Since Halloween is just around the corner I decided to make a series of tutorials that will show you how to put together a kick-ass Michael Myers costume. Part 1 shows you how I modified a standard Don Post Myers mask to make it look more like the real thing.

As I mention in the tutorial, the original Michael Myers mask was a store-bought Captain Kirk mask from 1975. According to a number of untrustworthy sources, problems arose when the original Halloween film became a hit and this fact was uncovered. Apparently in subsequent years William Shatner and others have tried to get a piece of the Halloween pie so the mask has been changed and changed and changed again. The same mask was only used in Halloween 1 and Halloween 2. Each of the other films (the ones featuring Michael at least) had its own take on the Kirk mask.

Don Post Studios has been fairly prolific over the years releasing Myers mask after Myers mask, even making an unlicensed one they called “The Mask”, a none-too-veiled reference to “The Shape”, Michael’s “name” in the original script. Unfortunately, they’ve always been hobbled by the Kirk lawsuits and steered clear of the original Shatner sculpt. AFAIK we’ve never gotten an accurate licensed H1 Myers mask.

There are, however, many independent mask makers who make and sell excellent Myers masks based on the original Kirk sculpt. Their beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the cost of that beauty can be quite high. For this tutorial I wanted to stick with a mask that is commonly available.

I started with a Don Post Myers mask that was first released in 2006 and is still available today. You can find it at a great many retailers and the price range is wide. I got mine at HALLOWEEN ASYLUM for around $55. I’ve seen them for sale as high as $90 so shop around.

The liquid latex I use is from TWISTED VISIONS and MONSTER MAKERS. I’ll let you decide which you prefer.

I hope you enjoy the tutorial. Happy Hallowe’en!

So you like being a stormtrooper on the Death Star, but you can’t see a thing in that helmet, and the whole thing gets a little too hot for you? Or maybe you just moved into the Jundland Wastes and all the other Tusken Raiders seem cool and collected when you’re sweating your ass off. Then this is the tutorial for you!

Putting a small battery-powered fan into a mask or helmet can make all the difference in the world and allow you to stay in costume for hours on end in air-conditioned comfort. It’s an extremely simple circuit, but I try and give you a few tips that can certainly make the difference between success and failure.

Here are links to some of the parts I use:
Super Slim 12V Mini Fan

Micromini Toggle Switch

9V Battery Holder

9V Battery Connector

There are also small centrifugal blowers that can work very well if you need to blow air up onto your lenses or if you don’t have an opening to pull air in through. I’ve never used these before, but would like to try them sometime. Maybe in my new Master Replicas UK CE helmet. Hmmmm.