He did the back too, where his face would be. This added a lot of strength and not very much extra weight. See how nice and smooth the edges look?
Bake.
(This is the part of the movie where the music gets scary. Yeah.)
I kept the heat low, under 250 degrees and the door open. The door open was really a necessity as it wouldn't close with the mask inside. No comments about my well seasoned oven needed, thanks.
Once we had a dry mask to work with he needed to add the eyes. This mask is kind of a bug eyed freak, so we made some buggy eyes from wadded up paper and taped them into place.
They were taped in place to begin with, but now they're being papered over with strips like the rest of the mask.