Dragon/infernal mask for R., for his Regenesis character.Made of card/sheet brass, sprayed black, mi

Dragon/infernal mask for R., for his Regenesis character.Made of card/sheet brass, sprayed black, misted red, then with the paint sanded off the edges. Horn ‘roots’ are red leather; eye mesh is two-tone red/gold crystal organza; teeth are Fimo air dry clay, stained with oil paint. Based on a mashup of Noam Kahalany’s papercraft cobra and Wintercroft’s cat skull.So, Regenesis - my main LARP as a player - has things called ‘soulforges’, which involve mutilating Shapers’ (PCs’) soul in exotic ways for fun and profit, drastically changing your appearance. A lot of these involve quite extensive makeup jobs, which are tricky if you have sensitive skin. My friend R. is already has a Primal soulforge (which gives you a ‘chimeric mish-mash of predator animals’ look - his is distinctly draconic), but is looking to augment that with an Infernal soulforge (which is rather demonic - the brief includes ‘Horns or other bony protuberances on the brow. Sections of red, purple, or blue skin. Unnatural iris shapes. Geometric patterning.‘). Since he doesn’t get on well with makeup, I instead decided to make him a mask - since the Wintercroft skull mask set went on sale as I was thinking about it, and offer a mask you can eat and drink in (and even wear glasses), I decided to give it a go.I built this on a base of Wintercroft’s cat skull, with curling serpentine horns (actually, the pattern is from a snake!). Early on, I decided that the weird quasi-abstraction of Wintercroft masks was actually a really good look for this - by not trying to look like a real dragon, or a Doom monster, the strange angular facets give the look of something numinous that’s descended from a higher (or ascended from a lower) realm of existence and projected itself into the world. I am honestly overjoyed how well the ‘edge burnishing’ went, too - it was a shame to cover up the original gold, but the thin lines of bright gold pick out the edges of the mask beautifully, and look like they’re glowing with heat or power in the right lights. The teeth rounded it out - as something bright, gleaming, and prominent (my, Shaper, what large teeth you have), they distract from the lower half of your face and make it look like you have a bestial, predatory face.I think this might be my favourite thing I’ve ever made? I am a big fan of LARP props that might not be 100% WYSIWIG physically, but rather try to evoke a strong feeling/or impression, and I think that this worked quite well - not to mention that all the materials came together beautifully. -- source link

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