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First off...congrats on hitting 100k subscribers! Thanks for the multi-teared tutorial! Wow. Lots to take in here. Perhaps the most valuable lesson was the point talking about setting up your workspace before beginning. In general, this video packs a ton with lots of different techniques being covered. Well done as always and thank you 🙏
Two things hit me, other than this being a great video. First, your shirt says Round Rock ,Tx. My step son moved there a couple months ago and started a handyman service, so if anyone looking.... When you pulled out a rotting latex puppet, I was making sandwiches so I think you said puppet, I thought of Team America. I was talking to the Chiodo brothers, Killer Klowns, you likely have run across them, with my friend who was one of the lead puppeteers in Team America. I asked about the puppets and thought the Chiodos might have them since my friend Didn't. I found out they are rotting away in a warehouse owned by whatever studio owned the production. Breaks my heart. The rot is why I am team silicone rubber
YEah, but the fact that it will rot gives it more value while its here- Faberge eggs are only valuable because they are so easy to break. but yeah, it would be nice if they lasted forever.
@@StiltbeastStudios I wish they gave them to the artist. You have a point about value, the survivor puppets are special. I was told, not sure if true, that latex hates light and heat isn't the big killer. Axtel puppets come, last I checked a few years ago, in latex or silicone
The master at work. Thank you for this video it helps me a lot because I have a few props that are in not as bad condition but they are getting very fragile and flaking and dissolving LOL trying to figure out how to paint it and make it look good is going to be the hard part. Thanks again and congrats on the 100,000 subscribers.
Finally got the ghillie suit and some other stuff to add to it to work with the mask that I had bought at Texas haunters convention from you guys. Got to make the costume match the high quality of the Mask. Thanks again
Since last season I have searched repairs on RU-vid and today this popped up (9-23) and your video is the most informative, creative and amazing video I have come across! I was making a shopping list as I watched. I believe in rebuilding and restoring and just this one video has added so much to my education. Thank you so very much!!
Great job! If you use that GE silicone test it first it goes bad sometimes and will never hardened, I just haired a Creep Show Fluffy mask I made and had to remove all the hair and trash is because the GE silicone was bad.
I had to restore a foam latex prosthetic last season to be turned into a mask and I wish I had seen your restoration videos beforehand 😅 (the restoration was successful, but my paint job could have been better. I'll probably redo the paint job this season)
All I can do is smile from ear to ear. I am still in awe that I finally found someone who does the same things as me and I'm not crazy. You are way more experienced than I, but I just found you, and I'm definitely sticking around! "Hoard your materials"! " Go make stuff!" 😂
I am so glad that I found this channel. There is so much to learn and so much to gain about life and about artistry. This gives me something to binge on all year long I couldn't be more thrilled. What an incredible man and amazing amount of talent
Now that was just freaking amazing to watch! Your brain just never stops does it. I love how you use just the most common materials to make stuff. It sure helps us haunters who are on a very low budget make some awesome looking stuff. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us sir!!! I did send the pics by email. I hope you got them. Happy Haunting!!
There's another YT show called "Good Bad Or Bad Bad" that needs your help. They own the Refrigerator Chicken from "Rock And Roll Nightmare" and it's in rough shape. They show it on camera in their next to last video asking if anyone can tell them what to do.
Congratulations on your amazing numbers ! Thanks for the reminder about shop towels & barge type cement. Have an upcoming piece yo do and was wondering what to use !
I was wondering what causes latex rot. I found one of those classic Horse Head masks, but the mouth hole was just really falling apart. I assumed it had something to do with moisture from the previous wearer.
Congratulations for over 100 thousand subs! Halloween is coming up and I am finding I am not as excited about it as I have been for 60 years. I have been doing Pro haunts for half my life (I think we meet once at a party in Vegas Transworld). Now I just do animatronic shooting galleries for Halloween parties as a side gig just for "fun". But this year I am tired, lots of back pain and not feeling the carefree abandonment to spend the money and effort on making new items. How do you keep your focus and enthusiasm? Maybe you just love it more than I do in the end. The silly thing was last year was one of my best (shooting gallery) ever but I spent way too much money and hurt my back (in bed for two days).
Thank you for the kind words. I hope you mend quickly! Making props and masks and doing haunted house stuff is more of a calling for me. It’s not that I ever really get excited about it, it’s just what I do. Mountains don’t get excited because they’re made of rock, it’s just what they’re made of. Maybe take a year off and see if you miss it?
