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After a couple years in a row of making some of my favorite costumes, this year for Halloween my friend & I went as the aliens from John Carpenter’s They Live. We constructed the faces from masks we bought at a craft store, and my husband dressed up as the hero, played by Rowdy Roddy Piper.
“I’ve come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…and I’m all out of bubblegum.”
UPDATE: Want to see how to create one step-by-step? Check out my detailed instructions HERE.
just call me Formaldehyde Face
stills from the movie
mask making (click for larger image)
add a wig, & PRESTO!
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That’s so awesome. What did you use to build up the masks, sculpey?
Thanks! We used paper mâché for the first layer (the pulpy muscle texture), and then once that dried, we used paper clay to sculpt the bone structure. The finished mask is actually two cheap masks hot-glued to one another, to extend and elongate the jawline. Then we just painted them, added the eyes, and sprayed a coat of gloss finish to seal everything up. The total cost for each was under $15!
These are amazing! Any chance you’d like to sell a pair?!
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Hi there,
Your masks are absolutely brilliant! I would love to be able to make these myself or at the very least buy them. Would you be able to post a full list of instructions on how to make these masks? Or would you consider making and selling two? I would be happy to pay $30 a peice for the masks.
Please let me know.
Many thanks
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[...] excellent They Live Halloween costumes can be found at artist Kiersten Essenpries’ blog, You Fail. Rowdy Roddy wouldn’t approve, but I [...]
Great Masks.
They Live, from a time when John Carpenter was a directing God
Love the masks. Really neat!
Where are you guys from? Where did you where the costumes and did you win any prizes?
We live in Chicago.. We didn’t enter any costume contests, but we did go on a Halloween ‘Road Rally/Scavenger Hunt’.. and scared a few kids in the process! :)
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I wish i had one of these masks for Halloween, seems that i have discovered this posting too late. Thanks for adding the time lapse on how these masks were created. I’ll have a try on creating a mask.
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What font did you use for the obey magazines?
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Who can build this for me? i will pay
thanks
http://antlefty.blogspot.com/2012/10/they-live-mask.html?m=1
That is a link to my mask. I will update this Saturday when I put it together with the wig and suit.
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I decided to take a stab at this, following your guidelines. I think it came out pretty good! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A6b18p5CMAEi2OV.png:large