Eye cuts

I made the decision to fix an eye cut that felt a little off to me, and scissors made it a bit bumpy. I think it’s better than it was, but I was wondering if anyone knew a better tool to use for this…and to fix the bumps without taking too much off? Thanks!
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Good work man. From what I’ve heard, you can use a dremel on a low speed.

Thanks! I’ve always wanted one of those anyway, so I’ll pick one up and see if I can smooth it out. Another problem I had was the color of the blank showing where I cut…I used some white acrylic paint with a Qtip but it was brighter than I wanted. I might get some grey to mix it.

What mask is that?

Castle

Nice improvement…

looks good now, my mask would also need some eye adjustement but I better not touch it, pretty sure I’m gonna make things worse

Looks good to me!

Looks way better. I love a NAG mask but the eye cuts never seem to look right to me. Ive owned a 75k SE and the only thing that kept it from being perfect to me were the eyecuts

Yeah he often seems to cut them differently and in a rush, with his skills he could cut them perfectly if he wanted to, no wonder why most of his masks finished by him have the 2 eyes cut with different shapes and size…

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This is one of the main things that makes JC’s(and others) work superior imo. And the paint/hair/ weathering of course. It’s honestly like night & day. I like that adjustment you made bud. Good luck with the rest of the job :rock:

Absolutely! but do you think Nikos is really unable to cut eyes properly? shouldn’t be that difficult for an artist at that level to cut some eyes, I can understand painting, weathering etc, but cutting some eyes in a proper way consistently without relying on luck or mood is something that he can do I think.

Right. Wonky eye cuts can break a mask no doubt :unamused:

yeah I mean, you shouldn’t really send a mask to JC just for eye adjustement, it’s something that Nikos could do if he focused on it better

Thanks, guys! I actually used a JC picture as reference so I didn’t screw up too much!
Nikos cuts are a little too round, I guess you can say…you need that almond shape with a little tilt. The picture of Nick shows it’s all eye cuts that gives it that great look- with do respect to his stretch.
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This was finished by Freddy… none of his others looked like this so it was a fluke

Learn meeee I am trying to rehaul my 2 masks but I am a rookie. Any advice would be very appreciated! :metal:t2:

Nice work! Yeah, try a Dremel with a felt tip bit on slow speed. I would test a small section, like the hole punch at the top of the neck slit to see how it works and get the right speed

Who did the mask for you?