#i shouldve made it 3 seconds shorter lmao

[twinandroids]

hi! could i possibly ask how you made overhauls mask?

hello friend, yes you can! i made sure to take a lot of progress pictures when making it lmao

1. I started out by making a general template of the mask out of paper and labeling them so i would know which is which2. when i was happy with it, i taped it together to make sure it fit around my face the way i wanted it to

3. once i was happy with the template, i traced it out on eva foam first and then scaled them down slightly for the fake leather part, and then glued them together first and then using cotton thread and a very thick needle i sewed down the middle and sides of the fake leatherI ended up not using the original template i made for the bottom piece because i couldnt get it glued properly without it looking too bulky, so i just traced the bottom of the mask onto the fake leather and hot glued that on, it looks much better and its not even noticeable  

4. For the metal part of the beak(??) i once again traced out a general template going off the first but obviously its much shorter and has a different shape towards the ends, i then painted it gold and went over it with mod podge so the paint wouldnt chip and hot glued it to the maski shouldve taken a picture of the template i made for the metal part :

5. i then started adding the straps to the mask, i tried to reinforce them by sewing extra fabric to the eva foam and then sewing the straps onto those and then hot glueing them to once again reinforce them (i had makeshift straps on held together by safety pins but they broke once i tried putting them on and ripped the eva foam :afterwords i realized i need to add a second pair of straps to go above my ears so itll stay up better, i didnt measure my head correctly so i need a lot of bobby pins to hold up the original bottom ones, but itll all be under a wig so oh well LMAO

6. and lastly i got gold snaps and gear charms from joanne’s fabric store and michael’s and hot glued those on, and i was done! (tbh im thinking about redoing the straps to make them significantly smaller and making it so they go around my ears instead of my entire head but thats a project for the different day)