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Helping your 1/6th scale Super Hero protect their mild mannered alter ego is really not as difficult as it might at first appear . The tools required are fairly commonplace , a piece of plastic , scissors , a pencil and paper , tape and a hairdryer . From these nondescript artifacts , you too can create a facemask to hide the identity of your playscale masked avenger .   Though not necessarily needed , you may find that a head form is a helpful tool when shaping your mask . The head form can be generic , all you really need is the gross details such as the bridge of the nose , the forehead and cheeks . I created my head form from Sculpey , and it is slightly smaller than a 1/6th scale doll head , this insures that your mask , once shaped , will fit snugly on your doll's head . A mask pattern is definitely needed , and while a simple face mask like Catwoman's ( pictured ) is the easiest to create , there really are no limits to the shape and size of the mask you can create with this method . Symmetry is important , and to insure that the left side is a mirror image of the right I only draw one side , folding the paper pattern in half and cutting along the pencil line , once unfolded you have a perfectly symmetrical pattern .  Funny as it may seem , the plastic that is discarded after you buy a brand new shirt ( y'know , that strip that keeps the collar crisp and shaped ) or the plastic that your brand new 1/6th scale action figure came boxed up within is the plastic that proves quite useful for making a mask . Once you have created your mask pattern , tape it on the plastic and use scissors to cut out your mask .  Whether you prefer a swivel tipped x-acto knife or just a standard No. 11 blade , when cutting the eyeholes all you need do is score the plastic , you don't actually need to cut through it . Again , to insure symmetry , I use only one eyehole shape , scoring it first on one side and then flipping the pattern over and scoring the second eyehole on the back side of the plastic mask form . Once your plastic has been scored , it is a simple process to gently fold and bend the plastic to break free the scored section , leaving a crisp, clean cut shape .  The benefit of using a head form comes at the stage when you heat and shape the plastic . The solid head form allows you to create smooth , clean contouring , insuring that the bends of the right side will match those of the left . The easiest method for heating the plastic is using a hair dryer , and tools such a wood clay shaping tools can be used to press and form the mask against the form . My hair dryer died before I created my Catwoman mask , and in lieu of that I used hot water to soften the plastic and shape it .  Depending on the hairstyle of your figure , and the shape and style of your mask , attaching the face mask can be accomplished in different ways . As pictured by AJ McLeod , due to her hairstyle and the tightness of the mask , no other means aside from sticking the ear flanges of the mask through her hair are needed to hold the mask in place . In the case of Ruby , I needed to create a method of tying the mask to the figure . I took a thin string of leather and glued it to the inside of the mask , running the string along the brows of the mask to just past the outermost edge of the eyeholes .  I used Black Magic Glitter Glue to add a final layer of color to catwoman's mask , giving it the look of her mask from the Batman TV series . An elastic band is glued to She-Cat's mask to hold it in place . Whether you choose to use a string or elastic band to attach the mask to your doll , is often dependant on the hairstyle of your doll . The layering of She-cat's hairstyle meant that an elastic band would be the best method , while Ruby's hairstyle would work best with a string tie method .  You can create a cat ear head band in the same manner as you use to make a mask , by bending and shaping plastic cut to shape . For Catwoman I used the old bent pipe cleaner method . once the pipecleaner has been shaped , I took leather cut to shape and then folded over and glued in place . | Let's Paint ! | PaintinKini2 | Steve Zodiac Shockini Custom | Sword Making | Swordmaking1 | Swordmaking2 | WarhorsePreview | Simple Masks | EasyVelcro_fro | Cool Girl Wrist Conversion | samurai_saddle | DX Disaster | Fix It! Loose Ankles | Fun With Texture | Body Armor | OneSixthBlades | Body Armor2 | One Sixth Blades PT II | Otaku Repair 101 | | Mail-O-Rama | Geeb's How To | Head Sculpts Using Polymer Clay | Customizing The Batcycle | 1/6 scale diorama | terrain diorama | 1/6 Scale Boots | Re-Rooting Hair | BimBott | Read_A_Book | WorksInProgress | Aki Ross Repaint | Gun-Bashing | painting heads | | Return Home | Updates | The Archive | Gorby Site Map | Geeb-O-Rama's Model Workshop | Geeb's Toy Box | Geeb-O-Rama Goodies | Movie Madness | World Of The Bizarre | Cool Beans | |
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