Thread: Need eyes for this mask

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I bought this mask to make my gravedigger prop. The only problem is he wont have eye balls. Suggestion? Where can I find some or how to make some. Thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...RK:MESINDXX:IT

Simple ping pong balls from WalMart, some acrylic paint and paper iris's and you should be good. Or use some air dry clay, paint the clay like an eye. Ping pong balls are real easy though.

Deodorant balls from roll on sticks you could use as well and paint them.

they have acrylic eyes fairly cheap on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/8pc-14mm-Round-A...ht_3851wt_1185

I saw the ones on ebay but 14mm seems to small for adult eyes. The ping pong balls seem a good idea.

Just download a style sheet with all sorts of life-size iris patterns and glue a matching pair to the ping pong balls. Easy as can be.

Sounds like the best way. Thanks gang.

Reminds me I need to setup my drill press and get back to experimenting with making more realistic eyes.

Standard eye size is 24-28mm, which is close enough to 1" that I just use 1" spheres.

http://www.halloweenforum.com/specia...loweenEyes.jpg
These are awesome, thanks to Terra, check out her albums for a tutorial

If there's one First Rule of prop making, it's never, ever, go cheap on the eyes!!! Whenever you make any prop of anything living, dead, or undead, the human eye is drawn to the prop's eyes before anything else. It's an instinctive response that can't be helped. Eyes can really make or break a prop more than anything, so always use good quality glass eyes.

I used 28mm glass eyes for my Creeper figure that I got off ebay for like $10. They aren't as good as the show-quality red fox eyes I have in my Gremlin, but I knew people weren't going to be getting as close to the Creeper, so I didn't need to have all the veins and arteries showing in the eyeball.