Doctor Who: Evil Harlequin Mask

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  Step 1

  After you've gathered all of your materials, pour some of the glue into your container and add a little bit of water. Mix it well.

• Step 2

  Grab some Vaseline and smear it onto the front of your styrofoam head. Don't just concentrate on the face, apply some to the sides of the head, beyond the face. This is so your paper mache mask can lift off easily when it's dry, and so it won't get stuck to the head. Wipe your hands clean.

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  Step 3

  Shred your newspaper/computer paper and your scrapbook paper into longish strips, and smaller ones as well.

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  Step 4

  Take your clay and mold out two balls that fit into the palm of your hand. Press and slightly flatten them onto the cheeks of the styrofoam head. Then take another piece of clay and mold it out into a long tube for the brow/forehead. This will give your mask the cool facial structure of the original, (see reference photo).

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  Step 5

  Starting with your newspaper/computer paper strips and pieces, start paper mache-ing your styrofoam face. You do this by dipping the strips into your glue/water mixture, squeezing out the excess with your fingers and smoothing them onto the face, and on top of the clay. Do one to two layers of this paper and let them dry completely.

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  Step 6

  Repeat STEP FIVE, using your scrapbook/decorative paper. Let dry completely.

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  Step 7

  After it's dried, lift your mask off of the head, (gently!) Hopefully, it's in one piece and you smoothed the paper on nice enough to where you can still see where your styrofoam head's eyes and lips are. Use these as guides as you start to paint the harlequin face. (Use a reference photo!)

  **EXTRA STEP FOR ME: As you can probably tell, the pink paper I used had a decorative motif on it that was just too soft, and therefore ended up muddled and you can't even see it properly anymore. I decided to paint some of the flowery designs on myself, before starting on the face. You can certainly do this yourself for your own mask, but it's not necessary if you use paper with a strong enough decoration on it to begin with. Lesson learned! **

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  Step 8

  After the paint has dried, and using a pair of scissors, cut around the rough edges of your face, elongating the chin.

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  Step 9

  Take your metallic paint (either silver or gold) and a thin brush. Outline the eyes and the shapes on the outside of the eyes. Add swirls and a forehead mark in the shape of a teardrop. Let it dry!

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  Step 10

  Plug in your hot glue gun. When it's ready, use it to carefully and slowly apply some glue on top of the metallic outline you just painted. This is what's going to give your mask a cool 3D effect on the eyes :)

• Step 11

  After the glue has dried, take your metallic paint again, and paint over the glue. Allow to dry completely.

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  Step 12

  Now you're ready to embellish! Use any materials you like here, and apply them however you want. As you can see, I like to add earrings to mine.. just poke them through where the ears would be. I even added one to the forehead teardrop mark!

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Arawynn · 8 projects 9th September 2013

That is one of my favourite Doctor Who episodes, as well. Love the masks. Think I might try making one myself. Thank you for sharing.

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