Demon mask Scratch made by me in Pottery in late 90's.

[Umboman]

This is based on Hannya the vengful & jealous woman turned demon as seen in the Japanese film "Onibaba" black & white,1964 by Kaneto Shindo(later made Kuroneko 1968).Also used by Mugenkyo in their concert see-www.mugenkyo.com/concert.php.Another great Japanese film of supernatural(ghost) fantasy is "Kwaidan" by Masaki Kobayashi-winner of the special jury prize Cannes film festival 1965,PG.I was going to buy a hand carved wooden one on the internet but when I found that they cost about £450 I decided not to. The kiln was too small to fit the horns so the face & horns were fired independently & glued together with wooden posts & pva & then the whole lot painted gloss black.I was going to paint the face flesh colour but after I saw the contrast of gold & black I decided to stop there.

[Marchomer]

I don't know why, but I like this mask, black/gold contrast is very effective. (I'm thinking to use something like that for this halloween... )

[Umboman]

I bought the gold from Trowbridge Toyshop Acrylic water-reducible by "Inscribe" called "Pure Gold" No 1716(? last No is smudged,sorry) 2FL oz(59mls) was under £2 when I bought it & it lasts ages.Screw top bottle which flips up to reveal a small squirt hole if you do not want the top fully open.I was going to use this to paint a 'Mon' onto my handmade Samurai sword stand,but never got around to it-the colour is perfect for that.
    Wilkinsons Matt Black,with outdoor varnish on the gold & black.Wig from Autocare(about £8),23 Catherine Street(top of the cobbled st),Frome.Telephone [phone].Fancy dress shop is downstairs but owned by the car shop guy-real friendly bloke,if you need halloween gear.
  My plumber broke this mask into 3 pieces when he intsalled my photovoltaic system,but it was easy to reconstruct with pva & then the black became useful to hide the joins,which flesh colour would reveal.

[MortiS-the-Lost]

Umboman wrote

Wig from Autocare(about £8),23 Catherine Street(top of the cobbled st),Frome.Telephone [phone].Fancy dress shop is downstairs but owned by the car shop guy-real friendly bloke,if you need halloween gear.

Although quite informative for those of use in the Trowbridge area, please bear in mind tLatD Forum is world-wide.
Marchomer for instance is from Sicily

[Umboman]

Whoops!Sorry I had not thought about you being worldwide.I will bear that in mind for the future.