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I wanted to show you guys that you CAN erase mistakes lining up owlbear pupils! I tried to hand paint pupils using black acrylic and totally messed them up. The pupil on the right has already been scrubbed off and here is how i did it: As long as the paint is fresh, you can take a wet q-tip and gently scrub it off using circular motions: Gently wet and scrub, changing out the q-tips: Eventually the black paint will come off without lifting the yellow paint underneath ( as long as that underlying layer of paint has had time...

 I have had many people ask how to attach straps to their blank masks and this is how I make the adjustable straps for my ready to wear masks. This way it can be worn by different sized faces.This uses a 1" metal bra slide and 1" flat elastic about 10" -12" long with felt squares and high heat hot glue. I use the high heat since it's a bit stronger than normal craft hot glue and recommend the Surebonder high temp industrial gun with Steinel high heat glue sticks. Keep in mind you may still need to use heat...

The new Seraphim helmet sculpt is a piece i built to fit my own head and face shape. However i designed the back so that the whole area could be dremeled/cut off and attached with elastic or shaved down in stages without the need for elastic. The back section is cast thinner to make this a little easier. It can be thickened with lightweight epoxy or other methods. Or you can just sculpt your own back design or customize the back piece sculpt- maybe even get rid of the back and add a cool fabric techno dreadfalls look using lightweight...