From everything I’ve heard about The Last of Us, it’s a fantastic game. I could never play it though because it sounds scary. A mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus has turned humans into zombie-like creatures, and they look terrifying. Known as Clickers, their heads have bloomed into weird mushroom shaped monstrosities. Cosplayer Amie Lynn made a gross but cool Clicker mask and shared progress photos on Facebook.
She used the following materials:
expanding foam (1 can per mask)
spray paint (ivory, burnt yellow, red)
acrylic paint (I used black and hunters green)
wig head
elastic
hot glue
She began by spraying expanding foam onto a foam wig head that she covered with saran wrap. She kept layering the expanding foam in layers that looked like fungus:
The plates are made by spraying expanding foam in globs. When the outer layer of the globs become somewhat stiff and not tacky, I pressed down on them to flatten and shape them! Then I would peel them off of the tarp and press them onto the base piece into a design that I liked best! `
I’m both grossed out and intrigued.
See more in progress photos at Amie Lynn’s Facebook page.
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