Yo, Mista Hopps! I've been watching for a few years now, and I'm beginning to think premature death by consuming mass quantities of sweet tea, and colas is a foregone conclusion. It's not too late to change your health ruining habits. A world without THEE Number one Stiltbeast Maker is going to be a dull world indeed. Go make changes!
Your amazing Alan thank you for making this video. It’s really cool to see you at work fixing things and make them look better than they did before. Your one hell of an artist. One quick question for you, I collect masks and I keep them covered in plastic and out of the sun. Is regular armor all a good product to use to protect my masks? I know one day they will rot away unfortunately, but I want to slow down the process. Again thank you, your an inspiration 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻👍❤️
Im not a long term collector I am a haunter who uses masks till they die. I use armorall and I feel it helps keep the masks fresh. cleaning and away from UV is the biggest deal.
I guess it would but the contact cement is going to discolor your original paint. So your new paint would have to match the discolored paint as opposed to the original color. I don't see why you would not want to paint it all as one piece.
Thanks so much for all the helpful hints. The mask came out perfect! Question: Is casting latex same as the liquid latex from a halloween store? I need to change the color on latex mask, but just a home haunter here ....not a big haunt
Liquid latex is much thinner and doesn’t have as much ammonia in it. Casting latex is thicker and what we make masks out of. It is the same stuff but liquid latex has a lot more water.
You are truly the professor! Every video you make, I learn something new. Thank you so much for your content! I have an original Distortions electric chair. He has to be close to 30 years old. The man's body is deteriorating rapidly. It needs to be repaired. It's made out of that really thick foam, with latex paint? over it and it's just rotting rotting rotting. Cutting chunks out of it, I don't believe is an option. Is there anything you'd recommend that I can spray on there to stop the rot? Or do you think your contact cement on Blue shop towels could work. It seems like it would be tedious to rip and blend it into the entire upper torso. Also I don't paint even half as good as you do. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm going to Reynolds material tomorrow to see if they have any options. Thank you for being one if the best parts of this industry!
@StiltbeastStudios Yes, I totally use it every year. I restored all of the electronics, and I have it set on a timer, so I do electric chair shows every 30 minutes in my display on my front lawn. I bought uv-protective spray that is supposed to be good for latex. Although I have not applied it yet. For the most part, he's in the shade when he's outside. It's outside about a month and a half every year. This has an electric motor, not the pneumatics, but it does get jerked pretty hard when he activates. The total show run time is 30 seconds shakes violently for about 20 seconds.
On the cracked exposed foam areas: Take E6000 glue and thin that with mineral spirts. You can paint it on, it’s clear and it will soak in and stabilize the foam as well as making a skin on top. On the neck area which gets the most motion, I would do paper towels and latex- like 3 layers- because that area gets a lot of movement and don’t’ be stingy with the latex. It’s a little stretchier than contact cement so I would use that in the neck area.
❤ Is there anything to condition or treat latex mask to help preserve them to last longer and what is recommended to clean the inside after someone has sweat in it?
Hey Allen thanks for the reply about making bones! Great help. Do you have any plans on doing a pool noodle archway? Like a roots/tree kind of look or anything! My 5 year old daughter is your biggest fan here in uk. She always ask for "the halloween mans video's"😂
Oh that's great. I'll have the pool noodles at the ready! She's called Talliah ( pronounced Tally-a) I can't wait to see her face when you do. Thankyou!
I'm working on a self made "Bebop" bust from Tmnt . (He was supposed to look like he was just in battle) My coagulated blood I applied to his mouth is beginning to flake and peel off.. (this is a mix of stage blood and Elmer's glue) any tips or products You can suggest that would be a better alternative?
So blue shop towels will help fix a mask? I have a kinda old one that it's like the mask is melting.. I don't know what happened to it and it was one of my favorite mask. If the shop towels help fix it then I could redo the mask
Yes, you have to cut out the sticky parts because that will rot but it is the same process you saw me do. For masks, because they’re hollow, I will often tape them together in the back so they hold their shape and then I will do the contact cement with paper towels in the front as my patch.
I just taught you how to do it ! you do it. My fee would definitely be more than a spirit Halloween prop is valued at, is it really sentimental? Im more utilitarian that restoritive as fas as these go.
