Danakin's CASEY JONES Hockey Mask

[Danakin]

Hey everybody! I don't post here often, I mostly just look around at all the cool stuff people post but I finally have something to add. One of my main hobbies is costuming and prop building. I've focused mainly on Star Wars over the years but lately have started to branch out into my other fandoms. A couple months back I started working on a Casey Jones hockey mask and costume and I wanted to share some photos.

The mask started out as a Pepakura template which I printed out and cut out of thin cardboard. Once assembled I began coating the front and back with bondo and resin. Here was the first pass.



Here’s the second pass, after lots of sanding and spot putty.



At this point it was easier to see the asymmetry so I got to work on that. I also cut out the eye and mouth holes.



Originally I had planned on making a mold and casting the mask in resin but an opportunity came up that allowed me to get some vacuum formed copies made and so I did. I shot some video of the process and have the clips compiled in this Youtube video:
http://youtu.be/twjB4HzI7gk

I was very pleased with the results. I feel pulling them from styrene made them feel more like a real hockey mask (just not as durable, of course).

Now, you can't be Casey Jones without an assortment of sports equipment to lug around. I picked up a nice golf bag (in Playmates' pale green!) and some clubs from Goodwill. I also picked up some cheap bats here and there but I had to make the hockey stick myself. Apparently there isn't a lot of hockey played here in Nevada, go figure...



I debuted my finished costume at Phoenix Comic Con at the end of May. It received an surprising amount of attention, I guess there's more TMNT fans out there than I realized. I brought a few different shirts to switch into throughout the weekend, including a hoodie for more of a movie-look (with wig!) and a bloodied t-shirt, complimented by a battle-damaged mask. Here's a couple shots from the weekend.

[Danakin]

But the story doesn't end there folks! I took my costume to Comic-Con International in San Diego a couple weeks back and had a grand ol' time.

Afterwards I finally had the time to take some good shots of my mask.













More photos HERE.

Now, you might be thinking 'Hey, that looks like Kevin Eastman drew it!'. Well, that's because he did! At Comic-Con I had Kevin sketch on the mask like he would if he were drawing it on paper and I couldn't be happier with the final product.

[Danakin]

Finally, here's some shots of my costume from Comic-Con:






Thanks for looking!

[Genesis]

That... is... awesome!

[Shreddhead]

Looks absolutely great man! I really liked the pic of you and thor...


And this is probably terrible, but i couldnt help but think you were battling this guy in your second to last picture

[Genesis]

I believe it.

[Zulithe]

Just incredible man. Eastman made the mask look so much cooler! Can't believe all the great photos you managed to get. Eastman. Green. And the other Green (the 4 Nick turtles!!!). April. Multiple Shredders... you had a blast

[koenne]

Great pics!
Cowabunga!

[Newton Gimmick]

Looks great with the Eastman tweaks. Nice work on building the mask.

[WallCrawlingHero]

That is an incredible mask! I have very little skill at designing costume pieces like that. I made a Casey Jones mask a couple of years ago for halloween out of cardboard and my wife dressed as April O'niel. It turned out OK for just being a stupid cardboard mask, but I've always wanted a really great replica. I've seen some replicas of his mask from the first movie, but this comic version is much cooler in my opinion and the sketching makes it look even more amazing. I really thought your avatar was a comic panel until I saw the rest of the photos.

That's it, I think you've inspired me to make my own mask. You can't learn if you don't try, right?

[WallCrawlingHero]

I apologize for this being a bit off topic, but I just went to your website to find some pics to send to a friend and I have to say I love that you had a Nathan Explosion costume and that Dethphone is probably my favorite movie/tv show prop I have ever seen recreated in real life simply because of its ridiculousness and total impracticality. And the Explosion Sauce? Just amazing. If only you had some Pickle's Nickels.

[Eiko]

Very nice grats on the mask.

[Scud]

Totally Sweet!

Such an awesome Mask and the details by Eastman make it Epic! Very Nice

~S~

[Master Splinter]

Love it! Great idea getting Kevin to sketch on the mask to give it that comic look. Awesome work!

-ms

[OA]

Originally Posted by Danakin

Classic!!

Love what you did with the mask. Your work on it was great, but Eastman's touch was definitely the icing on the cake.

[Cowabunga Carl]

It looks great. I would so buy one from you if you sold these.

[Lordmylar06]

Man, that's some good stuff right there. The mask was cool by itself, but then getting Eastman to do that makes it even better!

[Wes]

AWESOME -- and the Eastman-inked mask is both functional and an awesome collectible. Great work all around (and damn, I'm sad I missed you at SDCC)!

[Nelson]

Really cool! Good job, man!

Also, I'm sure Seth Green asked to have a pic taken with you and not vice versa.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Dude that is fn epically cool!