Top 10 Most Popular Animal Masks
Animal masks that are made from rubber latex often make for an impressive yet easy-to-assemble and relatively affordable costume. With just one costume piece (the mask), the end result is a disguise that will undoubtedly impress whether you find yourself at a festival or a Halloween party. Although there appears to be limited offerings of high quality animal masks on the market, there are some that definitely stand out in the mix. Having said that, the aim of this post is to show you our top 10 best animal masks. Without further ado, here goes:
Creating a distinctive music star image using a duck mask and a flamingo suit
Quite frequently, someone inside the huge music business comes up with the idea of putting a news artist in a new and unique outfit, so that the consumer will not be having difficulties remembering the up and coming star. A popular way of doing so is putting an animal mask on the head of the performer. In the past, this worked quite well with Peter Fox (chimp mask) or Cro (panda mask), both by now well known artists in Germany. Presently, it looks like it may work as well with an artist going under the name ‘Ingo ohne Flamingo’. Besides wearing a quite inelegant suit with flamingo prints an eye-catching, very yellow duck mask defines the outfit he chose to wear while performing.
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Realistic masks directly from the movie industry
Some cineasts might have asked themselves, how the professional make-up artists from hollywood are able to change a face to an extend, that one is not able anymore to recognize the person behind the mask. This realistic masking is usually achieved with special latex parts, which are custom made for the actors. This whole procedure is very time consuming and laborious, with the makeup artist often working several hours to complete a realistic disguise. This special latex applications are usually only usuable once and has to be made for each and every day of shooting.
Scary latex masks for halloween
In the night of the 31st October it is again the time to celebrate the old celtic rite of ‘Halloween’. Most people got accustomed to the sight of the neighbors children wandering around and ransacking whole stockpiles of sweets. Anybody not complying to those threats is often punished with sneaky pranks.
Flashmob using Fantomas masks
Flashmobs seem to be increasingly common events. Suddenly and unexpected, a group of people gathers at a previously agreed place to perform something rather unusual. Right after finishing their performance, the group usually disperses as quickly as they arrived, typically astounding bystanders by doing so.
A quite well done flashmob using fantomas latex masks was performed in Prague recently. The video found on Youtube is definitely worth watching, as it shows how good such masks look.