This is probably the crowning achievement of my Summer. After finally procuring all of the needed materials, and having a sufficient time at home bring bored, I started construction on my mask. I began along the same lines as the wolf puppet- lots of tape around lots of newspaper- all on a plastic mask that was cut to shreds. I just kept building it up, and long story shhort, didn't have real paper mache so used celluclay. I sanded that down, added straps in the back, and then a mane out of funky fur. The best part was the paint job- I spent a lot of time on that, tring to get the stylized effect I wanted by using slowly shaded shapes instead of trying to paint fur. It's actually really detailed and a very cool color IRL, but damn digital cameras. The cheek-fur is actually flush with the mask- but I gave the illusion of shadiy areas and folds with the paint. You can see that in the preliminary sketch. I'm really proud- I compare this and the puppet- and there really is no comparison. Props to Goldenwolf for construction tips and whatnot. Hoorah!
BTW, I may be enlisting my friend to take pics of me wearint it and the boots, along with my tail and whomping stick. Maby an updated version of the other photo series- and evolution if you will. Or I may just put it all on and go to the mall. Anyway, much love.