RZH1 First ever rehaul TOT mask

[Larry]

Hi there!

I’m from Germany so please apologize my English.

Recently, I bought a RZH1 mask on maskworld. I was glad to see that it is one of those great TOT masks. I watched several rehaul videos on YT, then I bought (thick, not liquid) white and black acrylic paint, liquid latex (250 ml) and some brushes.

First, I treated the new mask with a mixture of tap water and citric acid powder.

Yesterday, I then gave the dry mask a first grey wash:

I mixed a (what I thought) “mouse-like” grey color from white and black because there was no ready-to-use grey acrylic color to buy. Then I added the same amount of latex and (I am afraid way too much) tap water and mixed it. The first grey wash was way too thin, the thin grey latex-paint mixture didn’t really stick to the mask. Then I added more and more of my mouse-grey to the grey wash and gave it a second wash. Now the paint is opaque, but the light grey standard hair doesn’t match with the greyed mask, which in total is still too dark. I have to lighten it up.

Now here is my question: On the mask’s forehead there is a tiny spot where the latex layer of my first light grey wash is slightly dissolved because of my second, more opaque grey wash. It is not really noticeable, but now I am afraid that it might be necessary to peel off both of my first two layers and start again with a better paint/latex/water ratio but I wonder what ratio is the best for the RZH1 mask?

The darker grey-colored mask has now dried.

Or should I give it now a 3rd wash, this time a mixture of pure white acrylic paint, some tap water and latex (ratio?) and after that, as a final wash, a light black wash in order to highlight the “cracks” in the masks?

How do I get the hair darker? Hairline spray? Foam coloration? Unfortunately, I do not own an Airbrush set.

Do I have to worry about the little spot on the forehead with the slightly dissolved latex?

Thank a lot in advance for your help.

Regards

[G.N_Heresy]

You can use a black low-pressure spray paint from Montana gold and a soft cap to darker the hairline. If you want to darken the hairline light, you can use the Transparent Black from Montana Gold. Good luck.

[Larry]

Thanks, I am afraid I won’t get these sprays here in Germany for a few bucks. I would like to darken the entire standard hair from the mask in the last step…

[Larry]

Status Quo

Any ideas for finishing the surface of the mask as rain protection?

[inSHAPE]

holy crap that doesn’t look half bad! great job on your first time man!

[Larry]

Thanks! The joke is: There are 4(!) layers of acrylic paint-latex-mixture on it now plus the black wash! First, it was way too dark grey, then I lightened it up with a brighter grey, then even brighter, finally white and then the black mix. And the black mix really made it looking cool, I think. I really think of not using green and brown for the cracks but letting it black/grey and white.

[inSHAPE]

what did you use for your base coat?

[inSHAPE]

Because Im also working on a TOTS RZ for the first time

[inSHAPE]

also do you have some more photos of your mask?

[Larry]

I don’t know if it’s really necessary, but first I treated the new mask with a citric acid powder-tap water mixture in order to that the grey acrylic paint should stick better to the rubber.

I only intended to have only 1 main color (bright grey) plus the black wash but I used way too much water for the thick grey acrylic paint together with the liquid latex, it didn’t mix very well and was way too thin, not opaque at all. So I made another grey layer, but too dark and so on. But now I am happy with the result.

Now I wonder how I have to seal it for outdoor use.

[Larry]

Which angles of the mask do you want to see?

[inSHAPE]

Mostly close ups of the mask and photos of your rehaul in general so i can get a good idea

[Larry]

I must admit that I haven’t got an airbrush set so I had to paint it manually and oldschool with brushes.

[inSHAPE]

kinda looks like the scene where Michael fetches his mask from the floor boards in the basement

[inSHAPE]

I also have to do mine with brushes

[Larry]

Yeah! Correctly! That’s a cool scene and I imagine it… fetching this dirty, rotten mask from the floor!

[Larry]

Good luck! May The Shape be with you!

[Larry]

Oh boy… I blew it. I had to abort and rip the entire color-layers off, because it looked… okay but not great. I wanna get this done great so I heavy-hearted decided to rip it off and have a second try.

[Larry]

…including the original “painting proposal” from TOT because I was forced to during the removal of my paint layers. Only the original hair I want to keep. - That’s not what I originally intended… I wanted to finish the mask today, actually. But it is only January…

[Myers13Halloween]

Clean and prep your surface, then apply a solid base coat of spray paint, following Tommy Lee Wallace’s old-school method. You won’t regret it! That will set you on the right path.