I bought a pair of nail scissors and was experimenting with some cheap masks to get better at doing eyecuts, slits etc…
My question is, with a TOTS or a custom, if you cut a mouth slit on it which kind of shape you give to the slit?
I’m not speaking necessarily about accuracy to the movie look but also from a “preservation” perspective
Cause type A looks the best to me but wouldn’t a castle stretch (especially one with padding) risk tearing the latex further since it’s just a straight cut?
Rounded one is probably safer but really easy to mess up
Actually had this happen to me with a tots elrod mask.I made a straight slit and while trying to get a stretch with it the entire bottom half tore almost completely off.
Im sorry to see that bro You have to cut 2 small circles at the side/corner of a mouth slit or the cut in the latex will run and continue on that line
the same goes for a neck slit, with out that circle cut at the top of the neck slit it will tear along that line further, the circle cut stops that
Cut each corner from the outside of the corners and meet in the middle of the mouth. Know what I mean? If the cuts start from the outside corners then there will be no sharp endings to the slit.
You must of done one hell of a stretch with ungodly force 
