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Offline erik1925

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Plaster Life Masks
« on: June 30, 2013, 04:26:48 PM »
I have collected a number of these over the years. These life casts, made of plaster, were originally made by makeup artists/departments for the creation of latex (or foam latex) appliances, to be worn by actors or used to develop other special effects. Here are a handful:

1930s-Katharine Hepburn:

1980s-Vincent Price:

1960s-Buster Keaton:

1960s-Peter Lorre:

Special FX makeup cast & sculpt of Tom Cruise, for Interview With The Vampire (1994):

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2013, 04:39:59 PM »
I find these so creepy Jeff - but still cool!  Especially when the resulting cast is spot on to the actor
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2013, 04:44:44 PM »
I find them very cool, too, Chris.  ;)

And unless added to, like the SFX Cruise cast, they will all be exact images of the actors, as the alginate material used to create the negative mold is applied right to the actors' faces. 

Their expressions will usually appear straight faced, as tho sleeping, so that accurate appliances can be molded to their exact facial features.  ;)



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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2013, 04:45:13 PM »
Wow. Impressive and different.
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2013, 08:07:00 AM »
Impressive collection!!!!

Though ..I think they are a bit.. scary mary ...I can see.... dead.. people.......


Do you have Ryan Gosslyn?  ;)

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2013, 09:14:25 AM »

Do you have Ryan Gosslyn?  ;)

1:1 scale, and full body?  ;)
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2013, 11:33:45 AM »
1:1 scale, and full body?  ;)

Yes.. "everything" has been molded for his life cast.. full, 1:1 scale.

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2013, 11:48:24 AM »
Yes.. "everything" has been molded for his life cast.. full, 1:1 scale.

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That must be a really tiny cast ;)
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2013, 11:52:18 AM »
Tiny cast for tiny roles. It's a "build up" process.

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2013, 11:55:12 AM »
I say he needs an XL cast.....  ;)

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2013, 11:58:03 AM »
I say he needs an XL cast.....  ;)

It's all what one is used to......

But ... NEVER MIND.

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2013, 12:11:09 PM »
It's all what one is used to......

But ... NEVER MIND.

 ;D

Yeah it's all relative.

At least wouldn't be hard to find the wall space to put up the 'cast' Rosa ;)
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2013, 12:15:41 PM »
Indeed!!! ;D

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2013, 12:22:24 PM »
Archrivals.....

Hammer-style:   ;)

Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2013, 03:46:21 PM »
Ari & Paul,

I flashed on you both, when I posted the 2 images above...LOL

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2013, 01:57:12 PM »
Very cool collectibles, Jeff.
Impressed and envious.
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2015, 01:13:01 PM »

With Sir Lee's passing, he and Mr Cushing are now together -- once again.   cheers

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2015, 09:44:20 PM »
Ari & Paul,

I flashed on you both, when I posted the 2 images above...LOL

 cheers



Sorry I missed this, thanks, Peter Cushing always was my favourite actor, from a very young age (I called him Pillow Cushion).
AND Mr Lee of course.
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2015, 11:43:09 PM »
Lestat is up for Halloween


The 2nd pic is the scene from the movie that this SFX makeup/life cast was taken for (a life cast of Cruise with makeup prosthetics) - when Claudia slashes Lestat's throat. It was an animatronic head, gaping mouth, slit throat and all, and not Cruise, at this point:
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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2015, 09:59:58 AM »
These are so awesome.  nice.thread

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2015, 03:28:19 PM »
Zowie!!  Those are super nifty. Thanks for sharing.
Let me introduce myself: http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,9291.0.html View my collection thread (if you DARE!!!):  http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,9480.0.html  See it on my blog (withOUT Photobucket watermarks) here:  https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5730339618306790065#allposts/src=sidebar CHEERS!

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2015, 03:45:15 PM »
Thanks, gents.



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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2015, 02:54:43 PM »
Here is what I did when I was installing some drywall.  I used the left over mud in my pan at the end of the day for a few days and put it in a foil mold of my ugly face.
and yes my skin is THAT wrinkled.  ;) just noticed I scratched the date in it on the back "2013"
Jeff you might wanna pick this up cheap before I become an A-list movie star.  eyeroll

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2015, 03:14:58 PM »
Good job there, Jason.

And how do we know that you arent already, in fact, an A-list celeb? And that "Jason E" is just an alias? 

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Re: Plaster Life Masks
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2015, 03:34:59 PM »
Ok I am busted. I own that very expensice Metropolis  eyeroll L.D.