Hello everyone.
I wanted to share with you a mask that a friend and i collaborated on. We call it “Buried”… fitting name for an under the floor boards type mask-
I think it came out alright. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work!
It is a little big for my head though. My head being a size 23" roughly- give or take.
I would peg this at a size 24"-24.5" maybe.
Just a personal copy for myself. I am looking forward to getting some more peices of a RZ H1/H2 gear getup. I will shoot some more pics & video after i acquire the proper gear.
In the meanwhile, i hope you all enjoy huh!
I really enjoy this but if its true what It’s Alive said and its just like a recast or something of the Wayne Toth mold thing there could be legal trouble like what HSS was having over their h9 mask. But if it all goes good which it should I will definitely support and purchase one of these masks.
definitely a recast of the lifesize myers! There’s no denying it. If I’m correct, he was one of the first to suggest the idea. Looks great, but isn’t fair to the real artists around here
You are not a mask maker and I think this post should be removed. I went through all of your posts and you never mention being a sculptor. No one pulls something like this out of thin air without posting sculpt pics first.
justin-
if you see what i wrote- i said this is a personal copy for myself.
no- i am not a “mask maker” i never claimed to be one. but a friend and myself ventured into doing this project for us. i did have the animatronic and i did reference it. im not denying it. it is not a direct recast though. i referenced the life size along with many other pictures. if i was selling it and that was my main intention, i would of posted long ago with a proper heads up and play by play.
and i have in no way stated that i would be selling these.
i am simply sharing pictures of a mask that we made for the love of the game.
im not trying to offend or challenge any one else here or any other artist here… i was simply sharing some pics of my mask.
you know… as i have learned, a person does not have to of had a prosperous career in the mask making comunity in order to get some info (dvds, books, tips) and apply them to making something. if you dont know how to play guitar and you learn the entire solo to stairway to heaven, are you just playing a backing tape?? or did you learn it and try it and practice? when HSS was going through all of that with his sculpt and all the issues- he celebrated when toth gave him “approval” as did everyone else. but what?.. no one can be a better artist than HSS or any other artist on here for that matter? i know what YOU are saying… but again this is a personal project we did, for us.
thats all im saying.
i can remove this post… if it will make you feel better. that is fine.
I agree with you Justin to a certain point.Let me ask you this though.I know 75 percent of terrys work from CGP was recasting.Nearly Everyone here kissed his tail like he was a king.Im sure some peoples noses are still brown(lol joking).I know these artist work very hard to create sculpts but we are talking about a plastic piece that is not being produced as a latex mask. I do not think anyone should recast another artists work but what does it hurt for him to make a personal copy?Do you realize that these super accurate myers masks are recasts of the 75 kirk or a tweaked clay press of a kirk.Thats recasting also and I see no one griping about that.I dont care that the kirk is no longer produced its still recasting.If the 75 kirk had not been recast alot of these myers mask would not exist.I do understand your point though.I just think alot of well respected artist gets a pass when it comes to recasting.No one wants to question a well known artist even when he does not post scupt pics.I know alot of artist that will not post there sculpts due to the fact of someone trying to replicate it.I know this is a very touchy subject.I dont like recasting, but Im not the judge and jury when it comes to this matter.Alot of people also thinks it ok to recast a mask that was used in the movies.They think this is the only way to get an accurate version.It was also an artist work and I consider this recasting.It also floods the market with masks that some scam artist try to sell as screen used masks.I think it also brings down the value of the original since there is a recast one at a much much cheaper price.I would not want to buy a screen used mask if I knew it had been recasted before I got the original.Just my opinion though…Take care everyone…
Great job on the mask by the way 1971!!!
I just want to say since not really anyone elses has, but the paint job itself to me is the greatest RZ paint job i have seen. You absolutely nailed the paint on it.
thank you.
again- no intensions on causing any strife. i was just sharing pics of my mask.
i may have to remove this though- for it seems to be going in a wrong direction.
i dont want anyone getting upset about this or that type stuff.
thank you for your kind words and support though mask4me-
i appreciate it.
I initially thought this was a recast of the lifesize, but I’m not so sure now. Some things are different than on the lifesize. If that was truly sculpted then you guys should do an h1.
Its a killer mask whether you sculpted it from reference or if it was recast. Im not going to shed any tears for Wayne Toth who is sitting pretty and if it werent for being blessed to make it in hollywood he’d be doing the same around here. Great job.
