The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Majora’s Mask

About 8 months ago, I was searching the internet for a good Majora’s Mask replica to hang on my wall. But the only ones I could find were either not available any longer, or just not the one I was looking for. So instead of giving up, I started making my own.

Like I said, this took me about 8 months from start finish due to working on other things, not wanting to work on it for long periods of time, and not being able to afford molding and casting the thing.

The main time consuming thing was actually not having the money to pay for casting materials, as I knew from very early on that I needed to make more than one.

I finally got the stuff I needed last month, so from then on things went a lot smoother.

Enough history, on to the build!

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I started out looking for reference material other than the masks people have made. Since I wanted the final piece to be as close to the game version as possible, nothing other than the Nintendo art would do.

HylianJean on DeviantArt made a great looking piece, and her process and pictures helped me out a lot too.



So I printed out a full sized version of the mask and sculpted on top of that to get the proper dimensions.

The base shape was done with a core made from scrap posterboard and insulationfoam, carved into an approximate shape. Air-drying clay was then put on top of this.

I did the same with the eyes and horns. Both were made with a core of crumbled up tinfoil covered in air-drying clay. That way I could move them easily, if they weren’t in the right place.

I also wanted the bottom horns to curve backwards a bit, so I raised the body up while adding these.





Before adding the eyes, I drew a quick mockup of everything to make sure the placement was right.



After adding the accents and eyes, I felt the way the horns were attached to the body seemed off, like if they were just glued on loosely, and not growing out of the mask like actual horns or teeth. So I added little bumps to each one to achieve this effect.





Using air-drying clay wasn’t a deliberate choice, it was just what was available. It has the drawbacks of a long drying time and it’s too soft to really be precise with certain things. However, it is sandable after drying, and as my sculpting abilities aren’t that great yet, that helped me out immensely.

After sculpting and sanding everything smooth, I primed it before dumping a ton of silicone on the mask.



The silicone I used was SuperSil 25, a two part silicone sold by Mouldlife. The resin, Easy Flow 120, was also from Mouldlife. Both products did what I wanted them to, with close to no bubbles or any of that trouble.

I had to get both of those shipped from England, as prices for silicone and resin in Denmark are ridiculous!

Anyway, onto molding!





I stuck some wooden dowels into the silicone while it was drying to make registration keys for the mother mold.



Then I made a two-part mother mold, on top of the silicone one, out of plaster to hold the silicone mold in place when casting.

Now it was time to see if the mold actually worked! This first mask was made up of a thin slushcast layer of Easy Flow 120 for detail, and then backed up by a thicker layer of Cera-Mix Super plaster for rigidity. I added some black resin dye to better see if bubbles or something else was amiss with the cast. This came back to haunt me when painting though.





A look at the first pull. The right eye had not been properly set in the registration keys in the mother mold, but I fixed that with some Polyfilla. Otherwise a near perfect pull!



Paint time! This took forever, the amount of detail I tried to put into this thing really took its time. Also the black dye I had used meant that I had to do multiple layers with some of the lighter colors to get a proper coat. Everything on this was hand-painted with waterbased acrylic.





Did some last minute touch-ups before giving it a shiny clear-coat.



And that’s it! Take a look at some pretty pictures of the finished thing below.

Again, I apologize for the quality of the photos, but I’m working on a budget that doesn’t include a proper camera yet.











The mask, including horns, measures about 49 x 40 centimeters, or 19 x 15 inches for you imperial system people.

Hope you like it. I know I do.

Leave me a comment below if you feel like it, even if it’s just to tell me how terrible of a job I did.

Also, if you or someone you know might be interested in getting your hands on one of these, painted or unpainted, check out my shop or email me a tobiaslundgaardlarsen@hotmail.com.

I’ve got the mold lying around now, so let me make you a deal! I can now make wearable versions with small non-noticeable eyeholes, in case you want to use it for a costume.

Once I finish painting another one for a friend I’ll have time to start on my next project. Check back soon to find out what that might be!