Sunday, July 28, 2013

San's Mask: A Glossy Finish

I was set to be done with this project a week ago. But unfortunately, I had bought the wrong spray paint to gloss my finished mask with. I had bought white instead of clear and ended up having to sand everything I had worked on.


Although this was annoying, it gave me the opportunity to get a better, clearer coat of red than I had. I decided to go with the spray paint again.


It came out great so this white gloss incident was a blessing in disguise. I continued to repaint everything I had with the better paint brushes I had bought. The annoying paint clusters had all been sanded off and everything looked better. The only issue I had was the yellow paint cracking. I decided to go through with the final phase anyway.

Finally, here is my finished mask of the wolf girl, San, also known as Princess Mononoke.



This isn't the typical mask associated with the wolf girl. She is known more for the full faced mask and is often cosplayed with that mask. I am honestly not a big fan of the mask. It reminds me of deku shrubs for some reason. I preferred the half-faced mask and thought she looked much better with it.


It's been about a year and a half since I first started my adventures with molds and resin. It was a very bumpy road that I learned a lot from and will, honestly, probably not go back down unless I have to. There are other better ways to make things now, I've learned and I can't wait to try them.