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# Shark? Looks like an Elfish
Nice mask too :) Does it pattern-shift?
(I've experimented with latex sheeting but have yet to find a suitable fluid for sandwiching in the materials...)
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:14, archived)
# Unfortunately not,
'Tis calligraphy ink on an old curtain. The hard part was learning to sew (like a real man).
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:16, archived)
# I'd guess the hard part would be making it symetrical.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:17, archived)
# If you make the mask from a flat piece of fabric,
You can just ink blot it like the real thing.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:20, archived)
# Yes, yes I made butterflys from paint when I was 5 too.
I meant in a pattern shifting fabric.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:22, archived)
# Sorry,
I appear to have set my patronise-o-tron to 11 again.

Apologies.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:24, archived)
# what you doing with latex, explain to me
whatever fluid you use will have to be water based, oil based stuff will generally fuck latex.

and if you didn't already know acrylic paint is good for colouring latex. latex sheets are easy to make, just pour it onto a sheet of glass or similar and let it dry, a hair dryer speeds things up no end. also it degrades in sunlight.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:19, archived)
# The fluid required has to retain cohesion when sandwiched
between latex and, say, a clear plastic layer.

Water rots latex and spreads evenly.
Oil rots latex quickly, and spreads.
Silicone doesn't rot but still spreads evenly.

Was hoping to utilise the same principle as that in a lava lamp, but not with these materials.
Next I'll try a multiple-layer, e.g.

Plastic
Fluid
Plastic
White latex

Generally, plastics are less likely to react but are less form-fitting than latex.
I was inspired to this method by the original description of the mask fabric in which Rorschach learns to cut the stuff using heated scissors.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:26, archived)
#
how about some of that kiddie play slime stuff between sheets of clear silicone, bonding the silicone might prove tricky as only silicone is really any good at bonding silicone, not sure how you'd keep the edges dry/clean to allow it to bond, probably best to work off a cast of a face to make a mask

ky gel/lube stained with something for use with latex?
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:33, archived)
# Could be interesting
Isn't it water-based?
Would it be any better than, say, gelatine?
I could use a slime/wax or gelatine/wax system, much as in a lava lamp.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:36, archived)
# i think so
but it shouldn't cause problems with silicone.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:40, archived)
# I've had a quick look around,
And other than using a ferrofluid sandwiched between two inert membranes
or a black stained wax manipulated by alternating heat pads on your face, I can't even begin to solve it.
(Metalfish Hasn't had a sig since, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 20:46, archived)
# *looks around for ferrofluids*
Might not need heat pads if you can get the melting point of the wax down to facial body temperature.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Mon 9 Mar 2009, 21:07, archived)