YAY! A ZACHARIE'S MASK TUTORIAL!!! :DD

So yesterday I posted some gifs of me really happy with my new Zacharie mask and some people asked how I made it. And since I’m a veeery good person: Here’s a tutorial on how to make it!! :D

    So, actually my Zacharie mask was a gift from a friend (@zombierod), and I asked him to make a tutorial and it was very kind of him to send me one :33

“I didn’t document the whole process but I hope this helps the curious people to understand a little bit on how I managed to get this result.

  First I made a paper guide to make five cardboard layers for the mask.

You can see the cardboard thickness in this picture:

Then I glued 5 layers with some modifications on the mouth, ears and eye sizes. I didn’t cut the mouth on the last layer for obvious reasons. There is also a hole for the nose on the other side of the mask so it fits better on italian descendents.

I used oil clay to smoothen the details.

I dont have pictures of the next step but I used a thing we brazilians call “plastic dought” or something like that, you can find in building material stores.

I preffer using cardboard to put the dough on the mask because its easyer to handle than a spatulla and you can trow it away after using.

I applied the “cola plastica universal” or plastic dough (since I lack a better translation for that) three times, the first to get the forms, the second to fix the details and the third to do the finishing.

Between each time I used sand paper to make it as smooth as possible before aplying the nex layer.

After using the sandpaper for the last time and painting it got this look:

I used pearl white and black acrilic paints.

Now to make the teeth I got two layers of the thick cardboard and one of a smothier paper that I found around my house.

I call it “magic paper”.

Each tooth is a diferent piece. 

After painting, I glued them together in a black piece of cardboard to guarantee the alignment and thickness. Then I glued the cardboard with the teeth on the mouth.

To make the finishing, I got a piece of cloth that let the light go through it and glued it directly to the back of the mask. (2 parts water 1 part glue with a brush).

Also I had a little problem with the alignment of the mask with my face so I put some kitchen sponges with the black cloth around to get a more confortable fit.

Almost there! For the next step I got a elastic band and a small drill. So I made two holes on each side and passed the rubber band through it.

I painted over the elastic bands with no regrets.

I made it with two bands so that its easyer to adjust it on the head. It usually messes up the hair a little bit but I don’t think Zacharie would mind that… 

There are some cracks on the surface because some casualities on the “cardboard layers step” but on normal conditions that wouldn’t happen.

I hope this helped a little bit to the curious people to understand the process of making something with this look. I apologise strongly for that english is not my first language so there must be some very odd phrasal constructions on this post. 

Miaou~~ Thats how I went to my office this tuesday.” Hope you liked, feel free to ask any questions!!