How to Paint a Latex Zombie Mask!

Frank walks us through the painting of this great latex zombie mask made by his friend Tim Shea. There are many different ways to paint it, and Frank shows us how to use rubber cement paint to bring out the sculpture's details and layer on a fun color scheme.

Shot by Joey Fameli and Edited by Adam Isaak

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Thanks for watching!

[itsciwi]

I absolutely love this format! Brilliant. To have the casual as-it-happening conversation with a constant timelapse, so there's never a lull, really refreshing.

I also loved the moment at the end where we hang on Franks quote and the piano flourishes to an end, just a lovely moment, gratz to the editor :)

[iamironclaw]

"Art's never finished, It's abandoned", that's both beautiful and sad.

[BakerPeter]

As a scenic artist I find these videos about different mediums super enlightening.

[mariahbeechy]

I am currently enrolled in a SFX school and they teach us that to paint a foam latex mask to paint with acrylics and prosaid, 50/50 ratio. Then to finish with a translucent setting powder. It's interesting to see what others in the profession use. Loved it anyway!

[TheAyaReina]

As someone who's spent five years in art school with tutors who were very picky about the paints we used, I've learned that the difference between cheap and expensive paints is the amount of solvent used to dilute the paint, and the size of the pigment particles. Expensive paint will have finer pigments, and sometimes more pigment too, which means fewer coats to get coverage. Great video though! 😊

[jopmans]

That jazz on the background makes this so relaxing to watch. Love it!

[LukeMcMurray]

"Art is never finished, it's abandoned."

Gold

[Crixe]

I love the quote at the end, 'Art is never finished only abandoned.' - Da Vinci. I live by those words as an artist there comes a point in a piece when you just have to say it's good. More so with weathering, people can get really out of hand and true layer after layer really brings together the details and makes things pop and look great on camera you have to find a limit where you put the brush down and stop.

Zombie looks great love the washes and details.

[xarvous]

Top quality vid. The mask looks great and the commentary style works perfectly for these timelapse bits.

[SammeLagom]

This is an amazing paint job; I paint Miniatures but I would love to try this out. Thanks for posting this vid!

[samhaines]

I really like the feel of Tested with the current personnel-don't get me wrong, everyone who has contributed has brought something to it. I just believe that it has coalesced into a solid focused project (in front of the camera, & behind the scenes) thanks!

[Mo-AK]

My fav tested video in a long time! Relaxing, talking about the technical and artistic processes. It's up there with the astronaut kit painting!

[bcostell]

Beautiful artwork that highlights the sculpt

[Nickknows]

this was awesome! this is what tested is all about!

[Gotchling]

So many things to like about this video. That mask. That paint job. Inspiring.

[Vikingwerk]

My first thought on seeing this was using these methods to customize off the shelf latex masks. Very interesting and fun video.

[Jan-vwcg]

loved it looks straight out of ParaNorman also it gives me a district 9 feel when I see it from the side

[TheComfyGeek]

Excellent job. i know nothing about painting but I can appreciate good work. looks awesome.

[TheRocker]

Hey Frank, I am an aspiring maker and in this videoI noticed you mention "crappy chemicals." Could you and Norm do a shop video where you can talk about chemical safety, when you need a respirator and when not when working with the various toxic things we like to play with?

[healthyhobo]

this looks like something that'd be related to the gorillaz