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January 10, 2007 4:06 PM Subscribe
Recommend and/or help me locate some masks.
This is for a photography project. I used to own a latex (I'm pretty sure) strap-on mask that was sort of a generic, caucasian, male face. The party supply store near me doesn't carry them and I don't recall the brand. I'd like to buy a few more, either the same or similar.
Recommendations for other blank or weird/creepy masks encouraged, too! But not these kinds of Mardi Gras masks, I've already used them.
This is for a photography project. I used to own a latex (I'm pretty sure) strap-on mask that was sort of a generic, caucasian, male face. The party supply store near me doesn't carry them and I don't recall the brand. I'd like to buy a few more, either the same or similar.
Recommendations for other blank or weird/creepy masks encouraged, too! But not these kinds of Mardi Gras masks, I've already used them.
Response by poster: Thanks, iconomy, I'm checking them out now.
I should have been a little more specific. I'm not looking for scary stuff. More...odd. Understated. Unnerving.
And yeah, I definitely have a budget. The cheaper the better.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 4:43 PM on January 10, 2007
I should have been a little more specific. I'm not looking for scary stuff. More...odd. Understated. Unnerving.
And yeah, I definitely have a budget. The cheaper the better.
posted by 2or3whiskeysodas at 4:43 PM on January 10, 2007
You might try spray painting a mask white. That is essentially what they did to create Michael Myer's mask for the original Halloween movie. (They started with a Captain Kirk mask, for what that's worth).
Or you might try some of the clear masks like those on this page. Again, you could paint them a solid color, or add "make-up" to the inside. As a Halloween costume one year, I wore a similar clear female mask (I am male), yellow dishwashing gloves, and regular street clothes. Quite a few folks commented that it was an unnerving effect.
posted by thinman at 5:07 PM on January 10, 2007
Or you might try some of the clear masks like those on this page. Again, you could paint them a solid color, or add "make-up" to the inside. As a Halloween costume one year, I wore a similar clear female mask (I am male), yellow dishwashing gloves, and regular street clothes. Quite a few folks commented that it was an unnerving effect.
posted by thinman at 5:07 PM on January 10, 2007
I think vintage/antique gauze masks like this one on ebay are just the best.
posted by extrabox at 6:39 PM on January 10, 2007
posted by extrabox at 6:39 PM on January 10, 2007
Odd and unnerving though?
You can't beat masks by Kerry.
(But they are by no means a 'budget item')
posted by extrabox at 6:43 PM on January 10, 2007
You can't beat masks by Kerry.
(But they are by no means a 'budget item')
posted by extrabox at 6:43 PM on January 10, 2007
iconomy, those are totally cool. Thanks!
posted by The God Complex at 12:44 AM on January 11, 2007
posted by The God Complex at 12:44 AM on January 11, 2007
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posted by iconomy at 4:35 PM on January 10, 2007