The Mask / The Recordhalloweenmask.net

Object study 01 / editorial reconstruction

Five alterations.

The documented conversion is simple enough to state plainly. These reconstructed images isolate the reported changes; they are not photographs of the screen-used prop.

01

Buy the mask

Buy the mask. Artist's editorial reconstruction; not an authentic prop photograph.
ESTABLISHED

Wallace bought a retail Don Post Captain Kirk mask at a magic or novelty shop on Hollywood Boulevard.[source]

02

Open the eyes

Open the eyes. Artist's editorial reconstruction; not an authentic prop photograph.
ESTABLISHED

Wallace cut the eye openings larger.[source]

03

Remove the sideburns

Remove the sideburns. Artist's editorial reconstruction; not an authentic prop photograph.
REPORTED

Sideburn removal appears in Wallace’s accounts; eyebrow removal appears only in later documentary and fan accounts.[source]

04

Alter the hair

Alter the hair. Artist's editorial reconstruction; not an authentic prop photograph.
ESTABLISHED

Wallace darkened and mussed the existing brown hair; the record does not support painting it black.[source]

05

Paint the face

Paint the face. Artist's editorial reconstruction; not an authentic prop photograph.
ESTABLISHED

Accounts describe dead white, bluish white, or fish-belly white paint—three descriptions of the same central alteration.[source]