Making a TDK "Helm-cowl"

[The Red Hood]

Okay, I'm not a costumer by any means, but I'm thinking of getting the Rubie's deluxe TDK costume this Halloween. However, I saw a Rubie's deluxe mask in person last year at a costume shop, and it looked as deflated as a 90 year old's love life without benefit of medical assist.

Thus I'm wondering: How hard would it be to make a helmet-like cowl for costuming purposes or to take an existing "floppy" cowl and somehow re-inforce it?

I know some of you lads here are vastly more talented and experienced than I in such matters. I'd appreciate any advice/suggestions you can offer.

The Red Hood

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

If you want to use the Rubies cowl you can glue one of those plastic TDK face masks to the inside to reinforce it and fill out the details.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

If you want to use the Rubies cowl you can glue one of those plastic TDK face masks to the inside to reinforce it and fill out the details.

 

[MasterOgami]

Also, use Rubies' 3/4 Begins mask (or the 3/4 TDK mask, if its the same) as a starting point, as it has a much more accurate sculpt than the deluxe Begins version, is a tighter fit, and has nothing extra to trim off.

(All of the catalog photos I've seen for the deluxe TDK cowl actually use an image of the 3/4 Begins mask with a neck photoshopped in.)

 

[The Red Hood]

I saw what appeared to be a fairly large TDK mask in a package at TRU today. Would that be a good mask to use to reinforce the latex cowl?

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

If its the hard plastic one, yes.

 

[MasterOgami]

If its blister carded and around $6, it actually seems to be a bit too flexible, as though its made out of some sort of foam rubber or something. I could be wrong, but that's what it seemed like in the package anyway. The adult sized hard plastic ones should be showing up at Wal-Marts and party stores pretty soon.