so true. Te fight the grain ye canna' do...
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Well I thank ee kindly sir.
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Thanks, it is paper mache. You have good drawings.
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ty is there a reference for where the ideas came from on your druid piece i love the story behind it
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XD Oh that was something I wrote on the fly. The Cailitin clan are variously described by various sources. [link] Scroll down and read it all, but I made them somewhat villainous- though no Druids really were inherently that way. The Tain BoCualaigne (the Cattle Raid of Cooley) is online, and is a good exposition of traditions too. Crom was probably the old Sun God, though- just as the Titans became villains, he became described as a worm of sorts. In the Irish we find some of the oldest of Celtic beliefs preserved.
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Oh mai!
Datz awesom
Do you have all costume?
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No I did not. Thank you for the compliment.
I love your costumes and masks. How did you make them?
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Datz sad
it can de a Gorgeous brainbursting costume))))
Thankz)) With ma hands XDDD
epoxy + fabrick (like fibberglas) then epoxy plastic (also hard like fibberglass) and den latex for horns and spikes
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Thanks for the advice on material. I have to try them out one day.
Maybe I will make more for it one day. Thanks.
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I love the way you bring nature into your designs.
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Thanks, and thanks for the feature on the other mask. I like your pieces.
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Thanks heaps!! I really love your work - it's so imaginative & it's beautifully executed.
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Thank you. Your work is great too. I guess some of my work might approach decent, but I hope to improve.
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Oh, I think some of your work is far more than just "decent". I faved that first mask - the one in the feature - when I was very new to DA & I've loved it ever since.
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Thanks, but some of it wasn't great. I think I am learning though, and that is what counts.
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Thank you very much. How are things?
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Very nice. I like the amount of detailing that went into this piece.
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Thank you very much. I like your marionettes- particularly Cthulu.
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